[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/5] Address reader-writer concurrency in rte_hash

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Fri Oct 26 10:38:14 CEST 2018


26/10/2018 02:48, Honnappa Nagarahalli:
> > 
> > 24/10/2018 03:32, Honnappa Nagarahalli:
> > > Dharmik Thakkar (1):
> > >   test/hash: read-write lock-free concurrency test
> > >
> > > Honnappa Nagarahalli (4):
> > >   hash: separate multi-writer from rw-concurrency
> > >   hash: support do not free on delete
> > >   hash: fix key store element alignment
> > >   hash: add lock-free read-write concurrency
> > 
> > Please add Cc: stable at dpdk.org below Fixes: line when the fix must be
> > backported.
> > 
> > The script check-git-log.sh will help in this task.
> I did not run this script, will run from next time.
> 
> I am confused about when to add 'stable at dpdk.org'.
> https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-18.08/contributing/patches.html  section 5.7 says that while fixing a 'regression' (any issue due to a previous code change), we should add 'author at example.com'.
> Then section 5.7.2 says that 'all fix patches to the master that are candidates for backporting should have 'Cc:stable at dpdk.org' and should be CCed to stable at dpdk.org mailing list.
> Last time I CCed a patch to stable at dpdk.org, I was told not to do it, 'Cc:stable at dpdk.org' in the commit message is enough.
> 
> Any clarification would help.

If you add Cc: stable at dpdk.org in the commit, git-send-email will
automatically Cc the email. So the email will be sent to dev and stable
at the same time. It's what should happen :)





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