21.11.7 patches review and test

[Kevin Traynor]

On 22/04/2024 09:38, YangHang Liu wrote:
> RedHat QE tested below 18 scenarios on RHEL 9.4 and didn't find any new
> dpdk issues.
> 
>    -
>    - VM with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(1G hugepage size):
>    PASS
>    - VM with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(2M hugepage size) :
>    PASS
>    - VM with device assignment(VF) throughput testing: PASS
>    - PVP (host dpdk testpmd as vswitch) 1Q: throughput testing: PASS
>    - PVP vhost-user 2Q throughput testing: PASS
>    - PVP vhost-user 1Q - cross numa node throughput testing: PASS
>    - VM with vhost-user 2 queues throughput testing: PASS
>    - vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server qemu reconnect: PASS
>    - vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server ovs reconnect: PASS
>    - PVP  reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server: PASS
>    - PVP 1Q live migration testing: PASS
>    - PVP 1Q cross numa node live migration testing: PASS
>    - VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing: PASS
>    - VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing (2M): PASS
>    - VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 2Q live migration testing: PASS
>    - VM with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 4Q live migration testing: PASS
>    - Host PF + DPDK testing: PASS
>    - Host VF + DPDK testing: PASS
> 
> Test Versions:
> 
>    - qemu-kvm-8.2.0
>    - kernel 5.14
>    - libvirt 10.0
>    - git log
> 
>                         Commit e9b8b369deed1d368079e2591fa8df4a4b9dc94a
>                          Author: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>
>                          Date:   Thu Apr 18 13:19:53 2024 +0100
>                               version: 21.11.7-rc1
>                               Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <
> ktraynor at redhat.com>
> 
>    - Test device : X540-AT2 NIC(ixgbe, 10G)
> 
> Tested-by: Yanghang Liu<yanghliu at redhat.com>
> 

Thanks YangHang. I will add your validation notes to the release notes,

Kevin.

