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diff --git a/docs/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v19.01.rst b/docs/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v19.01.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b2311c84950 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v19.01.rst @@ -0,0 +1,413 @@ +Release notes for VPP 19.01 +=========================== + +More than 649 commits since the 18.10 release. + +Features +-------- + +Infrastructure +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- NUMA-aware, growable physical memory allocator (pmalloc) +- FIB: sticky load-balance +- C11 safe string handling: provide and use “safe” C string handling + functions +- vlib: allocate buffers on local numa, not on numa 1 +- vppinfra: autodetect default hugepage size +- Move RPC traffic off the shared-memory API queue +- IPv6: Make link-local configurable per-interface +- IGMP: improve CLI debug output +- IPSec: split ipsec nodes into ip4/ip6 nodes +- IPSec: infra for selecting backends +- vhost-user: cleanup and performance optimizations +- ethernet-input, memif improvements and optimizations +- DPDK: bump to DPDK 18.11 +- reassembly: harden reassembly code +- stats: Deprecate old (event-based) stats framework +- vlib: support Hyper-V/Azure VMBus +- binary api clients: wait for vpp to start +- graph dispatch trace: capture packet data and buffer metadata, output + in pcap format +- improve feature arc order constraint specification + +VNET & Plugins +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- pktgen: correctly replay a mix of single and multi-buffer packets +- add wireshark dissector to extras +- avf: optimizations +- acl-plugin: use L2 feature arc instead of L2 classifier +- acl-plugin: performance enhancement +- dpdk: allow interface name to be specified from startup.conf +- dpdk: blacklist PCI devices by type +- dpdk: switch to in-memory mode, deprecate use of socket-mem +- vnet: store hw interface speed in kbps instead of using flags +- vmxnet3: enable promiscuous mode & cli enhancements +- gbp: Add support for flow hash profile & l3-out subnets +- map: Add API support for setting parameters. +- map: Convert from DPO to input feature +- nat: improve expired sessions reuse in NAT44 +- nat: syslog - sessions logging +- nsim: add packet loss simulation, docs +- perfmon: x86_64 perf counter plugin +- vnet: L2 feature arc infrastructure + +Host stack +~~~~~~~~~~ + +- TCP congestion control improvements +- TCP Cubic congestion control algorithm +- TCP fast path optimizations +- Transport tx connection pacer. TCP uses it by default +- Basic support for session flushing and TCP PSH segments +- TCP/session api support for configuring custom local src ip/port +- VCL/LDP basic support for multi-process applications +- Overall code hardening, cleanup and bugfixing for tcp, session, vcl + and ldp + +PAPI & Test framework +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- add specific API types for IP addresses, MAC address, interface index + etc. +- add timeout support for socket transport +- add support for format/unformat functions +- generic API types format/unformat support for VAT and custom dump +- python3 test adjustments +- make test: create virtualenv under /test/ +- make test: print TEST= values for failed tests +- add human-friendly annotations to log messages + +VOM +~~~ + +- Add support for redirect contracts in gbp +- deprecate TAP add ip-punt redirect dump +- vxlan-gbp 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/1901>`__ + + +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 Results +=============================================== ================== +acl_plugin_get_conn_table_max_entries only in image +acl_plugin_get_conn_table_max_entries_reply only in image +app_worker_add_del definition changed +app_worker_add_del_reply definition changed +application_attach_reply definition changed +bd_ip_mac_add_del definition changed +bd_ip_mac_details definition changed +bd_ip_mac_flush only in image +bd_ip_mac_flush_reply only in image +bond_create definition changed +cli_inband definition changed +cli_inband_reply definition changed +gbp_bridge_domain_add only in image +gbp_bridge_domain_add_reply only in image +gbp_bridge_domain_del only in image +gbp_bridge_domain_del_reply only in image +gbp_bridge_domain_details only in image +gbp_bridge_domain_dump only in image +gbp_bridge_domain_dump_reply