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- Update to LTS version 23.11. Some are the fixes are below,
* app/crypto-perf: add missing op resubmission
* app/crypto-perf: fix copy segment size
* app/crypto-perf: fix data comparison
* app/crypto-perf: fix encrypt operation verification
* app/crypto-perf: fix next segment mbuf
* app/crypto-perf: fix out-of-place mbuf size
* app/crypto-perf: verify strdup return
* app/dma-perf: verify strdup return
* app/dumpcap: verify strdup return
* app/graph: fix build reason
* app/pdump: verify strdup return
* app/testpmd: fix --stats-period option check
* app/testpmd: fix GRO packets flush on timeout
* app/testpmd: fix async flow create failure handling
* app/testpmd: fix async indirect action list creation
* app/testpmd: fix auto-completion for indirect action list
* app/testpmd: fix burst option parsing
* app/testpmd: fix crash in multi-process forwarding
* app/testpmd: fix error message for invalid option
* app/testpmd: fix flow modify tag typo
* app/testpmd: hide --bitrate-stats in help if disabled
* app/testpmd: return if no packets in GRO heavy weight mode
* app/testpmd: verify strdup return
* build: fix linker warnings about undefined symbols
* build: fix reasons conflict
* build: link static libs with whole-archive in subproject
* build: pass cflags in subproject
* buildtools/cmdline: fix IP address initializer
* buildtools/cmdline: fix generated code for IP addresses
* bus/dpaa: verify strdup return
* bus/fslmc: verify strdup return
* bus/vdev: fix devargs in secondary process
* bus/vdev: verify strdup return
* ci: update versions of actions in GHA
* common/cnxk: fix RSS RETA configuration
* common/cnxk: fix Tx MTU configuration
* common/cnxk: fix VLAN check for inner header
* common/cnxk: fix inline device pointer check
* common/cnxk: fix link config for SDP
* common/cnxk: fix mbox region copy
* common/cnxk: fix mbox struct attributes
* common/cnxk: fix memory leak in CPT init
* common/cnxk: fix possible out-of-bounds access
* common/cnxk: remove CN9K inline IPsec FP opcodes
* common/cnxk: remove dead code
* common/mlx5: fix calloc parameters
* common/mlx5: fix duplicate read of general capabilities
* common/mlx5: fix query sample info capability
* common/qat: fix legacy flag
* common/sfc_efx/base: use C11 static assert
* config: fix CPU instruction set for cross-build
* crypto/cnxk: fix CN9K ECDH public key verification
* crypto/qat: fix crash with CCM null AAD pointer
* cryptodev: remove unused extern variable
* dma/dpaa2: fix logtype register
* dma/idxd: verify strdup return
* dmadev: fix calloc parameters
* doc: add --latencystats option in testpmd guide
* doc: add link speeds configuration in features table
* doc: add traffic manager in features table
* doc: fix aging poll frequency option in cnxk guide
* doc: fix commands in eventdev test tool guide
* doc: fix configuration in baseband 5GNR driver guide
* doc: fix default IP fragments maximum in programmer guide
* doc: fix typo in packet framework guide
* doc: fix typo in profiling guide
* doc: fix typos in cryptodev overview
* doc: remove cmdline polling mode deprecation notice
* doc: update link to Windows DevX in mlx5 guide
* drivers/net: fix buffer overflow for packet types list
* dts: fix smoke tests driver regex
* dts: strip whitespaces from stdout and stderr
* eal/x86: add AMD vendor check for TSC calibration
* eal: verify strdup return
* ethdev: fix NVGRE encap flow action description
* event/cnxk: fix dequeue timeout configuration
* event/cnxk: verify strdup return
* event/dlb2: remove superfluous memcpy
* eventdev/crypto: fix enqueueing
* eventdev: fix Doxygen processing of vector struct
* eventdev: fix calloc parameters
* eventdev: improve Doxygen comments on configure struct
* examples/ipsec-secgw: fix Rx queue ID in Rx callback
* examples/ipsec-secgw: fix cryptodev to SA mapping
* examples/ipsec-secgw: fix typo in error message
* examples/ipsec-secgw: fix width of variables
* examples/l3fwd: fix Rx over not ready port
* examples/l3fwd: fix Rx queue configuration
* examples/packet_ordering: fix Rx with reorder mode disabled
