RE: release candidate 23.07-rc2

["Xu, HailinX" <hailinx.xu@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 9:00 AM
> To: announce@dpdk.org
> Subject: release candidate 23.07-rc2
> 
> A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> 	https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v23.07-rc2
> 
> There are 237 new patches in this snapshot.
> 
> Release notes:
> 	https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_23_07.html
> 
> There were a lot of updates in drivers.
> The driver features should be frozen now.
> 
> Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> Do not forget to review examples, tests and documentation updates.
> Breaking changes for 23.11 must be announced in 23.07.
> 
> DPDK 23.07-rc3 is expected in approximately one week.
> 
> Thank you everyone
> 
Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk23.07-rc2 test execution rate is 40%. 1 critical issue has been found.
critical issues:
    - https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1259 [dpdk-23.07] vf_smoke: vf cannot forward packets -> no fix yet
# 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, Ubuntu22.04.2, Fedora38, RHEL8.7/9.2, Centos7.9, OpenAnolis8.8, CBL-Mariner2.0 etc.
  - All test passed.
 *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu22.04.2 and RHEL9.0.
  - All test passed with latest dpdk.
* Meson test & Asan test: 
  new issue:
    - [dpdk23.07][asan] multiprocess_iavf/multiprocess_simple_mpbasicoperation: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free -> Intel dev is under investigating
  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
	- https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1250 [dpdk-23.07][meson test] driver-tests/cryptodev_openssl_asym_autotest blocked in RHEL9.0 -> no fix yet
* PF/VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including PF/VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc. 
  - Execution rate is 80%. Find 1 new bug(critical issues):
* PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
  - Execution rate is 30%. 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 60%. No new issue is found.
* Power and IPsec: 
 * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc. 
  - On going. No new issue is found. 
 * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
  - On going. 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. No new issue is found:
* Cryptodev: 
 *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  - On going. No new issue is found.
 *Performance test: test scenarios including Throughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
  - On going. No performance drops.

Regards,
Xu, Hailin