> 
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 8:34 PM Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Here is a list of patches targeted for stable release 21.11.7.
>>
>> The planned date for the final release is 30th April.
>>
>> Please help with testing and validation of your use cases and report
>> any issues/results with reply-all to this mail. For the final release
>> the fixes and reported validations will be added to the release notes.
>>
>> A release candidate tarball can be found at:
>>
>>     https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/tag/?id=v21.11.7-rc1
>>
>> These patches are located at branch 21.11 of dpdk-stable repo:
>>     https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>> ---
>> Ajit Khaparde (2):
>>       net/bnxt: fix array overflow
>>       net/bnxt: modify locking for representor Tx
>>
>> Akhil Goyal (1):
>>       common/cnxk: fix memory leak in CPT init
>>
>> Akshay Dorwat (1):
>>       net/ionic: fix RSS query
>>
>> Alan Elder (2):
>>       net: add macros for VLAN metadata parsing
>>       net/netvsc: fix VLAN metadata parsing
>>
>> Ali Alnubani (1):
>>       doc: update link to Windows DevX in mlx5 guide
>>
>> Andrew Boyer (2):
>>       net/ionic: fix device close
>>       doc: fix typos in cryptodev overview
>>
>> Bing Zhao (3):
>>       net/mlx5: fix counters map in bonding mode
>>       net/mlx5: fix age position in hairpin split
>>       net/mlx5: fix drop action release timing
>>
>> Bruce Richardson (9):
>>       kernel/freebsd: fix module build on FreeBSD 14
>>       build: fix linker warnings about undefined symbols
>>       net/vmxnet3: fix initialization on FreeBSD
>>       eventdev: improve Doxygen comments on configure struct
>>       eventdev: fix Doxygen processing of vector struct
>>       net/i40e: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
>>       net/iavf: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
>>       net/ice: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
>>       test: do not count skipped tests as executed
>>
>> Chaoyong He (1):
>>       net/nfp: fix resource leak for PF initialization
>>
>> Chengwen Feng (13):
>>       eal: verify strdup return
>>       bus/dpaa: verify strdup return
>>       bus/fslmc: verify strdup return
>>       bus/vdev: verify strdup return
>>       dma/idxd: verify strdup return
>>       event/cnxk: verify strdup return
>>       net/failsafe: fix memory leak in args parsing
>>       app/dumpcap: verify strdup return
>>       app/pdump: verify strdup return
>>       app/crypto-perf: verify strdup return
>>       test: verify strdup return
>>       examples/qos_sched: fix memory leak in args parsing
>>       net/hns3: remove QinQ insert support for VF
>>
>> Ciara Power (1):
>>       crypto/ipsec_mb: fix incorrectly setting cipher keys
>>
>> Dariusz Sosnowski (1):
>>       net/mlx5: fix VLAN handling in meter split
>>
>> David Marchand (7):
>>       hash: remove some dead code
>>       regexdev: fix logtype register
>>       ci: update versions of actions in GHA
>>       vhost: fix virtqueue access check in vhost-user setup
>>       test/event: skip test if no driver is present
>>       net/iavf: remove error logs for VLAN offloading
>>       app/testpmd: fix --stats-period option check
>>
>> Dengdui Huang (8):
>>       net/hns3: refactor VF mailbox message struct
>>       net/hns3: refactor PF mailbox message struct
>>       net/hns3: fix VF multiple count on one reset
>>       net/hns3: fix disable command with firmware
>>       net/hns3: fix reset level comparison
>>       app/testpmd: fix crash in multi-process forwarding
>>       net/hns3: refactor send mailbox function
>>       net/hns3: refactor handle mailbox function
>>
>> Edwin Brossette (2):
>>       net/virtio: remove duplicate queue xstats
>>       net/ixgbevf: fix RSS init for x550 NICs
>>
>> Eli Britstein (1):
>>       net/mlx5: prevent ioctl failure log flooding
>>
>> Emi Aoki (1):
>>       doc: fix typo in profiling guide
>>
>> Ferruh Yigit (3):
>>       common/mlx5: fix calloc parameters
>>       net/bnx2x: fix calloc parameters
>>       net/nfp: fix calloc parameters
>>
>> Fidel Castro (1):
>>       test/power: fix typo in error message
>>
>> Flore Norceide (1):
>>       doc: fix typo in packet framework guide
>>
>> Ganapati Kundapura (1):
>>       test/event: fix crash in Tx adapter freeing
>>
>> Hao Chen (1):
>>       vhost: fix deadlock during vDPA SW live migration
>>
>> Harman Kalra (1):
>>       common/cnxk: fix mbox region copy
>>
>> Hernan Vargas (1):
>>       doc: fix configuration in baseband 5GNR driver guide
>>
>> Holly Nichols (1):
