Re: [dpdk-dev] 18.11.3 (LTS) patches review and test

[Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>]

On 10/10/2019 19:39, Stokes, Ian wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/13/2019 5:31 PM, Kevin Traynor wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Here is a list of patches targeted for LTS release 18.11.3.
>>
>> The planned date for the final release is 9th October.
>>
>> Please help with testing and validation of your use cases and report
>> any issues/results in reply 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=v18.11.3-rc1
>>
>> These patches are located at branch 18.11 of dpdk-stable repo:
>>      https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Kevin Traynor
> 
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> I've validated with current head OVS Master, 2.12.2 and OVS 2.11.3 with 
> VSPERF.
> Tested with i40e (X710), i40eVF, ixgbe (82599ES), ixgbeVF, igb(I350) and 
> igbVF devices.
> 
> Following tests were conducted and passed:
> 
> * vswitch_p2p_tput: vSwitch - configure switch and execute RFC2544 
> throughput test.
> * vswitch_p2p_cont: vSwitch - configure switch and execute RFC2544 
> continuous stream test.
> * vswitch_pvp_tput: vSwitch - configure switch, vnf and execute RFC2544 
> throughput test.
> * vswitch_pvp_cont: vSwitch - configure switch, vnf and execute RFC2544 
> continuous stream test.
> * ovsdpdk_hotplug_attach: Ensure successful port-add after binding a 
> device to igb_uio after ovs-vswitchd is launched.
> * ovsdpdk_mq_p2p_rxqs: Setup rxqs on NIC port.
> * ovsdpdk_mq_pvp_rxqs: Setup rxqs on vhost user port.
> * ovsdpdk_mq_pvp_rxqs_linux_bridge: Confirm traffic received over vhost 
> RXQs with Linux virtio device in guest.
> * ovsdpdk_mq_pvp_rxqs_testpmd: Confirm traffic received over vhost RXQs 
> with DPDK device in guest.
> * ovsdpdk_vhostuser_client: Test vhost-user client mode.
> * ovsdpdk_vhostuser_client_reconnect: Test vhost-user client mode 
> reconnect feature.
> * ovsdpdk_vhostuser_server: Test vhost-user server mode.
> * ovsdpdk_vhostuser_sock_dir: Verify functionality of vhost-sock-dir flag.
> * ovsdpdk_vdev_add_af_packet_pmd: Test addition of port using the 
> af_packet DPDK PMD driver.
> * ovsdpdk_vdev_del_af_packet_pmd: Test deletion of port using the 
> af_packet DPDK PMD driver.
> * ovsdpdk_numa: Test vhost-user NUMA support. Vhostuser PMD threads 
> should migrate to the same numa slot, where QEMU is executed.
> * ovsdpdk_jumbo_p2p: Ensure that jumbo frames are received, processed 
> and forwarded correctly by DPDK physical ports.
> * ovsdpdk_jumbo_pvp: Ensure that jumbo frames are received, processed 
> and forwarded correctly by DPDK vhost-user ports.
> * ovsdpdk_jumbo_p2p_upper_bound: Ensure that jumbo frames above the 
> configured Rx port's MTU are not accepted.
> * ovsdpdk_jumbo_mtu_upper_bound_vport: Verify that the upper bound limit 
> is enforced for OvS DPDK vhost-user ports.
> * ovsdpdk_rate_p2p: Ensure when a user creates a rate limiting physical 
> interface that the traffic is limited to the specified policer rate in a 
> p2p setup.
> * ovsdpdk_rate_pvp: Ensure when a user creates a rate limiting vHost 
> User interface that the traffic is limited to the specified policer rate 
> in a pvp setup.
> * ovsdpdk_qos_p2p: In a p2p setup, ensure when a QoS egress policer is 
> created that the traffic is limited to the specified rate.
> * ovsdpdk_qos_pvp: In a pvp setup, ensure when a QoS egress policer is 
> created that the traffic is limited to the specified rate.
> * phy2phy_scalability: LTD.Scalability.Flows.RFC2544.0PacketLoss
> * phy2phy_scalability_cont: Phy2Phy Scalability Continuous Stream
> * pvp_cont: PVP Continuous Stream
> * pvvp_cont: PVVP Continuous Stream
> * pvpv_cont: Two VMs in parallel with Continuous Stream
> 

Thanks Ian. I might summarize it a bit to shorten and add to the release
notes.

Kevin.

> Regards
> Ian
> 
>