[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] fix vector rx burst for PMDs

[Wang, Haiyue]

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> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 15:43
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> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/5] fix vector rx burst for PMDs
> 
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Wang, Haiyue
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 9:05 AM
> >
> > > From: Guo, Jia <jia.guo at intel.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 15:03
> > >
> > > Hi, haiyue
> > >
> > > > From: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.wang at intel.com>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 2:45 PM
> > > >
> > > > > From: Guo, Jia <jia.guo at intel.com>
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 14:37
> > > > >
> > > > > The limitation of burst size in vector rx was removed, since it
> > should
> > > > > retrieve as much received packets as possible. And also the
> > scattered
> > > > > receive path should use a wrapper function to achieve the goal of
> > > > > burst maximizing.
> > > > >
> > > > > This patch set aims to maximize vector rx burst for for
> > > > > ixgbe/i40e/ice/iavf/fm10k PMDs, and also do some code cleaning.
> > > >
> > > > IMO, this can be "enhance the vector ...", but not "fix ...".
> > > > If "fix", it needs "Fixes:" tags ... ;-)
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ok, so I will prefer to use "refine the vector rx burst for PMDs",
> > thanks.
> >
> > Better than "fix" now.
> >
> 
> It does fix a bug: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516

Looks like a backport is needed.