2. DPDK Release 17.11

2.1. New Features

Extended port_id range from uint8_t to uint16_t.

Increased the port_id range from 8 bits to 16 bits in order to support more than 256 ports in DPDK. All ethdev APIs which have port_id as parameter have been changed.
Modified the return type of rte_eth_stats_reset.

Changed return type of rte_eth_stats_reset from void to int so that the caller can determine whether a device supports the operation or not and if the operation was carried out.
Added a new driver for Marvell Armada 7k/8k devices.

Added the new mrvl net driver for Marvell Armada 7k/8k devices. See the MRVL Poll Mode Driver NIC guide for more details on this new driver.
Updated mlx4 driver.

Updated the mlx4 driver including the following changes:
- Isolated mode (rte_flow) can now be enabled anytime, not only during initial device configuration.
- Flow rules now support up to 4096 priority levels usable at will by applications.
- Enhanced error message to help debugging invalid/unsupported flow rules.
- Flow rules matching all multicast and promiscuous traffic are now allowed.
- No more software restrictions on flow rules with the RSS action, their configuration is much more flexible.
- Significantly reduced memory footprint for Rx and Tx queue objects.
- While supported, UDP RSS is temporarily disabled due to a remaining issue with its support in the Linux kernel.
- The new RSS implementation does not automatically spread traffic according to the inner packet of VXLAN frames anymore, only the outer one (like other PMDs).
- Partial (Tx only) support for secondary processes was broken and had to be removed.
- Refactored driver to get rid of dependency on the components provided by Mellanox OFED and instead rely on the current and public rdma-core package and Linux version from now on.
- Removed compile-time limitation on number of device instances the PMD can support.
Updated mlx5 driver.

Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes:
- Enabled the PMD to run on top of upstream Linux kernel and rdma-core libs, removing the dependency on specific Mellanox OFED libraries.
- Improved PMD latency performance.
- Improved PMD memory footprint.
- Added support for vectorized Rx/Tx burst for ARMv8.
- Added support for secondary process.
- Added support for flow counters.
- Added support for Rx hardware timestamp offload.
- Added support for device removal event.
Added SoftNIC PMD.

Added a new SoftNIC PMD. This virtual device provides applications with software fallback support for traffic management.
Added support for NXP DPAA Devices.

Added support for NXP’s DPAA devices - LS104x series. This includes:
- DPAA Bus driver
- DPAA Mempool driver for supporting offloaded packet memory pool
- DPAA PMD for DPAA devices
See the DPAA Poll Mode Driver document for more details of this new driver.
Updated support for Cavium OCTEONTX Device.

Updated support for Cavium’s OCTEONTX device (CN83xx). This includes:
- OCTEONTX Mempool driver for supporting offloaded packet memory pool
- OCTEONTX Ethdev PMD
- OCTEONTX Eventdev-Ethdev Rx adapter
See the OCTEONTX Poll Mode driver document for more details of this new driver.
Added PF support to the Netronome NFP PMD.

Added PF support to the Netronome NFP PMD. Previously the NFP PMD only supported VFs. PF support is just as a basic DPDK port and has no VF management yet.

PF support comes with firmware upload support which allows the PMD to independently work from kernel netdev NFP drivers.

NFP 4000 devices are also now supported along with previous 6000 devices.
Updated bnxt PMD.

Major enhancements include:
- Support for Flow API
- Support for Tx and Rx descriptor status functions
Added bus agnostic functions to cryptodev for PMD initialization

Added new PMD assist, bus independent, functions rte_cryptodev_pmd_parse_input_args(), rte_cryptodev_pmd_create() and rte_cryptodev_pmd_destroy() for drivers to manage creation and destruction of new device instances.
Updated QAT crypto PMD.

Added several performance enhancements:
- Removed atomics from the internal queue pair structure.
- Added coalesce writes to HEAD CSR on response processing.
- Added coalesce writes to TAIL CSR on request processing.
In addition support was added for the AES CCM algorithm.
Updated the AESNI MB PMD.

The AESNI MB PMD has been updated with additional support for:
- The DES CBC algorithm.
- The DES DOCSIS BPI algorithm.
This change requires version 0.47 of the IPSec Multi-buffer library. For more details see the AESN-NI Multi Buffer Crypto Poll Mode Driver documentation.
Updated the OpenSSL PMD.

The OpenSSL PMD has been updated with additional support for:
- The DES CBC algorithm.
- The AES CCM algorithm.
Added NXP DPAA SEC crypto PMD.

A new dpaa_sec hardware based crypto PMD for NXP DPAA devices has been added. See the NXP DPAA CAAM (DPAA_SEC) document for more details.
Added MRVL crypto PMD.

A new crypto PMD has been added, which provides several ciphering and hashing algorithms. All cryptography operations use the MUSDK library crypto API. See the MRVL Crypto Poll Mode Driver document for more details.
Add new benchmarking mode to dpdk-test-crypto-perf application.

Added a new “PMD cyclecount” benchmark mode to the dpdk-test-crypto-perf application to display a detailed breakdown of CPU cycles used by hardware acceleration.
Added the Security Offload Library.

Added an experimental library - rte_security. This provide security APIs for protocols like IPSec using inline ipsec offload to ethernet devices or full protocol offload with lookaside crypto devices.

See the Security Library section of the DPDK Programmers Guide document for more information.
Updated the DPAA2_SEC crypto driver to support rte_security.

Updated the dpaa2_sec crypto PMD to support rte_security lookaside protocol offload for IPSec.
Updated the IXGBE ethernet driver to support rte_security.

Updated ixgbe ethernet PMD to support rte_security inline IPSec offload.
Updated ipsec-secgw application to support rte_security.

Updated the ipsec-secgw sample application to support rte_security actions for ipsec inline and full protocol offload using lookaside crypto offload.
Added IOMMU support to libvhost-user

Implemented device IOTLB in the Vhost-user backend, and enabled Virtio’s IOMMU feature. The feature is disabled by default, and can be enabled by setting RTE_VHOST_USER_IOMMU_SUPPORT flag at vhost device registration time.
Added the Event Ethernet Adapter Library.

Added the Event Ethernet Adapter library. This library provides APIs for eventdev applications to configure the ethdev for eventdev packet flow.
Updated DPAA2 Event PMD for the Event Ethernet Adapter.

Added support for the eventdev ethernet adapter for DPAA2.
Added Membership library (rte_member).

Added a new data structure library called the Membership Library.

The Membership Library is an extension and generalization of a traditional filter (for example Bloom Filter) structure that has multiple usages in a wide variety of workloads and applications. In general, the Membership Library is a data structure that provides a “set-summary” and responds to set-membership queries whether a certain member belongs to a set(s).

The library provides APIs for DPDK applications to insert a new member, delete an existing member, and query the existence of a member in a given set, or a group of sets. For the case of a group of sets the library will return not only whether the element has been inserted in one of the sets but also which set it belongs to.

See the Membership Library documentation in the Programmers Guide, for more information.
Added the Generic Segmentation Offload Library.

Added the Generic Segmentation Offload (GSO) library to enable applications to split large packets (e.g. MTU is 64KB) into small ones (e.g. MTU is 1500B). Supported packet types are:
- TCP/IPv4 packets.
- VxLAN packets, which must have an outer IPv4 header, and contain an inner TCP/IPv4 packet.
- GRE packets, which must contain an outer IPv4 header, and inner TCP/IPv4 headers.
The GSO library doesn’t check if the input packets have correct checksums, and doesn’t update checksums for output packets. Additionally, the GSO library doesn’t process IP fragmented packets.
Added the Flow Classification Library.

Added an experimental Flow Classification library to provide APIs for DPDK applications to classify an input packet by matching it against a set of flow rules. It uses the librte_table API to manage the flow rules.

2.2. Resolved Issues

Service core fails to call service callback due to atomic lock

In a specific configuration of multi-thread unsafe services and service cores, a service core previously did not correctly release the atomic lock on the service. This would result in the cores polling the service, but it looked like another thread was executing the service callback. The logic for atomic locking of the services has been fixed and refactored for readability.

2.3. API Changes

Ethdev device name length increased.

The size of internal device name has been increased to 64 characters to allow for storing longer bus specific names.
Removed the Ethdev RTE_ETH_DEV_DETACHABLE flag.

Removed the Ethdev RTE_ETH_DEV_DETACHABLE flag. This flag is not required anymore, with the new hotplug implementation. It has been removed from the ether library. Its semantics are now expressed at the bus and PMD level.
Service cores API updated for usability

The service cores API has been changed, removing pointers from the API where possible, and instead using integer IDs to identify each service. This simplifies application code, aids debugging, and provides better encapsulation. A summary of the main changes made is as follows:
- Services identified by ID not by rte_service_spec pointer
- Reduced API surface by using set functions instead of enable/disable
- Reworked rte_service_register to provide the service ID to registrar
- Reworked start and stop APIs into rte_service_runstate_set
- Added API to set runstate of service implementation to indicate readiness
The following changes have been made in the mempool library
- Moved flags datatype from int to unsigned int for rte_mempool.
- Removed __rte_unused int flag param from rte_mempool_generic_put and rte_mempool_generic_get API.
- Added flags param in rte_mempool_xmem_size and rte_mempool_xmem_usage.
- rte_mem_phy2mch was used in Xen dom0 to obtain the physical address; remove this API as Xen dom0 support was removed.
Added IOVA aliases related to physical address handling.

