Hi All,

I've rebased the patch to specifically apply to the current 2.7 branch. I've 
added your acks to the commit.

https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-July/334952.html

Thanks
Ian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:ovs-dev-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stokes, Ian
> Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 7:23 PM
> To: Darrell Ball <[email protected]>; Kavanagh, Mark B
> <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v1] docs: Use DPDK 16.11.2 stable release.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Darrell Ball [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 5:48 PM
> > To: Kavanagh, Mark B <[email protected]>; Stokes, Ian
> > <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> > Cc: Justin Pettit <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v1] docs: Use DPDK 16.11.2 stable release.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/5/17, 8:15 AM, "Kavanagh, Mark B" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >     >From: [email protected] [mailto:ovs-dev-
> > [email protected]]
> >     >On Behalf Of Stokes, Ian
> >     >Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2017 10:09 AM
> >     >To: Darrell Ball <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> >     >Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v1] docs: Use DPDK 16.11.2 stable
> > release.
> >     >
> >     >> Hi Ian
> >     >>
> >     >> Do you have a good link to the 16.11.2 release notes ?
> >     >> I have been looking around and found some links but may not be
> > the best
> >     >> and I am not sure new functionality is not being enabled with
> > 16.11.2 ?
> >     >>
> >     >> What specifically do we want from 16.11.2 ?
> >     >>
> >     >> Thanks Darrell
> >     >
> >     >Hi Darrell,
> >     >
> >     >16.11.2 will not have new functionality, it will consist of the
> > latest bug
> >     >fixes for existing functionality for DPDK 16.11.1. There is no
> > API/ABI changes
> >     >in the stable point releases for DPDK.
> >     >
> >     >A list of the bugs fixed in 16.11.2 since 16.11.1 is available here
> >     >
> >     >https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-
> > 3A__dpdk.org_doc_guides-2D16.11_rel-5Fnotes_release-5F16-
> > 5F11.html&d=DwIFAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=BVhFA09CGX7JQ5Ih-
> > uZnsw&m=WT0gkeJ7w_DRRPKN4FC6Wg_G7qmoH7ZjWdDuGE9RkPQ&s=ESCIMH2vhsR-
> > QKMN6ZZCt5cy1GPtZLi5CJHz9ACELWg&e=
> >     >
> >     >In particular what caught my eye was the bug fixes for vfio and
> vhost
> >     >
> >     >vfio: fix disabling INTx
> >     >vfio: fix secondary process start
> >     >vhost: change log levels in client mode
> >     >vhost: fix dequeue zero copy
> >     >vhost: fix false sharing
> >     >vhost: fix fd leaks for vhost-user server mode
> >     >vhost: fix max queues
> >     >vhost: fix multiple queue not enabled for old kernels
> >     >vhost: fix use after free
> >     >
> >     >There is also a number of out of bound array bug fixes for the
> > i40e and ixgbe
> >     >drivers.
> >     >
> >     >On a side note for the motivation for the move, there has been
> > instances in
> >     >the past (for example mempool allocations) where a bug has been
> > reported in
> >     >OVS DPDK in specific cornercases, upon investigating we found it
> > was a bug in
> >     >DPDK 16.11.0 release which had already been reported and fixed in
> > the
> > 16.11.1
> >     >release.
> >
> >
> >     +1 on this - I've handled similar OvS 'bugs' where the root-cause
> > was a DPDK issue that had already been resolved on the DPDK stable
> branch.
> >     I can't recommend strongly enough that we move to the 16.11.2
> > branch for OvS 2.7.1 (stable branch + stable branch =  fewer bugs all
> 'round).
> >
> >     Thanks,
> >     Mark
> >
> > Hi Ian
> >
> > There is no issue regarding plain bug fixes.
> > The only theoretical concern is enabling new code paths that were
> > short- circuited before because of bugs, but I don’t think that is all
> > that common.
