VMA 8.0.3

New Features

• Search neigh table using both dst addr and ifindex
• Replace STL containers with vma_list_t class to avoid malloc() calls
• epoll() - report in order (FIFO) on readable sockets file descriptors
• Add vma_stats -v 5 PID column (netstat like)
• Expand vma_stats to include Send-Q & Recv-Q
• Add internal thread TCP timer handling mode: immediate/deferred
• Add "--disable-exp-cq" parameter to control CQ polling using experimental verbs API
• Initialize struct mce_sys members the earliest possible (in struct constructor)
• Add jenkins check support on github pull requests

Bug Fixes

• Fix TCP WIN SCALE incompatibility with RFC-1323, section 2.2/2.3
• Fix realloc size parameter in event_handler_manager class
• Fix usage of safe_mce_sys() calls instead of unsafe mce_sys calls

VMA 8.0.1

New Features

• Change VMA license from "GPLv2 or Commercial" to "GPLv2 or BSD" (dual license).
• Prepare Fedora 24 RPM spec file
• return ENOMEM if select() uses 'ndfs' larger then the system's FD_SETSIZE

Bug Fixes

• Fix vma_stats did not delete unused internal files
• Fix ib1 (second IB interface, port 2) not being recognized
• Fix crash when running in DEBUG log level and interface does not have an ip address
• Fix zero_copy_rx() handling of iov scattered data
• Fix TCP crash when executing setsockopt() SO_RCVBUF on listening socket
• Fix GCC 6.0.0-0.13 compilation errors

VMA 7.0.14

New Features:

• Support SW CSUM calculation for L3 (IP) & L4 (TCP) in environments where Tx HW CSUM is not supported (L4/UDP CSUM=0)
• RPMs updates to comply with rpmlint

Bug Fixes

• Avoid YACC warnings

Related documents: Release Notes, Installation Guide, User Manual

VMA 7.0.13

New Features

• Make VMA compile with upstream where TX/RX checksum offload is missing from libibverbs
• VMA_EXCEPTION_HANDLING=-1 (log debug) to increase cases of offloaded traffic
• add debug log of wqe RX checksum errors

Bug Fixes

• Avoid LEX warnings: push config_scanner.c based on Flex 2.5.39
• Fix releasing of used RX buffers without socket lock

VMA 7.0.12

New Features:

• Improve RX/TX stddev and latency for UDP and TCP sockets
• Silent recovery of VMA exceptions
• Support log level input as strings (see README)

Bug Fixes:

• Fix compilation issues with old flex versions
• Fix a crash when closing the process while other threads are waiting on some sockets

VMA 7.0.11

Bug Fixes:

• Crash due to global ctors which are called after library constructor and results in unsafe values
• LAG bond receive double amount of multicast traffic if LACP not working
• Fix a crash when all bond's slaves ports are taken down and then up
• Fix a segfault in vma_stats -v 4
• Issue WARNING if detecting VLAN over bond while fail_ove_mac=1 is not offloaded, fallback to OS

VMA 7.0.10

Bug Fixes:

• Fix compilation issue on ubuntu 15.10
• Handle failures due to "no file descriptors"
• Bond LAG - Wrong hash with xmit_hash_policy=1 (L3+L4)

VMA 7.0.9

New Features:

• Handling of socket API exception flows
• Build RPM/DEB support

Bug Fixes:

• Handle correctly msg_flag returned by recvmmesg()
• VMA error when running getsockopt with an invalid level and and invalid optlen
• Should initialize all globals in fork()/daemon()
• Fix make dist

VMA 7.0.8

New Features:

• Support bonding LAG (mode=4)
• Support vlan over bond
• Support UDP RX HW time stamping
• Make VMA_MTU parameter not needed
• Optimize UDP TX flow
• Align checksum offload with latest libibverbs 1.2.0
• Replace PANIC at VMA startup with gracefull resource releasing
• Remove sockperf from VMA rpm/deb packaging
• Support TCP Timestamp option

Bug fixes:

• Possible race in neigh_entry state machine
• TCP accept() call does not exit when socket is closed
• Fix a crash when FD limit is less than required for initialization
• Calculate MTU of VLAN interface rather than VLAN base interface
• TCP recv() might keep spining due to uninitialized member

VMA 7.0.7

Changes From Last Pre-Release [7.0.6]
New Features:

• Optimize accept() call

Bug Fixes:

• Connection failed sometimes when binding to INPORT_ANY while REUSEADDR is on
• Multicast group ADD_MEMBERSHIP report success although failing
• Fix install libvma.conf for PREFIX directory
• Possible deadlock when using VMA_RING_ALLOCATION_LOGIC_RX=31
• For VMA_RING_ALLOCATION_LOGIC_RX=31 - CPU afiinity failed on some systems

Changes From Last Release [6.9.1]
New Features:

• Non-standard vlan names support
• Added an option to avoid system calls on tcp socket
• Improved the connection establishment rate
• Improved the cohesion between the TCP receive window and the socket receive buffers
• Optimize accept() call

Bug Fixes:

• Wrong TCP backlog handling
• Fixed cubic congestion control algorithm
• Fixed crash on exec
• Fixed issue when tcp header bigger than packet length
• Wrong handling of TCP window scale option
• Issue closing TCP connection when send window is full
• Crash in case of multithread udp recvfrom
• Fixed SO_LINGER functionality
• Fixed device port selection in new kernels
• TCP connection hang in syn_recv state
• Fixed SO_RCVBUF and SO_SNDBUF for TCP
• Incorrect errno when giving getsockopt an invalid level value
• Adjusted tcp receive window to the socket receive buffer size
• Fix a crash when ibv_create_flow failed
• Fallback to OS in case ibv_create_flow failed
• Do not load vma resources if not required
• Connection failed sometimes when binding to INPORT_ANY while REUSEADDR is on
• Multicast group ADD_MEMBERSHIP report success although failing
• Fix install libvma.conf for PREFIX directory
• Possible deadlock when using VMA_RING_ALLOCATION_LOGIC_RX=31
• For VMA_RING_ALLOCATION_LOGIC_RX=31 - CPU afiinity failed on some systems