Some data types, structure members and functions related to physical address handling are deprecated and have new aliases with IOVA wording. For example:
- phys_addr_t can be often replaced by rte_iova_t of same size.
- RTE_BAD_PHYS_ADDR is often replaced by RTE_BAD_IOVA of same value.
- rte_memseg.phys_addr is aliased with rte_memseg.iova_addr.
- rte_mem_virt2phy() can often be replaced by rte_mem_virt2iova.
- rte_malloc_virt2phy is aliased with rte_malloc_virt2iova.
- rte_memzone.phys_addr is aliased with rte_memzone.iova.
- rte_mempool_objhdr.physaddr is aliased with rte_mempool_objhdr.iova.
- rte_mempool_memhdr.phys_addr is aliased with rte_mempool_memhdr.iova.
- rte_mempool_virt2phy() can be replaced by rte_mempool_virt2iova().
- rte_mempool_populate_phys*() are aliased with rte_mempool_populate_iova*()
- rte_mbuf.buf_physaddr is aliased with rte_mbuf.buf_iova.
- rte_mbuf_data_dma_addr*() are aliased with rte_mbuf_data_iova*().
- rte_pktmbuf_mtophys* are aliased with rte_pktmbuf_iova*().
PCI bus API moved outside of the EAL

The PCI bus previously implemented within the EAL has been moved. A first part has been added as an RTE library providing PCI helpers to parse device locations or other such utilities. A second part consisting of the actual bus driver has been moved to its proper subdirectory, without changing its functionalities.

As such, several PCI-related functions are not exposed by the EAL anymore:
- rte_pci_detach
- rte_pci_dump
- rte_pci_ioport_map
- rte_pci_ioport_read
- rte_pci_ioport_unmap
- rte_pci_ioport_write
- rte_pci_map_device
- rte_pci_probe
- rte_pci_probe_one
- rte_pci_read_config
- rte_pci_register
- rte_pci_scan
- rte_pci_unmap_device
- rte_pci_unregister
- rte_pci_write_config
These functions are made available either as part of librte_pci or librte_bus_pci.
Moved vdev bus APIs outside of the EAL

Moved the following APIs from librte_eal to librte_bus_vdev:
- rte_vdev_init
- rte_vdev_register
- rte_vdev_uninit
- rte_vdev_unregister
Add return value to stats_get dev op API

The stats_get dev op API return value has been changed to be int. In this way PMDs can return an error value in case of failure at stats getting process time.
Modified the rte_cryptodev_allocate_driver function.

Modified the rte_cryptodev_allocate_driver() function in the cryptodev library. An extra parameter struct cryptodev_driver *crypto_drv has been added.
Removed virtual device bus specific functions from librte_cryptodev.

The functions rte_cryptodev_vdev_parse_init_params() and rte_cryptodev_vdev_pmd_init() have been removed from librte_cryptodev and have been replaced by non bus specific functions rte_cryptodev_pmd_parse_input_args() and rte_cryptodev_pmd_create().

The rte_cryptodev_create_vdev() function was removed to avoid the dependency on vdev in librte_cryptodev; instead, users can call rte_vdev_init() directly.
Removed PCI device bus specific functions from librte_cryptodev.

The functions rte_cryptodev_pci_generic_probe() and rte_cryptodev_pci_generic_remove() have been removed from librte_cryptodev and have been replaced by non bus specific functions rte_cryptodev_pmd_create() and rte_cryptodev_pmd_destroy().
Removed deprecated functions to manage log level or type.

The functions rte_set_log_level(), rte_get_log_level(), rte_set_log_type() and rte_get_log_type() have been removed.

They are respectively replaced by rte_log_set_global_level(), rte_log_get_global_level(), rte_log_set_level() and rte_log_get_level().
Removed mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT.

The mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT have been removed since their behavior was not properly described.
Added mbuf flags PKT_RX_VLAN and PKT_RX_QINQ.

Two mbuf flags have been added to indicate that the VLAN identifier has been saved in the mbuf structure. For instance:
- If VLAN is not stripped and TCI is saved: PKT_RX_VLAN
- If VLAN is stripped and TCI is saved: PKT_RX_VLAN | PKT_RX_VLAN_STRIPPED
Modified the vlan_offload_set_t function prototype in the ethdev library.

Modified the vlan_offload_set_t function prototype in the ethdev library. The return value has been changed from void to int so the caller can determine whether the backing device supports the operation or if the operation was successfully performed.

2.4. ABI Changes

Extended port_id range.

The size of the field port_id in the rte_eth_dev_data structure has changed, as described in the New Features section above.
New parameter added to rte_eth_dev.

A new parameter security_ctx has been added to rte_eth_dev to support security operations like IPSec inline.
New parameter added to rte_cryptodev.

A new parameter security_ctx has been added to rte_cryptodev to support security operations like lookaside crypto.

2.5. Removed Items

Xen dom0 in EAL has been removed, as well as the xenvirt PMD and vhost_xen.
The crypto performance unit tests have been removed, replaced by the dpdk-test-crypto-perf application.

2.6. Shared Library Versions

The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.

  librte_acl.so.2
+ librte_bitratestats.so.2
+ librte_bus_dpaa.so.1
+ librte_bus_fslmc.so.1
+ librte_bus_pci.so.1
+ librte_bus_vdev.so.1
  librte_cfgfile.so.2
  librte_cmdline.so.2
+ librte_cryptodev.so.4
  librte_distributor.so.1
+ librte_eal.so.6
+ librte_ethdev.so.8
+ librte_eventdev.so.3
+ librte_flow_classify.so.1
  librte_gro.so.1
+ librte_gso.so.1
  librte_hash.so.2
  librte_ip_frag.so.1
  librte_jobstats.so.1
  librte_kni.so.2
  librte_kvargs.so.1
  librte_latencystats.so.1
  librte_lpm.so.2
  librte_mbuf.so.3
+ librte_mempool.so.3
  librte_meter.so.1
  librte_metrics.so.1
  librte_net.so.1
+ librte_pci.so.1
+ librte_pdump.so.2
  librte_pipeline.so.3
+ librte_pmd_bnxt.so.2
+ librte_pmd_bond.so.2
+ librte_pmd_i40e.so.2
+ librte_pmd_ixgbe.so.2
  librte_pmd_ring.so.2
+ librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
+ librte_pmd_vhost.so.2
  librte_port.so.3
  librte_power.so.1
  librte_reorder.so.1
  librte_ring.so.1
  librte_sched.so.1
+ librte_security.so.1
+ librte_table.so.3
  librte_timer.so.1
  librte_vhost.so.3

2.7. Tested Platforms

Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations
- CPU
  - Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C2758 @ 2.40GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1540 @ 2.00GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1541 @ 2.10GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4667 v3 @ 2.00GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2699 v3 @ 2.30GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2695 v4 @ 2.10GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v2 @ 2.40GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2658 v3 @ 2.20GHz
- OS:
  - CentOS 7.2
  - Fedora 25
  - Fedora 26
  - FreeBSD 11
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3
  - SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
  - Wind River Linux 8
  - Ubuntu 16.04
  - Ubuntu 16.10
- NICs:
  - Intel(R) 82599ES 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
    
    Firmware version: 0x61bf0001
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:10fb / 8086:10ed
    
    Driver version: 5.2.3 (ixgbe)
  - Intel(R) Corporation Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T
    
    Firmware version: 0x800003e7
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:15ad / 8086:15a8
    
    Driver version: 4.4.6 (ixgbe)
  - Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4 (4x10G)
    
    Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003205
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c
    
    Driver version: 2.1.26 (i40e)
  - Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2 (2x10G)
    
    Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003204
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c
    
    Driver version: 2.1.26 (i40e)
  - Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (2x25G)
    
    Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:158b
    
    Driver version: 2.1.26 (i40e)
  - Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2 (2X40G)
    
    Firmware version: 6.01 0x8000321c
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1583 / 8086:154c
    
    Driver version: 2.1.26 (i40e)
  - Intel(R) Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
    
    Firmware version: 1.63, 0x80000dda
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1521 / 8086:1520
    
    Driver version: 5.3.0-k (igb)
Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
- Platform details:
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697A v4 @ 2.60GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v3 @ 2.60GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 v2 @ 2.80GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v4 @ 2.20GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2640 @ 2.50GHz
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10GHz
- OS:
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo)
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
  - Ubuntu 16.10
  - Ubuntu 16.04
  - Ubuntu 14.04
- MLNX_OFED: 4.2-1.0.0.0
- NICs:
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-3 Pro 40G MCX354A-FCC_Ax (2x40G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1007
    
    Firmware version: 2.42.5000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4111A-XCAT (1x10G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4111A-ACAT (1x25G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX4131A-BCAT/MCX413A-BCAT (1x40G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 40G MCX415A-BCAT (1x40G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX4131A-GCAT/MCX413A-GCAT (1x50G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX414A-BCAT (2x50G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-GCAT/MCX416A-BCAT/MCX416A-GCAT (2x50G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 50G MCX415A-CCAT (1x100G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 100G MCX416A-CCAT (2x100G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1013
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 10G MCX4121A-XCAT (2x10G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1015
    
    Firmware version: 14.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1015
    
    Firmware version: 14.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1017
    
    Firmware version: 16.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX-5 Ex EN 100G MCX516A-CDAT (2x100G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 4.0 x16
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1019
    
    Firmware version: 16.21.1000
ARM platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
- Platform details:
  - Qualcomm ARM 1.1 2500MHz
- OS:
  - Ubuntu 16.04
- MLNX_OFED: 4.2-1.0.0.0
- NICs:
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1015
    
    Firmware version: 14.21.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1017
    
