2. DPDK Release 18.08

2.1. New Features

Added support for Hyper-V netvsc PMD.

The new netvsc poll mode driver provides native support for networking on Hyper-V. See the Netvsc poll mode driver NIC driver guide for more details on this new driver.
Added Flow API support for CXGBE PMD.

Flow API support has been added to CXGBE Poll Mode Driver to offload flows to Chelsio T5/T6 NICs. Support added for:
- Wildcard (LE-TCAM) and Exact (HASH) match filters.
- Match items: physical ingress port, IPv4, IPv6, TCP and UDP.
- Action items: queue, drop, count, and physical egress port redirect.
Added ixgbe preferred Rx/Tx parameters.

Rather than applications providing explicit Rx and Tx parameters such as queue and burst sizes, they can request that the EAL instead uses preferred values provided by the PMD, falling back to defaults within the EAL if the PMD does not provide any. The provision of such tuned values now includes the ixgbe PMD.
Added descriptor status check support for fm10k.

The rte_eth_rx_descriptor_status and rte_eth_tx_descriptor_status APIs are now supported by fm10K.
Updated the enic driver.
- Add low cycle count Tx handler for no-offload Tx.
- Add low cycle count Rx handler for non-scattered Rx.
- Minor performance improvements to scattered Rx handler.
- Add handlers to add/delete VxLAN port number.
- Add devarg to specify ingress VLAN rewrite mode.
Updated mlx5 driver.

Updated the mlx5 driver including the following changes:
- Added port representors support.
- Added Flow API support for e-switch rules. Added support for ACTION_PORT_ID, ACTION_DROP, ACTION_OF_POP_VLAN, ACTION_OF_PUSH_VLAN, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_VID, ACTION_OF_SET_VLAN_PCP and ITEM_PORT_ID.
- Added support for 32-bit compilation.
Added TSO support for the mlx4 driver.

Added TSO support for the mlx4 drivers from MLNX_OFED_4.4 and above.
SoftNIC PMD rework.

The SoftNIC PMD infrastructure has been restructured to use the Packet Framework, which makes it more flexible, modular and easier to add new functionality in the future.
Updated the AESNI MB PMD.

The AESNI MB PMD has been updated with additional support for:
- 3DES for 8, 16 and 24 byte keys.
Added a new compression PMD using Intel’s QuickAssist (QAT) device family.

Added the new QAT compression driver, for compression and decompression operations in software. See the Intel(R) QuickAssist (QAT) Compression Poll Mode Driver compression driver guide for details on this new driver.
Updated the ISA-L PMD.

Added support for chained mbufs (input and output).

2.2. API Changes

The path to the runtime config file has changed. The new path is determined as follows:
- If DPDK is running as root, /var/run/dpdk/<prefix>/config
- If DPDK is not running as root:
  - If $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is set, ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/dpdk/<prefix>/config
  - Otherwise, /tmp/dpdk/<prefix>/config
eal: The function rte_eal_mbuf_default_mempool_ops was deprecated and is removed in 18.08. It shall be replaced by rte_mbuf_best_mempool_ops.
mempool: Following functions were deprecated and are removed in 18.08:
- rte_mempool_populate_iova_tab
- rte_mempool_populate_phys_tab
- rte_mempool_populate_phys (rte_mempool_populate_iova should be used)
- rte_mempool_virt2phy (rte_mempool_virt2iova should be used)
- rte_mempool_xmem_create
- rte_mempool_xmem_size
- rte_mempool_xmem_usage
ethdev: The old offload API is removed:
- Rx per-port rte_eth_conf.rxmode.[bit-fields]
- Tx per-queue rte_eth_txconf.txq_flags
- ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_NO*
The transition bits are removed:
- rte_eth_conf.rxmode.ignore_offload_bitfield
- ETH_TXQ_FLAGS_IGNORE
cryptodev: The following API changes have been made in 18.08:
- In struct struct rte_cryptodev_info, field rte_pci_device *pci_dev has been replaced with field struct rte_device *device.
- Value 0 is accepted in sym.max_nb_sessions, meaning that a device supports an unlimited number of sessions.
- Two new fields of type uint16_t have been added: min_mbuf_headroom_req and min_mbuf_tailroom_req. These parameters specify the recommended headroom and tailroom for mbufs to be processed by the PMD.
cryptodev: The following functions were deprecated and are removed in 18.08:
- rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_start
- rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_stop
- rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_attach_sym_session
- rte_cryptodev_queue_pair_detach_sym_session
cryptodev: The following functions were deprecated and are replaced by other functions in 18.08:
- rte_cryptodev_get_header_session_size is replaced with rte_cryptodev_sym_get_header_session_size
- rte_cryptodev_get_private_session_size is replaced with rte_cryptodev_sym_get_private_session_size
cryptodev: Feature flag RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER is replaced with the following more explicit flags:
- RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_IN_PLACE_SGL
- RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_OOP_SGL_IN_SGL_OUT
- RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_OOP_SGL_IN_LB_OUT
- RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_OOP_LB_IN_SGL_OUT
- RTE_CRYPTODEV_FF_OOP_LB_IN_LB_OUT
cryptodev: Renamed cryptodev experimental APIs:

Used user_data instead of private_data in following APIs to avoid confusion with the existing session parameter sess_private_data[] and related APIs.
- rte_cryptodev_sym_session_set_private_data() changed to rte_cryptodev_sym_session_set_user_data()
- rte_cryptodev_sym_session_get_private_data() changed to rte_cryptodev_sym_session_get_user_data()
compressdev: Feature flag RTE_COMP_FF_MBUF_SCATTER_GATHER is replaced with the following more explicit flags:
- RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_SGL_IN_SGL_OUT
- RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_SGL_IN_LB_OUT
- RTE_COMP_FF_OOP_LB_IN_SGL_OUT

2.3. Shared Library Versions

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

  librte_acl.so.2
  librte_bbdev.so.1
  librte_bitratestats.so.2
  librte_bpf.so.1
  librte_bus_dpaa.so.1
  librte_bus_fslmc.so.1
  librte_bus_pci.so.1
  librte_bus_vdev.so.1
+ librte_bus_vmbus.so.1
  librte_cfgfile.so.2
  librte_cmdline.so.2
  librte_common_octeontx.so.1
  librte_compressdev.so.1
+ librte_cryptodev.so.5
  librte_distributor.so.1
+ librte_eal.so.8
+ librte_ethdev.so.10
+ librte_eventdev.so.5
  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.4
+ librte_mempool.so.5
  librte_meter.so.2
  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_dpaa2_cmdif.so.1
  librte_pmd_dpaa2_qdma.so.1
  librte_pmd_ring.so.2
  librte_pmd_softnic.so.1
  librte_pmd_vhost.so.2
  librte_port.so.3
  librte_power.so.1
  librte_rawdev.so.1
  librte_reorder.so.1
  librte_ring.so.2
  librte_sched.so.1
  librte_security.so.1
  librte_table.so.3
  librte_timer.so.1
  librte_vhost.so.3

2.4. Tested Platforms

Intel(R) platforms with Intel(R) NICs combinations
- CPU
  - Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3858 @ 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 v4 @ 2.20GHz
  - 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
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8180 CPU @ 2.50GHz
- OS:
  - CentOS 7.4
  - Fedora 25
  - Fedora 27
  - Fedora 28
  - FreeBSD 11.1
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5
  - SUSE Enterprise Linux 12
  - Wind River Linux 8
  - Ubuntu 14.04
  - Ubuntu 16.04
  - Ubuntu 16.10
  - Ubuntu 17.10
  - Ubuntu 18.04
- 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 0x80003221
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1572 / 8086:154c
    
    Driver version: 2.4.6 (i40e)
  - Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ (4x10G)
    
    Firmware version: 3.33 0x80000fd5 0.0.0
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:37d0 / 8086:37cd
    
    Driver version: 2.4.3 (i40e)
  - Intel(R) Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 (2x25G)
    
    Firmware version: 6.01 0x80003221
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:158b / 8086:154c
    
    Driver version: 2.4.6 (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: 2.4.6 (i40e)
  - Intel(R) Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection
    
    Firmware version: 1.63, 0x80000dda
    
    Device id (pf/vf): 8086:1521 / 8086:1520
    
    Driver version: 5.4.0-k (igb)
Intel(R) platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
- CPU:
  - Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6154 CPU @ 3.00GHz
  - 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 7.5 (Maipo)
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4 (Maipo)
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.3 (Maipo)
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2 (Maipo)
  - Ubuntu 18.04
  - Ubuntu 17.10
  - Ubuntu 16.04
  - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
- MLNX_OFED: 4.3-2.0.2.0
- MLNX_OFED: 4.4-2.0.1.0
- 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
    
