[dpdk-ci] Failing pf_smoke test

[Thomas Monjalon]

22/09/2021 08:17, Chen, Zhaoyan:
> Thanks Lincoln and David to reminder.
> 
> Actually, this is a real issue on main branch.
> 
> The pf_smoke failed due to dpdk bad commit id: b3d95f1817288ca228f09b9164d6d3ff6249b175(has been merged into main branch).

Why a patch failing CI has been merged?
Is it because we get used to have CI failing and don't pay attention?

> Currently, its fixed patch(http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=18963) are provided by Dev and tested passed by CI, but not merged into main branch due to share code limitation.
> Test report: [dpdk-test-report] (Testing) |SUCCESS| pw(98992-98993) sid(18963) job(PER_PATCH_BUILD7871) [v2, 2/2] net/iavf: remove support for IP fragment default RSS<http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/test-report/2021-September/220075.html>)
> 
> I don’t know when the hotfix patch could be merged. Before that, shall CI be disabled for this real issue?

Everybody, every contributors ask why CI is failing for their patch.
So yes, such test should have been disabled as early as you discover the problem please.
The right process is to fill a bugzilla ticket to be referenced in the fix.