    Firmware version: 16.21.1000

2.8. Fixes in 17.11 LTS Release

2.8.1. 17.11.1

app/procinfo: add compilation option in config
app/testpmd: fix crash of txonly with multiple segments
app/testpmd: fix flow director filter
app/testpmd: fix flowgen forwarding offload flags
app/testpmd: fix invalid Rx queue number setting
app/testpmd: fix invalid Tx queue number setting
app/testpmd: fix port configuration print
app/testpmd: fix port id allocation
app/testpmd: fix port index in RSS forward config
app/testpmd: fix port topology in RSS forward config
app/testpmd: fix port validation
app/testpmd: remove xenvirt again
bus/dpaa: fix ARM big endian build
bus/dpaa: fix build when assert enabled
bus/dpaa: fix default IOVA mode
bus/fslmc: fix build with latest glibc
bus/fslmc: fix the cplusplus macro closure
bus/pci: fix interrupt handler type
bus/pci: forbid IOVA mode if IOMMU address width too small
bus/vdev: continue probing after a device failure
cmdline: avoid garbage in unused fields of parsed result
cmdline: fix dynamic tokens parsing
cryptodev: add missing CPU flag string
cryptodev: fix function prototype
cryptodev: fix session pointer cast
crypto/dpaa2_sec: fix enum conversion for GCM
crypto: fix pedantic compilation
crypto/qat: fix allocation check and leak
crypto/qat: fix null auth algo overwrite
crypto/qat: fix out-of-bounds access
crypto/qat: fix parameter type
crypto/scheduler: fix strncpy
doc: fix format in OpenSSL installation guide
doc: fix lists of supported crypto algorithms
drivers: change the deprecated memseg physaddr to IOVA
eal/arm64: remove the braces in memory barrier macros
eal/ppc64: revert arch-specific TSC freq query
eal/ppc: remove the braces in memory barrier macros
ethdev: fix link autonegotiation value
ethdev: fix missing imissed counter in xstats
ethdev: fix port data reset timing
ethdev: fix port id allocation
eventdev: fix doxygen comments
eventdev: set error code in port link/unlink functions
event/octeontx: fix Rx adapter port id mapping
event/sw: fix debug logging config option
event/sw: fix queue memory leak and multi-link bug
examples/bond: check mbuf allocation
examples/bond: fix vdev name
examples/ip_pipeline: fix timer period unit
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix corner case for SPI value
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix missing ingress flow attribute
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix SPI byte order in flow item
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix usage of incorrect port
examples/l3fwd-power: fix frequency detection
examples/l3fwd-power: fix Rx without interrupt
examples/vhost: fix sending ARP packet to self
examples/vhost: fix startup check
flow_classify: fix ISO C in exported header
igb_uio: allow multi-process access
keepalive: fix state alignment
kni: fix build dependency
kni: fix build with kernel 4.15
lib: fix missing includes in exported headers
log: fix memory leak in regexp level set
lpm: fix ARM big endian build
malloc: fix end for bounded elements
malloc: protect stats with lock
mbuf: fix NULL freeing when debug enabled
mbuf: fix performance of freeing with non atomic refcnt
member: fix ISO C in exported header
member: fix memory leak on error
mempool: fix first memory area notification
mempool: fix physical contiguous check
mempool/octeontx: fix improper memory barrier
mempool/octeontx: fix memory area registration
mempool/octeontx: fix natural alignment being optimized out
memzone: fix leak on allocation error
mk: fix external build
mk: remove TILE-Gx machine type
mk: support renamed Makefile in external project
net/bnxt: fix check for ether type
net/bnxt: fix double increment of idx during Tx ring alloc
net/bnxt: fix duplicate filter pattern creation error
net/bnxt: fix duplicate pattern for 5tuple filter
net/bnxt: fix group info usage
net/bnxt: fix link speed setting with autoneg off
net/bnxt: fix number of pools for RSS
net/bnxt: fix return code in MAC address set
net/bnxt: fix Rx checksum flags
net/bnxt: fix size of Tx ring in HW
net/bnxt: free the aggregation ring
net/bnxt: parse checksum offload flags
net/bonding: check error of MAC address setting
net/bonding: fix activated slave in 8023ad mode
net/bonding: fix bonding in 8023ad mode
net/bonding: fix setting slave MAC addresses
net/dpaa: fix FW version code
net/dpaa: fix potential memory leak
net/dpaa: fix the mbuf packet type if zero
net/dpaa: fix uninitialized and unused variables
net/e1000: fix null pointer check
net/e1000: fix VF Rx interrupt enabling
net/ena: do not set Tx L4 offloads in Rx path
net/enic: fix crash due to static max number of queues
net/enic: fix L4 Rx ptype comparison
net/failsafe: fix invalid free
net/failsafe: fix Rx safe check compiler hint
net: fix ESP header byte ordering definition
net/fm10k: fix logical port delete
net/i40e: add debug logs when writing global registers
net/i40e: add FDIR NVGRE parameter check
net/i40e: check multi-driver option parsing
net/i40e: exclude LLDP packet count
net/i40e: fix ARM big endian build
net/i40e: fix FDIR input set conflict
net/i40e: fix FDIR rule confiliction issue
net/i40e: fix flag for MAC address write
net/i40e: fix flow director Rx resource defect
net/i40e: fix interrupt conflict with multi-driver
net/i40e: fix ISO C in exported header
net/i40e: fix memory leak
net/i40e: fix multiple DDP packages conflict
net/i40e: fix multiple driver support
net/i40e: fix packet type for X722
net/i40e: fix port segmentation fault when restart
net/i40e: fix Rx interrupt
net/i40e: fix setting MAC address of VF
net/i40e: fix setting of MAC address on i40evf
net/i40e: fix VF reset stats crash
net/i40e: fix VF Rx interrupt enabling
net/i40e: fix VLAN offload setting
net/i40e: fix VLAN offload setting issue
net/i40e: fix VSI MAC filter on primary address change
net/i40e: warn when writing global registers
net/igb: fix Tx queue number assignment
net/ixgbe: fix ARM big endian build
net/ixgbe: fix max queue number for VF
net/ixgbe: fix parsing FDIR NVGRE issue
net/ixgbe: fix reset error handling
net/ixgbe: fix the failure of number of Tx queue check
net/ixgbe: fix tunnel filter fail problem
net/ixgbe: fix VF Rx interrupt enabling
net/ixgbe: fix wrong PBA setting
net/mlx4: fix drop flow resources leak
net/mlx4: fix Rx offload non-fragmented indication
net/mlx4: fix Tx packet drop application report
net/mlx4: fix unnecessary include
net/mlx4: revert workaround for broken Verbs
net/mlx5: cleanup allocation of ethtool stats
net/mlx5: fix calculation of flow ID flag
net/mlx5: fix deadlock of link status alarm
net/mlx5: fix flow item validation
net/mlx5: fix flow priority on queue action
net/mlx5: fix flow RSS configuration
net/mlx5: fix handling link status event
net/mlx5: fix HW checksum offload for outer IP
net/mlx5: fix link state on device start
net/mlx5: fix memory region boundary checks
net/mlx5: fix memory region cache last index
net/mlx5: fix memory region cache lookup
net/mlx5: fix memory region lookup
net/mlx5: fix Memory Region registration
net/mlx5: fix missing attribute size for drop action
net/mlx5: fix missing RSS capability
net/mlx5: fix overflow of Memory Region cache
net/mlx5: fix overwriting bit-fields in SW Rx queue
net/mlx5: fix port stop by verify flows are still present
net/mlx5: fix return value of start operation
net/mlx5: fix RSS key configuration
net/mlx5: fix secondary process verification
net/mlx5: fix Tx checksum offloads
net/mlx5: fix UAR remapping on non configured queues
net/mlx5: fix un-supported RSS hash fields use
net/mlx5: fix VLAN configuration after port stop
net/mlx5: remove parser/flow drop queue
net/mlx5: use PCI address as port name
net/mrvl: fix HIF objects allocation
net/mrvl: fix multiple probe
net/mrvl: fix oversize bpool handling
net/mrvl: fix shadow queue tail and size calculations
net/mrvl: keep shadow Txqs inside PMD Txq
net/nfp: fix CRC strip check behaviour
net/nfp: fix jumbo settings
net/nfp: fix MTU settings
net/octeontx: add channel to port id mapping
net/pcap: fix the NUMA id display in logs
net/qede/base: fix VF LRO tunnel configuration
net/qede: check tunnel L3 header
net/qede: fix clearing of queue stats
net/qede: fix few log messages
net/qede: fix MTU set and max Rx length
net/qede: fix to enable LRO over tunnels
net/qede: fix to reject config with no Rx queue
net/qede: fix tunnel header size in Tx BD configuration
net/qede: replace config option with run-time arg
net/sfc: do not hold management event queue lock while MCDI
net/sfc: fix DMA memory leak after kvarg processing failure
net/sfc: fix flow RSS check in error handling
net/sfc: fix incorrect bitwise ORing of L3/L4 packet types
net/sfc: fix initialization of flow structure
net/sfc: fix label name to be consistent
net/sfc: fix main MAC address handling
net/sfc: fix multicast address list copy memory leak
net/sfc: stop periodic DMA if MAC stats upload fails
net/szedata2: fix check of mmap return value
net/tap: fix cleanup on allocation failure
net/tap: remove unused kernel version definitions
net/thunderx: fix multi segment Tx function return
net/virtio: fix incorrect cast
net/virtio: fix memory leak when reinitializing device
net/virtio: fix queue flushing with vector Rx enabled
net/virtio: fix Rx and Tx handler selection for ARM32
net/virtio: fix typo in LRO support
net/virtio: fix vector Rx flushing
net/virtio-user: fix crash as features change
pdump: fix error check when creating/canceling thread
pmdinfogen: fix cross compilation for ARM big endian
security: fix device operation type
security: fix enum start value
security: fix pedantic compilation
service: fix lcore role after delete
service: fix number mapped cores count
service: fix possible mem leak on initialize
service: fix service core launch
test/bitmap: fix memory leak
test/crypto: fix missing include
test/eventdev: use CPU event type
test/memzone: fix freeing test
test/memzone: fix NULL freeing
test/memzone: fix wrong test
test: register test as failed if setup failed
test/reorder: fix memory leak
test/ring: fix memory leak
test/ring_perf: fix memory leak
test/table: fix memory leak
test/table: fix uninitialized parameter
test/timer_perf: fix memory leak
timer: fix reset on service cores
usertools/devbind: fix kernel module reporting
vfio: fix enabled check on error
vhost: fix crash
vhost: fix dequeue zero copy with virtio1
vhost: fix error code check when creating thread
vhost: fix IOTLB pool out-of-memory handling
vhost: fix mbuf free
vhost: protect active rings from async ring changes
vhost: remove pending IOTLB entry if miss request failed