    Firmware version: 12.21.1000 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
  - 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 and above
ARM platforms with Mellanox(R) NICs combinations
- CPU:
  - Qualcomm ARM 1.1 2500MHz
- OS:
  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo)
- NICs:
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-4 Lx 25G MCX4121A-ACAT (2x25G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1015
    
    Firmware version: 14.23.1000
  - Mellanox(R) ConnectX(R)-5 100G MCX556A-ECAT (2x100G)
    
    Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
    
    Device ID: 15b3:1017
    
    Firmware version: 16.23.1000
Mellanox BlueField SmartNIC
- Mellanox(R) BlueField SmartNIC MT416842 (2x25G)
  
  Host interface: PCI Express 3.0 x16
  
  Device ID: 15b3:a2d2
  
  Firmware version: 18.99.3950
- SoC ARM cores running OS: * CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (AltArch) * Mellanox MLNX_OFED 4.2-1.4.21.0
- DPDK application running on ARM cores inside SmartNIC
- Bluefield representors support planned for next release.

2.4.1. 18.08.1

No regressions from 18.08 with basic Intel NIC(ixgbe and i40e), cryptodev, virtio and Intel NIC/virtio performance tests.

No regressions from 18.08 with virtualization testing on PF/VF, PVP, PVP multiqueue, vhost-user reconnect and live migration. Tested on X540-AT2(ixgbe).

