[ovs-dev] [PATCH V2 00/11] Add Linux kernel datapath support up to 5.5

[Greg Rose]

The patch series enables OVS kernel datapath support up to
release 5.5.  Updates the faq and NEWS as well.

Passes Travis here:
https://travis-ci.org/gvrose8192/ovs-experimental/builds/655441415

Passes check-kmod with no regressions on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04
distros.

V2 - Adds FAQ and NEWS updates

Greg Rose (11):
  acinclude: Enable Linux kernel 5.5
  compat: Fix up changes to inet frags in 5.1+
  compat: Remove genl_ops policy field for newer kernels
  compat: Remove flex_array code
  datapath: Fix case statement fall through warning
  compat: Add FIELD_SIZEOF macro
  datapath: Kbuild: Add kcompat.h header to front of NOSTDINC
  Travis: Update kernel test list
  compat: Use nla_parse deprecated functions
  FAQ: Update with latest Linux 5.5 kernel support
  NEWS: Add news about support for Linux kernel 5.5

 .travis.yml                                   |  2 +-
 Documentation/faq/releases.rst                |  1 +
 NEWS                                          |  2 ++
 acinclude.m4                                  | 10 ++++++++-
 datapath/conntrack.c                          |  9 ++++++++
 datapath/datapath.c                           | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 datapath/linux/Kbuild.in                      |  2 +-
 datapath/linux/compat/include/linux/kernel.h  |  4 ++++
 datapath/linux/compat/include/net/inet_frag.h | 21 ++++++++++++++++++
 datapath/linux/compat/include/net/netlink.h   |  5 +++++
 datapath/linux/compat/stt.c                   | 28 +++++++++--------------
 datapath/meter.c                              | 10 +++++++++
 12 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

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