2.8.2. 17.11.2

examples/vhost: move to safe GPA translation API
examples/vhost_scsi: move to safe GPA translation API
vhost: add support for non-contiguous indirect descs tables (fixes CVE-2018-1059)
vhost: check all range is mapped when translating GPAs (fixes CVE-2018-1059)
vhost: deprecate unsafe GPA translation API (fixes CVE-2018-1059)
vhost: ensure all range is mapped when translating QVAs (fixes CVE-2018-1059)
vhost: fix indirect descriptors table translation size (fixes CVE-2018-1059)
vhost: handle virtually non-contiguous buffers in Rx (fixes CVE-2018-1059)
vhost: handle virtually non-contiguous buffers in Rx-mrg (fixes CVE-2018-1059)
vhost: handle virtually non-contiguous buffers in Tx (fixes CVE-2018-1059)
vhost: introduce safe API for GPA translation (fixes CVE-2018-1059)

2.8.3. 17.11.3

app/crypto-perf: check minimum lcore number
app/crypto-perf: fix excess crypto device error
app/crypto-perf: fix IOVA translation
app/crypto-perf: fix parameters copy
app/crypto-perf: use strcpy for allocated string
app/procinfo: fix strncpy usage in args parsing
app/testpmd: fix burst stats reporting
app/testpmd: fix command token
app/testpmd: fix empty list of RSS queues for flow
app/testpmd: fix forward ports Rx flush
app/testpmd: fix forward ports update
app/testpmd: fix removed device link status asking
app/testpmd: fix slave port detection
app/testpmd: fix synchronic port hotplug
app/testpmd: fix valid ports prints
bus/dpaa: fix resource leak
bus/fslmc: fix find device start condition
bus/pci: fix find device implementation
bus/vdev: fix finding device by name
cryptodev: fix supported size check
crypto/dpaa2_sec: fix HMAC supported digest sizes
crypto/scheduler: fix 64-bit mask of workers cores
crypto/scheduler: fix memory leak
crypto/scheduler: fix multicore rings re-use
crypto/scheduler: fix possible duplicated ring names
crypto/scheduler: set null pointer after freeing
crypto/zuc: batch ops with same transform
crypto/zuc: do not set default op status
doc: add timestamp offload to mlx5 features
doc: fix NFP NIC guide grammar
drivers/net: fix link autoneg value for virtual PMDs
eal/ppc: remove braces in SMP memory barrier macro
ethdev: fix port accessing after release
ethdev: fix queue start
event/dpaa2: remove link from info structure
examples/exception_path: limit core count to 64
examples/l2fwd-crypto: fix the default aead assignments
examples/performance-thread: fix return type of threads
examples/quota_watermark: fix return type of threads
hash: fix missing spinlock unlock in add key
ip_frag: fix double free of chained mbufs
kni: fix build on CentOS 7.4
kni: fix build on RHEL 7.5
mbuf: fix Tx checksum offload API doc
mbuf: improve tunnel Tx offloads API doc
mem: do not use physical addresses in IOVA as VA mode
mempool: fix leak when no objects are populated
mempool: fix virtual address population
mk: fix make defconfig on FreeBSD
net: add IPv6 header fields macros
net/bnx2x: do not cast function pointers as a policy
net/bnx2x: fix for PCI FLR after ungraceful exit
net/bnx2x: fix KR2 device check
net/bnx2x: fix memzone name overrun
net/bnxt: avoid invalid vnic id in set L2 Rx mask
net/bnxt: fix endianness of flag
net/bnxt: fix license header
net/bnxt: fix LRO disable
net/bnxt: fix Rx checksum flags
net/bnxt: fix Rx checksum flags for tunnel frames
net/bnxt: fix Rx drop setting
net/bnxt: fix Rx mbuf and agg ring leak in dev stop
net/bnxt: fix usage of vnic id
net/bnxt: free memory allocated for VF filters
net/bnxt: set padding flags in Rx descriptor
net/bonding: clear started state if start fails
net/bonding: export mode 4 slave info routine
net/bonding: fix primary slave port id storage type
net/bonding: fix setting VLAN ID on slave ports
net/bonding: fix slave activation simultaneously
net/bonding: free mempool used in mode 6
net/dpaa2: fix xstats
net/dpaa: fix oob access
net/enic: allocate stats DMA buffer upfront during probe
net/enic: fix crash on MTU update with non-setup queues
net/failsafe: fix duplicate event registration
net/failsafe: fix probe cleanup
net/failsafe: fix removed sub-device cleanup
net/i40e: fix DDP profile DEL operation
net/i40e: fix failing to disable FDIR Tx queue
net/i40e: fix intr callback unregister by adding retry
net/i40e: fix link status update
net/i40e: fix link update no wait
net/i40e: fix shifts of signed values
net/ixgbe: enable vector PMD for icc 32 bits
net/ixgbe: fix busy wait during checking link status
net/ixgbe: fix DCB configuration
net/ixgbe: fix intr callback unregister by adding retry
net/ixgbe: fix too many interrupts
net/liquidio: fix link state fetching during start
net/mlx4: avoid constant recreations in function
net/mlx4: fix a typo in header file
net/mlx4: fix broadcast Rx
net/mlx4: fix removal detection of stopped port
net/mlx4: fix RSS resource leak in case of error
net/mlx4: fix Rx resource leak in case of error
net/mlx4: fix single port configuration
net/mlx4: fix UDP flow rule limitation enforcement
net/mlx4: store RSS hash result in mbufs
net/mlx5: add data-plane debug message macro
net/mlx5: add missing function documentation
net/mlx5: add packet type index for TCP ack
net/mlx5: change device reference for secondary process
net/mlx5: change non failing function return values
net/mlx5: change pkt burst select function prototype
net/mlx5: change tunnel flow priority
net/mlx5: enforce RSS key length limitation
net/mlx5: fix allocation when no memory on device NUMA node
net/mlx5: fix build with clang on ARM
net/mlx5: fix calculation of Tx TSO inline room size
net/mlx5: fix close after start failure
net/mlx5: fix count in xstats
net/mlx5: fix CRC strip capability query
net/mlx5: fix disabling Tx packet inlining
net/mlx5: fix double free on error handling
net/mlx5: fix ethtool link setting call order
net/mlx5: fix existing file removal
net/mlx5: fix flow creation with a single target queue
net/mlx5: fix flow director conversion
net/mlx5: fix flow director drop rule deletion crash
net/mlx5: fix flow director mask
net/mlx5: fix flow director rule deletion crash
net/mlx5: fix flow validation
net/mlx5: fix icc build
net/mlx5: fix invalid flow item check
net/mlx5: fix IPv6 header fields
net/mlx5: fix link status behavior
net/mlx5: fix link status initialization
net/mlx5: fix link status to use wait to complete
net/mlx5: fix probe return value polarity
net/mlx5: fix reception of multiple MAC addresses
net/mlx5: fix resource leak in case of error
net/mlx5: fix RSS flow action bounds check
net/mlx5: fix RSS key length query
net/mlx5: fix secondary process mempool registration
net/mlx5: fix socket connection return value
net/mlx5: fix sriov flag
net/mlx5: fix synchronization on polling Rx completions
net/mlx5: improve flow error explanation
net/mlx5: map UAR address around huge pages
net/mlx5: mark parameters with unused attribute
net/mlx5: name parameters in function prototypes
net/mlx5: normalize function prototypes
net/mlx5: prefix all functions with mlx5
net/mlx5: refuse empty VLAN flow specification
net/mlx5: remove 32-bit support
net/mlx5: remove assert un-accessible from secondary process
net/mlx5: remove control path locks
net/mlx5: remove excessive data prefetch
net/mlx5: remove get priv internal function
net/mlx5: remove kernel version check
net/mlx5: remove useless empty lines
net/mlx5: setup RSS regardless of queue count
net/mlx5: split L3/L4 in flow director
net/mlx5: standardize on negative errno values
net/mlx5: use dynamic logging
net/mlx5: use port id in PMD log
net/mlx5: warn for unsuccessful memory registration
net/mlx: control netdevices through ioctl only
net/mrvl: fix crash when port is closed without starting
net/mrvl: fix Rx descriptors number
net/nfp: fix assigning port id in mbuf
net/nfp: fix barrier location
net/nfp: fix link speed capabilities
net/nfp: fix mbufs releasing when stop or close
net/octeontx: fix null pointer dereference
net/octeontx: fix uninitialized speed variable
net/octeontx: fix uninitialized variable in port open
net/qede/base: fix to support OVLAN mode
net/qede: fix alloc from socket 0
net/qede: fix device stop to remove primary MAC
net/qede: fix L2-handles used for RSS hash update
net/qede: fix memory alloc for multiple port reconfig
net/qede: fix missing loop index in Tx SG mode
net/qede: fix multicast filtering
net/qede: fix to prevent overwriting packet type
net/qede: fix unicast filter routine return code
net/qede: fix VF port creation sequence
net/sfc: add missing defines for SAL annotation
net/sfc: add missing Rx fini on RSS setup fail path
net/sfc/base: fix comparison always true warning
net/sfc: fix mbuf data alignment calculation
net/sfc: fix type of opaque pointer in perf profile handler
net/sfc: ignore spec bits not covered by mask
net/sfc: process RSS settings on Rx configure step
net/szedata2: fix format string for PCI address
net/szedata2: fix total stats
net/tap: fix icc build
net/vhost: fix crash when creating vdev dynamically
net/vhost: fix invalid state
net/vhost: initialise device as inactive
net/vmxnet3: set the queue shared buffer at start
nfp: allow for non-root user
nfp: restore the unlink operation
nfp: unlink the appropriate lock file
pci: remove duplicated symbol from map file
test/distributor: fix return type of thread function
test: fix memory flags test for low NUMA nodes number
test/mempool: fix autotest retry
test/pipeline: fix return type of stub miss
test/pipeline: fix type of table entry parameter
test/reorder: fix freeing mbuf twice
vfio: do not needlessly check for IOVA mode
vhost: check cmsg not null
vhost: fix compilation issue when vhost debug enabled
vhost: fix dead lock on closing in server mode
vhost: fix device cleanup at stop
vhost: fix message payload union in setting ring address
vhost: fix offset while mmaping log base address
vhost: fix realloc failure
vhost: fix ring index returned to master on stop