2.5. Fixes in 18.08 Stable Release

2.5.1. 18.08.1

acl: forbid rule with priority zero
app/bbdev: fix inputs mbuf creation
app/eventdev: fix minor typos
app/pdump: fix port id storage size
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 displaying RSS hash functions
app/testpmd: fix duplicate exit
app/testpmd: fix L4 length for UDP checksum
app/testpmd: fix memory allocation for DSCP table
app/testpmd: fix memory leak for DSCP table
app/testpmd: fix memory leak for TM object
app/testpmd: fix metering and policing commands
app/testpmd: fix missing jump action in flow action
app/testpmd: fix physical port socket initialization
app/testpmd: fix port status for new bonded devices
app/testpmd: fix printf format in event callback
app/testpmd: fix QinQ strip display option
app/testpmd: fix RED byte stats
app/testpmd: fix Rx offload search
app/testpmd: fix shaper profile parameters
app/testpmd: fix Tx offload flags
app/testpmd: fix vdev socket initialization
app/testpmd: optimize mbuf pool allocation
app/testpmd: reserve NUMA node per port and per ring
bpf: fix a typo
bpf: fix x86 JIT for immediate loads
build: create relative symlinks for PMDs in libdir
build: enable ARM NEON flag when __aarch64__ defined
build: set -mfpu=neon flag for armv7-a with meson
bus/dpaa: fix build with gcc 9.0
bus/fslmc: fix physical addressing check
bus/pci: compare kernel driver instead of interrupt handler
bus/pci: fix allocation of device path
bus/pci: fix config r/w access
bus/vdev: fix devargs after multi-process bus scan
bus/vdev: fix error log on secondary device scan
bus/vdev: fix multi-process IPC buffer leak on scan
bus/vmbus: fix directory handle leak on error
common/qat: fix failure to create PMD
common/qat: fix for invalid response from firmware
common/qat: remove check of valid firmware response
compat: fix symbol version support with meson
compressdev: clarify usage of op structure
compressdev: fix compression API description
compressdev: fix op allocation
compress/isal: fix uncleared compression states
compress/qat: fix checksum on decompression
compress/qat: remove unnecessary assignment
config: enable more than 128 cores for arm64
config: remove unused parameter
crypto/aesni_mb: fix possible array overrun
crypto/aesni_mb: fix queue pair free
crypto/aesni_mb: fix truncated digest size for CMAC
crypto/ccp: fix resource leak
cryptodev: fix library version
cryptodev: fix pool element size for undefined operation
crypto/mvsam: fix shared library build
crypto/mvsam: update hash digest sizes
crypto/openssl: fix RSA verify operation
crypto/qat: fix typo
crypto/scheduler: fix build with gcc 8.2
devargs: fix variadic parsing memory leak
devtools: fix regex in symbol addition check
devtools: fix symbol check when adding experimental section
devtools: relax rule for identifying symbol section
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: clarify VLAN and QinQ Tx offload prerequisite
doc: fix a typo in testpmd guide
doc: fix DESTDIR variable name in meson guide
doc: fix eventdev shared library version
doc: fix formatting in IP reassembly app guide
doc: fix function name in flow filtering 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 for cryptodev
doc: fix typo in testpmd guide
doc: fix typos in the flow API guide
doc: fix wrong usage of bind command
doc: remove invalid config option from ena guide
doc: remove invalid config options from liquidio guide
doc: remove old options from pdump guide
drivers/crypto: fix wrongly assignment of digest_len
drivers/net: fix log type string
drivers/net: fix several Tx prepare functions
eal/bsd: fix possible IOPL fd leak
eal: do not allow legacy mode with –in-memory mode
eal: fix build with gcc 9.0
eal: fix build with -O1
eal: include missing hypervisor files in meson
eal/linux: fix memory leak of logid
eal/linux: handle UIO read failure in interrupt handler
eal: use correct data type for bitmap slab operations
eal/x86: remove unused memcpy file
efd: fix write unlock during ring creation
ethdev: eliminate interim variable
ethdev: fix device info getting
ethdev: fix doxygen comments of shared data fields
ethdev: fix doxygen comment to be with structure
ethdev: fix error handling in create function
ethdev: fix invalid configuration after failure
ethdev: fix MAC changes when live change not supported
ethdev: fix missing names in Tx offload name array
ethdev: fix port ownership logs
ethdev: fix redundant function pointer check
ethdev: fix typo in queue setup error log
eventdev: fix eth Rx adapter hotplug incompatibility
eventdev: fix unlock in Rx adapter
event/dpaa2: fix mbuf assignment in atomic processing
event/sw: fix cq index check for unlink usecases
examples/bond: fix crash when there is no active slave
examples/flow_filtering: filter out unsupported offloads
examples/flow_filtering: fix capability setting
examples/flow_filtering: remove VLAN item
examples/ip_pipeline: fix IPv6 endianness
examples/ip_pipeline: fix port and table stats read
examples/ipsec-secgw: fix wrong session size
examples/ipv4_multicast: fix leak of cloned packets
examples/l3fwd-power: fix power library fallback
examples/vhost: remove unnecessary constant
examples/vm_power: respect maximum CPUs
fbarray: fix detach in –no-shconf mode
fix dpdk.org URLs
fix global variable issues
fix indentation in symbol maps
hash: fix key store element alignment
hash: fix race condition in iterate
hash: fix TSX aborts with newer gcc
hash: remove unnecessary pause
hash: remove unused constant
igb_uio: fix refcount if open returns error
igb_uio: fix unexpected removal for hot-unplug
igb_uio: install module when building with meson
ipc: fix access after async request failure
ipc: fix undefined behavior in no-shconf mode
