svn commit: r49026 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Sat Jul 2 20:17:11 UTC 2016

Author: dru
Date: Sat Jul  2 20:17:10 2016
New Revision: 49026
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49026

Log:
  Add VIMAGE status report from bz at freebsd.org.
  
  Reviewed by: wblock
  Sponsored by: iXsystems

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml	Fri Jul  1 17:52:29 2016	(r49025)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-04-2016-06.xml	Sat Jul  2 20:17:10 2016	(r49026)
@@ -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 at 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>