2.8.4. 17.11.4

app/crypto-perf: fix auth IV offset
app/testpmd: fix buffer leak in TM command
app/testpmd: fix DCB config
app/testpmd: fix VLAN TCI mask set error for FDIR
bitrate: add sanity check on parameters
bus/dpaa: fix buffer offset setting in FMAN
bus/dpaa: fix build
bus/dpaa: fix phandle support for Linux 4.16
bus/pci: use IOVAs check when setting IOVA mode
crypto/qat: fix checks for 3GPP algo bit params
doc: fix bonding command in testpmd
doc: update qede management firmware guide
eal: fix bitmap documentation
eal: fix return codes on thread naming failure
eal/linux: fix invalid syntax in interrupts
eal/linux: fix uninitialized value
ethdev: fix a doxygen comment for port allocation
ethdev: fix queue statistics mapping documentation
eventdev: add event buffer flush in Rx adapter
eventdev: fix internal port logic in Rx adapter
eventdev: fix missing update to Rx adaper WRR position
eventdev: fix port in Rx adapter internal function
eventdev: fix Rx SW adapter stop
event: fix ring init failure handling
event/octeontx: remove unnecessary port start and stop
examples/exception_path: fix out-of-bounds read
examples: fix strncpy error for GCC8
examples/flow_filtering: add flow director config for i40e
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix bypass rule processing
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix IPv4 checksum at Tx
examples/l2fwd-crypto: check return value on IV size check
examples/l2fwd-crypto: fix digest with AEAD algo
examples/l2fwd-crypto: skip device not supporting operation
examples/l3fwd: remove useless include
hash: fix a multi-writer race condition
hash: fix doxygen of return values
hash: fix key slot size accuracy
hash: fix multiwriter lock memory allocation
kni: fix build on RHEL 7.5
kni: fix build with gcc 8.1
kni: fix crash with null name
maintainers: claim maintainership for ARM v7 and v8
maintainers: update for Mellanox PMDs
mem: add function for checking memsegs IOVAs addresses
mem: fix max DMA maskbit size
mem: use address hint for mapping hugepages
metrics: add check for invalid key
metrics: disallow null as metric name
metrics: do not fail silently when uninitialised
mk: fix cross build
mk: fix permissions when using make install
mk: remove unnecessary test rules
mk: update targets for classified tests
net/bnx2x: fix FW command timeout during stop
net/bnx2x: fix poll link status
net/bnx2x: fix to set device link status
net/bnxt: add missing ids in xstats
net/bnxt: check access denied for HWRM commands
net/bnxt: check for invalid vNIC id
net/bnxt: fix filter freeing
net/bnxt: fix HW Tx checksum offload check
net/bnxt: fix lock release on NVM write failure
net/bnxt: fix memory leaks in NVM commands
net/bnxt: fix RETA size
net/bnxt: fix Rx ring count limitation
net/bnxt: fix set MTU
net/bnxt: fix to move a flow to a different queue
net/bnxt: use correct flags during VLAN configuration
net/bonding: always update bonding link status
net/bonding: do not clear active slave count
net/bonding: fix MAC address reset
net/bonding: fix race condition
net/cxgbe: fix init failure due to new flash parts
net/cxgbe: fix Rx channel map and queue type
net/dpaa2: remove loop for unused pool entries
net/ena: change memory type
net/ena: check pointer before memset
net/ena: fix GENMASK_ULL macro
net/ena: fix SIGFPE with 0 Rx queue
net/ena: set link speed as none
net/enic: add devarg to specify ingress VLAN rewrite mode
net/enic: do not overwrite admin Tx queue limit
net/i40e: fix check of flow director programming status
net/i40e: fix link speed
net/i40e: fix packet type parsing with DDP
net/i40e: fix setting TPID with AQ command
net/i40e: fix shifts of 32-bit value
net/i40e: revert fix of flow director check
net/i40e: workaround performance degradation
net/ixgbe: add support for VLAN in IP mode FDIR
net/ixgbe: fix mask bits register set error for FDIR
net/ixgbe: fix tunnel id format error for FDIR
net/ixgbe: fix tunnel type set error for FDIR
net/mlx4: check RSS queues number limitation
net/mlx4: fix minor resource leak during init
net/mlx5: add missing sanity checks for Tx completion queue
net/mlx5: fix assert for Tx completion queue count
net/mlx5: fix build with old kernels
net/mlx5: fix compilation for rdma-core v19
net/mlx5: fix crash in device probe
net/mlx5: fix error number handling
net/mlx5: fix flow search on FDIR deletion
net/mlx5: fix queue rollback when starting device
net/mlx5: fix return value when deleting fdir filter
net/mlx5: fix Rx buffer replenishment threshold
net/mlx5: fix secondary process resource leakage
net/mlx5: fix TCI mask filter
net/mlx5: preserve allmulticast flag for flow isolation mode
net/mlx5: preserve promiscuous flag for flow isolation mode
net/mvpp2: check pointer before using it
net/nfp: check hugepages IOVAs based on DMA mask
net/nfp: fix field initialization in Tx descriptor
net/nfp: support IOVA VA mode
net/octeontx: fix stop clearing Rx/Tx functions
net/pcap: fix multiple queues
net/qede/base: fix GRC attention callback
net/qede/base: fix to clear HW indication
net/qede: fix default extended VLAN offload config
net/qede: fix for devargs
net/qede: fix incorrect link status update
net/qede: fix interrupt handler unregister
net/qede: fix legacy interrupt mode
net/qede: fix link change event notification
net/qede: fix MAC address removal failure message
net/qede: fix ntuple filter configuration
net/qede: fix unicast MAC address handling in VF
net/qede: fix VF MTU update
net/qede: remove primary MAC removal
net/sfc: cut non VLAN ID bits from TCI
net/sfc: fix assert in set multicast address list
net/sfc: handle unknown L3 packet class in EF10 event parser
net/tap: fix zeroed flow mask configurations
net/thunderx: avoid sq door bell write on zero packet
net/thunderx: fix build with gcc optimization on
ring: fix sign conversion warning
security: fix crash on destroy null session
test/crypto: fix device id when stopping port
test: fix code on report
test: fix EAL flags autotest on FreeBSD
test: fix result printing
test: fix uninitialized port configuration
test/flow_classify: fix return types
test/hash: fix multiwriter with non consecutive cores
test/hash: fix potential memory leak
test: improve filtering
test: make autotest runner python 2/3 compliant
test: print autotest categories
vfio: fix PCI address comparison
vhost: fix missing increment of log cache count
vhost: flush IOTLB cache on new mem table handling
vhost: improve dirty pages logging performance
vhost: release locks on RARP packet failure
vhost: retranslate vring addr when memory table changes