only in image +gbp_endpoint_details definition changed +gbp_endpoint_group_add only in image +gbp_endpoint_group_add_del only in file +gbp_endpoint_group_add_del_reply only in file +gbp_endpoint_group_add_reply only in image +gbp_endpoint_group_del only in image +gbp_endpoint_group_del_reply only in image +gbp_endpoint_learn_set_inactive_threshold only in image +gbp_endpoint_learn_set_inactive_threshold_reply only in image +gbp_ext_itf_add_del only in image +gbp_ext_itf_add_del_reply only in image +gbp_ext_itf_details only in image +gbp_ext_itf_dump only in image +gbp_route_domain_add only in image +gbp_route_domain_add_reply only in image +gbp_route_domain_del only in image +gbp_route_domain_del_reply only in image +gbp_route_domain_details only in image +gbp_route_domain_dump only in image +gbp_route_domain_dump_reply only in image +gbp_vxlan_tunnel_add only in image +gbp_vxlan_tunnel_add_reply only in image +gbp_vxlan_tunnel_del only in image +gbp_vxlan_tunnel_del_reply only in image +gbp_vxlan_tunnel_details only in image +gbp_vxlan_tunnel_dump only in image +igmp_proxy_device_add_del only in image +igmp_proxy_device_add_del_interface only in image +igmp_proxy_device_add_del_interface_reply only in image +igmp_proxy_device_add_del_reply only in image +ip6_mfib_details definition changed +ip_container_proxy_details only in image +ip_container_proxy_dump only in image +ip_mfib_details definition changed +ip_punt_redirect definition changed +ip_punt_redirect_details only in image +ip_punt_redirect_dump only in image +ip_source_check_interface_add_del only in image +ip_source_check_interface_add_del_reply only in image +ipip_6rd_add_tunnel_reply definition changed +ipip_6rd_del_tunnel definition changed +ipip_add_tunnel_reply definition changed +ipip_del_tunnel definition changed +ipip_tunnel_details definition changed +ipip_tunnel_dump definition changed +ipsec_backend_details only in image +ipsec_backend_dump only in image +ipsec_sa_details definition changed +ipsec_select_backend only in image +ipsec_select_backend_reply only in image +ipsec_tunnel_if_add_del definition changed +map_add_del_rule definition changed +map_add_domain definition changed +map_another_segment definition changed +map_domain_details definition changed +map_if_enable_disable only in image +map_if_enable_disable_reply only in image +map_param_add_del_pre_resolve only in image +map_param_add_del_pre_resolve_reply only in image +map_param_get only in image +map_param_get_reply only in image +map_param_set_fragmentation only in image +map_param_set_fragmentation_reply only in image +map_param_set_icmp6 only in image +map_param_set_icmp6_reply only in image +map_param_set_icmp only in image +map_param_set_icmp_reply only in image +map_param_set_reassembly only in image +map_param_set_reassembly_reply only in image +map_param_set_security_check only in image +map_param_set_security_check_reply only in image +map_param_set_tcp only in image +map_param_set_tcp_reply only in image +map_param_set_traffic_class only in image +map_param_set_traffic_class_reply only in image +map_rule_details definition changed +memclnt_delete definition changed +nat44_add_del_lb_static_mapping definition changed +nat44_lb_static_mapping_add_del_local only in image +nat44_lb_static_mapping_add_del_local_reply only in image +nat44_lb_static_mapping_details definition changed +nsim_configure definition changed +punt only in file +punt_details only in image +punt_dump only in image +punt_reply only in file +punt_socket_deregister definition changed +punt_socket_details only in image +punt_socket_dump only in image +punt_socket_register definition changed +set_ip_flow_hash definition changed +set_punt only in image +set_punt_reply only in image +show_version_reply definition changed +stats_get_poller_delay only in file +stats_get_poller_delay_reply only in file +sw_interface_bond_details definition changed +sw_interface_details definition changed +sw_interface_ip6_set_link_local_address only in file +sw_interface_ip6_set_link_local_address_reply only in file +sw_interface_tap_v2_details definition changed +syslog_get_filter only in image +syslog_get_filter_reply only in image +syslog_get_sender only in image +syslog_get_sender_reply only in image +syslog_set_filter only in image +syslog_set_filter_reply only in image +syslog_set_sender only in image +syslog_set_sender_reply only in image +tap_create_v2 