Re: [PATCH v3 03/10] net/ice: permit secondary process Rx path selection

Bruce Richardson
2026-02-18T10:04:19Z

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 09:49:30AM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> Commit 197e70fb8961 ("net/ice: 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: 197e70fb8961 ("net/ice: use same Rx path across processes")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus@intel.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>