RE: release candidate 23.03-rc1

["Jiang, YuX" <yux.jiang@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jiang, YuX
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2023 4:39 PM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; dev (dev@dpdk.org)
> <dev@dpdk.org>
> Cc: Kovacevic, Marko <Marko.Kovacevic@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@xilinx.com>
> Subject: RE: release candidate 23.03-rc1
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:49 AM
> > To: announce@dpdk.org
> > Subject: release candidate 23.03-rc1
> >
> > A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> >     https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v23.03-rc1
> >
> > There are 566 new patches in this snapshot.
> >
> > Release notes:
> >     https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_23_03.html
> >
> > Highlights of 23.03-rc1:
> >     - lock annotations
> >     - ARM power management monitor/wakeup
> >     - queue mapping of aggregated ports
> >     - flow quota
> >     - more flow matching (ICMPv6, IPv6 routing extension)
> >     - more flow actions (flex modify, congestion management)
> >     - SHAKE hash algorithm for crypto
> >     - LZ4 algorithm for compression
> >     - more telemetry endpoints
> >     - more tracepoints
> >
> > Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> >
> > DPDK 23.03-rc2 is expected in two weeks.
> >
> > Thank you everyone
> >
> Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk23.03-rc1 test execution rate
> is 70%. No critical issue is found.
> # Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
> * Build or compile:
>  *Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang version and the
> popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04.5, Ubuntu22.04.1, Fedora37,
> RHEL8.6/9.1 etc.
>   - All test passed.
>  *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as
> Ubuntu22.04.1 and RHEL8.6.
>   - All test passed with latest dpdk.
> * Meson test & Asan test:
>     new issue:
>       - https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1162 [dpdk-
> 23.03][asan]ERROR: AddressSanitizer: global-buffer-overflow on address
> 0x000014eff508 at pc 0x00000173c234 bp 0x7fff7993bdd0 sp 0x7fff7993bdc8
>
>     known issue:
>       - https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1107 [22.11-rc1][meson test]
> seqlock_autotest test failed
>       - https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123 [dpdk-22.11][asan] the
> stack-buffer-overflow was found when quit testpmd in Redhat9
> * PF/VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including PF/VF-
> RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>       - Execution rate is 90%.
>       - Find 1 new bug:
>           [dpdk-23.03] generic_flow_api/fdir_for_ipv6: packets of match rule
> cannot be allocated to the specified queue. -> Intel dev is under investigating.
> * PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package
> Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible
> Descriptor, etc.
>       - Execution rate is 80%. No new issue is found.
> * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single
> core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
>       - Execution rate is 80%.
>       - Find 1 performance drop issue, bad commit is 4f8259df5 (net/iavf:
> enable Tx outer checksum offload on AVX512).
>       new fix patch link:
> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230222081311.74488-1-
> zhichaox.zeng@intel.com/
> * Power and IPsec:
>  * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll
> Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
>       - Execution rate is 50%. No new issue is found.
>  * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test -
> QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
>       - Execution rate is 50%. No new issue is found.
> # Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
> * Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as
> PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf
> testing/VMAWARE ESXI 8.0, etc.
>       - Execution rate is 80%. No new issue is found.
> * Cryptodev:
>  *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev
> ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
>       - Execution rate is 50%. No new issue is found.
>  *Performance test: test scenarios including Throughput Performance
> /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
>       - Execution rate is 50%. No performance drop.
>
> Best regards,
> Yu Jiang

Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk23.03-rc1 test is almost finished. No critical issue is found.
# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
* Build or compile:
 *Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04.5, Ubuntu22.04.1, Fedora37, RHEL8.6/9.1 etc.
  - All test passed.
 *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu22.04.1 and RHEL8.6.
  - All test passed with latest dpdk.
* Meson test & Asan test:
    new issue:
        - https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1162 [dpdk23.03-rc1][asan]ERROR: AddressSanitizer: global-buffer-overflow on address 0x000014eff508 at pc 0x00000173c234 bp 0x7fff7993bdd0 sp 0x7fff7993bdc8
        - https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1166 [dpdk-23.03][asan]vf_smoke/vf_tx_rx_queue: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow error when quit testpmd
                - Still no response from dpdk community, hope it can be fixed asap, since it blocks our asan test.
    known issue:
        - https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1107 [22.11-rc1][meson test] seqlock_autotest test failed
        - https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1123 [dpdk-22.11][asan] the stack-buffer-overflow was found when quit testpmd in Redhat9
* PF/VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including PF/VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
        - All test done.
        - Find 1 new bug:
            [dpdk-23.03] generic_flow_api/fdir_for_ipv6: packets of match rule cannot be allocated to the specified queue. -> Intel dev is under investigating.
* PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
        - All test done. No new issue is found.
* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
        - All test done.
        - Find 1 performance drop issue, bad commit is 4f8259df5 (net/iavf: enable Tx outer checksum offload on AVX512).
        new fix patch link: https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230222081311.74488-1-zhichaox.zeng@intel.com/
* Power and IPsec:
 * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
        - All test done. No new issue is found.
 * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
        - All test done. No new issue is found.
# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
* Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 8.0, etc.
        - All test done. Find a new issue: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171 [dpdk-23.03]vhost-user+virtio-pmd with vIOMMU core dumped
* Cryptodev:
 *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
        - All test done. Find 3 issues, Intel devs are under investigating.
 *Performance test: test scenarios including Throughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
        - All test done. No big performance drop.

Best regards,
Yu Jiang