[ovs-dev] [PATCH branch-2.13] dpdk: Use DPDK 19.11.6 release

Kevin Traynor ktraynor at redhat.com
Thu Feb 11 18:25:42 UTC 2021


On 11/02/2021 14:32, hgovindh wrote:
> Modify ci linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release.
> Modify Documentation to use the latest DPDK stable release
> 19.11.6. Update NEWS file to reflect the latest DPDK stable release.
> 
> Note: 19.11.6 is the latest stable release in the 19.11 series.
> So OvS 2.13 is updated to use 19.11.6 version
> 18.11.11 is the final support release for the 18.11 series,
> no further support releases for 18.11 series are expected.
> So, both OvS 2.11 and 2.12 are updated to use 18.11.11
> 
> Signed-off-by: hgovindh <hariprasad.govindharajan at intel.com>
> ---
>  .ci/linux-build.sh                       | 2 +-
>  Documentation/faq/releases.rst           | 6 +++---
>  Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     | 8 ++++----
>  Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
>  NEWS                                     | 5 ++---
>  5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
> index ec0b40e..4a9a20b 100755
> --- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
> +++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
> @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ fi
>  
>  if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
>      if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
> -        DPDK_VER="19.11.2"
> +        DPDK_VER="19.11.6"
>      fi
>      install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
>      # Enable pdump support in OVS.
> diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> index 41e1315..4a0dcac 100644
> --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> @@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
>      2.8.x        17.05.2
>      2.9.x        17.11.10
>      2.10.x       17.11.10
> -    2.11.x       18.11.9
> -    2.12.x       18.11.9
> -    2.13.x       19.11.2
> +    2.11.x       18.11.11
> +    2.12.x       18.11.11
> +    2.13.x       19.11.6
>      ============ ========
>  
>  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 86ee19d..050e554 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 19.11.2
> +- DPDK 19.11.6
>  
>  - 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-19.11.2.tar.xz
> -       $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.2.tar.xz
> -       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-19.11.2
> +       $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.6.tar.xz
> +       $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.6.tar.xz
> +       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-19.11.6
>         $ 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 4bc5aef..d020115 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-19.11.2.tar.xz
> -    $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.2.tar.xz
> -    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-19.11.2
> +    $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-19.11.6.tar.xz
> +    $ tar xf dpdk-19.11.6.tar.xz
> +    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-19.11.6
>      $ 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 51601cc..1ebdf91 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ v2.13.1 - 30 Jul 2020
>  ---------------------
>     - Bug fixes
>     - DPDK:
> -     * 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.
> +     * OVS validated with DPDK 19.11.6. It is recommended to use this version
> +       until further releases.
>  

^ For the 2.13.4 section

with that fixed:
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor at redhat.com>


>  v2.13.0 - 14 Feb 2020
>  ---------------------
> 



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