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From: "Iremonger, Bernard" <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] app/testpmd: fix ports list after
 removing several at once
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:42:48 +0000
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Hi Thomas,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 3:21 PM
> To: Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>;
> arybchenko@solarflare.com; ophirmu@mellanox.com;
> rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com; Wisam Jaddo <wisamm@mellanox.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/6] app/testpmd: fix ports list after
> removing several at once
>=20
> 18/10/2018 13:41, Iremonger, Bernard:
> > Hi Thomas
> >
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> > > 18/10/2018 12:40, Iremonger, Bernard:
> > > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Wisam Jaddo <wisamm@mellanox.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > When detaching a port, the full rte_device is removed.
> > > > > If the rte_device was hosting several ports, the testpmd list of
> > > > > ports must be updated for multiple removals.
> > > >
> > > > ./devtools/check-git-log.sh -1
> > > > Missing 'Fixes' tag:
> > > >         app/testpmd: fix ports list after removing several at once
> > >
> > > I think it is OK.
> > > It is fixing a case which was not tested before.
> > > And we don't really need to backport it.
> >
> > If "fix" is removed from the commit message then the fixes line will no=
t be
> needed.
> > However if it is a real fix, then I think fixes line should be added .
>=20
> I know, I am the one implementing this check :-) If I add a Fixes: line, =
it will warn
> about a lack of Cc:stable.
> But we don't need to backport this.
> That's why I think we can ignore this warning.
>=20
> Reminder: it is just warning, not a mandatory requirement.
>=20
>=20
As this does not seem to be a normal "fix", how about replacing "fix" with =
something like "update", then there will be no warning to ignore.
Better not have warnings.

Regards,

Bernard.