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diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md index 891a2d945be..57ff828d13c 100644 --- a/RELEASE.md +++ b/RELEASE.md @@ -12,6 +12,322 @@ * @subpage release_notes_1609 * @subpage release_notes_1606 +@page release_notes_1807 Release notes for VPP 18.07 + +More than 533 commits since the 18.04 release. + +## Features + +### Infrastructure +- DPDK 18.02.1 + - Complete rework of the dpdk-input node + - Display rx/tx burst function name in "show hardware detail" + - Improve buffer alloc perfomance + - This is ~50% improvement in buffer alloc performance. For a 256 buffer allocation, it was ~10 clocks/buffer, now is < 5 clocks. + - Add per-numa page allocation info to 'show memory' + - Vectorized bihash_{48,40,24,16}_8 key compare + - bihash_48_8 case: + - Scalar code: 6 clocks + - SSE4.2 code: 3 clocks + - AVX2 code: 2.27 clocks + - AVX512 code: 1.5 clocks + - Pollable Stats + - Stats are now available to a client in a shared memory segment and + in the form of a directory, allowing very high performance polling + of stats without directly querying VPP. + +### VNET & Plugins +- IGMP improvements + - Enable/Disable an interface for IGMP + - improve logging + - refactor common code + - no orphaned timers + - IGMP state changes in main thread only + - Large groups split over multiple state-change reports + - SSM range configuration API. + - more tests +- IP: vectorized IP checksum +- VXLAN : HW offload RX flow +- Rework kube-proxy into LB plugin and add NATA66 +- NAT: + - Code refactor + - Syslog + - Multiple outside interfaces + - Endpoint dependent filtering and mapping +- ACL: + - Tuple Merge algorithm cleanup and integration + - Processing pipeline optimizations + - Refactoring +- Experimental AVF driver + +### Host stack + +- Session: performance improvements, add support for connectionless transports, datagram reception and transmission +- TCP: congestion control improvements and overall fixes +- UDP: datagram mode +- TLS async support + + +## Known issues + +For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io). + +## Issues fixed + +For the full list of fixed issues please refer to: +- fd.io [JIRA](https://jira.fd.io) +- git [commit log](https://git.fd.io/vpp/log/?h=stable/1807) + +## API changes + +Description of results: + +* _Definition changed_: indicates that the API file was modified between releases. +* _Only in image_: indicates the API is new for this release. +* _Only in file_: indicates the API has been removed in this release. + + Message Name Result +abf_itf_attach_add_del definition changed +abf_itf_attach_details only in image +abf_itf_attach_dump only in image +abf_plugin_get_version definition changed +abf_policy_add_del definition changed +abf_policy_details only in image +abf_policy_dump only in image +af_packet_details only in image +af_packet_dump only in image +avf_create definition changed +avf_delete definition changed +bind_sock_reply definition changed +bind_uri_reply definition changed +dhcp6_client_enable_disable definition changed +dhcp6_clients_enable_disable definition changed +dhcp6_duid_ll_set definition changed +dhcp6_pd_client_enable_disable definition changed +dhcp6_pd_reply_event only in image +dhcp6_pd_send_client_message definition changed +dhcp6_reply_event only in image +dhcp6_send_client_message definition changed +dhcp_client_config definition changed +dhcp_client_details only in image +dhcp_client_dump only in image +dhcp_compl_event definition changed +dslite_address_details only in image +dslite_address_dump only in image +gbp_endpoint_group_add_del definition changed +gbp_endpoint_group_details only in image +gbp_endpoint_group_dump only in image +gbp_recirc_add_del definition changed +gbp_recirc_details only in image +gbp_recirc_dump only in image +gbp_subnet_add_del definition changed +gbp_subnet_details only in image +gbp_subnet_dump only in image +hw_interface_set_mtu definition changed +igmp_details definition changed +igmp_dump definition changed +igmp_enable_disable definition changed +igmp_event definition changed +igmp_group_prefix_details only in image +igmp_group_prefix_dump only in image +igmp_group_prefix_set definition changed +igmp_listen definition changed +ikev2_profile_set_auth definition changed +ikev2_profile_set_id definition changed +ip6_add_del_address_using_prefix definition changed +ip_mroute_add_del definition changed +ip_probe_neighbor definition changed +ip_scan_neighbor_enable_disable definition changed +ip_unnumbered_details only in image +ip_unnumbered_dump only in image +ipip_6rd_add_tunnel definition changed +ipip_add_tunnel definition changed +ipip_tunnel_details definition changed +ipsec_sa_details definition changed +ipsec_sad_add_del_entry definition changed +ipsec_tunnel_if_add_del definition changed +kp_add_del_pod definition changed +kp_add_del_vip definition changed +kp_conf definition changed +lb_add_del_vip definition changed +mactime_add_del