net/pcap: fix possible mbuf double freeing

[dpdk.git] / doc / guides / rel_notes / release_19_08.rst

diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
index 6fdb837..0aeba61 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 

+* **Added MCS lock.**
+
+  MCS lock provides scalability by spinning on a CPU/thread local variable
+  which avoids expensive cache bouncings.
+  It provides fairness by maintaining a list of acquirers and passing
+  the lock to each CPU/thread in the order they acquired the lock.
+

 * **Updated the EAL Pseudo-random Number Generator.**
 
   The lrand48()-based rte_rand() function is replaced with a
 * **Updated the EAL Pseudo-random Number Generator.**
 
   The lrand48()-based rte_rand() function is replaced with a


@@ -104,6 +111,9 @@ New Features
 
   * Updated the packet header modification feature. Added support of TCP header
     sequence number and acknowledgment number modification.
 
   * Updated the packet header modification feature. Added support of TCP header
     sequence number and acknowledgment number modification.

+  * Added support for match on ICMP/ICMP6 code and type.
+  * Added support for matching on GRE's key and C,K,S present bits.
+  * Added support for IP-in-IP tunnel.

 
 * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
 
 
 * **Updated Solarflare network PMD.**
 


@@ -161,12 +171,31 @@ New Features
   of via software, reducing cycles spent copying large blocks of data in
   applications.
 
   of via software, reducing cycles spent copying large blocks of data in
   applications.
 

+* **Added Marvell OCTEON TX2 drivers.**
+
+  Added the new ``ethdev``, ``eventdev``, ``mempool``, ``eventdev Rx adapter``,
+  ``eventdev Tx adapter``, ``eventdev Timer adapter`` and ``rawdev DMA``
+  drivers for various HW coprocessors available in ``OCTEON TX2`` SoC.
+
+  See :doc:`../platform/octeontx2` and driver informations:
+
+  * :doc:`../nics/octeontx2`
+  * :doc:`../mempool/octeontx2`
+  * :doc:`../eventdevs/octeontx2`
+  * :doc:`../rawdevs/octeontx2_dma`
+

 * **Introduced NTB PMD.**
 
   Added a PMD for Intel NTB (Non-transparent Bridge). This PMD implemented
   handshake between two separate hosts and can share local memory for peer
   host to directly access.
 
 * **Introduced NTB PMD.**
 
   Added a PMD for Intel NTB (Non-transparent Bridge). This PMD implemented
   handshake between two separate hosts and can share local memory for peer
   host to directly access.
 

+* **Updated IPSec library Header Reconstruction.**
+
+  Updated the IPSec library with ECN and DSCP field header reconstruction
+  feature followed by RFC4301. The IPSec-secgw sample application is also
+  updated to support this feature by default.
+

 * **Updated telemetry library for global metrics support.**
 
   Updated ``librte_telemetry`` to fetch the global metrics from the
 * **Updated telemetry library for global metrics support.**
 
   Updated ``librte_telemetry`` to fetch the global metrics from the


@@ -177,6 +206,14 @@ New Features
   Added telemetry mode to l3fwd-power application to report
   application level busyness, empty and full polls of rte_eth_rx_burst().
 
   Added telemetry mode to l3fwd-power application to report
   application level busyness, empty and full polls of rte_eth_rx_burst().
 

+* **Updated the pdump application.**
+
+  Add support for pdump to exit with primary process.
+
+* **Updated test-compress-perf tool application.**
+
+  Added multiple cores feature to compression perf tool application.
+

 
 Removed Items
 -------------
 
 Removed Items
 -------------


@@ -220,6 +257,10 @@ API Changes
 * malloc: The function ``rte_malloc_set_limit`` was never implemented
   is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
 
 * malloc: The function ``rte_malloc_set_limit`` was never implemented
   is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
 

+* cryptodev: the ``uint8_t *data`` member of ``key`` structure in the xforms
+  structure (``rte_crypto_cipher_xform``, ``rte_crypto_auth_xform``, and
+  ``rte_crypto_aead_xform``) have been changed to ``const uint8_t *data``.
+

 * eventdev: No longer marked as experimental.
 
   The eventdev functions are no longer marked as experimental, and have
 * eventdev: No longer marked as experimental.
 
   The eventdev functions are no longer marked as experimental, and have


@@ -227,6 +268,29 @@ API Changes
   announced at least one release before the ABI change is made. There are no
   ABI breaking changes planned.
 
   announced at least one release before the ABI change is made. There are no
   ABI breaking changes planned.
 

+* ip_frag: IP fragmentation library converts input mbuf into fragments
+  using input MTU size via ``rte_ipv4_fragment_packet`` interface.
+  Once fragmentation is done, each ``mbuf->ol_flags`` are set to enable IP
+  checksum H/W offload irrespective of the platform capability.
+  Cleared IP checksum H/W offload flag from the library. The application must
+  set this flag if it is supported by the platform and application wishes to
+  use it.
+
+* ip_frag: IP reassembly library converts the list of fragments into a
+  reassembled packet via ``rte_ipv4_frag_reassemble_packet`` interface.
+  Once reassembly is done, ``mbuf->ol_flags`` are set to enable IP checksum H/W
+  offload irrespective of the platform capability. Cleared IP checksum H/W
+  offload flag from the library. The application must set this flag if it is
+  supported by the platform and application wishes to use it.
+
+* sched: Macros ``RTE_SCHED_QUEUES_PER_TRAFFIC_CLASS`` and
+  ``RTE_SCHED_PIPE_PROFILES_PER_PORT`` are removed for flexible configuration
+  of pipe traffic classes and their queues size, and for runtime configuration
+  of maximum number of pipe profiles, respectively. In addtion, wrr_weights
+  field of struct ``rte_sched_pipe_params`` is modifed to be used only for
+  best-effort tc, and qsize field of struct ``rte_sched_port_params`` is
+  changed to allow different size of the each queue.
+

 
 ABI Changes
 -----------
 
 ABI Changes
 -----------


@@ -339,7 +403,7 @@ The libraries prepended with a plus sign were incremented in this version.
      librte_rcu.so.1
      librte_reorder.so.1
      librte_ring.so.2
      librte_rcu.so.1
      librte_reorder.so.1
      librte_ring.so.2

-     librte_sched.so.2
+   + librte_sched.so.3

      librte_security.so.2
      librte_stack.so.1
      librte_table.so.3
      librte_security.so.2
      librte_stack.so.1
      librte_table.so.3