VMA 8.8.2

New Features

• Remove useless inlining
• Remove useless inlining in daemon
• Remove inlining for vlog_printf()
• Add Burst-Packet-Pacing support for upstream
• Add Packet Pacing support for upstream
• Improve flow processing
• Add tc_add_filter_dev2tap() operation
• Add tc_add_filter_tap2dev() operation
• Add tc_add_filter_link() operation
• Use netlink API to control TC rules
• Ignore events of a closed socket for SocketXtreme
• Add methods mask to VMA extra api
• Verify mlx4 steering creation for bare-metal
• Include Debian log file into jenkins artifact
• Update debian/control file
• Update debian copyright
• Enable service status for non root
• Add debian watch file
• Improve init script
• Add service mandatory option as force-reload
• Improve vma service support on different systems
• General redundant deadcode cleanup
• Add ring modification function to vma_extra api
• Cleanup socketxtreme and vmapoll configuration parameters
• Add burst capability check to get_ring_descriptors

Fixed

• Fix double free in free_libvma_resources
• Fix filter multicast packets after bind
• Fix VMA_EXCEPTION_HANDLING=0/1 generates core
• Fix missing update of CQ consumer index
• Fix Rx and Tx migrations thread safety
• Fix root detection
• Fix RoCE lag warning is not presented
• Fix RX TAP migration failure for 3t connections
• Fix g_tcp_timers_collection destructor cleanup

VMA 8.7.7

New Features

• Modify Packet Pacing capability calculation
• Add ring allocation logic control for all socket types
• Modify RX HW timestamp capability calculation
• Suppress pclose() ECHILD error
• Cleanup socketxtreme in Jenkins
• General code cleanups in ring headers
• Move request_buffers_tx logic to ring_slave
• Move rx_process_buffer logic to ring_slave
• Move detach_flow logic to ring_slave
• Move attach_flow logic to ring_slave
• Move common fields and methods to ring_slave
• Add Device Memory (Memic) support for upstream
• Replace direct memcpy in dm_mgr
• Print warning while RoCE LAG is enabled
• Remove RoCE LAG warning duplications
• Update License date to 2019
• Add mlx5 PTP support for upstream
• Clean redundant dead code from vma_lwip class

Fixed

• Fix crash during Plugin event
• Fix get_cqe64() processing
• Fix incorrect TCP snd_wnd statistic
• Fix can't be interrupted while VMA_SELECT_POLL=-1

VMA 8.8.1

New Features

• Simplify is_mp_ring() method
• Cleanup performance counters
• Improve UDP performance
• Improve rx ring creation flow
• Unify poll_and_process_element_rx() and drain_and_process()
• Unify rfs_uc::rx_dispatch_packet()
• Use single event update method
• Disable draining for SocketXtreme
• Add SocketXtreme API usage check
• Set default parameters for SocketXtreme mode
• Add VMA_SOCKETXTREME environment variable
• Unify clean_cq() function
• Add sanity check for correct SocketXtreme mode usage
• Unify setting rx.context
• Optimize get_cqe64()
• Remove socketxtreme specific methods in cq_mgr_mlx5
• Use m_mlx5_cq fields
• Remove socketXtreme specific fields in cq_mgr_mlx5
• Improve performance of cqe processing
• Move socketxtreme cq processing to cq_mgr_mlx5
• Use post_recv() in socketxtreme mode from qp_mgr_mlx5
• Unify sockinfo code
• Enable socketxtreme_poll() for all modes
• Unify reclaim rx buffers

Fixed

• Fix pad length in umr mode

VMA 8.7.6

Fixed

• Fix pad length in umr mode
• Disable vlan stripping in MP_RQ

VMA 8.8.0

New Features

• Add mlx5 Dummy-send support for upstream
• Do not start daemon during package installation
• Disable vlan stripping in MP_RQ
• Update valgrind suppression file
• Modify add_conf_rule() input param type

