22/11/2019 16:12, Kevin Traynor: > On 19/11/2019 10:40, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 14/10/2019 17:55, David Marchand: > >> The api rte_intr_ack that has been introduced to fix a race condition > >> observed with (at least) qede drivers/hw. > >> This is an experimental api in master but it still fixes a problem, so > >> I'd like to see this in stable branches. > > > > This is more a driver interface than an API. > > > >> Opinions? > > > > If it comes with a fix in a driver, I think it is worth backporting. > > > > > > I think fine to backport as it solves an observed problem for qede. > However, a bit reluctant to update all the drivers to use it without > acks from their maintainers. > > Discussed with David offline and idea to backport and only update qede > now. Other drivers can be updated if there is a request from > maintainers. How does it sound?
It's better than nothing. But it makes tracking of backports more difficult. Is it a common practice to backport half of fixes?
