[ovs-dev] [PATCH v1 1/1] dpdk: Use DPDK 18.11.5 release.
Stokes, Ian
ian.stokes at intel.com
Wed Nov 27 15:56:54 UTC 2019
On 11/26/2019 1:36 PM, Kevin Traynor wrote:
> 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>
Thanks Kevin,
I've mentioned this in the NEWS and applied the series.
Regards
Ian
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