definition changed +mactime_enable definition changed +memclnt_create definition changed +memclnt_create_reply definition changed +memfd_segment_create definition changed +nat44_add_del_lb_static_mapping definition changed +nat44_add_del_static_mapping definition changed +nat44_del_session definition changed +nat44_lb_static_mapping_details definition changed +nat44_static_mapping_details definition changed +nat44_user_session_details definition changed +pipe_create definition changed +pipe_delete definition changed +pipe_details only in image +pipe_dump only in image +pot_profile_activate definition changed +pot_profile_add definition changed +pot_profile_del definition changed +proxy_arp_add_del definition changed +proxy_arp_details only in image +proxy_arp_dump only in image +proxy_arp_intfc_details only in image +proxy_arp_intfc_dump only in image +sock_init_shm_reply definition changed +sockclnt_create definition changed +sockclnt_create_reply definition changed +sr_localsid_add_del definition changed +sr_localsids_details definition changed +sr_policies_details only in image +sr_policies_dump only in image +sr_policy_add definition changed +sr_policy_del definition changed +sr_policy_mod definition changed +sr_steering_pol_details only in image +sr_steering_pol_dump only in image +sw_interface_details definition changed +sw_interface_set_mtu definition changed +tap_create_v2 definition changed +vnet_bier_neighbor_counters only in image +vnet_get_summary_stats_reply definition changed +vxlan_offload_rx definition changed +want_bier_neighbor_stats definition changed +want_dhcp6_pd_reply_events definition changed +want_dhcp6_reply_events definition changed +Found 107 api message signature differences + +### Patches that changed API definitions + +| @c src/plugins/ioam/lib-pot/pot.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [e9fcf23](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=e9fcf23) | Fix some build warnings about "Old Style VLA" | + +| @c src/plugins/gbp/gbp.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [25b0494](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=25b0494) | GBP V2 | + +| @c src/plugins/map/map.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [381e9a9](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=381e9a9) | MAP: Move MAP-E/T to a plugin. | + +| @c src/plugins/igmp/igmp.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [947ea62](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=947ea62) | IGMP improvements | + +| @c src/plugins/lb/lb.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [d92a0b5](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=d92a0b5) | Rework kube-proxy into LB plugin | + +| @c src/plugins/nat/nat.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [70a26ac](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=70a26ac) | NAT44: nat44_del_session and nat44_user_session_details API update (VPP-1271) | +| [ebdf190](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=ebdf190) | NAT44: TCP connection close detection (VPP-1266) | +| [1e5c07d](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=1e5c07d) | Add special Twice-NAT feature (VPP-1221) | +| [16aa7f8](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=16aa7f8) | DSLite: Implement new API call DSLITE_ADDRESS_DUMP. | + +| @c src/plugins/avf/avf.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [258a189](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=258a189) | avf: api fix | +| [6c9b964](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=6c9b964) | avf: binary API and configurable RX/TX queue size | + +| @c src/plugins/mactime/mactime.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [7055e26](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=7055e26) | Driver level time-based src mac filter | + +| @c src/plugins/abf/abf.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [669d07d](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=669d07d) | ACL based forwarding | + +| @c src/vlibmemory/memclnt.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [dab732a](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=dab732a) | VPP-1335 vapi crash when memclnt_keepalive received | +| [7895872](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=7895872) | Remove the historical memfd api segment bootstrap | + +| @c src/vpp/stats/stats.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [a21a367](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=a21a367) | VPP-1324 SIGSEGV vl_msg_api_handler_with_vm_node() | +| [586479a](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=586479a) | BIER neighbor stats | +| [e906aac](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=e906aac) | STATS: Separate socket for fd exchange. | +| [048a4e5](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=048a4e5) | export counters in a memfd segment | + +| @c src/vnet/interface.