I tested below 18 scenarios on RHEL9 and didn't find any new dpdk issues.

Guest with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(1G hugepage size): PASS
Guest with device assignment(PF) throughput testing(2M hugepage size) : PASS
Guest with device assignment(VF) throughput testing: PASS
PVP (host dpdk testpmd as vswitch) 1Q: throughput testing: PASS
PVP vhost-user 4Q throughput testing: PASS
PVP vhost-user 2Q throughput testing: PASS
PVP vhost-user 1Q - cross numa node throughput testing: PASS
Guest with vhost-user 2 queues throughput testing: PASS
vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server qemu reconnect: PASS
vhost-user reconnect with dpdk-client, qemu-server ovs reconnect: PASS
PVP 1Q live migration testing: PASS
PVP 1Q cross numa node live migration testing: PASS
Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing: PASS
Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 1Q live migration testing (2M): PASS
Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 2Q live migration testing: PASS
Guest with ovs+dpdk+vhost-user 4Q live migration testing: PASS
Host PF + DPDK testing: PASS
Host VF + DPDK testing: PASS


Test Versions:
qemu-kvm-7.2.0
kernel 5.14
# git describe
v21.11.6-rc1

Test device : X540-AT2 NIC(ixgbe, 10G)

On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 9:22 PM Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Here is a list of patches targeted for stable release 21.11.6.
>
> The planned date for the final release is 12 January.
>
> 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=v21.11.6-rc1
>
> These patches are located at branch 21.11 of dpdk-stable repo:
>     https://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kevin
>
> ---
> Aakash Sasidharan (2):
>       event/cnxk: fix return values for capability API
>       test/event: fix crypto null device creation
>
> Abdullah Sevincer (1):
>       event/dlb2: fix disable PASID
>
> Akhil Goyal (3):
>       common/cnxk: fix different size bit operations
>       net/cnxk: fix uninitialized variable
>       net/cnxk: fix uninitialized variable
>
> Alexander Kozyrev (2):
>       net/mlx5: fix MPRQ stride size to accommodate the headroom
>       ethdev: fix ESP packet type description
>
> Amit Prakash Shukla (2):
>       common/cnxk: fix DPI memzone name
>       dma/cnxk: fix device state
>
> Anoob Joseph (2):
>       cryptodev: add missing doc for security context
>       doc: replace code blocks with includes in security guide
>
> Ashwin Sekhar T K (1):
>       common/cnxk: fix aura disable handling
>
> Beilei Xing (1):
>       net/i40e: fix FDIR queue receives broadcast packets
>
> Bing Zhao (1):
>       net/mlx5: fix shared Rx queue list management
>
> Brian Dooley (3):
>       test/crypto: fix IV in some vectors
>       test/crypto: skip some synchronous tests with CPU crypto
>       examples/ipsec-secgw: fix partial overflow
>
> Bruce Richardson (8):
>       crypto/ipsec_mb: add dependency check for cross build
>       event/sw: remove obsolete comment
>       net/i40e: fix buffer leak on Rx reconfiguration
>       eventdev: fix device pointer for vdev-based devices
>       eventdev: fix missing driver names in info struct
>       ethdev: fix function name in comment
>       event/dlb2: fix name check in self-test
>       event/dlb2: fix missing queue ordering capability flag
>
> Chaoyong He (6):
>       net/nfp: fix Tx descriptor free logic of NFD3
>       net/nfp: fix DMA error after abnormal exit
>       net/nfp: fix link status interrupt
>       net/nfp: fix reconfigure logic in PF initialization
>       net/nfp: fix reconfigure logic in VF initialization
>       net/nfp: fix reconfigure logic of set MAC address
>
> Chengwen Feng (1):
>       net/hns3: fix traffic management thread safety
>
> Ciara Loftus (1):
>       net/af_xdp: make compatible with libbpf 0.8.0
>
> Ciara Power (2):
>       crypto/qat: fix NULL algorithm digest placement
>       crypto/qat: fix raw API null algorithm digest
>
> Dariusz Sosnowski (4):
>       common/mlx5: fix controller index parsing
>       net/mlx5: fix use after free on Rx queue start
>       net/mlx5: fix hairpin queue states
>       net/mlx5: fix hairpin queue unbind
>
> David Christensen (1):
>       net/tap: use MAC address parse API instead of local parser
>
> David Marchand (18):
>       mempool: fix default ops for an empty mempool
>       eventdev: fix symbol export for port maintenance
>       common/cnxk: remove dead Meson code
>       app/bbdev: fix link with NXP LA12XX
>       net/iavf: fix checksum offloading
>       net/iavf: fix Tx debug
>       net/iavf: remove log from Tx prepare function
>       net/iavf: fix TSO with big segments
>       net/ice: remove log from Tx prepare function
>       net/ice: fix TSO with big segments
>       net/mlx5: fix leak in sysfs port name translation