Fixed

• Resolve --enable-opt-log=high compilation errors
• Fix buffer overflow in epfd_info::statistics_print()
• Fix infinite loop in TCP is_readable()
• Fix memory leak in g_tcp_timers_collection
• Fix VMA_RING_LIMIT_PER_INTERFACE segmentation fault
• Fix VMA_RING_LIMIT_PER_INTERFACE VMA ERROR
• Fix crash while "vma_stats -S" is used
• Fix EPOLL events for RST packets
• Fix missing initialization of poll_sn variable

VMA 8.7.5

New Features

• Suppress failure error of ibv_get_async_event

Fixed

• Fix a typo in bond warning message
• Fix CQ cleanup ordering issue

VMA 8.7.4

New Features

• Parse vlan priority mapping file
• Allow dynamic updating header bits after ring creation
• BF is not supported for upstream on VMs
• Check MLX5_SHUT_UP_BF env
• Print warning while mlx5 RoCE lag is enabled
• Print warning while mlx4 RoCE lag is enabled
• Reduce MP_RQ allocated size when stripping
• Print error while No IB capable devices found
• Modify NetVSC device detection
• Update valgrind suppression file
• Improve plugout processing
• Redirect ioctl SIOCGIFVLAN

Fixed

• Fix infinite polling loop during plugout
• Fix IP_TTL socket option inheritance
• Fix timer converter Segmentation fault
• Fix user memory passing to socket
• Protect vma_ib_mlx5_get_cq()
• Add sanity check in clean_cq()
• Fix symbol lookup error for mlx5dv
• Fix deadlock collision for ring_tap

VMA 8.7.3

New Features

• Add TCP Rx Timestamp support
• Move Rx timestamp handling to sockinfo
• Change the visibility of global TCP names
• Increased FID_MAX for daemon
• Allow user to change the flow_id
• Do not use Memic on devices w/o blue flame
• Enable direct mlx5 processing on VMs
• Add UDP Rx Hw timestamp support for upstream
• Add ibv_device_attr_ex support
• Add flow tag support for upstream
• Add Daemon version to help output
• Add external memory for MP_RQ ring
• Enable plugin on upstream after reboot

Fixed:

• Fix user defined flow tag handling
• Fix return value from sockinfo:setsockopt()
• Fix stride calculation when using KLM
• Fix bad operator== in ring_profile
• Fix crash during CQ creation on upstream

VMA 8.7.2

New Features

• Improve qp_mgr_mlx5 class
• Add mlx5 req_notify_cq()
• Enable socketxtreme mode for rdma-core (upstream)
• Support direct verbs
• Detect direct ring support during configure
• Remove MLX5_CQE_SIG_ERR usage
• Introduce access to head and tail of qp.rq
• Introduce vma_ib_mlx5_qp_t
• Introduce vma_ib_mlx5_cq_t
• Use to_mqp() to convert ibv_qp to mlx5_qp
• Introduce ib layer
• Start direct mlx5 support since MOFED 3.4
• Add direct verbs support for upstream OFED
• Cleanup hw/mlx5 folder
• Cleanup MLX5_HW_ETH_WQE_HEADER definition
• Add connection with daemon on the fly
• Clean unused code from lwip pbuf.c and tcp.c
• Remove all LWIP Non TCP related options
• Remove LWIP BACKLOG handling which is not in use
• Remove LWIP pcbs lists which are not in use
• Update valgrind suppression file

VMA 8.7.1

New Features

• Enhance IPoIB devices validation process
• Add Windows Hypervisor VMs to Jenkins
• Add mlx5 IPoIB support for upstream
• Enable UDP/TCP connection on same VM w/o SRIOV
• General code cleanup
• Update driver restart recommendations
• Add sendfile/sendfile64 support
• Increase SO_RCVTIMEO for agent socket
• Add inbox OFED detection during VMA configuration
• Improve OFED location detection
• Set RDMAV_ALLOW_DISASSOC_DESTROY env for upstream
• Use macro to detect exp arguments in verbs.m4
• Add cq_moderation support for upstream

Fixed

• Fix bond traffic not offloaded over IPoIB
• Inherit missing properties from the parent
• Fix VMA_EXCEPTION_HANDLING=2 mode handling