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

Burakov, Anatoly
2026-02-10T14:17:45Z

On 2/10/2026 3:08 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> 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

So the original code didn't have TSO at all? I.e. this can't be fixed as
a prerequisite patch to this patchset?

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Thanks,
Anatoly