> >
> > The link you sent is the one I was referring to but I had some doubts
> > about the contents so I asked to confirm. I assume the new features
> > and API changes sections are only related to .0 ?
> >
> > If that is the case, then:
> > Acked-by: Darrell Ball <[email protected]>
> >
> > Thanks Darrell
> >
> >
> 
> Hi Darrell,
> 
> I understand the concern with new code paths being enabled but I think we
> should be ok with this regard.
> 
> From what I understand the DPDK stable release revisions undergo
> validation from the DPDK side before release to ensure these problems are
> not introduced.
> 
> As an aside, one of the reasons we decided to point users to the point
> releases (16.11.x etc.) instead of pointing to the head of the stable
> branch was to benefit from this validation and avoid a problem like this.
> I think this still makes sense.
> 
> Your correct in that new features in the link I sent are for the .0
> release. The specific fixes for the .2 release are detailed at the bottom
> under Fixes in 16.11 LTS Release.
> 
> Thanks
> Ian
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     >
> >     >As the stable releases consist of bug fixes only there should be
> > no issue
> >     >pointing users to the latest stable release of the DPDK currently
> > supported.
> >     >We've done this previously for OVS 2.6.x releases where we've
> > pushed users to
> >     >the stable DPDK 16.07.2 release.
> >     >
> >     >Ian
> >     >
> >     >>
> >     >>
> >     >> On 7/3/17, 1:01 PM, "[email protected] on behalf
> > of Stokes,
> >     >> Ian" <[email protected] on behalf of
> > [email protected]>
> >     >> wrote:
> >     >>
> >     >>     Hi All,
> >     >>
> >     >>     I would like to see this go into the OVS 2.7.1 branch to
> ensure
> > users
> >     >> are using the latest stable DPDK 16.11 release. If anyone has
> > time to
> >     >> review this patch I would be grateful. I've been using 16.11.2
> > myself for
> >     >> the last number of weeks and have not encountered any issues.
> >     >>
> >     >>     Thanks
> >     >>     Ian
> >     >>
> >     >>     > -----Original Message-----
> >     >>     > From: [email protected] [mailto:ovs-dev-
> >     >>     > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Stokes
> >     >>     > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 1:57 PM
> >     >>     > To: [email protected]
> >     >>     > Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v1] docs: Use DPDK 16.11.2 stable
> > release.
> >     >>     >
> >     >>     > Modify docs and travis linux build script to use the DPDK
> > 16.11.2
> >     >> stable
> >     >>     > branch to benefit from most recent bug fixes.
> >     >>     >
> >     >>     > Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <[email protected]>
> >     >>     > ---
> >     >>     >  .travis/linux-build.sh                   |    2 +-
> >     >>     >  Documentation/faq/releases.rst           |    2 +-
> >     >>     >  Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     |    6 +++---
> >     >>     >  Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst |    8 ++++----
> >     >>     >  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >     >>     >
> >     >>     > diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-
> build.sh
> > index
> >     >>     > 8750d68..f66b534 100755
> >     >>     > --- a/.travis/linux-build.sh
> >     >>     > +++ b/.travis/linux-build.sh
> >     >>     > @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fi
> >     >>     >
> >     >>     >  if [ "$DPDK" ]; then
> >     >>     >      if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
> >     >>     > -        DPDK_VER="16.11.1"
> >     >>     > +        DPDK_VER="16.11.2"
> >     >>     >      fi
> >     >>     >      install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
> >     >>     >      if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
> >     >>     > diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> >     >>     > b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst index 6a53e3b..707834b
> > 100644
> >     >>     > --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> >     >>     > +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> >     >>     > @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open
> > vSwitch
> >     >> release
> >     >>     > work with?
