Hi Michael/Maxime,
On 14/09/2022 16:53, Kevin Traynor wrote:
On 14/09/2022 16:18, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
Hi Kevin,
On 9/14/22 16:14, Kevin Traynor wrote:
Hi Maxime,
On 14/09/2022 15:45, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
Hi,
On 9/8/22 13:15, Michael Phelan wrote:
CI Linux build script updated to use DPDK version 21.11.2.
Documentation updated to use DPDK version 21.11.2.
NEWS entry added for DPDK 21.11.2 validation.
Updated FAQ to recommend use of DPDK version 21.11.2.
For your information, we just discovered a regression in Vhost library
introduced in v21.11.2.
The commit listed as being fixed was itself backported to 21.11.1, which
is the one currently documented as supported with OVS master and
branch-3.0.
Is it as likely to occur with 21.11.1, or there is some other in-direct
changes in 21.11.2 that make it trigger ?
My mistake, you are right it landed in v21.11.1.
I think it can be triggered with v21.11.1 too, as long as NUMA
reallocation happens and vIOMMU is enabled.
So, in that case, it does not block us to move to v21.11.2.
Should we document this issue somewhere?
We could put a link to a Bz and brief explanation in the NEWS item (see
below).
If we move to 21.11.2, we gain ~300 fixes including the vhost and Mlx
CVEs but keep this NUMA issue.
If we move back to 21.11.0, we lose ~400 fixes and we don't get the CVE
fixes, but this NUMA issue is resolved.
Considering the CVE fixes, moving to 21.11.2 and documenting this NUMA
issue seems the best approach to me.
We chatted about this on the OVS public call yesterday. The consensus on
the call was to go ahead with these updates (to 20.11.6 and 21.11.2) but
to document/link to the known NUMA issue and CVE fixes, so a user could
then make an informed choice about which DPDK version to use depending
on their use cases. Of course it can be discussed more if people
disagree with this approach.
We can also apply to the fix to the DPDK LTS branches shortly after they
land in DPDK main branch, so anyone pulling the latest branches will
have both sets of fixes included.
thanks,
Kevin.
Thanks for the correction,
Maxime
A deadlock happens when vIOMMU is enabled and NUMA reallocation of
the virtqueues happen. A fix [0] was already posted by David in July and
will soon land into DPDK main branch, so it will likely be in v21.11.3
release.
It sounds nasty enough - assuming there is enough in 21.11.1 to trigger
this, perhaps we should downgrade the documented/supported version for
master/branch-3.0 to 21.11.0 until there is a fix in 21.11.3.
Maxime
[0]:
http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Michael Phelan <[email protected]>
---
.ci/linux-build.sh | 2 +-
Documentation/faq/releases.rst | 2 +-
Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst | 8 ++++----
NEWS | 3 +++
4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
index 509314a07..23c8bbb7a 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ fi
if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
- DPDK_VER="21.11.1"
+ DPDK_VER="21.11.2"
fi
install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
fi
diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
index 1bc22a6ba..d138091c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
+++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch
release work with?
2.15.x 20.11.4
2.16.x 20.11.4
2.17.x 21.11.1
- 3.0.x 21.11.1
+ 3.0.x 21.11.2
============ ========
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 0f3712c79..a284e6851 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 21.11.1
+- DPDK 21.11.2
- A `DPDK supported NIC`_
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ Install DPDK
#. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set
``DPDK_DIR``::
$ cd /usr/src/
- $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-21.11.1.tar.xz
- $ tar xf dpdk-21.11.1.tar.xz
- $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-21.11.1
+ $ wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-21.11.2.tar.xz
+ $ tar xf dpdk-21.11.2.tar.xz
+ $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-21.11.2
$ cd $DPDK_DIR
#. Configure and install DPDK using Meson
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 53594cbbd..1fffd5e42 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
Post-v3.0.0
--------------------
+- DPDK:
+ * OVS validated with DPDK 21.11.2. It is recommended to use
this version
+ until further releases.
^^^ add a note here
v3.0.0 - 15 Aug 2022
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