> From: David Marchand [mailto:david.march...@redhat.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2023 15.51 > > Hello Morten, > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 3:42 PM Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com> > wrote: > > > Add nonnull function attribute to help the compiler detect a NULL > > > pointer being passed to a function not accepting NULL pointers as an > > > argument at build time. > > > > > > Add access function attributes to tell the compiler how a function > > > accesses memory pointed to by its pointer arguments. > > > > > > Add these attributes to the rte_memcpy() function, as the first in > > > hopefully many to come. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com> > > > Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com> > > > Reviewed-by: Ruifeng Wang <ruifeng.w...@arm.com> > > > --- > > > > David, > > > > Patch parts 1, 2 and 3 are essentially individual stand-alone patches, and > can be merged as such. > > I am aware of them. > > Btw, those were marked as "awaiting upstream", so I suspect someone > (you maybe?) changed their state manually. > This state is something used between subtree maintainers and main repository.
Yes, I changed their state, trying to help... Seems I was wrong. Thank you for informing me of the usage. Do you know where I can find guidance to using DPDK Patchwork as a contributor? Or can I look for Linux Patchwork and assume it generally is used the same way? > > I fixed their state as NEW in patchwork yesterday so they can be > considered for merge. Great, thanks. > > > > > I only made them part of this series because they were required for the > primary patch 4. > > > > When I have some time to spare, I will send a new patch, adding the nonnull > and access attributes, based on the received feedback. > > Ok. > > > -- > David Marchand
