Re: [PATCH v3 08/10] net/ice: permit secondary process Tx path selection

[Bruce Richardson]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 09:49:35AM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> Commit cf96ec231d02 ("net/ice: use common Tx path selection
> infrastructure") changed the way that secondary processes selected their
> Tx 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 Tx 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: cf96ec231d02 ("net/ice: use common Tx path selection infrastructure")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.lof...@intel.com>
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Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>