[v7 1/1] net/af_xdp: fix multi interface support for K8s

[Maryam Tahhan]

On 07/02/2024 23:24, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> Hi Maryam,
>
> How do you want to continue with the patch, I think options we considered:
>
> 1. Fix 'use_cni' documentation (which we can backport to LTS) and
> overload the argument for new purpose. This will enable new feature by
> keeping backward compatibility. And requires new version of this patch.
>
> 2. If the 'use_cni' is completely broken in the 23.11 LTS, which means
> there is no user or backward compatibility to worry about, we can merge
> this patch and backport it to LTS.
>
> 3. Don't backport this fix to LTS, merge only to current release, which
> means your new feature won't be available to some users as long as a few
> years.
>
>
> (1.) is most user friendly, but if 'use_cni' already broken in LTS we
> can go with option (2.). What do you think?
>
Hi Ferruh


Approach 1 is what I was aiming for. I will respin the patchset shortly 
(just trying to break things down into logical changes - taking LTS 
support into account).


BR
Marym


>
> btw, @Ciara, @Maryam, if (2.) is true, how we end up having a feature
> ('use_cni' dev_args) completely broken in an LTS release?


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