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| author | Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-07-02 20:17:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-07-02 20:17:10 +0000 |
| commit | 8178277e34c897db6fc7ceb0f2cc013657d629e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 9742d108dfb42418e413a148bb74fdae23967e57 | |
| parent | 90842c7978109adc5ccce42a8309da432340632d (diff) | |
| download | doc-8178277e34c897db6fc7ceb0f2cc013657d629e1.tar.gz doc-8178277e34c897db6fc7ceb0f2cc013657d629e1.zip | |
Add VIMAGE status report from bz@freebsd.org.
Reviewed by: wblock
Sponsored by: iXsystems
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml index 4350e2cbb6..4eeec2cc45 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml @@ -501,4 +501,51 @@ <task>Implement <tt>info os</tt> commands.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='kern'> + <title>VIMAGE Virtualized Network Stack Update</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Bjoern A.</given> + <common>Zeeb</common> + </name> + <email>bz@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/projects/vnet/">Projects workspace (all merged to head now).</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>VIMAGE is a virtualization framework on top of FreeBSD jails + that was introduced to the kernel about eight years ago with + the <tt>vnet</tt> virtualized network stack.</p> + + <p>Over the last few years, many people started to use VIMAGE + in production, production-like setups, and appliances. This + adoption increased the urgency to finish the work to avoid + panics on network stack teardown and to avoid memory + leaks.</p> + + <p>The <tt>vnet</tt> teardown has been changed to be from top to + bottom, trying to tear down layer by layer. This is + preferable to removing interfaces first and then cleaning + everything up, as no more packets could flow. Along with this + work, various parts with potential memory leaks were plugged. + Lastly, <tt>vnet</tt> support was added to formerly + unvirtualized components, such as the <tt>pf</tt> and + <tt>ipfilter</tt> firewalls and some virtual interfaces.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor>The FreeBSD Foundation</sponsor> + + <help> + <task>Please test FreeBSD 11.0-ALPHA6 or later. When reporting + a problem, use the <tt>vimage</tt> keyword in the FreeBSD bug + tracker.</task> + </help> + </project> </report> |