On 6/16/2020 5:23 PM, Matan Azrad wrote:
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> From: Ferruh Yigit
>> On 6/16/2020 5:06 PM, Matan Azrad wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Ferruh, Raslan
>>>
>>> This patch is not a fix, we don't need to backport it.
>>
>> Why not backport it?
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> There is no a bug fix.
> The behavior will not be changed.
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> It is just for comfort.
It is not fix in the functionality, yes. But since it is merged into master, why
not backport it, backporting reduces possible conflicts in related code later.
Also if this increases the readability of the code, why not stable trees benefit
from it too?
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>>> I don't think we need fixes and cc stable here.
>>>
>>> Matan
>>>
>>> From: Raslan Darawsheh
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 1:28 PM
>>>>> To: Dekel Peled <dek...@mellanox.com>; Matan Azrad
>>>>> <ma...@mellanox.com>; Slava Ovsiienko
>> <viachesl...@mellanox.com>;
>>>>> Raslan Darawsheh <rasl...@mellanox.com>
>>>>> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/mlx5: move GTP mask define to
>>>>> correct location
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/10/2020 2:25 PM, Dekel Peled wrote:
>>>>>> Recent patch [1] added definition of mask MLX5_GTP_FLAGS_MASK,
>> just
>>>>>> above function flow_dv_validate_item_gtp(), where it is used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Patch was applied together with other patches which modified the
>>>>>> same file, so the mask was located further away from the function
>>>>>> it is used in.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This patch moves the mask definition to the proper location.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Dekel Peled <dek...@mellanox.com>
>>>>>> Acked-by: Matan Azrad <ma...@mellanox.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] Commit 563ac307a46b ("net/mlx5: support match on GTP flags")
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Better to add this as 'Fixes', instead of reference, so this way it
>>>>> helps for the backporting etc..
>>>>>
>>>>> Fixes: b88341ca35fc ("net/mlx5: convert flow dev handle to indexed")
>>>>> Cc: sta...@dpdk.org
>>>>
>>>> I'll change it in next-net-mlx accordingly,
>>>>
>>>> Kindest regards,
>>>> Raslan Darawsheh
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