dpdk: Use DPDK 18.11.5 release.

Modify travis linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release 18.11.5. Update docs for latest DPDK stable releases. Signed-off-by: Ian Stokes <[email protected]> Acked-by: Ilya Maximets <[email protected]> Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <[email protected]>
timofei-durakov · Nov 27, 2019 · 2596585 · 2596585
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diff --git a/.travis/linux-build.sh b/.travis/linux-build.sh
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
     if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
-        DPDK_VER="18.11.2"
+        DPDK_VER="18.11.5"
     fi
     install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
     # Enable pdump support in OVS.

diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     2.8.x        17.05.2
     2.9.x        17.11.4
     2.10.x       17.11.4
-    2.11.x       18.11.2
-    2.12.x       18.11.2
+    2.11.x       18.11.5
+    2.12.x       18.11.5
     ============ =======
 
 Q: Are all the DPDK releases that OVS versions work with maintained?

diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Build requirements
 In addition to the requirements described in :doc:`general`, building Open
 vSwitch with DPDK will require the following:
 
-- DPDK 18.11.2
+- DPDK 18.11.5
 
 - A `DPDK supported NIC`_
 
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ Install DPDK
 #. Download the `DPDK sources`_, extract the file and set ``DPDK_DIR``::
 
        $ cd /usr/src/
-       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
-       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
-       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.2
+       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
+       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
+       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.5
        $ cd $DPDK_DIR
 
 #. (Optional) Configure DPDK as a shared library

diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ To begin, instantiate a guest as described in :ref:`dpdk-vhost-user` or
 DPDK sources to VM and build DPDK::
 
     $ cd /root/dpdk/
-    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
-    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.2.tar.xz
-    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.2
+    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
+    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.5.tar.xz
+    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.5
     $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
     $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
     $ cd $DPDK_DIR

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Post-v2.12.0
      * DPDK pdump packet capture support disabled by default. New configure
        option '--enable-dpdk-pdump' to enable it.
      * DPDK pdump support is deprecated and will be removed in next releases.
+     * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.5, due to the inclusion of a fix for
+       CVE-2019-14818, this DPDK version is strongly recommended to be used.
 
 v2.12.0 - 03 Sep 2019
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