[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] vfio: noiommu check error handling

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Sat Jan 13 23:49:30 CET 2018


13/01/2018 13:15, Burakov, Anatoly:
> On 11-Jan-18 11:45 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 07/11/2017 10:50, Jonas Pfefferle1:
> >>> Is there something urgent for 17.11?
> >>> Or can it be refined in 18.02?
> >>
> >> Nothing urgent. We can refine this for 18.02.
> >>
> >>> Anatoly, any thought?
> > 
> > Anatoly, Jonas, how do you want to proceed with this patch?
> > 
> 
> I don't see anything to be refined here, it's a simple bug fix - code 
> assumes noiommu mode support is always available, when it might not be 
> the case on older kernels.

As a bug fix, the title must start with "fix" and a tag "Fixes:"
must be added to help with backport.
At the same time, the explanation of the bug must be added in
the commit log please.

Thanks


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