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From: "Thomas Monjalon" <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "Gregory Etelson" <getelson@nvidia.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: "Matan Azrad" <matan@nvidia.com>,
	"Raslan Darawsheh" <rasland@nvidia.com>,
	 "Ferruh Yigit" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
	"stable@dpdk.org" <stable@dpdk.org>,
	 "Viacheslav Ovsiienko" <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>,
	"Shahaf Shuler" <shahafs@nvidia.com>,
	"Asaf Penso" <asafp@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable]  [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] net/mlx5: fix tunnel offload private items location
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 19:07:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a0250976-6706-4364-b6c5-543b0486f6c4@www.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BY5PR12MB4834D5D7230D14508F849616A5439@BY5PR12MB4834.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>

Dim 25 avr 2021, à 19:01, Gregory Etelson a écrit :
> Hello Thomas,
>  
> > Dim 25 avr 2021, à 17:57, Gregory Etelson a écrit :
> > > Tunnel offload API requires application to query PMD for specific flow
> > > items and actions. Application uses these PMD specific elements to
> > > build flow rules according to the tunnel offload model.
> > > The model does not restrict private elements location in a flow rule,
> > > but the current MLX5 PMD implementation expects that tunnel offload
> > > rule will begin with PMD specific elements.
> > > The patch removes that placement limitation in MLX5 PMD.
> > >
> > > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> > >
> > > Fixes: 4ec6360de37d ("net/mlx5: implement tunnel offload")
> > 
> > Cc: stable must be just after the Fixes line.
> > 
> > There is a testpmd patch in the same series, is it OK to be merged in mlx
> > tree?
> 
> The tunnel offload model can be complicated. 
> The testpmd patch that comes with this one emphasizes how application
> can construct a flow rule without placement restrictions.
> I think that both patches should be merged.

That's not the question.
One patch should be merged in mlx tree, while the other one should target next-net.
In such a situation, quite often we split in different series.
For this case, it's up to Raslan and Ferruh to agree on how to proceed.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-25 17:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-19 13:02 [dpdk-stable] [PATCH " Gregory Etelson
2021-04-19 13:02 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 2/2] app/testpmd: " Gregory Etelson
2021-04-23  8:50   ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-04-25 15:57 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 1/2] net/mlx5: " Gregory Etelson
2021-04-25 15:57   ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v2 2/2] app/testpmd: " Gregory Etelson
2021-04-30 13:49     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-04-25 16:28   ` [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] net/mlx5: " Thomas Monjalon
2021-04-25 17:01     ` Gregory Etelson
2021-04-25 17:07       ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2021-04-26  7:54         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-04-27  9:27           ` Gregory Etelson
2021-04-29  7:44             ` Gregory Etelson
2021-04-30 13:37               ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-05-04  9:20           ` Gregory Etelson
2021-05-02  8:08 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v3] " Gregory Etelson
2021-05-04  8:10   ` Raslan Darawsheh
2021-05-04  8:20   ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-05-04  9:12     ` Gregory Etelson
2021-05-05 17:45       ` [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] " Ferruh Yigit
2021-05-06  6:08         ` Gregory Etelson
2021-05-06  7:40           ` Gregory Etelson
2021-05-06  7:59             ` [dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] net/mlx5: mellanox cx5/cx6-dx increment "rx_phy_discard_packets" with DPDK rte_flow actions COUNT & DROP Arthas
2021-05-06  9:57 ` [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v4] net/mlx5: fix tunnel offload private items location Gregory Etelson
2021-05-11 22:16   ` Ferruh Yigit

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