[ovs-dev,branch-2.12] dpdk: Use DPDK 18.11.11 release

Modify ci linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release.
Modify Documentation to use the latest DPDK stable release
18.11.11. Update NEWS file to reflect the latest DPDK stable
release.

Note: 18.11.11 is the final support release for the 18.11 series,
no further support releases for 18.11 series are expected.
So, both OvS 2.11 and 2.12 are updated to use 18.11.11

Signed-off-by: hgovindh <hariprasad.govindharajan@intel.com>
---
 .ci/linux-build.sh                       | 2 +-
 Documentation/faq/releases.rst           | 4 ++--
 Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     | 8 ++++----
 Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
 NEWS                                     | 7 ++-----
 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

On 11/02/2021 14:20, hgovindh wrote:
> Modify ci linux build script to use the latest DPDK stable release.
> Modify Documentation to use the latest DPDK stable release
> 18.11.11. Update NEWS file to reflect the latest DPDK stable
> release.
> 
> Note: 18.11.11 is the final support release for the 18.11 series,
> no further support releases for 18.11 series are expected.
> So, both OvS 2.11 and 2.12 are updated to use 18.11.11
> 
> Signed-off-by: hgovindh <hariprasad.govindharajan@intel.com>
> ---
>  .ci/linux-build.sh                       | 2 +-
>  Documentation/faq/releases.rst           | 4 ++--
>  Documentation/intro/install/dpdk.rst     | 8 ++++----
>  Documentation/topics/dpdk/vhost-user.rst | 6 +++---
>  NEWS                                     | 7 ++-----
>  5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.ci/linux-build.sh b/.ci/linux-build.sh
> index e67d889..e4a944c 100755
> --- a/.ci/linux-build.sh
> +++ b/.ci/linux-build.sh
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ fi
>  
>  if [ "$DPDK" ] || [ "$DPDK_SHARED" ]; then
>      if [ -z "$DPDK_VER" ]; then
> -        DPDK_VER="18.11.9"
> +        DPDK_VER="18.11.11"
>      fi
>      install_dpdk $DPDK_VER
>      if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
> diff --git a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> index 5a51dbc..a0a403f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/faq/releases.rst
> @@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
>      2.8.x        17.05.2
>      2.9.x        17.11.10
>      2.10.x       17.11.10
> -    2.11.x       18.11.9
> -    2.12.x       18.11.9
> +    2.11.x       18.11.11
> +    2.12.x       18.11.11
>      ============ ========
>  
>  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
> index f0a7bff..a441715 100644
> --- 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 18.11.9
> +- DPDK 18.11.11
>  
>  - 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-18.11.9.tar.xz
> -       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.9.tar.xz
> -       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.9
> +       $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
> +       $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
> +       $ export DPDK_DIR=/usr/src/dpdk-stable-18.11.11
>         $ 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
> index 2253978..0155512 100644
> --- 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-18.11.9.tar.xz
> -    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.9.tar.xz
> -    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.9
> +    $ wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
> +    $ tar xf dpdk-18.11.11.tar.xz
> +    $ export DPDK_DIR=/root/dpdk/dpdk-stable-18.11.11
>      $ export DPDK_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
>      $ export DPDK_BUILD=$DPDK_DIR/$DPDK_TARGET
>      $ cd $DPDK_DIR
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 97fd950..bf8aeff 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -15,11 +15,8 @@ v2.12.1 - 30 Jul 2020
>  ---------------------
>     - Bug fixes
>     - DPDK:
> -     * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.9. Due to this being the latest LTS to
> -       be validated and coupled with the inclusion of fixes for
> -       CVE-2019-14818, CVE-2020-10722, CVE-2020-10723 and CVE-2020-10724
> -       over the course of various LTS releases, this DPDK version is strongly
> -       recommended to be used.
> +     * OVS validated with DPDK 18.11.11. Due to this being the final release
> +       in the DPDK 18.11 series it is recommended it to be used.
>  

^  For 2.12.4

with that fixed:
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>

>  v2.12.0 - 03 Sep 2019
>  ---------------------
>