Features for Release VPP 19.08

Infrastructure

• API

  • API language: new types and limits support

  • Python API - add support for defaults

  • Export ip_types.api for out-of-tree plugins use

  • Refactor ipip.api with explicit types

• DPDK

  • 19.05 integration

  • Remove bonding code

  • Rework extended stats

• Debugging & Serviceability

  • debug CLI leak-checker

  • vlib: add “memory-trace stats-segment”

  • vppapitrace JSON/API trace converter

  • ARP: add arp-disabled node

  • igmp: Trace more data from input packets

  • ip: Trace the packet from the punt node

  • Python API debug introspection improvements

  • Pin dependencies for make test infra

  • FEATURE.yaml meta-data infrastructure

  • tcp: add cc stats plotting tools

  • Packet tracer support for thread handoffs

• libmemif: support for multi-thread connection establishment

• svm

  • fifo ooo reads/writes with multiple chunks

  • support addition/removal of chunks to fifos

• vppinfra

  • Mapped pcap file support

  • More AVX2 and AVX512 inlines

  • VLIB_INIT_FUNCTION sequencing rework

  • refactor spinlocks and rwlocks

  • add rbtree

  • add doubly linked list

• rdma: bump rdma-core to v25.0

• stats

  • Add the number of worker threads and per worker thread vector rates

  • Support multiple workers for error counters

VNET & Plugins

• New Plugins

  • HTTP static page server with TLS support

  • L3 cross connect

• acl: implement stat-segment counters

• arp: add feature arcs: arp-reply, arp-input, arp-proxy

• avf: improved logging and added 2.5/5 Gbps speeds

• bonding: NUMA-related improvements

• crypto: add support for AES-CTR cipher

• fib

  • FIB Entry tracking

  • Support the POP of a Pseudo Wire Control Word

• gbp

  • Anonymous l3-out subnets support

  • ARP unicast forward in gbp bridge domain

  • An Endpoint can change sclass

  • Consider data-plane learnt source better than control-plane

  • VRF scoped contracts

• gso (experimental)

  • Add support to pg interfaces

  • Add support to vhost user

  • Add support to native virtio

  • Add support for tagged interfaces

• punt: allow to specify packets by IP protocol Type

• ip6-local: hop-by-hop protocol demux table

• ipsec

  • intel-ipsec-mb version 0.52

  • AH encrypt rework

  • handle UDP keepalives

  • support GCM in ESP

• virtio

  • Refactor control queue support

• dhcp-client: DSCP marking for transmitted packets

• Idle resource usage improvements

  • Allocate bihash virtual space on demand

  • gre: don’t register gre input nodes unless a gre tunnel is created

  • gtpu: don’t register udp ports unless a tunnel is created

  • lacp: create lacp-process on demand

  • lisp-cp: start lisp retry service on demand

  • start the cdp period and dns resolver process on demand

  • vat: unload unused vat plugins

• nat: api cleanup & update

• nsim: make available as an output feature

• load-balance performance improvements

• l2: Add support for arp unicast forwarding

• mactime

  • Mini-ACLs

  • Per-MAC allow-with-quota feature

• qos

  • QoS dump APIs

  • Store function

• rdma: add support for promiscuous mode (l2-switching and xconnect)

• sr: update the Segment Routing definition to be compliant with current in IETF

• udp-ping: disable due to conflict with mldv2

• vxlan-gpe: improve encap performance

• vom

  • QoS support

  • Bridge domain arp unicast forwarding flag

  • Bridge domain unknown unicast flooding flag

Host stack

• session

  • API to support manual svm fifo resizing

  • Improved session output scheduler and close state machine

  • Transport and session cleanup notifications for builtin apps

  • Session migration notifications for builtin apps

  • Support for no session layer lookup transports (quic and tls)

  • Ability to retrieve local/remote endpoint in transport vft

  • Cleanup segment manager and fifo segment

  • Fix vpp to app msg generation on enqueue fail

  • Improve event logging

  • Moved test applications to hsa plugin

• tcp

  • Congestion control algorithm enhancements

  • Delivery rate estimator

  • ACK/retransmission refactor and pacing

  • Add tcp-input sibling nodes without full 6-tuple lookup

  • More RFC4898 connection statistics

  • Allow custom output next node

  • Allow custom congestion control algorithms

• quic

  • Multi-thread support

  • Logs readability improvements

  • Multistream support

• tls

  • Fix close with data and listen failures

  • Handle TCP transport rests

  • Support endpoint retrieval interface

• vcl

  • support quic streams and “connectable listeners”

  • worker unregister api

  • fix epoll with large events batch

  • ldp: add option to enable transparent TLS connections

• udp:

  • support close with data

  • fixed session migration

• sctp

  • add option to enable/disable default to disable

  • moved from vnet to plugins