please help backporting some patches to stable release 23.11.6

Richardson, Bruce bruce.richardson at intel.com
Mon Jan 5 09:48:40 CET 2026



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shani Peretz <shperetz at nvidia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 11:07 AM
> To: dpdk stable <stable at dpdk.org>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson at intel.com>; skori at marvell.com
> Subject: RE: please help backporting some patches to stable release 23.11.6
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shani Peretz <shperetz at nvidia.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, 25 December 2025 11:54
> > To: dpdk stable <stable at dpdk.org>

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> > Subject: please help backporting some patches to stable release 23.11.6
> >
> > Hi commit authors (and maintainers),
> >
> > Despite being selected by the DPDK maintenance tool ./devtools/git-log-
> fixes.sh
> > I didn't apply following commits from DPDK main to 23.11 stable branch, as
> > conflicts or build errors occur.
> >
> > Can authors check your patches in the following list and either:
> >     - Backport your patches to the 23.11 branch, or
> >     - Indicate that the patch should not be backported
> >
> > Please do either of the above by 12/31/25.
> >
> > You can find the a temporary work-in-progress branch of the coming
> 23.11.6
> > release at:
> >     https://github.com/shanipr/dpdk-stable
> > It is recommended to backport on top of that to minimize further conflicts or
> > misunderstandings.
> >
> > Some notes on stable backports:
> >
> > A backport should contain a reference to the DPDK main branch commit in
> it's
> > commit message in the following fashion:
> >     [ upstream commit <commit's dpdk main branch SHA-1 checksum> ]
> >
> > For example:
> >     https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-
> >
> stable/commit/?h=18.11&id=d90e6ae6f936ecdc2fd3811ff9f26aec7f3c06eb
> >
> > When sending the backported patch, please indicate the target branch in the
> > subject line, as we have multiple branches, for example:
> >     [PATCH 23.11] foo/bar: fix baz
> >
> > With git format-patch, this can be achieved by appending the parameter:
> >     --subject-prefix='PATCH 23.11'
> >
> > Send the backported patch to "stable at dpdk.org" but not "dev at dpdk.org".
> >
> > FYI, branch 23.11 is located at tree:
> >    https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-stable
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Shani
> >
> > ---
> > 8a8c02d2bb  Anatoly Burakov  vfio: fix custom containers in multiprocess
> 
> > bd96307d15  Bruce Richardson net/fm10k: fix Tx packet prepare
> > 19d7188f6f Bruce Richardson net/ixgbe: fix Tx packet prepare
> > 743bbd3bd2  Sunil Kumar Kori net/ice: fix Tx packet prepare
> 
> Hey Bruce/ Sunil,
> 
> I noticed that the patches were dropped from the 24.11 release and wanted
> to make sure it's okay to drop them from 23.11 as well.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shani
> 
Yes, I think that should be fine.

/Bruce


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