Release notes for VPP 17.10
More than 400 commits since the 1707 release.
Features
Infrastructure
DPDK 17.08
IP reassembly
Bounded-index extensible hash bucket-level LRU cache
Templated timer wheel improvements
API
C/C++ language binding
API stats
Host stack
VPP TCP stack scale/congestion improvements
VPP Comms Library (VCL)
Overall performance, scale and hardening
Network features
IPSec rework - utilize new FIB
VPLS and VPWS implementation
NAT
Renamed SNAT to NAT
Performance / Scale
Destination NAT44 with load-balancing
In2out translation as an output feature on the outside interface
Fullback to 3-tuple key for non TCP/UDP/ICMP sessions
Security Groups/ACLs
“Replace” semantics for adding a new MacIP acl
Test suite tests for MacIP ACLs
ONE-LISP
Map-server fallback support
Preemptive re-fetch of active mappings that are about to expire
ND termination
PPPoE
PPPoE Control Plane packet dispatch
PPPoE decapsulation
PPPoE encapsulation
Known issues
For the full list of issues please refer to fd.io JIRA.
Issues fixed
For the full list of fixed issues please refer to:
fd.io JIRA
git commit log
API changes
Message Name |
Result |
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bridge_domain_add_del |
definition changed |
bridge_domain_details |
definition changed |
connect_session |
definition changed |
connect_sock |
definition changed |
connect_sock_reply |
definition changed |
connect_uri_reply |
definition changed |
create_vhost_user_if |
definition changed |
dhcp_client_config |
definition changed |
ip4_arp_event |
definition changed |
ip6_fib_details |
definition changed |
ip6_nd_event |
definition changed |
ip_add_del_route |
definition changed |
ip_fib_details |
definition changed |
ip_table_add_del |
definition changed |
l2_macs_event |
only in image |
macip_acl_add_replace |
definition changed |
macip_acl_interface_list_details |
only in image |
macip_acl_interface_list_dump |
only in image |
modify_vhost_user_if |
definition changed |
mpls_fib_details |
definition changed |
mpls_route_add_del |
definition changed |
mpls_table_add_del |
definition changed |
mpls_tunnel_add_del |
definition changed |
nat44_add_del_address_range |
definition changed |
nat44_add_del_interface_addr |
definition changed |
nat44_add_del_lb_static_mapping |
definition changed |
nat44_add_del_static_mapping |
definition changed |
nat44_address_details |
only in image |
nat44_address_dump |
only in image |
nat44_interface_add_del_feature |
definition changed |
nat44_interface_add_del_output_feature |
definition changed |
nat44_interface_addr_details |
only in image |
nat44_interface_addr_dump |
only in image |
nat44_interface_details |
only in image |
nat44_interface_dump |
only in image |
nat44_interface_output_feature_details |
only in image |
nat44_interface_output_feature_dump |
only in image |
nat44_lb_static_mapping_details |
only in image |
nat44_lb_static_mapping_dump |
only in image |
nat44_static_mapping_details |
only in image |
nat44_static_mapping_dump |
only in image |
nat44_user_details |
only in image |
nat44_user_dump |
only in image |
nat44_user_session_details |
only in image |
nat44_user_session_dump |
only in image |
nat_control_ping |
definition changed |
nat_det_add_del_map |
definition changed |
nat_det_close_session_in |
definition changed |
nat_det_close_session_out |
definition changed |
nat_det_forward |
definition changed |
nat_det_get_timeouts |
definition changed |
nat_det_map_details |
only in image |
nat_det_map_dump |
only in image |
nat_det_reverse |
definition changed |
nat_det_session_details |
only in image |
nat_det_session_dump |
only in image |
nat_det_set_timeouts |
definition changed |
nat_ipfix_enable_disable |
definition changed |
nat_set_workers |
definition changed |
nat_show_config |
definition changed |
nat_worker_details |
only in image |
nat_worker_dump |
only in image |
one_add_del_ndp_entry |
definition changed |
one_enable_disable_petr_mode |
definition changed |
one_enable_disable_pitr_mode |
definition changed |
one_enable_disable_xtr_mode |
definition changed |
one_get_transport_protocol |
definition changed |
one_map_register_fallback_threshold |
definition changed |
one_map_register_set_ttl |
definition changed |
one_ndp_bd_get |
definition changed |
one_ndp_entries_get |