2.8.5. 17.11.5

acl: forbid rule with priority zero
app/pdump: fix port id storage size
app/procinfo: fix sprintf overrun
app/test-crypto-perf: fix check for auth key
app/test-crypto-perf: fix check for cipher IV
app/test-crypto-perf: fix double allocation of memory
app/testpmd: check Rx VLAN offload flag to print VLAN TCI
app/testpmd: fix csum parse-tunnel command invocation
app/testpmd: fix duplicate exit
app/testpmd: fix L4 length for UDP checksum
app/testpmd: fix memory leak for TM object
app/testpmd: fix metering and policing commands
app/testpmd: fix physical port socket initialization
app/testpmd: fix printf format in event callback
app/testpmd: fix RED byte stats
app/testpmd: fix shaper profile parameters
app/testpmd: fix vdev socket initialization
app/testpmd: optimize mbuf pool allocation
app/testpmd: reserve NUMA node per port and per ring
build: enable ARM NEON flag when __aarch64__ defined
bus/dpaa: fix build with gcc 9.0
bus/dpaa: fix inconsistent struct alignment
bus/pci: compare kernel driver instead of interrupt handler
bus/pci: fix allocation of device path
bus/pci: fix config r/w access
bus/pci: replace strncpy by strlcpy
crypto/aesni_mb: fix possible array overrun
crypto/mvsam: update hash digest sizes
crypto/scheduler: fix build with gcc 8.2
devtools: provide more generic grep in git check
doc: add cross-compilation in sample apps guide
doc: add VFIO in ENA guide
doc: clarify L3 Tx checksum prerequisite
doc: clarify L4 Tx checksum prerequisite
doc: clarify TSO Tx offload prerequisite
doc: fix formatting in IP reassembly app guide
doc: fix missing CCM to QAT feature list
doc: fix NUMA library name in Linux guide
doc: fix spelling in PMD guides
doc: fix style and syntax in flow API guide
doc: fix typo in testpmd guide
doc: fix typos in the flow API guide
doc: fix wrong usage of bind command
eal/arm64: fix instrinsic for GCC < 4.9
eal: declare trace buffer at top of own block
eal: explicit cast in constant byte swap
eal: explicit cast in rwlock functions
eal: explicit cast of builtin for bsf32
eal: explicit cast of core id when getting index
eal: explicit cast of strlcpy return
eal: fix build
eal: fix build with gcc 9.0
eal: fix build with -O1
eal: fix casts in random functions
eal: introduce rte version of fls
eal/linux: fix memory leak of logid
eal/linux: handle UIO read failure in interrupt handler
eal: support strlcpy function
eal: use correct data type for bitmap slab operations
eal/x86: fix type of variable in memcpy function
eal/x86: remove unused memcpy file
efd: fix write unlock during ring creation
ethdev: explicit cast of buffered Tx number
ethdev: explicit cast of queue count return
ethdev: fix doxygen comment to be with structure
ethdev: fix queue start and stop
ethdev: fix type and scope of variables in Rx burst
eventdev: fix eth Rx adapter hotplug incompatibility
eventdev: fix unlock in Rx adapter
event/sw: fix cq index check for unlink usecases
examples/flow_filtering: remove VLAN item
examples/ipv4_multicast: fix leak of cloned packets
examples/vhost: remove unnecessary constant
fix dpdk.org URLs
gro: fix overflow of TCP payload calculation
hash: explicit casts for truncation in CRC32c
hash: move stack declaration at top of CRC32c function
igb_uio: fix refcount if open returns error
ip_frag: fix overflow in key comparison
ip_frag: use key length for key comparison
kni: fix build on Linux < 3.14
kni: fix build on Linux 4.19
kni: fix kernel FIFO synchronization
kni: fix possible uninitialized variable
kvargs: fix processing a null list
latency: fix timestamp marking and latency calculation
mbuf: avoid implicit demotion in 64-bit arithmetic
mbuf: avoid integer promotion in prepend/adj/chain
mbuf: explicit cast of headroom on reset
mbuf: explicit cast of size on detach
mbuf: explicit casts of reference counter
mbuf: fix reference counter integer promotion
mbuf: fix Tx offload mask
mbuf: fix type of private size in detach
mbuf: fix type of variables in linearize function
mem: fix memory initialization time
mem: fix undefined behavior in NUMA-aware mapping
mk: disable gcc AVX512F support
net/bnx2x: fix call to link handling periodic function
net/bnx2x: fix logging to include device name
net/bnx2x: fix to add PHY lock
net/bnx2x: fix to disable further interrupts
net/bnx2x: fix VF link state update
net/bnxt: fix registration of VF async event completion ring
net/bnxt: fix uninitialized pointer access in Tx
net/bnxt: set MAC filtering as outer for non tunnel frames
net/bnxt: set VLAN strip mode before default VNIC cfg
net/bonding: do not ignore RSS key on device config
net/bonding: fix crash when stopping mode 4 port
net/bonding: fix possible silent failure in config
net/bonding: fix Rx slave fairness
net/bonding: stop and deactivate slaves on stop
net/bonding: support matching QinQ ethertype
net/bonding: use evenly distributed default RSS RETA
net/e1000/base: fix uninitialized variable
net/e1000: do not error out if Rx drop enable is set
net/ena: fix passing RSS hash to mbuf
net/enic: do not use non-standard integer types
net/enic: fix flow API memory leak
net/enic: set Rx VLAN offload flag for non-stripped packets
net: explicit cast in L4 checksum
net: explicit cast of IP checksum to 16-bit
net: explicit cast of multicast bit clearing
net: explicit cast of protocol in IPv6 checksum
net/failsafe: add checks for deferred queue setup
net/failsafe: fix crash on slave queue release
net/failsafe: remove not supported multicast MAC filter
net: fix build with pedantic
net: fix Intel prepare function for IP checksum offload
net/i40e/base: correct global reset timeout calculation
net/i40e/base: fix comment referencing internal data
net/i40e/base: gracefully clean the resources
net/i40e/base: properly clean resources
net/i40e: enable loopback function for X722 MAC
net/i40e: fix link status update
net/i40e: fix offload not supported mask
net/i40e: fix send admin queue command before init
net/i40e: fix X710 Rx after reading some registers
net/i40e: keep promiscuous on if allmulticast is enabled
net/i40e: update Tx offload mask
net/igb: update Tx offload mask
net/ixgbe: fix busy polling while fiber link update
net/ixgbe: fix maximum wait time in comment
net/ixgbe: stop link setup alarm handler before device start
net/ixgbe: update Tx offload mask
net/ixgbevf: fix link state
net/ixgbe: wait longer for link after fiber MAC setup
net/mlx4: fix possible uninitialized variable
net/mlx5: add Bluefield device id
net/mlx5: disable ConnectX-4 Lx Multi Packet Send by default
net/mlx5: fix initialization of struct members
net/mlx5: fix interrupt completion queue index wrapping
net/mlx5: fix multi-chunk mempool support
net/mlx5: make vectorized Tx threshold configurable
net/mlx5: optimize Rx buffer replenishment threshold
net: move stack variable at top of VLAN strip function
net/mvpp2: fix array initialization
net/nfp: fix mbuf flags with checksum good
net/nfp: fix memcpy out of source range
net/nfp: fix misuse of strlcpy
net/nfp: fix RSS
net/nfp: replace strncpy by strlcpy
net/octeontx: fix failures when available ports > queues
net/octeontx: fix mbuf corruption with large private sizes
net/octeontx: fix packet corruption on Tx
net/qede/base: fix MFW FLR flow
net/qede/base: fix to handle stag update event
net/qede: fix crash when configure fails
net/qede: fix ethernet type in HW registers
net/qede: fix flow director for IPv6 filter
net/qede: fix Rx buffer size calculation
net/qede: fix strncpy
net/qede: fix Tx offload mask
net/qede: fix Tx tunnel offload support mask
net/qede: replace strncpy by strlcpy
net/sfc: allow to query RSS key and HF in isolated mode
net/sfc: allow to query RSS key and HF when RSS is disabled
net/sfc/base: avoid usage of too big arrays on stack
net/sfc/base: check size of memory to read sensors data to
net/sfc/base: fix a typo in unicast filter insertion comment
net/sfc/base: fix build because of no declaration
net/sfc/base: fix ID retrieval in v3 licensing
net/sfc/base: fix MAC Tx stats for less or equal to 64 bytes
net/sfc/base: fix out of bounds read when dereferencing sdup
net/sfc/base: fix PreFAST warnings because of unused return
net/sfc/base: fix SAL annotation for input buffers
net/sfc/base: make last byte of module information available
net/sfc/base: prevent access to the NIC config before probe
net/sfc/base: properly align on line continuation
net/sfc/base: remove Falcon-specific concurrency check
net/sfc: do not skip RSS configuration step on reconfigure
net/sfc: fix an Rx queue double release possibility
net/sfc: fix a Tx queue double release possibility
net/sfc: make sure that stats name is nul-terminated
net/sfc: receive prepared packets even in Rx exception case
net/softnic: fix undefined dev info fields
net/tap: fix file descriptor check
net/thunderx: fix Tx desc corruption in scatter-gather mode
net/vhost: fix parameters string
net/virtio: fix PCI config error handling
net/virtio: fix unchecked return value
net/virtio: register/unregister intr handler on start/stop
net/virtio-user: check negotiated features before set
net/virtio-user: do not reset owner when driver resets
net/virtio-user: fix typo in error message
pci: fix parsing of address without function number
ring: remove signed type flip-flopping
ring: remove useless variables
spinlock/x86: move stack declaration before code
table: fix casting cuckoo hash function
test/crypto: fix number of queue pairs
test/event: check burst mode capability
test/hash: fix bucket size in perf test
test/hash: fix build
test: release ring resources after PMD perf test
test/reorder: fix out of bound access
usertools: check for lspci dependency
vfio: do not needlessly setup device in secondary process
vhost: fix corner case for enqueue operation
vhost: remove unneeded null pointer check

