[PATCH v3 01/10] net/i40e: permit secondary process Rx path selection

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 09:49:28AM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> Commit 258f346f5d5e ("net/i40e: use same Rx path across processes")
> changed the way that secondary processes selected their Rx burst
> function. Instead of letting secondary processes select their own
> function, they now used the function selected by the primary process.
> However, the primary process only selects the function at device start,
> so if the primary process hadn't started the device by the time the
> secondary process was selecting its Rx burst function, the secondary
> process would not select the correct function.
> 
> This commit addresses this issue by allowing the secondary process to
> select the path if the device has not been started yet.
> 
> Fixes: 258f346f5d5e ("net/i40e: use same Rx path across processes")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>