* examples/qos_sched: fix memory leak in args parsing
* examples/vhost: verify strdup return
* gro: fix reordering of packets
* hash: remove some dead code
* kernel/freebsd: fix module build on FreeBSD 14
* lib: add newline in logs
* lib: remove redundant newline from logs
* lib: use dedicated logtypes and macros
* ml/cnxk: fix xstats calculation
* net/af_xdp: fix leak on XSK configuration failure
* net/af_xdp: fix memzone leak on config failure
* net/bnx2x: fix calloc parameters
* net/bnx2x: fix warnings about memcpy lengths
* net/bnxt: fix 50G and 100G forced speed
* net/bnxt: fix array overflow
* net/bnxt: fix backward firmware compatibility
* net/bnxt: fix deadlock in ULP timer callback
* net/bnxt: fix null pointer dereference
* net/bnxt: fix number of Tx queues being created
* net/bnxt: fix speed change from 200G to 25G on Thor
* net/bnxt: modify locking for representor Tx
* net/bonding: fix flow count query
* net/cnxk: add cookies check for multi-segment offload
* net/cnxk: fix MTU limit
* net/cnxk: fix Rx packet format check condition
* net/cnxk: fix aged flow query
* net/cnxk: fix buffer size configuration
* net/cnxk: fix flow RSS configuration
* net/cnxk: fix indirect mbuf handling in Tx
* net/cnxk: fix mbuf fields in multi-segment Tx
* net/cnxk: improve Tx performance for SW mbuf free
* net/ena/base: fix metrics excessive memory consumption
* net/ena/base: limit exponential backoff
* net/ena/base: restructure interrupt handling
* net/ena: fix fast mbuf free
* net/ena: fix mbuf double free in fast free mode
* net/failsafe: fix memory leak in args parsing
* net/gve: fix DQO for chained descriptors
* net/hns3: enable PFC for all user priorities
* net/hns3: fix VF multiple count on one reset
* net/hns3: fix disable command with firmware
* net/hns3: fix reset level comparison
* net/hns3: refactor PF mailbox message struct
* net/hns3: refactor VF mailbox message struct
* net/hns3: refactor handle mailbox function
* net/hns3: refactor send mailbox function
* net/hns3: remove QinQ insert support for VF
* net/hns3: support new device
* net/i40e: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
* net/i40e: remove redundant judgment in flow parsing
* net/iavf: fix crash on VF start
* net/iavf: fix memory leak on security context error
* net/iavf: fix no polling mode switching
* net/iavf: remove error logs for VLAN offloading
* net/iavf: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
* net/ice: fix link update
* net/ice: fix memory leaks
* net/ice: fix tunnel TSO capabilities
* net/ice: remove incorrect 16B descriptor read block
* net/igc: fix timesync disable
* net/ionic: fix RSS query
* net/ionic: fix device close
* net/ionic: fix missing volatile type for cqe pointers
* net/ixgbe: fix memoy leak after device init failure
* net/ixgbe: increase VF reset timeout
* net/ixgbevf: fix RSS init for x550 NICs
* net/mana: fix memory leak on MR allocation
* net/mana: handle MR cache expansion failure
* net/mana: prevent values overflow returned from RDMA layer
* net/memif: fix crash with Tx burst larger than 255
* net/memif: fix extra mbuf refcnt update in zero copy Tx
* net/mlx5/hws: check not supported fields in VXLAN
* net/mlx5/hws: enable multiple integrity items
* net/mlx5/hws: fix ESP flow matching validation
* net/mlx5/hws: fix VLAN inner type
* net/mlx5/hws: fix VLAN item in non-relaxed mode
* net/mlx5/hws: fix direct index insert on depend WQE
* net/mlx5/hws: fix memory access in L3 decapsulation
* net/mlx5/hws: fix port ID for root table
* net/mlx5/hws: fix tunnel protocol checks
* net/mlx5/hws: skip item when inserting rules by index
* net/mlx5: fix DR context release ordering
* net/mlx5: fix GENEVE TLV option management
* net/mlx5: fix GENEVE option item translation
* net/mlx5: fix HWS meter actions availability
* net/mlx5: fix HWS registers initialization
* net/mlx5: fix IP-in-IP tunnels recognition
* net/mlx5: fix VLAN ID in flow modify
* net/mlx5: fix VLAN handling in meter split
* net/mlx5: fix age position in hairpin split
* net/mlx5: fix async flow create error handling
* net/mlx5: fix condition of LACP miss flow
* net/mlx5: fix connection tracking action validation