2.8.6. 17.11.6

app/testpmd: expand RED queue thresholds to 64 bits
app/testpmd: fix quit to stop all ports before close
crypto/qat: fix block size error handling
devtools: fix wrong headline lowercase for arm
doc: add dependency for PDF in contributing guide
doc: add missing loopback option in testpmd guide
doc: fix a parameter name in testpmd guide
doc: fix garbage text in generated HTML guides
doc: fix references in power management guide
drivers/crypto: fix PMDs memory leak
drivers: fix sprintf with snprintf
drivers/net: fix several Tx prepare functions
eal: check string parameter lengths
eal: fix core number validation
eal: fix out of bound access when no CPU available
efd: fix tail queue leak
ethdev: clear ethdev data upon detach
ethdev: fix errno to have positive value
ethdev: fix typo in queue setup error log
eventdev: fix xstats documentation typo
examples/bond: fix crash when there is no active slave
examples/flow_filtering: fix example documentation
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix outbound codepath for single SA
examples/ipsec-secgw: make local variables static
examples/tep_term: remove unused constant
examples/vhost: fix path allocation failure handling
gro: check invalid TCP header length
gso: fix VxLAN/GRE tunnel checks
kni: fix build for dev_open in Linux 5.0
kni: fix build for igb_ndo_bridge_setlink in Linux 5.0
kni: fix build on RHEL 8
kni: fix build on RHEL8 for arm and Power9
mk: fix scope of disabling AVX512F support
net/af_packet: fix setting MTU decrements sockaddr twice
net/bnx2x: cleanup info logs
net/bonding: fix possible null pointer reference
net/dpaa2: fix device init for secondary process
net/dpaa: fix secondary process
net/ena: add supported RSS offloads types
net/ena: fix dev init with multi-process
net/ena: fix errno to positive value
net/ena: update completion queue after cleanup
net/enic: remove useless include
net: fix underflow for checksum of invalid IPv4 packets
net/fm10k: fix internal switch initial status
net/i40e: fix get RSS conf
net/i40e: fix getting RSS configuration
net/i40e: fix queue region DCB configure
net/i40e: fix statistics inconsistency
net/i40e: fix using recovery mode firmware
net/i40e: fix VF overwrite PF RSS LUT for X722
net/i40e: remove redundant reset of queue number
net/i40e: revert fix offload not supported mask
net/igb: fix LSC interrupt when using MSI-X
net/ixgbe: fix over using multicast table for VF
net/ixgbe: fix overwriting RSS RETA
net/mlx5: fix validation of Rx queue number
net/qede: fix performance bottleneck in Rx path
net/qede: remove prefetch in Tx path
net/sfc/base: fix Tx descriptor max number check
net/sfc: discard last seen VLAN TCI if Tx packet is dropped
net/sfc: fix datapath name references in logs
net/sfc: fix port ID log
net/sfc: fix Rx packets counter
net/sfc: fix typo in preprocessor check
net/sfc: fix VF error/missed stats mapping
net/sfc: pass HW Tx queue index on creation
net/tap: add buffer overflow checks before checksum
net/tap: fix possible uninitialized variable access
net/virtio: add barrier before reading the flags
net/virtio: fix resuming port with Rx vector path
net/virtio-user: fix used ring in cvq handling
test/crypto: fix misleading trace message
test/memzone: fix typo
test/memzone: handle previously allocated memzones
timer: fix race condition
vfio: fix error message
vhost: fix access for indirect descriptors
vhost: fix crash after mmap failure
vhost: fix error handling when mem table gets updated
vhost: fix memory leak on realloc failure
vhost: fix payload size of reply
vhost: fix possible out of bound access in vector filling
vhost: fix race condition when adding fd in the fdset

2.9. 17.11.7 Release Notes

2.9.1. 17.11.7 Fixes

app/crypto-perf: check range of socket id
app/test: fix build with musl libc
app/test: fix sprintf with strlcat
app/testpmd: fix a typo in log message
app/testpmd: fix stdout flush after printing stats
app/testpmd: fix typo in comment
app/testpmd: remove unused field from port struct
app/testpmd: remove useless casts on statistics
app/testpmd: revert fixed flag for exact link speed
app/testpmd: set fixed flag for exact link speed
bitrate: fix unchecked return value
build: fix crash by disabling AVX512 with binutils 2.31
bus/dpaa: fix Rx discard register mask
bus/fslmc: fix build with musl libc
bus/fslmc: fix warning with GCC 9
bus/fslmc: remove unused include of error.h
bus/vdev: fix debug message on probing
cfgfile: replace strcat with strlcat
cryptodev: fix driver name comparison
crypto/dpaa2_sec: fix session clearing
crypto/qat: fix not included algs for zero counter
doc: fix a minor typo in testpmd guide
doc: fix broken link in LPM guide
doc: fix examples in bonding guide
doc: fix interactive commands in testpmd guide
doc: fix link in Linux getting started guide
doc: fix links to doxygen and sphinx sites
doc: fix typo in mlx5 guide
doc: remove reference to rte.doc.mk in programmers guide
drivers/net: do not use private ethdev data
drivers/net: fix possible overflow using strlcat
drivers/net: fix shifting 32-bit signed variable 31 times
eal: fix check when retrieving current CPU affinity
eal: fix typo in comment of vector function
eal: improve musl compatibility of string functions
eal/linux: fix log levels for pagemap reading failure
eal/ppc: fix global memory barrier
eal: remove dead code in core list parsing
eal: support strlcat function
eal: tighten permissions on shared memory files
ethdev: fix a typo
event/sw: fix enqueue checks in self-test
examples/ethtool: fix two typos
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix AES-CTR block size
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix build error log
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix debug logs
examples/l2fwd-cat: fix build on FreeBSD
examples/vhost_scsi: fix null-check for parameter
examples/vm_power_manager: fix PMD specific code
hash: fix doc about thread/process safety
igb_uio: fix build on Linux 5.3 for fall through
kni: fix build on RHEL8
kni: fix build with Linux 5.1
maintainers: update for IBM POWER
malloc: fix documentation of realloc function
mbuf: fix a typo
mk: disable warnings for packed mem config data structure
mk: fix AVX512 disabled warning on non x86
mk: fix build of shared library with libbsd
net/bnx2x: fix DMAE timeout
net/bnx2x: fix memory leak
net/bnx2x: fix optic module verification
net/bnx2x: fix race for periodic flags
net/bnx2x: fix ramrod timeout
net/bnx2x: fix segfaults due to stale interrupt status
net/bnxt: fix Rx VLAN offload flags
net/bnxt: support IOVA VA mode
net/bonding: avoid warning for invalid port
net/bonding: fix buffer length when printing strings
net/bonding: fix LACP negotiation
net/bonding: fix port id types
net/bonding: fix queue index types
net/bonding: fix reset active slave
net/cxgbe: fix missing checksum flags and packet type
net/cxgbe: update Chelsio T5/T6 NIC device ids
net/enic: check for unsupported flow item types
net/enic: fix flow director SCTP matching
net/enic: fix SCTP match for flow API
net: fix Tx VLAN flag for offload emulation
net/fm10k: fix VLAN strip offload flag
net/i40e: fix dereference before null check in mbuf release
net/i40e: fix link speed for X722
net/i40e: fix time sync for 25G
net/ixgbe: fix crash on remove
net/ixgbe: fix warning with GCC 9
net/kni: fix return value check
net/mlx5: check Tx queue size overflow
net/mlx5: fix comments mixing Rx and Tx
net/mlx5: fix hex dump of error completion
net/mlx5: fix instruction hotspot on replenishing Rx buffer
net/mlx5: fix max number of queues for NEON Tx
net/mlx5: fix packet inline on Tx queue wraparound
net/mlx5: fix release of Rx queue object
net/mlx5: fix sync when handling Tx completions
net/nfp: fix RSS query
net/null: add MAC address setting fake operation
net/octeontx: fix vdev name
net/qede: fix Tx packet prepare for tunnel packets
net/qede: support IOVA VA mode
net/ring: avoid hard-coded length
net/ring: check length of ring name
net/ring: fix return value check
net/ring: use calloc style where appropriate
net/sfc: log port ID as 16-bit unsigned integer on panic
net/sfc: remove control path logging from Rx queue count
net/virtio: add barrier in interrupt enable
net/virtio: fix buffer leak on VLAN insert
net/virtio: fix dangling pointer on failure
net/virtio: fix duplicate naming of include guard
net/virtio: remove forward declaration
net/virtio: remove useless condition
power: fix frequency list buffer validation
ring: fix an error message
ring: fix namesize macro documentation block
spinlock: reimplement with atomic one-way barrier
test/bonding: assign non-zero MAC to null devices
test/distributor: replace sprintf with strlcpy
test/hash: replace sprintf with snprintf
test/rwlock: add missing inttypes include
test/rwlock: benchmark on all available cores
test/spinlock: amortize the cost of getting time
test/spinlock: remove delay for correct benchmarking
test/virtual_pmd: add MAC address setting fake op
version: 17.11.7-rc1
vhost: fix device leak on connection add failure
vhost: fix potential use-after-free for memory region
vhost: fix potential use-after-free for zero copy mbuf
vhost: fix silent queue enabling with legacy guests
vhost: restore mbuf first when freeing zmbuf

2.9.2. 17.11.7 Validation

Mellanox(R) Testing
- Basic functionality
  Send and receive multiple types of traffic
  
  testpmd xstats counter test
  
  testpmd timestamp test
  
  Changing/checking link status through testpmd
  
  RTE flow and flow_director tests
  
  Some RSS tests
  
  VLAN stripping and insertion tests
  
  Checksum and TSO tests
  
  ptype tests
  
  Port interrupt testing
  
  Multi-process testing
- OFED versions tested
  rdma-core v25.0
  
  MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.6-1.0.1.1
- Tested NICs
  ConnectX-4 Lx (fw 14.25.6406).
  
  ConnectX-5 (fw 16.25.6406).
- OS tested
  RHEL7.4 (kernel 5.3.0-rc4).
  
  RHEL7.4 (kernel 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64).
Red Hat(R) Testing
- Functionality
  PF
  
  VF
  
  vhost single/multi queues and cross-NUMA
  
  vhostclient reconnect
  
  vhost live migration with single/multi queues and cross-NUMA
  
  OVS PVP
Intel(R) Testing
- Basic Intel(R) NIC(ixgbe and i40e) testing
  vlan
  
  vxlan
  
  Jumbo frames
  
  Generic filter
  
  Flow director
  
  PF and VF
  
  Intel NIC single core/NIC performance
- Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
  cryptodev
  
  vhost/virtio basic loopback, PVP and performance test

2.9.3. 17.11.7 Known Issues

DPDK 17.11.7 contains fixes up to DPDK v19.08. Issues identified/fixed in DPDK master branch after DPDK v19.08 may be present in DPDK 17.11.7

2.9.4. Fixes skipped and status unresolved

2.10. 17.11.8 Release Notes

2.10.1. 17.11.8 Fixes

vhost: add number of fds to vhost-user messages
vhost: fix possible denial of service by leaking FDs - CVE-2019-14818
vhost: fix possible denial of service on SET_VRING_NUM - CVE-2019-14818
vhost: validate virtqueue size

2.10.2. 17.11.8 Validation

Tested with two testpmd instances, one with Vhost PMD, the other with Virtio-user PMD. Intialization goes well, and packets flow.