ipc: remove panic in async request
ip_frag: check fragment length of incoming packet
ip_frag: fix overflow in key comparison
kni: fix build on Linux < 3.14
kni: fix build on Linux 4.19
kni: fix FIFO synchronization
kni: fix kernel FIFO synchronization
kni: fix possible uninitialized variable
kvargs: fix processing a null list
latency: fix timestamp marking and latency calculation
lib: fix shifting 32-bit signed variable 31 times
malloc: check size hint when reserving the biggest element
malloc: fix adjacency check to also include segment list
malloc: fix potential null pointer dereference
malloc: notify primary process about hotplug in secondary
mbuf: fix library version on meson build
mbuf: fix offload flag name and list
mbuf: fix Tx offload mask
mem: fix division by zero in no-NUMA mode
mem: fix –huge-unlink option
mem: fix resource leak
mem: fix undefined behavior in NUMA-aware mapping
mem: improve segment list preallocation
mk: disable gcc AVX512F support
mk: disable OcteonTx for buggy compilers only on arm64
net/avf/base: fix shifting 32-bit signed variable 31 times
net/avf: fix build with debug enabled
net/avf: fix missing compiler error flags
net/avf: fix Tx offload mask
net/avf: fix unused variables and label
net/avf: remove keeping CRC configuration
net/avp: disable in FreeBSD build with meson
net/bnx2x: cleanup info logs
net/bnx2x: fix call to link handling periodic function
net/bnx2x: fix dynamic logging
net/bnx2x: fix info logs backport
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 MTU setting
net/bnxt: fix registration of VF async event completion ring
net/bnxt: fix uninitialized pointer access in Tx
net/bnxt: fix uninitialized variable access
net/bnxt: get rid of ff pools and use VNIC info array
net/bnxt: reduce polling interval for valid bit
net/bnxt: remove excess log messages
net/bnxt: set a VNIC as default only once
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 buffer corruption in packets
net/bonding: fix crash on probe
net/bonding: fix crash when stopping mode 4 port
net/bonding: fix possible silent failure in configuration
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/cxgbe: announce Rx scatter offload
net/cxgbe: check Rx config before doing VLAN strip offload
net/cxgbe: fix check for redefined match items
net/cxgbe: fix control queue mbuf pool naming convention
net/cxgbe: fix memory access when parsing flow match items
net/cxgbe: fix wrong ingress port value set in filter spec
net/cxgbe: increase completion wait time for flow operations
net/cxgbevf: add PCI uninitialization for VF
net/dpaa2: fix IOVA conversion for congestion memory
net/dpaa2: fix VLAN filter enablement
net/dpaa: fix jumbo buffer config
net/dpaa: fix link speed based on MAC type
net/e1000/base: fix uninitialized variable
net/e1000: do not error out if Rx drop enable is set
net/e1000: fix missing Tx multi-segs capability
net/e1000: fix queue number in RSS configuration
net/e1000: fix Tx offload capability typos
net/ena: fix cleaning HW IO rings configuration
net/ena: fix out of order completion
net/ena: fix passing RSS hash to mbuf
net/ena: recreate HW IO rings on start and stop
net/enic: do not use non-standard integer types
net/enic: explicitly disable overlay offload
net/enic: fix flow API memory leak
net/enic: fix size check in Tx prepare handler
net/enic: fix supported packet types
net/enic: set Rx VLAN offload flag for non-stripped packets
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/failsafe: report actual device capabilities
net/failsafe: use prefix for function
net: fix build with pedantic
net: fix Intel prepare function for IP checksum offload
net/fm10k: fix missing Tx multi-segs capability
net/i40e/base: correct global reset timeout calculation
net/i40e/base: fix comment referencing internal data
net/i40e/base: fix partition id calculation for X722
net/i40e/base: gracefully clean the resources
net/i40e/base: improve the polling mechanism
net/i40e/base: properly clean resources
net/i40e/base: read LLDP config area with correct endianness
net/i40e: cancel alarm handler at the end of closure
net/i40e: enable loopback function for X722 MAC
net/i40e: fix 25G AOC and ACC cable detection on XXV710
net/i40e: fix getting RSS configuration
net/i40e: fix missing Tx multi-segs capability
net/i40e: fix offload not supported mask
net/i40e: fix overwriting RSS RETA
net/i40e: fix port close
net/i40e: fix Rx instability with vector mode
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: remove redundant reset of queue number
net/i40e: revert fix offload not supported mask
net/i40e: update Tx offload mask
net/i40e: use -Wno-error=format-security for meson
net/ifc: do not notify before HW ready
net/ifc: fix address translation function name
net/ifcvf: fix typo on struct name
net/igb: update Tx offload mask
net/ixgbe/base: add LHA ID
net/ixgbe: do not return internal code
net/ixgbe: fix busy polling while fiber link update
net/ixgbe: fix flow create in ntuple check
net/ixgbe: fix maximum wait time in comment
net/ixgbe: fix missing Tx multi-segs capability
net/ixgbe: fix overwriting RSS RETA
net/ixgbe: fix RSS flow error return
net/ixgbe: fix Rx LRO capability offload for x550
net/ixgbe: fix TDH register write
net/ixgbe: stop link setup alarm handler before 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 initialization of struct members
net/mlx4: fix minor typo
net/mlx4: fix possible uninitialized variable
net/mlx4: optimize Tx external memory registration
net/mlx4: support externally allocated static memory
net/mlx5: add representor specific statistics
net/mlx5: always use representor ifindex for ioctl
net/mlx5: disable ConnectX-4 Lx Multi Packet Send by default
