Re: [PATCH v4 05/35] net/intel: add common fn to calculate needed descriptors

Bruce Richardson
2026-02-10T14:08:41Z

On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 01:29:48PM +0100, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 2/9/2026 5:45 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > Multiple drivers used the same logic to calculate how many Tx data
> > descriptors were needed. Move that calculation to common code. In the
> > process of updating drivers, fix idpf driver calculation for the TSO
> > case.
> >
>
> "Fix TSO for idpf" sounds like a bugfix? Can it be backported to stable?
>
Yes, it is a bug fix for a particular edge case. However, as done here, the
fix is implied by the code changes in the consolidation, and depends upon
them. Any fix for backport would need to be a different, standalone patch,
based on this.

/Bruce