* net/mlx5: fix conntrack action handle representation
* net/mlx5: fix counters map in bonding mode
* net/mlx5: fix drop action release timing
* net/mlx5: fix error packets drop in regular Rx
* net/mlx5: fix flow action template expansion
* net/mlx5: fix flow configure validation
* net/mlx5: fix flow counter cache starvation
* net/mlx5: fix flow tag modification
* net/mlx5: fix indirect action async job initialization
* net/mlx5: fix jump action validation
* net/mlx5: fix meter policy priority
* net/mlx5: fix modify flex item
* net/mlx5: fix non-masked indirect list meter translation
* net/mlx5: fix parameters verification in HWS table create
* net/mlx5: fix rollback on failed flow configure
* net/mlx5: fix stats query crash in secondary process
* net/mlx5: fix sync flow meter action
* net/mlx5: fix sync meter processing in HWS
* net/mlx5: fix template clean up of FDB control flow rule
* net/mlx5: fix use after free when releasing Tx queues
* net/mlx5: fix warning about copy length
* net/mlx5: prevent ioctl failure log flooding
* net/mlx5: prevent querying aged flows on uninit port
* net/mlx5: remove GENEVE options length limitation
* net/mlx5: remove device status check in flow creation
* net/mlx5: remove duplication of L3 flow item validation
* net/netvsc: fix VLAN metadata parsing
* net/nfp: fix IPsec data endianness
* net/nfp: fix NFD3 metadata process
* net/nfp: fix NFDk metadata process
* net/nfp: fix Rx descriptor
* net/nfp: fix Rx memory leak
* net/nfp: fix calloc parameters
* net/nfp: fix device close
* net/nfp: fix device resource freeing
* net/nfp: fix getting firmware VNIC version
* net/nfp: fix initialization failure flow
* net/nfp: fix resource leak for CoreNIC firmware
* net/nfp: fix resource leak for PF initialization
* net/nfp: fix resource leak for VF
* net/nfp: fix resource leak for device initialization
* net/nfp: fix resource leak for exit of CoreNIC firmware
* net/nfp: fix resource leak for exit of flower firmware
* net/nfp: fix resource leak for flower firmware
* net/nfp: fix switch domain free check
* net/nfp: fix uninitialized variable
* net/nfp: free switch domain ID on close
* net/nfp: verify strdup return
* net/sfc: fix calloc parameters
* net/softnic: fix include of log library
* net/tap: do not overwrite flow API errors
* net/tap: fix traffic control handle calculation
* net/thunderx: fix DMAC control register update
* net/virtio: fix vDPA device init advertising control queue
* net/virtio: remove duplicate queue xstats
* net/vmxnet3: fix initialization on FreeBSD
* net/vmxnet3: ignore Rx queue interrupt setup on FreeBSD
* net: add macros for VLAN metadata parsing
* net: fix TCP/UDP checksum with padding data
* pipeline: fix calloc parameters
* rawdev: fix calloc parameters
* rcu: fix acked token in debug log
* rcu: use atomic operation on acked token
* regexdev: fix logtype register
* telemetry: fix connected clients count
* telemetry: fix empty JSON dictionaries
* test/cfgfile: fix typo in error messages
* test/event: fix crash in Tx adapter freeing
* test/event: skip test if no driver is present
* test/mbuf: fix external mbuf case with assert enabled
* test/power: fix typo in error message
* test: assume C source files are UTF-8 encoded
* test: do not count skipped tests as executed
* test: fix probing in secondary process
* test: verify strdup return
* vdpa/mlx5: fix queue enable drain CQ
* version: 23.11.1-rc2
* vhost: fix VDUSE device destruction failure
* vhost: fix deadlock during vDPA SW live migration
* vhost: fix memory leak in Virtio Tx split path
* vhost: fix virtqueue access check in VDUSE setup
* vhost: fix virtqueue access check in datapath
* vhost: fix virtqueue access check in vhost-user setup
- Fix macro aarch64_machine for thunderx and aarch64 build
- Drop building KMP as there are no Kernel modules available.
- Drop the below patches as KNI is removed from DPDK repository
* 0002-SLE15-SP3-compatibility-patch-for-kni.patch
* kni-fix-build-with-Linux-6.10.patch
* kni-fix-build-with-Linux-6.8.patch
* preamble
- Updated the below patch for DPDK v23.11
* 0001-fix-cpu-compatibility.patch