RE: release candidate 22.03-rc3

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jiang, YuX
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 4:58 PM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>; dev (dev@dpdk.org)
> <dev@dpdk.org>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; Maxime Coquelin
> <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran
> <jerinj@marvell.com>
> Cc: Devlin, Michelle <michelle.devlin@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: release candidate 22.03-rc3
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 7:44 AM
> > To: announce@dpdk.org
> > Subject: release candidate 22.03-rc3
> >
> > A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
> >     https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v22.03-rc3
> >
> > There are 102 new patches in this snapshot.
> >
> > Release notes:
> >     https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_22_03.html
> >
> > This should be the last release candidate.
> > Only documentation and critical bug fixes are accepted until the release.
> >
> > Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
> > You may share some release validation results by replying to this
> > message at dev@dpdk.org.
> >
> > Please think about sharing your roadmap now for DPDK 22.07.
> >
> > Thank you everyone
> >
>
> Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk22.03-rc3 test execution
> rate is 60%. No critical issue is found.
>
> There are three bugs which have fix but not been merged into rc3, please
> review and merge if possible.
> Bug1, Known issue: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=939
>   >It has fix but not merged into rc3, patch is delegate to "Jerin Jacob".  Please
> review and merge if possible.
>   > http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220304142337.911828-
> 1-rkudurumalla@marvell.com/
> Bug2, Known issue about "dpdk_gso_lib/test_vhost_gso_with_vxlan: VM
> can't send ICMP packet to host namespace".
>  > it has fix but not merged into rc3, patch is delegate to "Ferruh Yigit". Please
> review and merge if possible.
>  > http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20211229093702.1930214-
> 3-kevinx.liu@intel.com/
> Bug3, Known issue about "GRO/GSO feature test need to modify dpdk code"
>  > It has fix but not merged into rc3, patch is delegated to "Maxime Coquelin".
> Please review and merge if possible.
>  > https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220217151628.441165-1-
> wenwux.ma@intel.com/
>
> # 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 known issue is Bug1.
>
> * PF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including
> RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>  - Execution rate is 40%. No new issue is found.
>
> * VF(i40e, ixgbe): test scenarios including VF-
> RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
>
>  - Execution rate is 40%. 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.
>  - 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 50%. No big performance drop.
>
> # 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. Two known bugs: Bug2 and Bug3.
>
> * Cryptodev:
>  *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev
> ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
>   - Execution rate is 20%. Two known issues, Intel dev is investigating.
>  *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance
> /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
>   - Execution rate is 20%.

Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk22.03-rc3 test is finished. No critical issue is found.
There are three bugs which have fix but not been merged into rc3, please review and merge if possible.
Bug1, Known issue: https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=939, its patch is "Awaiting Upstream" and delegated to "Jerin Jacob".  Please review and merge if possible.
  > http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220304142337.911828-1-rkudurumalla@marvell.com/
Bug2, Known issue about "dpdk_gso_lib/test_vhost_gso_with_vxlan: VM can't send ICMP packet to host namespace".
 > it has fix but not merged into rc3, patch is delegated to "Ferruh Yigit". Please review and merge if possible.
 > http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20211229093702.1930214-3-kevinx.liu@intel.com/
Bug3, Known issue about "GRO/GSO feature test need to modify dpdk code"
 > it has fix but not merged into rc3, patch is delegated to "Maxime Coquelin". Please review and merge if possible.
 > https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20220217151628.441165-1-wenwux.ma@intel.com/
# 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 known issue is Bug1.
* 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. One new issue about "stats_checks/test_xstats_check_vf: pkt not recieve when rx_mode=novector" is found, has  fix and waiting for verify.
* 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. 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. 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 7.0u3, etc.
 - All test done. Two known bugs: Bug2 and Bug3.
* Cryptodev:
 *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
  - All test done. Two known issues, Intel dev is investigating.
 *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
  - All test done.

BR
Yu Jiang