[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH v4] mbuf: fix reset on mbuf free

[Thomas Monjalon]

30/09/2021 15:29, Ali Alnubani:
> From: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>
> > On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 08:03:17AM +0000, Ali Alnubani wrote:
> > > Hi Olivier,
> > >
> > > I wanted to retest the patch on latest main, but it no longer applies, could
> > you please rebase it?
> > 
> > I rebased the patch:
> > https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210929213707.17727-1-
> > olivier.matz at 6wind.com/
> 
> Thanks for the update,
> I tested v5 on main (84b3e4555a1f) and the regression we previously saw no longer reproduces.
> 
> Will the patch be backported to 20.11? I can still reproduce a 2% drop in single core packet forwarding performance with v4 applied on v20.11.3.

As any significant fix, we must backport, or at least, try.
If there is a real issue in a stable branch, we'll discuss it
in the test&release process of this branch.