net/mlx5: fallback quietly if pkg-config is unavailable
net/mlx5: fix artificial L4 limitation on switch flow rules
net/mlx5: fix errno values for flow engine
net/mlx5: fix function documentation
net/mlx5: fix initialization of struct members
net/mlx5: fix interrupt completion queue index wrapping
net/mlx5: fix minor typos
net/mlx5: fix packet type for MPLS in UDP
net/mlx5: fix representor port link status
net/mlx5: fix representor port xstats
net/mlx5: fix RSS flow action hash type selection
net/mlx5: fix validation of Rx queue number
net/mlx5: optimize Rx buffer replenishment threshold
net/mlx5: optimize Tx doorbell write
net/mlx5: optimize Tx external memory registration
net/mlx5: support externally allocated static memory
net/mlx5: support missing counter in extended statistics
net/mlx5: use pkg-config to handle SUSE libmnl
net/mvpp2: fix array initialization
net/mvpp2: fix comments and error messages
net/netvsc: fix chimney buffer size error handling
net/netvsc: resize event buffer as needed
net/nfp: disable in FreeBSD build with meson
net/nfp: fix live MAC changes not supported
net/nfp: fix mbuf flags with checksum good
net/nfp: fix RSS
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 logic for sfp get/set
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 Tx offload mask
net/qede: fix Tx tunnel offload support mask
net/qede: remove invalid config option checks
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: add check for TUNNEL module in NIC reset API
net/sfc/base: add space after sizeof
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 field order in filter spec struct
net/sfc/base: fix ID retrieval in v3 licensing
net/sfc/base: fix invalid order of memset arguments
net/sfc/base: fix MAC Tx stats for less or equal to 64 bytes
net/sfc/base: fix name of the argument to store RSS flags
net/sfc/base: fix outer IPID field in TSO option descriptors
net/sfc/base: fix out of bounds read when dereferencing sdup
net/sfc/base: fix output buffer SAL annotation
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: 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: receive prepared packets even in Rx exception case
net/softnic: disable in FreeBSD build with meson
net/softnic: fix IPv6 endianness
net/tap: fix file descriptor check
net/tap: fix file descriptor leak on error
net/tap: fix probe for multiq or flowq failure
net/tap: fix reported number of Tx packets
net/thunderx: fix Tx desc corruption in scatter-gather mode
net/vhost: fix parameters string
net/virtio: add missing supported features
net/virtio: avoid annoying IOPL error log
net/virtio: do not re-enter clean up routines
net/virtio: fix guest announce support
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 make vhost channel non-block
net/virtio-user: do not reset owner when driver resets
net/virtio-user: do not stop stopped device again
net/virtio-user: fix deadlock in memory events callback
net/virtio-user: fix device features for server mode
net/virtio-user: fix memory hotplug support in vhost-kernel
net/virtio-user: fix multiple queue for vhost-kernel
net/virtio-user: fix typo in error message
net/vmxnet3: fix hot-unplug
pci: fix parsing of address without function number
pdump: remove dependency on libpthread
raw/ifpga: check probing error
raw/ifpga: use -Wno-error=format-security for meson
raw/skeleton: fix memory leak on test failure
Revert “raw/skeleton: fix memory leak on test failure”
ring: add library version to meson build
ring/c11: keep deterministic order allowing retry to work
ring/c11: move atomic load of head above the loop
ring/c11: relax ordering for load and store of the head
ring/c11: synchronize load and store of the tail
service: fix possible null access
test/crypto: fix number of queue pairs
test/event: check burst mode capability
test/event: fix build for timer adapter
test/event: fix eth Rx adapter test for skeleton PMD
test/event: fix RSS config for eth Rx adapter
test/event: fix Rx adapter intr test for skeleton PMD
test/event: remove eth Rx adapter vdev workaround
test: fix build
test: fix interrupt check
test/hash: add missing file in meson build
test/hash: fix bucket size in perf test
test/hash: fix build
test/hash: fix r/w test with non-consecutive cores
test/kni: check module dependency
test/kni: fix module miss fallback
test/power: fix ACPI cpufreq module miss fallback
test/power: skip KVM autotest if cannot run
test: release ring resources after PMD perf test
test/reorder: fix out of bound access
usertools: check for lspci dependency
version: 18.08.1-rc1
version: 18.08.1-rc2
version: 18.08.1-rc3
vfio: check if group fd is already open
vfio: disable in FreeBSD build with meson
vfio: do not needlessly setup device in secondary process
vfio: fix read of freed memory on getting container fd
vfio: fix sPAPR IOMMU mapping
vfio: share default container in multi-process
vhost: avoid memory barriers when no descriptors dequeued
vhost/crypto: fix inferred misuse of enum
vhost/crypto: fix packet copy in chaining mode
vhost/crypto: fix shared lib build without cryptodev
vhost: fix corner case for enqueue operation
vhost: fix crash after mmap failure
vhost: fix double read of descriptor flags
vhost: fix error handling when mem table gets updated
vhost: fix IOVA access for packed ring
vhost: fix notification for packed ring
vhost: fix packed ring constants declaration
vhost: fix payload size of reply
vhost: fix possible out of bound access
vhost: fix return value on enqueue path
vhost: fix vector filling for packed ring
vhost: fix vhost interrupt support
vhost: fix zmbufs array leak after NUMA realloc
vhost: remove unneeded null pointer check
vhost-user: drop connection on message handling failures