RE: release candidate 22.03-rc2

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jiang, YuX
> Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2022 12:13 PM
> To: Jiang, YuX <yux.jiang@intel.com>; Thomas Monjalon
> <thomas@monjalon.net>; dev (dev@dpdk.org) <dev@dpdk.org>
> Cc: Devlin, Michelle <michelle.devlin@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; Sun,
> QingX <qingx.sun@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: release candidate 22.03-rc2
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jiang, YuX <yux.jiang@intel.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 6:57 PM
> > To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; dev (dev@dpdk.org)
> > <dev@dpdk.org>
> > Cc: Devlin, Michelle <michelle.devlin@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> > <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>;
> > Sun, QingX <qingx.sun@intel.com>
> > Subject: RE: release candidate 22.03-rc2
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 5:02 AM
> > > To: announce@dpdk.org
> > > Subject: release candidate 22.03-rc2
> > >
> > > A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> > >       https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v22.03-rc2
> > >
> > > There are 306 new patches in this snapshot.
> > >
> > > Release notes:
> > >       https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.html
> > >
> > > Highlights of 22.03-rc2:
> > >       - ethdev flow API for templates and async operations
> > >       - Marvell GPIO driver for CNXK
> > >
> > > The driver features should be frozen now.
> > > Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> > >
> > > DPDK 22.03-rc3 is expected in one week.
> > >
> > > Thank you everyone
> > >
> Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk22.03-rc2 test execution
> rate is 80%. No critical issue is found.
> 
> # Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
> * Build or compile:
>  *Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang/ICC version
> and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04, Fedora35, RHEL8.4,
> RHEL8.5 etc.
>   - All test passed.
>   - One known issue https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=928, use
> "meson setup -Ddisable_drivers=event/cnxk" to build.
>  *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as
> Ubuntu20.04 and RHEL8.4.
>   - All test done.
>   - One new bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=939 is found.
>    > Rakesh Kudurumalla provides a patch, but we verify failed with
> gcc10.3.0+kernel-5.8.0-48-generic on Ubuntu20.04.
> 
> * PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including
> RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>  - Execution rate is 80%. One new bug
> https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944 is found.
> 
> * VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-
> RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
> 
>  - Execution rate is 80%.
>  - One new bug about "vf_daemon/vf_mtu: VF setting MTU in DPDK then
> send one packet ,VF0 can't receive and transmit packet", Intel dev  is
> 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 90%.
>  - One new bug about "https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=941 [dpdk-
> 22.03] core dump when create fdir rule with bad arguments" is found.
>    > It has been fixed by patch
> https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220301224739.3072563-
> 1-akozyrev@nvidia.com/
> 
> * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single
> core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
>  - All test passed. No big performance drop.
> 
> * Power and IPsec:
>  * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll
> Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc.
>   - All test passed.
>  * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test -
> QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
>   - All test done.
>   - One new bug about "Failure with testing crypto -ipsec-secgw with AUTH-
> GMAC" is found.
>     > It has fix:
> https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220301134133.1886839-1-
> radu.nicolau@intel.com/
> 
> # 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 7.0u3, etc.
>  - All test done. One new bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=940 is
> found.
> * Cryptodev:
>  *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev
> ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
>   - Execution rate is 20%. One new bug about "Failed to run
> cryptodev_qat_asym_autotest" is found. Intel dev is investigating.
>  *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance
> /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
>   - Execution rate is 20%.
> 
> BRs
> Yu Jiang

Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk22.03-rc2 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/ICC version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04, Fedora35, RHEL8.4, RHEL8.5 etc.
  - All test passed.
  - One known issue https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=928, use "meson setup -Ddisable_drivers=event/cnxk" to ICC build.
 *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and RHEL8.4.
  - All test done. 
  - One new bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=939 is found.
   > Rakesh Kudurumalla provides v2 patch which is verified passed, Rakesh need upstream patch.

* PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc. 
 - All test done. No new issue is found.
  
* VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.		
 - All test done. No new issue is found.

* PF/VF(ice): test scenarios including Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
 - All test done. 
 - One new bug about "https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=941 [dpdk-22.03] core dump when create fdir rule with bad arguments" is found. 
   > It can be fixed by patch https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220301224739.3072563-1-akozyrev@nvidia.com/	

* Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
 - All test passed. No big performance drop.

* Power and IPsec: 
 * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency, etc. 
  - All test passed.     
 * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-gw/ipsec library basic test - QAT&SW/FIB library, etc.
  - All test done. 
  - One new bug about "Failure with testing crypto -ipsec-secgw with AUTH-GMAC" is found. Intel dev is investigating.
 
# 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 7.0u3, etc.
 - All test done. 
 - One new bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=940 is found.
   > It can be fixed by patch https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220302134654.2760076-1-vattunuru@marvell.com/
* Cryptodev: 
 *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  - All test done. One new bug about "Failed to run cryptodev_qat_asym_autotest" is found. Intel dev is investigating.
 *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
  - All test done.

Best regards,
Yu Jiang