[ovs-dev] [PATCH branch-2.12] dpdk: Use DPDK 18.11.11 release

Kevin Traynor ktraynor at redhat.com
Thu Feb 11 18:32:14 UTC 2021


On 11/02/2021 14:20, hgovindh wrote:
> Modify ci linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release.
> Modify Documentation to use the latest DPDK stable release
> 18.11.11. Update NEWS file to reflect the latest DPDK stable
> release.
> 
> Note: 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           | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     | 8 ++++----
>  Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
>  NEWS                                     | 7 ++-----
>  5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
> index e67d889..e4a944c 100755
> --- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
> +++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ fi
>  
>  if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
>      if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
> -        DPDK_VER="18.11.9"
> +        DPDK_VER="18.11.11"
>      fi
>      install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
>      if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
> diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> index 5a51dbc..a0a403f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> @@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ 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
> +    2.11.x       18.11.11
> +    2.12.x       18.11.11
>      ============ ========
>  
>  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 f0a7bff..a441715 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 18.11.9
> +- DPDK 18.11.11
>  
>  - 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-18.11.9.tar.xz
> -       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.9.tar.xz
> -       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.9
> +       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
> +       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
> +       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.11
>         $ 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 2253978..0155512 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-18.11.9.tar.xz
> -    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.9.tar.xz
> -    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.9
> +    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
> +    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
> +    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.11
>      $ 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 97fd950..bf8aeff 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ v2.12.1 - 30 Jul 2020
>  ---------------------
>     - Bug fixes
>     - DPDK:
> -     * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.9. Due to this being the latest LTS to
> -       be validated and coupled with the inclusion of fixes for
> -       CVE-2019-14818, CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723 and CVE-2020-10724
> -       over the course of various LTS releases, this DPDK version is strongly
> -       recommended to be used.
> +     * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.11. Due to this being the final release
> +       in the DPDK 18.11 series it is recommended it to be used.
>  

^  For 2.12.4

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

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



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