Hello Luca,

The testing with dpdk 20.11.5-rc1 from Red Hat looks good. We tested below
17 scenarios and all got PASS on RHEL8:

(1)Guest with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(1G hugepage size):
PASS
(2)Guest with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(2M hugepage size) :
PASS
(3)Guest with device assignment(VF) throughput testing: PASS
(4)PVP (host dpdk testpmd as vswitch) 1Q: throughput testing: PASS
(5)PVP vhost-user 2Q throughput testing: PASS
(6)PVP vhost-user 1Q - cross numa node throughput testing: PASS
(7)Guest with vhost-user 2 queues throughput testing: PASS
(8)vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server: qemu reconnect: PASS
(9)vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server: ovs reconnect: PASS
(10)PVP 1Q live migration testing: PASS
(11)PVP 1Q cross numa node live migration testing: PASS
(12)Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing: PASS
(13)Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing (2M): PASS
(14)Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 2Q live migration testing: PASS
(15)Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 4Q live migration testing: PASS
(16)Host PF + DPDK testing: PASS
(17)Host VF + DPDK testing: PASS

Versions:
kernel 4.18
qemu 6.2
dpdk: git://dpdk.org/dpdk-stable branch: 20.11
# git log -1
commit 576842a59ab35979dc102535f59061fa3d6ea16b
Author: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
Date:   Fri Mar 18 15:01:38 2022 +0000
    version: 20.11.5-rc1
    Signed-off-by: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>

NICs: X540-AT2 NIC(ixgbe, 10G)