>       net/bonding: fix link status callback stop
>       net/tap: fix L4 checksum offloading
>       net/tap: fix IPv4 checksum offloading
>       net/iavf: fix indent in Tx path
>       doc: remove restriction on ixgbe vector support
>       doc: fix some ordered lists
>       doc: remove number of commands in vDPA guide
>
> Dengdui Huang (14):
>       net/hns3: fix VF default MAC modified when set failed
>       net/hns3: fix error code for multicast resource
>       net/hns3: fix flushing multicast MAC address
>       app/testpmd: fix help string
>       net/hns3: fix unchecked Rx free threshold
>       net/hns3: fix double stats for IMP and global reset
>       net/hns3: remove reset log in secondary
>       net/hns3: fix multiple reset detected log
>       net/hns3: refactor interrupt state query
>       net/hns3: fix mailbox sync
>       net/hns3: fix IMP or global reset
>       net/hns3: fix ignored reset event
>       net/hns3: fix reset event status
>       net/hns3: fix VF reset handler interruption
>
> Eli Britstein (1):
>       net/mlx5: zero UDP checksum over IPv4 in encapsulation
>
> Feifei Wang (1):
>       app/pipeline: add sigint handler
>
> Fengjiang Liu (1):
>       net/virtio: fix missing next flag in Tx packed ring
>
> Ferruh Yigit (3):
>       net/txgbe: fix out of bound access
>       mempool: fix get function documentation
>       mempool: clarify enqueue/dequeue ops documentation
>
> Gagandeep Singh (1):
>       bus/dpaa: fix build with asserts for GCC 13
>
> Gregory Etelson (1):
>       eal/windows: fix build with recent MinGW
>
> Harman Kalra (1):
>       mempool/cnxk: fix free from non-EAL threads
>
> Harry van Haaren (1):
>       event/sw: fix ordering corruption with op release
>
> Hernan Vargas (3):
>       baseband/acc: fix ACC100 HARQ input alignment
>       test/bbdev: fix Python script subprocess
>       test/bbdev: assert failed test for queue configure
>
> Huisong Li (13):
>       net/hns3: fix order in NEON Rx
>       app/testpmd: remove useless check in TSO command
>       app/testpmd: fix tunnel TSO capability check
>       app/testpmd: add explicit check for tunnel TSO
>       app/testpmd: fix tunnel TSO configuration
>       net/hns3: extract common function to obtain revision ID
>       net/hns3: fix setting DCB capability
>       net/hns3: fix LRO offload to report
>       net/hns3: fix crash for NEON and SVE
>       doc: fix hns3 build option about max queue number
>       doc: update features in hns3 guide
>       doc: fix RSS flow description in hns3 guide
>       examples/ethtool: fix pause configuration
>
> Ivan Malov (1):
>       net/sfc: add missing error code indication to MAE init path
>
> Jiawei Wang (3):
>       net/mlx5: fix decap action checking in sample flow
>       net/mlx5: fix E-Switch mirror flow rule validation
>       net/mlx5: fix validation of sample encap flow action
>
> Jiawen Wu (9):
>       net/txgbe: add Tx queue maximum limit
>       net/txgbe: fix GRE tunnel packet checksum
>       net/ngbe: fix flow control
>       net/txgbe: reconfigure MAC Rx when link update
>       net/ngbe: reconfigure MAC Rx when link update
>       net/txgbe: keep link down after device close
>       net/ngbe: keep link down after device close
>       net/txgbe: check process type in close operation
>       net/ngbe: check process type in close operation
>
> Jie Hai (39):
>       net/af_packet: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/af_xdp: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/avp: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/bnx2x: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/bnxt: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/bonding: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/cxgbe: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/dpaa: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/dpaa2: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/e1000: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/ena: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/enetc: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/enic: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/hinic: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/ipn3ke: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/memif: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/mlx4: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/mvneta: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/mvpp2: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/ngbe: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/null: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/octeon_ep: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/pfe: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/ring: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/sfc: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/softnic: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/txgbe: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/vhost: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/virtio: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       net/vmxnet3: fix Rx and Tx queue state
