app/testpmd: support cleanup Tx queue mbufs

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_21_05.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
index 9f54ba4..80b0aca 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.rst
@@ -88,17 +88,22 @@ New Features
   * Added new field ``queue_state`` to ``rte_eth_txq_info`` structure to
     provide indicated Tx queue state.
 
-* **Added support for meter PPS profile.**
+* **Updated meter API.**
 
-  Added packet mode in the meter profile parameters data structures
-  to support metering traffic by packet per second (PPS),
-  in addition to the initial bytes per second (BPS) mode (value 0).
+  * Added packet mode in the meter profile parameters data structures
+    to support metering traffic by packet per second (PPS),
+    in addition to the initial bytes per second (BPS) mode (value 0).
+  * Added support of pre-defined meter policy via flow action list per color.
 
 * **Added packet integrity match to flow rules.**
 
   * Added ``RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_INTEGRITY`` flow item.
   * Added ``rte_flow_item_integrity`` data structure.
 
+* **Added TCP connection tracking offload in flow API.**
+
+  * Added conntrack item and action for stateful connection offload.
+
 * **Updated Arkville PMD driver.**
 
   Updated Arkville net driver with new features and improvements, including:
@@ -152,6 +157,7 @@ New Features
 
   * Added support for VXLAN and NVGRE encap as sample actions.
   * Support push VLAN on ingress traffic and pop VLAN on egress traffic in E-Switch mode.
+  * Added support for ASO (Advanced Steering Operation) meter.
 
 * **Updated NXP DPAA driver.**
 
@@ -227,8 +233,15 @@ New Features
     ``dpdk-testpmd -- --eth-link-speed N``
   * Added command to display Rx queue used descriptor count.
     ``show port (port_id) rxq (queue_id) desc used count``
+  * Added command to cleanup a Tx queue's mbuf on a port.
+    ``port cleanup (port_id) txq (queue_id) (free_cnt)``
   * Added command to dump internal representation information of single flow.
     ``flow dump (port_id) rule (rule_id)``
+  * Added commands to create and delete meter policy.
+    ``add port meter policy (port_id) (policy_id) ...``
+  * Added commands to construct conntrack context and relevant indirect
+    action handle creation, update for conntrack action as well as conntrack
+    item matching.
 
 * **Added support for the FIB lookup method in the l3fwd example app.**
 
@@ -300,6 +313,11 @@ API Changes
   The action ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_SHARED`` is deprecated and can be
   replaced with ``RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_INDIRECT``.
 
+* ethdev: The experimental function ``rte_mtr_policer_actions_update()``,
+  the enum ``rte_mtr_policer_action``, and the struct members
+  ``policer_action_recolor_supported`` and ``policer_action_drop_supported``
+  have been removed.
+
 
 ABI Changes
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