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@cardigliano cardigliano released this 19 Aug 07:21
· 19 commits to 8.0.0-stable since this release
8.0.0
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PF_RING Library

  • Add pfring_recv_burst API allowing batch receive (when supported by the capture module/adapter)
  • New zero-copy AF_XDP support (reworked), including pfring_recv_burst support
  • Fix breakloop when using pfring_loop

ZC Library

  • New pfring_zc_pkt_buff_data_from_cluster API to get the packet buffer providing packet handle and cluster
  • New pfring_zc_pkt_data_buff API to get the packet handle providing packet buffer and cluster
  • New pfring_zc_pkt_buff_pull_only API to remove data from the head room of a packet
  • Add PF_RING_ZC_BUFFER_HEAD_ROOM define (buffer head room size)
  • Add PF_RING_ZC_SEND_PKT_MULTI_MAX_QUEUES define (max number of queues in queues_mask)

FT Library

  • New pfring_ft_api_version API to get the API version
  • New pfring_zc_precompute_cluster_settings API to get memory information before allocating resources
  • Add VXLAN encapsulation support
  • Add tunnel_id to flow metadata
  • Add support for compiling examples with DPDK >=20
  • Fix L7 metadata with short flows

PF_RING-aware Libpcap/Tcpdump

  • Set 5-tuple clustering as default when using clustering with libpcap

PF_RING Kernel Module

  • Support for kernel >=5.9
  • Add more info to /proc, including promisc mode and ZC slots info
  • Handle long interface name (error on interface length bigger than 14-char as supported by bind)
  • Fix channel selection when channel is unknown (e.g. VM)
  • Fix triple VLAN tags with hw offload/acceleration
  • Fix check on mapped memory size
  • Fix potential data race in SO_SET_APPL_NAME
  • Fix OOB access

PF_RING Capture Modules

  • Accolade library update (SDK 1_2_20210714)
  • Napatech library update (SDK 12.7.2.1)
  • Silicom/Fiberblaze library update (SDK 3_5_9_1)
  • Add steer_to_ring and ring_id fields to Accolade rules (accolade_hw_rule)
  • Add support for recv burst on Napatech adapters in chunk mode
  • Add PF_RING_PACKET_CAPTURE_PRIO env var to set hostBufferAllowance on Napatech adapters
  • Rename ACCOLADE_RING_BLOCKS env var to ANIC_RING_BLOCKS on Accolade adapters (default is now 16)
  • Fix Accolade drop counter when capturing from rings
  • Fix extraction of packets with nsec timestamps on Timeline module (n2disk dump)

ZC Drivers

  • New ice ZC driver v.1.3.2 (Intel Columbiaville / E810 adapters) with symmetric RSS support
  • Support latest kernels, including RH/CentOS 8.4 and Ubuntu 20, for all ZC drivers
  • i40e ZC driver update (v.2.13.10)
  • e1000e ZC driver update (v.3.8.7)

nBPF

  • New nBPF primitives 'device ' and 'interface ' to match metadata from Arista MetaWatch devices
  • Examples
  • pfcount
    • Add -B option (burst mode)
  • pfsend
    • Add -n support with -f
    • Add support to reforge src/dst IP from pcap with -S and -D
  • ftflow
    • Add -E option to run extra DPI dissection (e.g. to print JA3 info)
  • zbalance_ipc
    • Add runtime reload of nDPI protocol configuration file
    • Add -m 7 option (sample distribution based on eth type)
    • Add default configuration file /etc/cluster/cluster.conf (when no option is specified)

Misc

  • Move libraries and utility scripts from /usr/local to /usr
  • Install pfring-aware tcpdump with packages
  • Add revision to pfring-dkms version
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