Best regards,

Pei

On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 11:21 PM <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here is a list of patches targeted for stable release 20.11.5.
>
> The planned date for the final release is the 4th of April.
>
> Please help with testing and validation of your use cases and report
> any issues/results with reply-all to this mail. For the final release
> the fixes and reported validations will be added to the release notes.
>
> A release candidate tarball can be found at:
>
>     https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/tag/?id=v20.11.5-rc1
>
> These patches are located at branch 20.11 of dpdk-stable repo:
>     https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/
>
> Thanks.
>
> Luca Boccassi
>
> ---
> Adham Masarwah (1):
>       app/testpmd: fix show RSS RETA on Windows
>
> Ajit Khaparde (4):
>       net/bnxt: fix PAM4 mask setting
>       net/bnxt: check VF representor pointer before access
>       net/bnxt: fix VF resource allocation strategy
>       net/bnxt: fix ring calculation for representors
>
> Alexander Kozyrev (2):
>       net/mlx5: fix maximum packet headers size for TSO
>       net/mlx5: fix committed bucket size
>
> Ali Alnubani (1):
>       doc: fix typos and punctuation in flow API guide
>
> Anatoly Burakov (1):
>       net/qede: fix redundant condition in debug code
>
> Andrzej Ostruszka (1):
>       ring: optimize corner case for enqueue/dequeue
>
> Andy Pei (1):
>       vdpa/ifc: fix log info mismatch
>
> Arek Kusztal (1):
>       cryptodev: fix RSA key type name
>
> Bin Zheng (1):
>       net/ixgbe: add vector Rx parameter check
>
> Bing Zhao (2):
>       net/mlx5: fix matcher priority with ICMP or ICMPv6
>       net/mlx5: remove unused reference counter
>
> Brian Dooley (11):
>       eal: add missing C++ guards
>       telemetry: add missing C++ guards
>       ethdev: add missing C++ guards
>       metrics: add missing C++ guards
>       acl: add missing C++ guards
>       compressdev: add missing C++ guards
>       eventdev: add missing C++ guards
>       kni: add missing C++ guards
>       vhost: add missing C++ guards
>       examples/l2fwd-crypto: fix port mask overflow
>       crypto/virtio: fix out-of-bounds access
>
> Bruce Richardson (19):
>       doc: remove dependency on findutils on FreeBSD
>       dma/idxd: fix paths to driver sysfs directory
>       build: fix warnings when running external commands
>       build: fix warning about using -Wextra flag
>       build: remove deprecated Meson functions
>       eal: fix C++ include
>       eventdev: fix C++ include
>       graph: fix C++ include
>       ipsec: fix C++ include
>       table: fix C++ include
>       vhost: fix C++ include
>       ethdev: fix cast for C++ compatibility
>       dma/idxd: configure maximum batch size to high value
>       distributor: fix potential overflow
>       eal/freebsd: add missing C++ include guards
>       compressdev: fix missing space in log macro
>       cryptodev: fix clang C++ include
>       doc: replace characters for (R) symbol in Linux guide
>       doc: fix missing note on UIO module in Linux guide
>
> Chandubabu Namburu (1):
>       net/axgbe: use PCI root complex device to distinguish device
>
> Chenbo Xia (1):
>       vhost: fix queue number check when setting inflight FD
>
> Chengchang Tang (1):
>       net/bonding: fix offloading configuration
>
> Chengwen Feng (1):
>       net/hns3: delete duplicated RSS type
>
> Chuanshe Zhang (1):
>       examples/flow_classify: fix failure message
>
> Ciara Loftus (2):
>       net/af_xdp: fix build with -Wunused-function
>       net/af_xdp: ensure socket is deleted on Rx queue setup error
>
> Dapeng Yu (2):
>       net/ice: track DCF state of PF
>       net/i40e: enable maximum frame size at port level
>
> Dariusz Sosnowski (2):
>       net/mlx5: fix inline length for multi-segment TSO
>       net/mlx5: fix MPLS/GRE Verbs spec ordering
>
> David Marchand (7):
>       config/ppc: fix build with GCC >= 10
>       devtools: fix comment detection in forbidden token check
>       stack: fix stubs header export
>       test/mbuf: fix mbuf data content check
>       net/af_xdp: add missing trailing newline in logs
>       vhost: fix FD leak with inflight messages
>       bpf: fix build with some libpcap version on FreeBSD
>
> Dawid Gorecki (2):
>       net/ena: fix reset reason being overwritten
>       net/ena: check memory BAR before initializing LLQ
>
> Devendra Singh Rawat (1):
>       net/qede: fix Rx bulk mbuf allocation
>
> Dmitry Kozlyuk (6):
>       net/mlx5: relax headroom assertion
>       app/testpmd: fix external buffer allocation
>       net/mlx5: fix modify port action validation
>       common/mlx5: add Netlink event helpers
>       net/mlx5: fix link status change detection
>       net/mlx5: fix initial link status detection
>
> Ferruh Yigit (2):
>       kni: update kernel API to set random MAC address
>       ethdev: fix doxygen comments for device info struct
>
> Gregory Etelson (5):
>       net/mlx5: fix RSS expansion with explicit next protocol
>       net/mlx5: fix GRE protocol type translation for Verbs