definition changed |
one_set_transport_protocol |
definition changed |
one_show_petr_mode |
definition changed |
one_show_pitr_mode |
definition changed |
one_show_xtr_mode |
definition changed |
p2p_ethernet_add |
definition changed |
pppoe_add_del_session |
definition changed |
pppoe_session_details |
only in image |
pppoe_session_dump |
only in image |
punt_socket_deregister |
definition changed |
punt_socket_register |
definition changed |
show_one_map_register_fallback_threshold |
definition changed |
show_one_map_register_ttl |
definition changed |
snat_interface_add_del_output_feature |
definition changed |
snat_interface_output_feature_details |
only in image |
snat_interface_output_feature_dump |
only in image |
sw_interface_event |
only in image |
sw_interface_set_flags |
definition changed |
sw_interface_span_dump |
definition changed |
sw_interface_span_enable_disable |
definition changed |
sw_interface_vhost_user_details |
definition changed |
tcp_configure_src_addresses |
definition changed |
vnet_per_interface_combined_counters |
only in image |
vnet_per_interface_simple_counters |
only in image |
want_interface_combined_stats |
definition changed |
want_interface_simple_stats |
definition changed |
want_ip4_fib_stats |
definition changed |
want_ip4_nbr_stats |
definition changed |
want_ip6_fib_stats |
definition changed |
want_ip6_nbr_stats |
definition changed |
want_l2_macs_events |
definition changed |
want_per_interface_combined_stats |
definition changed |
want_per_interface_simple_stats |
definition changed |
Found 103 api message signature differences
Patches that updated the API files
./src/plugins/pppoe/pppoe.api
62f9cdd8 Add PPPoE Plugin./src/plugins/acl/acl.api
c29940c5 ACL-plugin add “replace” semantics for adding a new MacIP acl de9fbf43 MAC IP ACL interface list dump (as an alternative to the get/reply)./src/plugins/nat/nat.api
704018cf NAT: Destination NAT44 with load-balancing (VPP-954) 2ba92e32 NAT: Rename snat plugin to nat (VPP-955)./src/vnet/interface.api
831fb59f Stats refactor d292ab1e No context in SW interface event a07bd708 Dedicated SW Interface Event./src/vnet/dhcp/dhcp.api
51822bf0 DHCP client option 61 “client_id” 4729b1ec DHCP complete event sends mask length./src/vnet/lldp/lldp.api
99a0e60e Add API support for LLDP config/interface set./src/vnet/lisp-cp/one.api
d630713d LISP: add neighbor discovery and CP protocol separation APIs 111a5cea LISP: Add APIs for enable/disable xTR/P-ITR/P-ETR modes 7048ff1e LISP: Map-server fallback feature 1e553a00 LISP: make TTL for map register messages configurable./src/vnet/ethernet/p2p_ethernet.api
15ac81c1 P2P Ethernet./src/vnet/mpls/mpls.api
2297af01 Add a name to the creation of an IP and MPLS table 28ab9cc1 FIB table add/delete API only da78f957 L2 over MPLS a0a908f1 FIB path weight incorrect in dump (VPP-922) 57b5860f FIB path preference./src/vnet/session/session.api
33e002b1 Fix session connect api message handling../src/vnet/span/span.api
5b311202 SPAN/API:enable L2 dump 001fd406 SPAN:add l2 mirror./src/vnet/devices/virtio/vhost_user.api
4ba75f54 vhost: Remove operation mode in the API./src/vnet/vxlan-gpe/vxlan_gpe.api
04ffd0ad VPP crash on creating vxlan gpe interface. VPP-875./src/vnet/tcp/tcp.api
3bbcfab1 TCP source address automation./src/vnet/ip/ip.api
2297af01 Add a name to the creation of an IP and MPLS table 28ab9cc1 FIB table add/delete API only 57b5860f FIB path preference./src/vnet/lisp-gpe/lisp_gpe.api
af3d9771 Remove unused retval from gpe_native_fwd_rpath type definition./src/vnet/l2/l2.api
50570ece Update of free text tag patch for BD 48304141 Support for bridge domain free text tag e531f4cb Increase default MAC learn limit and check it in learn-update path 8d00fff8 Add support for API client to receive L2 MAC events./src/vpp/api/vpe.api
8a19f12a Allow individual stats API and introduce stats.api 4802632d Punt socket: Fix coverity error for pathname length mismatch between API and sun_path. f7a55ad7 PUNT socket: External control plane processes connected via UNIX domain sockets. 75e2f2ac API:fix arp/ND event messages - remove context 99a0e60e Add API support for LLDP config/interface set./src/vpp/stats/stats.api
831fb59f Stats refactor 8a19f12a Allow individual stats API and introduce stats.api