> >     >>     >      2.4.x        2.0
> >     >>     >      2.5.x        2.2
> >     >>     >      2.6.x        16.07.2
> >     >>     > -    2.7.x        16.11.1
> >     >>     > +    2.7.x        16.11.2
> >     >>     >      ============ =======
> >     >>     >
> >     >>     >  Q: I get an error like this when I configure Open vSwitch:
> >     >>     > diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> >     >>     > b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> >     >>     > index e83f852..a05aa1a 100644
> >     >>     > --- a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> >     >>     > +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
> >     >>     > @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ Install DPDK
> >     >>     >  #. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set
> >     >> ``DPDK_DIR``::
> >     >>     >
> >     >>     >         $ cd /usr/src/
> >     >>     > -       $ wget
> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-
> >     >> 3A__fast.dpdk.org_rel_dpdk-
> >     >>
> > 2D16.11.1.tar.xz&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=BVhFA09CGX7JQ5Ih-
> >     >> uZnsw&m=88NoNvcZ8i84KcaxfVYNqAcbt6HZqEWwRBivO0a8ChQ&s=W-
> >     >> zvsIZPdDdXUqDNBAT0zYhAdY3WYLg2yTPJpUy4Uuo&e=
> >     >>     > -       $ tar xf dpdk-16.11.1.tar.xz
> >     >>     > -       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.11.1
> >     >>     > +       $ wget
> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-
> >     >> 3A__fast.dpdk.org_rel_dpdk-
> >     >>
> > 2D16.11.2.tar.xz&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=BVhFA09CGX7JQ5Ih-
> >     >>
> >
> uZnsw&m=88NoNvcZ8i84KcaxfVYNqAcbt6HZqEWwRBivO0a8ChQ&s=wbLVYNpJZGtKTloAPxp3
> >     >> 6_XAWi7oVNKTTb9ymPuxqoE&e=
> >     >>     > +       $ tar xf dpdk-16.11.2.tar.xz
> >     >>     > +       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.11.2
> >     >>     >         $ 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 6b0bf9b..e76da5f 100644
> >     >>     > --- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> >     >>     > +++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
> >     >>     > @@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-
> >     >> 3A__fast.dpdk.org_rel_dpdk-
> >     >>
> > 2D16.11.1.tar.xz&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=BVhFA09CGX7JQ5Ih-
> >     >> uZnsw&m=88NoNvcZ8i84KcaxfVYNqAcbt6HZqEWwRBivO0a8ChQ&s=W-
> >     >> zvsIZPdDdXUqDNBAT0zYhAdY3WYLg2yTPJpUy4Uuo&e=
> >     >>     > -    $ tar xf dpdk-16.11.1.tar.xz
> >     >>     > -    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-16.11.1
> >     >>     > +    $ wget
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-
> >     >> 3A__fast.dpdk.org_rel_dpdk-
> >     >>
> > 2D16.11.2.tar.xz&d=DwICAg&c=uilaK90D4TOVoH58JNXRgQ&r=BVhFA09CGX7JQ5Ih-
> >     >>
> >
> uZnsw&m=88NoNvcZ8i84KcaxfVYNqAcbt6HZqEWwRBivO0a8ChQ&s=wbLVYNpJZGtKTloAPxp3
> >     >> 6_XAWi7oVNKTTb9ymPuxqoE&e=
> >     >>     > +    $ tar xf dpdk-16.11.2.tar.xz
> >     >>     > +    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-16.11.2
> >     >>     >      $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> >     >>     >      $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
> >     >>     >      $ cd $DPDK_DIR
> >     >>     > @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ Sample XML
> >     >>     >          </disk>
> >     >>     >          <disk type='dir' device='disk'>
> >     >>     >            <driver name='qemu' type='fat'/>
> >     >>     > -          <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.11.1'/>
> >     >>     > +          <source dir='/usr/src/dpdk-stable-16.11.2'/>
> >     >>     >            <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
> >     >>     >            <readonly/>
> >     >>     >          </disk>
> >     >>     > --
> >     >>     > 1.7.0.7
> >     >>     >
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