>       net/mlx5: fix GRE item translation in Verbs
>       net/mlx5: fix inet IPIP protocol type
>       net/mlx5: fix next protocol RSS expansion
>
> Haiyue Wang (1):
>       doc: fix KNI PMD name typo
>
> Harold Huang (2):
>       net/virtio-user: fix resource leak on probing failure
>       net/kni: fix config initialization
>
> Heinrich Kuhn (1):
>       net/nfp: free HW rings memzone on queue release
>
> Hemant Agrawal (1):
>       crypto/dpaax_sec: fix auth/cipher xform chain checks
>
> Honnappa Nagarahalli (3):
>       examples/distributor: reduce Tx queue number to 1
>       examples/l3fwd: share queue size variables
>       examples/l3fwd: make Rx and Tx queue size configurable
>
> Huisong Li (8):
>       net/hns3: fix using enum as boolean
>       net/hns3: fix max packet size rollback in PF
>       net/hns3: fix insecure way to query MAC statistics
>       net/hns3: fix operating queue when TCAM table is invalid
>       kni: fix freeing order in device release
>       net/hns3: fix RSS TC mode entry
>       net/hns3: fix VF RSS TC mode entry
>       net/hns3: increase time waiting for PF reset completion
>
> Ivan Malov (3):
>       net/sfc: validate queue span when parsing flow action RSS
>       net/sfc: do not push fast free offload to default TxQ config
>       net/sfc: demand Tx fast free offload on EF10 simple datapath
>
> Jakub Poczatek (1):
>       doc: fix FIPS guide
>
> Jiawei Wang (3):
>       net/mlx5: fix NIC egress flow mismatch in switchdev mode
>       net/mlx5: fix sample flow action on trusted device
>       net/mlx5: fix port matching in sample flow rule
>
> Jiawen Wu (1):
>       net/txgbe: fix debug logs
>
> Jie Hai (1):
>       net/hns3: remove duplicate macro definition
>
> Jie Zhou (2):
>       eal/windows: fix error code for not supported API
>       test/mem: fix error check
>
> Josh Soref (1):
>       fix spelling in comments and strings
>
> Junfeng Guo (1):
>       raw/ntb: clear all valid doorbell bits on init
>
> Kalesh AP (13):
>       net/bnxt: fix multicast address set
>       net/bnxt: fix multicast MAC restore during reset recovery
>       net/bnxt: fix queue stop operation
>       net/bnxt: restore RSS configuration after reset recovery
>       net/bnxt: fix restoring VLAN filtering after recovery
>       net/bnxt: cap maximum number of unicast MAC addresses
>       net/bnxt: add null check for mark table
>       net/bnxt: get maximum supported multicast filters count
>       net/bnxt: fix handling of VF configuration change
>       net/bnxt: fix xstats query
>       net/bnxt: fix check for autoneg enablement
>       net/bnxt: handle ring cleanup in case of error
>       net/bnxt: fix memzone allocation per VNIC
>
> Kathleen Capella (2):
>       net/iavf: count continuous DD bits for Arm
>       net/iavf: count continuous DD bits for Arm in flex Rx
>
> Kevin Liu (2):
>       net/ice: fix Tx checksum offload
>       net/ice: fix Tx offload path choice
>
> Kevin Traynor (2):
>       maintainers: update for stable branches
>       examples/qos_sched: fix compile failure
>
> Kiran Kumar K (1):
>       common/octeontx2: update mailbox version to 0xb
>
> Kumara Parameshwaran (2):
>       ethdev: add internal function to device struct from name
>       net/tap: fix to populate FDs in secondary process
>
> Lance Richardson (1):
>       net/bnxt: fix xstats names query overrun
>
> Leyi Rong (1):
>       net/iavf: fix potential out-of-bounds access
>
> Lijun Ou (1):
>       net/hns3: fix RSS key with null
>
> Lior Margalit (1):
>       net/mlx5: fix assertion on flags set in packet mbuf
>
> Luca Boccassi (1):
>       cryptodev: add backward-compatible enum
>
> Markus Theil (1):
>       kni: fix ioctl signature
>
> Martin Spinler (2):
>       net/nfb: fix array indexes in deinit functions
>       net/nfb: fix multicast/promiscuous mode switching
>
> Matan Azrad (1):
>       vdpa/mlx5: workaround queue stop with traffic
>
> Maxime Coquelin (1):
>       vhost: fix unsafe vring addresses modifications
>
> Maxime Gouin (3):
>       bus/ifpga: remove useless check while browsing devices
>       net/nfp: remove duplicated check when setting MAC address
>       net/nfp: remove useless range checks
>
> Megha Ajmera (1):
>       examples/qos_sched: fix core mask overflow
>
> Michael Baum (11):
>       common/mlx5: add minimum WQE size for striding RQ
>       net/mlx5: improve stride parameter names
>       net/mlx5: fix MPRQ stride devargs adjustment
>       net/mlx5: fix memory socket selection in ASO management
>       common/mlx5: fix error handling in multi-class probe
>       net/mlx5: fix ineffective metadata argument adjustment
>       doc: remove obsolete vector Tx explanations from mlx5 guide
>       doc: replace broken links in mlx guides
>       doc: correct name of BlueField-2 in mlx5 guide
>       net/mlx5: fix sibling device config check
>       net/mlx5: workaround ASO memory region creation
>
> Michal Krawczyk (5):
>       net/ena: remove unused enumeration
>       net/ena: remove unused offload variables
>       net/ena: skip timer if reset is triggered
>       net/ena: fix meta descriptor DF flag setup
>       net/ena: fix checksum flag for L4
>
