20.11.7 patches review and test

[Luca Boccassi]

Thank you, I'll apply the fix for the last build issue and release then

On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 at 09:05, Jiang, YuX <yux.jiang at intel.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Luca,
>
> 1, Compilation error compiling dpdk with vm_power_manager sample app
> - Not fixed yet, but also not too bad and thereby does not block release.
> 2, vf_interrupt_pmd/nic_interrupt_VF_vfio_pci: l3fwd-power Wake up failed on X722 37d0
> - Find on DPDK22.11, it has fix patch: https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20221117065726.277672-1-kaisenx.you@intel.com/
> - Patch is not merged into main, its fix can be applied on LTS20.11.7-rc1 and tested passed.
> - The patch has comment, Intel Dev is still under confirming, but not too bad and thereby does not block release.
> 3, inline ipsec: test failed on LTS20.11.7-rc1  -- Fixed on latest stable 20.11
> 4, latest stable 20.11 also found build issue: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1061
> -  Apply the patch https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-stable/commit/?h=21.11&id=125a65cb03f845d1b6d5f7078670aa1a49d62513 on latest LTS20.11, test passed.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Friday, December 9, 2022 5:50 PM
> > To: Jiang, YuX <yux.jiang at intel.com>
> > Cc: dev <dev at dpdk.org>; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>; Xu,
> > Qian Q <qian.q.xu at intel.com>; Peng, Yuan <yuan.peng at intel.com>; Chen,
> > Zhaoyan <zhaoyan.chen at intel.com>
> > Subject: Re: 20.11.7 patches review and test
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > The two compilation issues have been fixed. Waiting on a resolution on the
> > other two issues. Should they be considered blockers and delay the release, if
> > a fix is not available by next week?
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 at 10:22, Jiang, YuX <yux.jiang at intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > > Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk20.11.7-rc1 validation test
> > rate is 95%. No critical issue is found.
> > > 2 new bugs are found, 1 new issue is under confirming by Intel Dev.
> > > New bugs:
> > >   1, Compilation error compiling dpdk with vm_power_manager sample app
> > -- Intel dev is under investigating.
> > >   2, vf_interrupt_pmd/nic_interrupt_VF_vfio_pci: l3fwd-power Wake up
> > failed on X722 37d0
> > >         - Find on DPDK22.11, it has fix patch:
> > https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20221117065726.277672-1-
> > kaisenx.you at intel.com/
> > >         - Patch is not merged into main, its fix can be applied on LTS20.11.7-rc1
> > and tested passed.
> > >   3, inline ipsec: test failed on LTS20.11.7  -- Intel validation owner and dev
> > are under investigating.
> > >
> > > # Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
> > > * Build & CFLAG compile: cover the build test combination with latest
> > GCC/Clang version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04,
> > Fedora36, RHEL8.4, etc.
> > > - All test done. One known bug: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=991
> > net/ena build failure with gcc 12, still no fix.
> > > * PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including
> > RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
> > > - All test done. No new dpdk issue is found.
> > > * VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-
> > RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
> > > - All test done. No new dpdk issue is found.
> > > * PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package
> > Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible
> > Descriptor, etc.
> > > - All test done. No new dpdk issue is found.
> > > * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single
> > core performance test, etc.
> > > - All test done. No big performance drop.
> > > * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test -
> > QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
> > > - One issue is under confirming.
> > >
> > > # Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
> > > * Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as
> > PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf
> > testing/VMAWARE ESXI 7.0u3, etc.
> > > - All test done. No new issue is found.
> > > * Cryptodev:
> > >   *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev
> > ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
> > >     - All test passed.
> > >   *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance
> > /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
> > >     - All test done.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Yu Jiang
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: luca.boccassi at gmail.com <luca.boccassi at gmail.com>
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2022 6:53 PM
> > > > To: stable at dpdk.org
> > > > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Abhishek Marathe
> > <Abhishek.Marathe at microsoft.com>;
> > > > Ali Alnubani <alialnu at nvidia.com>; Walker, Benjamin
> > > > <benjamin.walker at intel.com>; David Christensen
> > > > <drc at linux.vnet.ibm.com>; Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal at nxp.com>;
> > > > Stokes, Ian <ian.stokes at intel.com>; Jerin Jacob
> > > > <jerinj at marvell.com>; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>;
> > > > Ju-Hyoung Lee <juhlee at microsoft.com>; Kevin Traynor
> > > > <ktraynor at redhat.com>; Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>; Pei Zhang
> > > > <pezhang at redhat.com>; Xu, Qian Q <qian.q.xu at intel.com>; Raslan
> > > > Darawsheh <rasland at nvidia.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> > > > <thomas at monjalon.net>; Yanghang Liu <yanghliu at redhat.com>; Peng,
> > > > Yuan <yuan.peng at intel.com>; Chen, Zhaoyan <zhaoyan.chen at intel.com>
> > > > Subject: 20.11.7 patches review and test
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Here is a list of patches targeted for stable release 20.11.7.
> > > >
> > > > The planned date for the final release is the 12th of December.
> > > >
> > > > Please help with testing and validation of your use cases and report
> > > > any issues/results with reply-all to this mail. For the final
> > > > release the fixes and reported validations will be added to the release
> > notes.
> > > >
> > > > A release candidate tarball can be found at:
> > > >
> > > >     https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/tag/?id=v20.11.7-rc1
> > > >
> > > > These patches are located at branch 20.11 of dpdk-stable repo:
> > > >     https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Luca Boccassi
> > > >
> > > > ---