Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] use IOVAs check based on DMA mask

[Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:52 AM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
wrote:

> 27/07/2018 10:22, Alejandro Lucero:
> > Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> > > 27/07/2018 09:03, Alejandro Lucero:
> > > > Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> > > > > 10/07/2018 19:25, Alejandro Lucero:
> > > > > > This patchset applies on 17.11.3.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Similar changes will be submitted to main DPDK branch soon.
> > > > >
> > > > > In patchwork, I mark this patchset as Deferred,
> > > > > waiting a new version for 18.11.
>
> > > > Hi Thomas,
> > > >
> > > > Why deferred? This patch is only to be applied to 17.11.3. Because
> the
> > > > changes the memory code has gone through the last months, the same
> fix
> > > will
> > > > be different for newer versions.
> > >
> > > OK, I can change them to "Not Applicable".
> > >
> > It is not applicable to master but it should for 17.11.3. Adding
> > stable@dpdk.org to this thread.
>
> The process is to send the patches to stable@dpdk.org with
> [PATCH 17.11] in the subject.
> Then it must decided of accepting the exception or not.
>
>
OK. I'll do that then.


> > > > I'm working on it but waiting all the current patches from Anatoly
> being
> > > > accepted for creating the final patchset.
> > >
> > > Is there still some patches which are not applied?
> > >
> > Uhmm, maybe a patch for 18.11 could be created now. I was thinking about
> > these ones:
> >
> > Support externally allocated memory in DPDK
> > Support running DPDK without hugetlbfs mountpoint
> >
> > But they are not going to be in 18.11, so I will submit the patch asap,
> but
> > I'm afraid it will be for stable 18.11.1
> > Next three weeks I'm on PTO, so hopefully I can submit the patch early
> > September.
>
> We are not going to apply them to 18.11.1. It should be in 18.11.0.
> If you send them really early September, it can be fine.
>
>
Good. Thanks!