> Michal Wilczynski (1):
>       net/ice: fix overwriting of LSE bit by DCF
>
> Min Hu (Connor) (4):
>       net/bonding: fix promiscuous and allmulticast state
>       net/bonding: fix reference count on mbufs
>       app/testpmd: fix bonding mode set
>       app/testpmd: check starting port is not in bonding
>
> Naga Harish K S V (1):
>       eventdev/eth_tx: fix queue add error code
>
> Nicolas Chautru (1):
>       baseband/acc100: avoid out-of-bounds access
>
> Nipun Gupta (1):
>       examples/l3fwd: fix Rx burst size for event mode
>
> Nithin Dabilpuram (2):
>       examples/ipsec-secgw: fix eventdev start sequence
>       examples/ipsec-secgw: fix default flow rule creation
>
> Pablo de Lara (4):
>       crypto/ipsec_mb: fix ZUC authentication verify
>       crypto/ipsec_mb: fix ZUC operation overwrite
>       test/efd: fix sockets mask size
>       efd: fix uninitialized structure
>
> Qi Zhang (2):
>       net/ice: fix Tx checksum offload capability
>       doc: update matching versions in ice guide
>
> Rahul Bhansali (1):
>       examples/l3fwd: fix buffer overflow in Tx
>
> Rahul Lakkireddy (1):
>       net/cxgbe: fix dangling pointer by mailbox access rework
>
> Raja Zidane (7):
>       net/mlx5: fix mark enabling for Rx
>       app/testpmd: fix GENEVE parsing in checksum mode
>       app/compress-perf: fix cycle count operations allocation
>       app/compress-perf: optimize operations pool allocation
>       app/compress-perf: fix socket ID type during init
>       app/compress-perf: fix number of queue pairs to setup
>       compressdev: fix socket ID type
>
> Rashmi Shetty (1):
>       doc: fix dlb2 guide
>
> Reshma Pattan (1):
>       app/pdump: abort on multi-core capture limit
>
> Rongwei Liu (1):
>       net/mlx5: fix shared RSS destroy
>
> Ruifeng Wang (1):
>       config: add arch define for Arm
>
> Satheesh Paul (2):
>       net/octeontx2:: fix base rule merge
>       net/octeontx2: fix flow MCAM priority management
>
> Sean Morrissey (1):
>       app/testpmd: fix dereference before null check
>
> Stephen Douthit (1):
>       net/ixgbe: fix FSP check for X550EM devices
>
> Stephen Hemminger (4):
>       eal/linux: log hugepage create errors with filename
>       net/memif: remove unnecessary Rx interrupt stub
>       ipc: end multiprocess thread during cleanup
>       vfio: cleanup the multiprocess sync handle
>
> Steve Yang (4):
>       app/testpmd: fix stack overflow for EEPROM display
>       net/i40e: fix unintentional integer overflow
>       eal/linux: fix illegal memory access in uevent handler
>       net/iavf: fix function pointer in multi-process
>
> Thomas Monjalon (3):
>       doc: replace deprecated distutils version parsing
>       app/testpmd: fix build without drivers
>       regexdev: fix section attribute of symbols
>
> Tianfei Zhang (2):
>       raw/ifpga/base: fix SPI transaction
>       raw/ifpga: fix thread closing
>
> Tianli Lai (1):
>       examples/kni: add missing trailing newline in log
>
> Vanshika Shukla (2):
>       net/dpaa2: fix unregistering interrupt handler
>       net/dpaa2: fix timestamping for IEEE1588
>
> Viacheslav Ovsiienko (1):
>       app/testpmd: fix Tx scheduling interval
>
> Vladimir Medvedkin (1):
>       app/fib: fix division by zero
>
> Wei Huang (5):
>       raw/ifpga/base: fix port feature ID
>       raw/ifpga: fix variable initialization in probing
>       raw/ifpga: fix monitor thread
>       raw/ifpga: fix interrupt handle allocation
>       raw/ifpga: fix build with optimization
>
> Weiguo Li (10):
>       bus/dpaa: fix C++ include guard
>       net/cxgbe: remove useless C++ include guard
>       net/dpaa2: remove useless C++ include guard
>       eal/windows: remove useless C++ include guard
>       net/enic: fix dereference before null check
>       regex/mlx5: fix memory allocation check
>       net/memif: remove pointer deference before null check
>       compress/octeontx: fix null pointer dereference
>       net/txgbe: fix queue statistics mapping
>       net/bnxt: fix null dereference in session cleanup
>
> Wenwu Ma (1):
>       examples/vhost: fix launch with physical port
>
> Xiaoyu Min (1):
>       net/mlx5: reject jump to root table
>
> Xuan Ding (1):
>       vhost: fix field naming in guest page struct
>
> Xueming Li (1):
>       net/virtio: fix Tx queue 0 overriden by queue 128
>
> Yajun Wu (1):
>       common/mlx5: fix queue pair ack timeout configuration
>
> Yiding Zhou (1):
>       net/ice: fix build with 16-byte Rx descriptor
>
> Yu Wenjun (1):
>       net/bonding: fix RSS with early configure
>
> Yuan Wang (1):
>       vhost: fix guest to host physical address mapping
>
> Yunjian Wang (7):
>       net/bonding: fix mode type mismatch
>       net/ice: fix link up when starting device
>       net/virtio-user: check FD flags getting failure
>       ring: fix error code when creating ring
>       net/ixgbe: check filter init failure
>       mem: check allocation in dynamic hugepage init
>       net/ixgbe: reset security context pointer on close
>
> Yuying Zhang (1):
>       net/ice/base: add profile validation on switch filter
>
> Zhihong Wang (1):
>       ring: fix overflow in memory size calculation
>
>