>       app/testpmd: fix primary process not polling all queues
>       net/hns3: fix typo in function name
>       net/hns3: fix some return values
>       net/hns3: fix some error logs
>       net/hns3: keep set/get algo key functions local
>       net/hns3: fix uninitialized hash algo value
>       app/procinfo: fix RSS info
>       app/procinfo: adjust format of RSS info
>       test/bonding: fix uninitialized RSS configuration
>
> Jieqiang Wang (1):
>       hash: align SSE lookup to scalar implementation
>
> Joshua Washington (1):
>       ethdev: account for smaller MTU when setting default
>
> Juraj Linkeš (1):
>       config/arm: fix aarch32 build with GCC 13
>
> Kaiwen Deng (1):
>       net/ice: fix TM configuration clearing
>
> Kevin Traynor (3):
>       Revert "net/iavf: fix tunnel TSO path selection"
>       doc: update versions recommendations for i40e and ice
>       Revert "net/iavf: fix abnormal disable HW interrupt"
>
> Kommula Shiva Shankar (1):
>       common/cnxk: fix pool buffer size in opaque mode
>
> Long Li (1):
>       net/netvsc: increase VSP response timeout to 60 seconds
>
> Long Wu (3):
>       test/bonding: remove unreachable statement
>       test/bonding: add missing check
>       net/bonding: fix possible overrun
>
> Madhuker Mythri (1):
>       net/tap: fix RSS for fragmented packets
>
> Martin Weiser (1):
>       net/ice: write timestamp to first segment in scattered Rx
>
> Maxime Coquelin (6):
>       vhost: fix missing vring call check on virtqueue access
>       vhost: fix missing check on virtqueue access
>       vhost: fix check on virtqueue access in async registration
>       vhost: fix check on virtqueue access in in-flight getter
>       net/virtio: fix descriptor addresses in 32-bit build
>       vhost: fix missing lock protection in power monitor API
>
> Min Zhou (1):
>       test/hash: fix creation error log
>
> Mingjin Ye (1):
>       net/ice: fix crash on closing representor ports
>
> Nagadheeraj Rottela (1):
>       crypto/nitrox: fix panic with high number of segments
>
> Pavan Nikhilesh (1):
>       event/cnxk: fix getwork mode devargs parsing
>
> Qi Zhang (2):
>       net/iavf: fix Tx preparation
>       net/ice: fix Tx preparation
>
> Qiming Yang (2):
>       bus/pci: fix device ID log
>       net/ice: fix initial link status
>
> Radu Nicolau (3):
>       net/iavf: fix ESN session update
>       net/iavf: fix Tx offload mask
>       net/iavf: fix Tx offload flags check
>
> Rahul Bhansali (1):
>       eventdev/eth_rx: fix timestamp field register in mbuf
>
> Rakesh Kudurumalla (1):
>       common/cnxk: fix xstats for different packet sizes
>
> Rongwei Liu (1):
>       net/mlx5: fix matcher layout size calculation
>
> Ruifeng Wang (1):
>       ethdev: fix 32-bit build with GCC 13
>
> Satheesh Paul (1):
>       common/cnxk: fix default flow action setting
>
> Saurabh Singhal (1):
>       net/iavf: unregister interrupt handler before FD close
>
> Sivaramakrishnan Venkat (1):
>       test/crypto: fix typo in asym tests
>
> Srikanth Yalavarthi (1):
>       eal/unix: fix firmware reading with external xz helper
>
> Stephen Hemminger (6):
>       random: initialize state for unregistered non-EAL threads
>       app/procinfo: remove unnecessary rte_malloc
>       app/dumpcap: fix mbuf pool ring type
>       meter: fix RFC4115 trTCM API Doxygen
>       pdump: fix error number on IPC response
>       app/dumpcap: allow multiple invocations
>
> Timothy Miskell (1):
>       net/ice: fix L1 check interval
>
> Tomasz Duszynski (1):
>       rawdev: fix device class in log message
>
> Tyler Retzlaff (1):
>       malloc: remove return from void functions
>
> Viacheslav Galaktionov (2):
>       net/sfc: set max Rx packet length for representors
>       net/sfc: account for data offset on Tx
>
> Viacheslav Ovsiienko (1):
>       net/mlx5: fix multi-segment Tx inline data length
>
> Visa Hankala (1):
>       net/bonding: fix header for C++
>
> Vladimir Medvedkin (2):
>       fib: fix adding default route overwriting entire table
>       fib6: fix adding default route as first route
>
> Weiguo Li (2):
>       net/enic: avoid extra unlock in MTU set
>       net/sfc: remove null dereference in log
>
> Wenjing Qiao (1):
>       net/iavf: fix VLAN offload strip flag
>
> Wenwu Ma (1):
>       net/virtio: fix link state interrupt vector setting
>
> Yiding Zhou (1):
>       net/iavf: fix port stats clearing
>
> Zhichao Zeng (1):
>       net/ice: fix DCF port statistics
>
>