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [d723161](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=d723161) | MTU: Software interface / Per-protocol MTU support | +| [fe7d4a2](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=fe7d4a2) | Revert "MTU: Setting of MTU on software interface (instead of hardware interface)" | +| [70083ee](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=70083ee) | MTU: Setting of MTU on software interface (instead of hardware interface) | + +| @c src/vnet/ipfix-export/ipfix_export.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [a9855ef](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=a9855ef) | Flow: Rename IPFIX exporter. | + +| @c src/vnet/dhcp/dhcp6_pd_client_cp.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [81119e8](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=81119e8) | Implement DHCPv6 PD client (VPP-718, VPP-1050) | + +| @c src/vnet/dhcp/dhcp.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [dd3b8f7](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=dd3b8f7) | Implement DHCPv6 IA NA client (VPP-1094) | +| [d9778c2](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=d9778c2) | Update DHCPv6 DUID code and fix coverity warnings | +| [81119e8](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=81119e8) | Implement DHCPv6 PD client (VPP-718, VPP-1050) | +| [daff178](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=daff178) | DHCP Client Dump | + +| @c src/vnet/dhcp/dhcp6_ia_na_client_cp.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [dd3b8f7](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=dd3b8f7) | Implement DHCPv6 IA NA client (VPP-1094) | + +| @c src/vnet/ip/ip.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [947ea62](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=947ea62) | IGMP improvements | +| [7eaaf74](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=7eaaf74) | proxy_arp: remove unused is_add | +| [0053de6](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=0053de6) | ARP proxy dumps | +| [9e2f915](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=9e2f915) | IP unnumbered dump | +| [7f358b3](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=7f358b3) | Periodic scan and probe of IP neighbors to maintain neighbor pools | +| [e821ab1](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=e821ab1) | IP mcast: allow unicast address as a next-hop | +| [c7b4304](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=c7b4304) | Implement ip_probe_neighbor API | + +| @c src/vnet/ip/ip_types.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [947ea62](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=947ea62) | IGMP improvements | +| [2c2feab](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=2c2feab) | VPPAPIGEN: Add union and enum support and IP4/IP6 address type. | + +| @c src/vnet/devices/af_packet/af_packet.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [04e0bb2](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=04e0bb2) | af_packet: Add support for dump interfaces | + +| @c src/vnet/devices/tap/tapv2.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [d600ffe](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=d600ffe) | Update tapv2 documentation | +| [0b06111](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=0b06111) | VPP-1305: Add support for tags | + +| @c src/vnet/devices/pipe/pipe.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [ee8b973](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=ee8b973) | VOM: support for pipes | +| [17ff3c1](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=17ff3c1) | Pipes | + +| @c src/vnet/ipip/ipip.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [d57f636](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=d57f636) | VPP-1277: IPIP - Copy TOS/TC from inner packet to outer. | + +| @c src/vnet/session/session.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [7fb0fe1](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=7fb0fe1) | udp/session: refactor to support dgram mode | + +| @c src/vnet/ipsec/ipsec.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [4b089f2](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=4b089f2) | ipsec: support UDP encap/decap for NAT traversal | +| [e9fcf23](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=e9fcf23) | Fix some build warnings about "Old Style VLA" | +| [8e1039a](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=8e1039a) | Allow an IPsec tunnel interface to be renumbered | + +| @c src/vnet/vxlan/vxlan.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [af86a48](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=af86a48) | vxlan:offload RX flow | + +| @c src/vnet/srv6/sr.api || +| ------- | ------- | +| [3337bd2](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=3337bd2) | Fixed bugs in SRv6 API | +| [e9fcf23](https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=e9fcf23) | Fix some build warnings about "Old Style VLA" | + + @page release_notes_1804 Release notes for VPP 18.04 |