>>       test/cfgfile: fix typo in error messages
>>
>> Huisong Li (2):
>>       doc: add traffic manager in features table
>>       doc: add link speeds configuration in features table
>>
>> Jie Hai (4):
>>       net/hns3: enable PFC for all user priorities
>>       net/hns3: support new device
>>       net/axgbe: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>>       net/nfp: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>>
>> Jonathan Erb (1):
>>       telemetry: fix empty JSON dictionaries
>>
>> Joyce Kong (1):
>>       config: fix CPU instruction set for cross-build
>>
>> Kaiwen Deng (2):
>>       net/i40e: remove redundant judgment in flow parsing
>>       net/ice: fix tunnel TSO capabilities
>>
>> Kalesh AP (4):
>>       net/bnxt: fix 50G and 100G forced speed
>>       net/bnxt: fix speed change from 200G to 25G on Thor
>>       net/bnxt: fix backward firmware compatibility
>>       net/bnxt: fix null pointer dereference
>>
>> Kevin Traynor (1):
>>       net/ixgbe: increase VF reset timeout
>>
>> Kiran Kumar K (1):
>>       net/cnxk: fix flow RSS configuration
>>
>> Kishore Padmanabha (1):
>>       net/bnxt: fix number of Tx queues being created
>>
>> Kommula Shiva Shankar (1):
>>       common/cnxk: fix RSS RETA configuration
>>
>> Konstantin Ananyev (1):
>>       examples/l3fwd: fix Rx over not ready port
>>
>> Masoumeh Farhadi Nia (1):
>>       examples/ipsec-secgw: fix typo in error message
>>
>> Maxime Coquelin (1):
>>       vhost: fix memory leak in Virtio Tx split path
>>
>> Michael Baum (3):
>>       net/mlx5: fix jump action validation
>>       net/mlx5: fix GENEVE TLV option management
>>       common/mlx5: fix duplicate read of general capabilities
>>
>> Mingjin Ye (1):
>>       test: fix probing in secondary process
>>
>> Morten Brørup (3):
>>       event/dlb2: remove superfluous memcpy
>>       net/bnx2x: fix warnings about memcpy lengths
>>       net/mlx5: fix warning about copy length
>>
>> Nithin Dabilpuram (2):
>>       common/cnxk: fix Tx MTU configuration
>>       common/cnxk: fix mbox struct attributes
>>
>> Pavan Nikhilesh (2):
>>       event/cnxk: fix dequeue timeout configuration
>>       doc: fix commands in eventdev test tool guide
>>
>> Pengfei Sun (1):
>>       net/mlx5: fix use after free when releasing Tx queues
>>
>> Qi Zhang (1):
>>       net/ice: fix link update
>>
>> Qian Hao (1):
>>       examples/packet_ordering: fix Rx with reorder mode disabled
>>
>> Rakesh Kudurumalla (1):
>>       test/mbuf: fix external mbuf case with assert enabled
>>
>> Rongwei Liu (1):
>>       net/mlx5: fix stats query crash in secondary process
>>
>> Satheesh Paul (1):
>>       common/cnxk: fix possible out-of-bounds access
>>
>> Shai Brandes (2):
>>       net/ena/base: limit exponential backoff
>>       net/ena/base: restructure interrupt handling
>>
>> Shaowei Sun (1):
>>       telemetry: fix connected clients count
>>
>> Simei Su (1):
>>       doc: fix default IP fragments maximum in programmer guide
>>
>> Sivaprasad Tummala (1):
>>       eal/x86: add AMD vendor check for TSC calibration
>>
>> Sivaramakrishnan Venkat (1):
>>       drivers/net: fix buffer overflow for packet types list
>>
>> Stephen Hemminger (6):
>>       cryptodev: remove unused extern variable
>>       doc: add --latencystats option in testpmd guide
>>       app/testpmd: hide --bitrate-stats in help if disabled
>>       common/sfc_efx/base: use C11 static assert
>>       net/tap: do not overwrite flow API errors
>>       net/tap: fix traffic control handle calculation
>>
>> Suanming Mou (5):
>>       app/crypto-perf: fix next segment mbuf
>>       app/crypto-perf: fix data comparison
>>       app/crypto-perf: fix encrypt operation verification
>>       app/crypto-perf: fix out-of-place mbuf size
>>       app/crypto-perf: add missing op resubmission
>>
>> Sunil Kumar Kori (1):
>>       net/cnxk: fix MTU limit
>>
>> Sunyang Wu (1):
>>       ethdev: fix NVGRE encap flow action description
>>
>> Tom Jones (1):
>>       net/vmxnet3: ignore Rx queue interrupt setup on FreeBSD
>>
>> Viacheslav Ovsiienko (1):
>>       net/mlx5: fix error packets drop in regular Rx
>>
>> Wathsala Vithanage (1):
>>       net/memif: fix extra mbuf refcnt update in zero copy Tx
>>
>> Weiguo Li (1):
>>       net/bnxt: fix deadlock in ULP timer callback
>>
>> Yunjian Wang (4):
>>       net/iavf: fix memory leak on security context error
>>       net/ixgbe: fix memoy leak after device init failure
>>       net/af_xdp: fix memzone leak on config failure
>>       net/af_xdp: fix leak on XSK configuration failure
>>
>>
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