[ovs-dev] [PATCH v2 1/1] dpdk: Use DPDK 19.11.2 release.

[Ian Stokes]

Modify travis linux build script to use DPDK 19.11.2 stable release and
update docs to reference 19.11.2 stable release.

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 +++---
 Documentation/topics/userspace-tso.rst   | 9 ---------
 NEWS                                     | 3 +++
 6 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh
index 02615a8ec..e0a065291 100755
--- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
     if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
-        DPDK_VER="19.11"
+        DPDK_VER="19.11.2"
     fi
     install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
     if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index e5cef3915..7c826f239 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     2.10.x       17.11.4
     2.11.x       18.11.6
     2.12.x       18.11.6
-    2.13.x       19.11.0
+    2.13.x       19.11.2
     ============ =======
 
 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 dbf88ec43..90eaa8aa2 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 19.11
+- DPDK 19.11.2
 
 - 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 https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.tar.xz
-       $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.tar.xz
-       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-19.11
+       $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.2.tar.xz
+       $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.2.tar.xz
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-19.11.2
        $ 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 c6c6fd8bd..4bc5aef59 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 https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.tar.xz
-    $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.tar.xz
-    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-19.11
+    $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.2.tar.xz
+    $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.2.tar.xz
+    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-19.11.2
     $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
     $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
     $ cd $DPDK_DIR
diff --git a/Documentation/topics/userspace-tso.rst b/Documentation/topics/userspace-tso.rst
index 0fbac93a5..aafa4a1bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/topics/userspace-tso.rst
+++ b/Documentation/topics/userspace-tso.rst
@@ -104,15 +104,6 @@ on ports without TSO support.  That also means guests using vhost-user
 in client mode will receive TSO packet regardless of TSO being enabled
 or disabled within the guest.
 
-When the NIC performing the segmentation is using the i40e DPDK PMD, a fix
-must be included in the DPDK build, otherwise TSO will not work. The fix can
-be found on `DPDK patchwork`__.
-
-__ https://patches.dpdk.org/patch/64136/
-
-This fix is expected to be included in the 19.11.1 release. When OVS migrates
-to this DPDK release, this limitation can be removed.
-
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Performance Tuning
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e52e862e1..e4e926c50 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Post-v2.13.0
      * Add hardware offload support for matching IPv6 protocol (experimental).
      * Add hardware offload support for set of IPv6 src/dst/ttl
        and tunnel push-output actions (experimental).
+     * OVS validated with DPDK 19.11.2, due to the inclusion of fixes for
+       CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723, CVE-2020-10724, CVE-2020-10725 and
+       CVE-2020-10726, this DPDK version is strongly recommended to be used.
    - Linux datapath:
      * Support for kernel versions up to 5.5.x.
    - AF_XDP:
-- 
2.13.6