definition changed +unmap_segment definition changed +vnet_bier_neighbor_counters only in file +vnet_get_summary_stats only in file +vnet_get_summary_stats_reply only in file +vnet_interface_combined_counters only in file +vnet_interface_simple_counters only in file +vnet_ip4_fib_counters only in file +vnet_ip4_mfib_counters only in file +vnet_ip4_nbr_counters only in file +vnet_ip6_fib_counters only in file +vnet_ip6_mfib_counters only in file +vnet_ip6_nbr_counters only in file +vnet_per_interface_combined_counters only in file +vnet_per_interface_simple_counters only in file +vnet_udp_encap_counters only in file +want_bier_neighbor_stats only in file +want_bier_neighbor_stats_reply only in file +want_interface_combined_stats only in file +want_interface_combined_stats_reply only in file +want_interface_simple_stats only in file +want_interface_simple_stats_reply only in file +want_ip4_fib_stats only in file +want_ip4_fib_stats_reply only in file +want_ip4_mfib_stats only in file +want_ip4_mfib_stats_reply only in file +want_ip4_nbr_stats only in file +want_ip4_nbr_stats_reply only in file +want_ip6_fib_stats only in file +want_ip6_fib_stats_reply only in file +want_ip6_mfib_stats only in file +want_ip6_mfib_stats_reply only in file +want_ip6_nbr_stats only in file +want_ip6_nbr_stats_reply only in file +want_per_interface_combined_stats only in file +want_per_interface_combined_stats_reply only in file +want_per_interface_simple_stats only in file +want_per_interface_simple_stats_reply only in file +want_stats only in file +want_stats_reply only in file +want_udp_encap_stats only in file +want_udp_encap_stats_reply only in file +=============================================== ================== + +Found 170 api message signature differences + +Patches that changed API definitions +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``src/vnet/interface_types.api`` + +* `53fffa1 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=53fffa1>`_ API: Add support for type aliases + +``src/vnet/interface.api`` + +* `f49ba0e <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=f49ba0e>`_ stats: Deprecate old stats framework +* `53fffa1 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=53fffa1>`_ API: Add support for type aliases +* `5100aa9 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=5100aa9>`_ vnet: store hw interface speed in kbps instead of using flags + +``src/vnet/syslog/syslog.api`` + +* `b4515b4 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b4515b4>`_ Add RFC5424 syslog protocol support (VPP-1139) + +``src/vnet/fib/fib_types.api`` + +* `775f73c <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=775f73c>`_ FIB: encode the label stack in the FIB path during table dump + +``src/vnet/ip/ip.api`` + +* `7c03ed4 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=7c03ed4>`_ VOM: mroutes +* `3460b01 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=3460b01>`_ api: ip_source_check_interface_add_del api is added. +* `609e121 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=609e121>`_ VPP-1507: Added binary api to dump configured ip_punt_redirect +* `2af0e3a <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=2af0e3a>`_ flow-hash: Add symmetric flag for flow hashing +* `47527b2 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=47527b2>`_ IP-punt: add documentation to the API and fix IP address init +* `5bb1eca <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=5bb1eca>`_ IPv6: Make link-local configurable per-interface (VPP-1446) +* `75b9f45 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=75b9f45>`_ ip: add container proxy dump API (VPP-1364) + +``src/vnet/ip/ip_types.api`` + +* `8c8acc0 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=8c8acc0>`_ API: Change ip4_address and ip6_address to use type alias. +* `ffba3c3 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=ffba3c3>`_ MAP: Use explicit address/prefix types in API + +``src/vnet/ip/punt.api`` + +* `e88865d <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=e88865d>`_ VPP-1506: dump local punts and registered punt sockets + +``src/vnet/ipsec/ipsec.api`` + +* `4c422f9 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=4c422f9>`_ Add IPSec interface FIB index for TX packet +* `b4a7a7d <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b4a7a7d>`_ Add UDP encap flag +* `b4d3053 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b4d3053>`_ ipsec: infra for selecting backends +* `871bca9 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=871bca9>`_ VPP-1450: binary api call for dumping SPD to interface registration + +``src/vnet/l2/l2.api`` + +* `e26c81f <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=e26c81f>`_ L2 BD API to flush all IP-MAC entries in the specified BD +* `8006c6a <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=8006c6a>`_ PAPI: Add MACAddress object wrapper for vl_api_mac_address_t +* `93cc3ee <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=93cc3ee>`_ GBP Endpoint Learning +* `4d5b917 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=4d5b917>`_ BD ARP entry use common API types + +``src/vnet/vxlan-gbp/vxlan_gbp.api`` + +* `93cc3ee <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=93cc3ee>`_ GBP Endpoint Learning + +``src/vnet/ipip/ipip.api`` + +* `53fffa1 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=53fffa1>`_ API: Add support for type aliases + +``src/vnet/session/session.api`` + +* `d85de68 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=d85de68>`_ vcl: wait for segments with segment handle +* `fa76a76 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=fa76a76>`_ session: segment handle in accept/connect notifications +* `c1f5a43 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=c1f5a43>`_ session: cleanup use of api_client_index +* `c0d532d <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=c0d532d>`_ session: mark apis for deprecation + +``src/vnet/ethernet/ethernet_types.api`` + +* `8006c6a <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=8006c6a>`_ PAPI: Add MACAddress object wrapper for vl_api_mac_address_t + +``src/vnet/bonding/bond.api`` + +* `ad9d528 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=ad9d528>`_ bonding: support custom interface IDs + +``src/vnet/devices/tap/tapv2.api`` + +* `754f24b <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=754f24b>`_ tapv2: add "tap_flags" field to the TAPv2 interface API + +``src/vlibmemory/memclnt.api`` + +* `eaec2a6 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=eaec2a6>`_ bapi: add options to have vpp cleanup client registration + +``src/vpp/api/vpe.api`` + +* `f49ba0e <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=f49ba0e>`_ stats: Deprecate old stats framework +* `413f4a5 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=413f4a5>`_ API: Use string type instead of u8. + +``src/plugins/acl/acl.api`` + +* `bb5d22d <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=bb5d22d>`_ New api in order to get max entries of connection table is added. + +``src/plugins/nsim/nsim.api`` + +* `10c5ff1 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=10c5ff1>`_ nsim: add packet loss simulation, docs + +``src/plugins/gbp/gbp.api`` + +* `1c17e2e <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=1c17e2e>`_ GBP: add allowed ethertypes to contracts +* `b6a4795 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b6a4795>`_ GBP: l3-out subnets +* `33b81da <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=33b81da>`_ vom: Add support for redirect contracts in gbp +* `13a08cc <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=13a08cc>`_ GBP: redirect contracts +* `c29c0af <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=c29c0af>`_ GBP: Endpoints with VLAN tags and birdges that don't learn +* `93cc3ee <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=93cc3ee>`_ GBP Endpoint Learning + +``src/plugins/nat/nat.api`` + +* `b686508 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=b686508>`_ NAT44: nat44_add_del_lb_static_mapping enhancements (VPP-1514) + +``src/plugins/map/map.api`` + +* `fc7344f <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=fc7344f>`_ MAP: Convert from DPO to input feature. +* `f34597f <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=f34597f>`_ MAP: Add API support for MAP input feature. +* `5a2e278 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=5a2e278>`_ MAP: Add API support for setting parameters. +* `a173a7a <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=a173a7a>`_ MAP: Use bool type in map.api instead of u8. +* `ffba3c3 <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=ffba3c3>`_ MAP: Use explicit address/prefix types in API + +``src/plugins/igmp/igmp.api`` + +* `97748ca <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=vpp.git;a=commit;h=97748ca>`_ IGMP: proxy device + |