2.11. 17.11.9 Release Notes

2.11.1. 17.11.9 Fixes

vhost: fix vring requests validation broken if no FD

2.11.2. 17.11.9 Validation

virtio/vhost regression tests by Intel: * http://doc.dpdk.org/dts/test_plans/virtio_pvp_regression_test_plan.html * http://doc.dpdk.org/dts/test_plans/vhost_dequeue_zero_copy_test_plan.html * http://doc.dpdk.org/dts/test_plans/vm2vm_virtio_pmd_test_plan.html

2.12. 17.11.10 Release Notes

2.12.1. 17.11.10 Fixes

app/crypto-perf: fix input of AEAD decrypt
app/proc_info: fix string copying to use strlcpy
app/testpmd: block xstats for hidden ports
app/testpmd: fix crash on port reset
app/testpmd: fix help for loop topology option
app/testpmd: fix Tx checksum when TSO enabled
app/testpmd: use better randomness for Tx split
bus/pci: align next mapping address on page boundary
bus/pci: fix Intel IOMMU sysfs access check
bus/pci: remove useless link dependency on ethdev
cryptodev: fix checks related to device id
cryptodev: fix initialization on multi-process
cryptodev: fix missing device id range checking
crypto/dpaa2_sec: fix length retrieved from hardware
crypto/openssl: use local copy for session contexts
crypto/qat: fix digest length in XCBC capability
crypto/qat: fix null auth issues when using vfio_pci
doc: fix a common typo in NIC guides
doc: fix AESNI-GCM limitations in crypto guide
doc: fix description of versioning macros
doc: fix format in virtio guide
doc: fix tap guide
doc: fix typo in l2fwd-crypto guide
doc/guides: clean repeated words
doc: robustify PDF build
drivers/crypto: remove some invalid comments
eal: remove dead code on NUMA node detection
ethdev: fix endian annotation for SPI item
ethdev: fix include of ethernet header file
ethdev: fix typos for ENOTSUP
ethdev: limit maximum number of queues
ethdev: remove redundant device info cleanup before get
event/dpaa2: fix default queue configuration
event/octeontx: fix partial Rx packet handling
event/sw: fix xstats reset value
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix default configuration
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix GCM IV length
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix SHA256-HMAC digest length
examples/l3fwd-power: fix Rx interrupt disabling
examples/multi_process: fix client crash with sparse ports
examples/vm_power: fix build without i40e
examples/vm_power: fix type of cmdline token in cli
kni: fix build with kernel 5.3
lib/distributor: fix deadlock on aarch64
lib: fix doxygen typos
lib: fix log typos
maintainers: update for stable branches
malloc: fix realloc copy size
malloc: fix realloc padded element size
malloc: set pad to 0 on free
mempool/dpaa2: report error on endless loop in mbuf release
mk: remove library search path from binary
net/af_packet: fix stale sockets
net/af_packet: improve Tx statistics accuracy
net/bnxt: cleanup comments
net/bnxt: enforce IO barrier for doorbell command
net/bnxt: expose some missing counters in port stats
net/bnxt: fix async link handling and update
net/bnxt: fix coding style
net/bnxt: fix crash in secondary process
net/bnxt: fix crash in xstats get
net/bnxt: fix dereference before null check
net/bnxt: fix log message level
net/bnxt: fix mbuf free when clearing Tx queue
net/bnxt: fix memory leak
net/bnxt: fix multicast filter programming
net/bnxt: fix Rx queue count
net/bnxt: fix setting default MAC address
net/bnxt: get default HWRM command timeout from FW
net/bnxt: move macro definitions to header file
net/bnxt: remove commented out code
net/bnxt: remove duplicate barrier
net/bnxt: remove redundant header file inclusion
net/bnxt: remove unnecessary variable assignment
net/bnxt: return error if setting link up fails
net/bonding: fix LACP fast queue Rx handler
net/bonding: fix link speed update in broadcast mode
net/bonding: fix OOB access in other aggregator modes
net/bonding: fix port ID check
net/bonding: fix selection logic
net/bonding: fix slave id types
net/bonding: fix unicast packets filtering
net/bonding: use non deprecated PCI API
net/cxgbe: fix prefetch for non-coalesced Tx packets
net/dpaa2: add retry and timeout in packet enqueue API
net/dpaa2: fix possible use of uninitialized vars
net/dpaa2: set port in mbuf
net/e1000: fix link status
net/fm10k: fix mbuf free in vector Rx
net/fm10k: fix stats crash in multi-process
net/i40e: downgrade error log
net/i40e: fix address of first segment
net/i40e: remove compiler barrier from NEON Rx
net/i40e: remove memory barrier from NEON Rx
net/igb: fix global variable multiple definitions
net/igb: fix PHY status if PHY reset is not blocked
net/ixgbe: enable new PF host mbox version
net/ixgbe: fix address of first segment
net/ixgbe: fix link status
net/ixgbe: fix link status
net/ixgbe: fix queue interrupt for X552/557
net/ixgbe: fix VF RSS offloads configuration
net/ixgbe: fix X553 speed capability
net/ixgbe: remove memory barrier from NEON Rx
net/ixgbe: remove redundant assignment
net/ixgbe: support packet type with NEON
net/mlx4: fix build on ppc64
net/mlx5: fix Rx CQ doorbell synchronization on aarch64
net/mlx: fix build with make and recent gcc
net/mlx: fix debug build with icc
net/qede: fix setting MTU
net/qede: fix setting VLAN strip mode
net/qede: limit Rx ring index read for debug
net/sfc: fix adapter lock usage on rule creation
net/tap: fix blocked Rx packets
net/vhost: fix redundant queue state event
net/virtio: fix descriptor addressed in Tx
net/virtio: fix mbuf data and packet length mismatch
net/virtio: fix Tx checksum offloads
net/virtio: get all pending Rx packets in vectorized paths
net/virtio: init MTU in case no control channel
net/virtio: reject deferred Rx start
net/virtio: reject deferred Tx start
net/virtio-user: fix setting filters
power: fix socket indicator value
power: handle frequency increase with turbo disabled
ring: enforce reading tail before slots
security: fix doxygen fields
service: use log for error messages
test/bonding: fix LSC related cases
test: fix global variable multiple definitions
test/interrupt: account for race with callback
test/lpm: fix measured cycles for delete
test/mbuf: fix forged mbuf in clone test
test: optimise fd closing in forks
test/service: fix wait for service core
test/test: fix test app defining unused variable
usertools: fix pmdinfo with python 3 and pyelftools>=0.24
version: 17.11.10-rc1
vfio: fix truncated BAR offset for 32-bit
vhost: convert buffer addresses to GPA for logging
vhost: fix IPv4 checksum
vhost: fix slave request fd leak
vhost: fix virtqueue not accessible
vhost: fix vring address handling during live migration
vhost: fix vring memory partially mapped
vhost: forbid reallocation when running
vhost: prevent zero copy mode if IOMMU is on
vhost: protect vring access done by application
vhost: translate incoming log address to GPA
vhost: un-inline dirty pages logging functions

2.12.2. 17.11.10 Validation

Red Hat(R) Testing
- RHEL 7.8
- Functionality
  PF assignment
  
  VF assignment
  
  vhost single/multi queues and cross-NUMA
  
  vhostclient reconnect
  
  vhost live migration with single/multi queues and cross-NUMA
  
  OVS PVP
Intel(R) Testing
- Basic Intel(R) NIC(ixgbe and i40e) testing
  PF (i40e)
  
  PF (ixgbe)
  
  VF
  
  Compile Testing
  
  Intel NIC single core/NIC performance
- Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
  cryptodev
  
  vhost/virtio basic loopback, PVP and performance test
Mellanox(R) Testing
- Basic functionality with testpmd
  Tx/Rx
  
  xstats
  
  Timestamps
  
  Link status
  
  RTE flow and flow_director
  
  RSS
  
  VLAN stripping and insertion
  
  Checksum/TSO
  
  ptype
  
  Multi-process
- ConnectX-5
  RHEL 7.4
  
  Kernel 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64
  
  Driver MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.7-3.2.9.0
  
  fw 16.26.4012
- ConnectX-4 Lx
  RHEL 7.4
  
  Kernel 3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64
  
  Driver MLNX_OFED_LINUX-4.7-3.2.9.0
  
  fw 14.26.4012
Intel(R) Testing with Open vSwitch
- OVS testing with OVS branches 2.10 and 2.19 with VSPERF
- Tested NICs
  i40e (X710)
  
  ixgbe (82599ES)
- Functionality
  P2P
  
  PVP
  
  Hotplug
  
  Multiqueue
  
  Vhostuserclient reconnect
  
  Vhost cross-NUMA awareness
  
  Jumbo frames
  
  Rate limiting
  
  QoS policer

2.12.3. 17.11.10 Known Issues

MLX4/5 and rte_flow: count actions and rules with vlan items are not supported, and MLNX_OFED_LINUX 4.6-1.0.1.1 is not compatible
DPDK 17.11.10 contains fixes up to DPDK v19.11. Issues identified/fixed in DPDK master branch after DPDK v19.11 may be present in DPDK 17.11.10