[ovs-dev] [PATCH v1 1/1] dpdk: Use DPDK 18.11.5 release.

[Kevin Traynor]

On 26/11/2019 12:03, Ian Stokes wrote:
> Modify travis linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release
> 18.11.5. Update docs for latest DPDK stable releases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <ian.stokes at intel.com>
> ---
>  .travis/linux-build.sh                   | 2 +-
>  Documentation/faq/releases.rst           | 2 +-
>  Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     | 8 ++++----
>  Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
>  NEWS                                     | 1 +
>  5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh
> index 4e74973a3..8671acbb3 100755
> --- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
> +++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fi
>  
>  if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
>      if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
> -        DPDK_VER="18.11.2"
> +        DPDK_VER="18.11.5"
>      fi
>      install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
>      # Enable pdump support in OVS.
> diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> index 4152345e3..2be35d332 100644
> --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
>      2.9.x        17.11.4
>      2.10.x       17.11.4
>      2.11.x       18.11.2
> -    2.12.x       18.11.2
> +    2.12.x       18.11.5
>      ============ =======
>  
>  Q: Are all the DPDK releases that OVS versions work with maintained?
> diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> index 50de7fbac..7a8fd6bf6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Build requirements
>  In addition to the requirements described in :doc:`general`, building Open
>  vSwitch with DPDK will require the following:
>  
> -- DPDK 18.11.2
> +- DPDK 18.11.5
>  
>  - A `DPDK supported NIC`_
>  
> @@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ Install DPDK
>  #. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set ``DPDK_DIR``::
>  
>         $ cd /usr/src/
> -       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
> -       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
> -       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.2
> +       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
> +       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
> +       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.5
>         $ cd $DPDK_DIR
>  
>  #. (Optional) Configure DPDK as a shared library
> diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> index ec0caeb16..2d6462b89 100644
> --- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> @@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ To begin, instantiate a guest as described in :ref:`dpdk-vhost-user` or
>  DPDK sources to VM and build DPDK::
>  
>      $ cd /root/dpdk/
> -    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
> -    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
> -    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.2
> +    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
> +    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
> +    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.5
>      $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
>      $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
>      $ cd $DPDK_DIR
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 100d7b6a8..850eff7fe 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Post-v2.12.0
>       * DPDK pdump packet capture support disabled by default. New configure
>         option '--enable-dpdk-pdump' to enable it.
>       * DPDK pdump support is deprecated and will be removed in next releases.
> +     * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.5 which is recommended to be used.

It might be worth to mention here that it is a strong recommendation as
it has a fix for CVE-2019-14818.

For the 3 patches:
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>

>  
>  v2.12.0 - 03 Sep 2019
>  ---------------------
>