Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: 60b19f443c]
monitor-ipsec: Fix generated strongSwan ipsec.conf for IPv6.

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: 349d687673]
windows: Pickup Ct tuple as CT lookup key in function OvsCtSetupLookupCtx

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: e370e283cf]

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: c9297f5ef7]
dpif: Fix memory leak in dpif/show-dp-features appctl.

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: edae801e00]
netdev: Improve loading of packet data for undersized packets.

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: 6ad0375ff5]
dpif-xlate: Snoop ingress packets and update neigh cache if needed.
neigh-cache: Do not refresh the entry while revalidating.
neigh-cache: Read/write expires atomically.
netdev: Improve handling of IP/TCP in avx512 mfex.

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: 07b9bf085a]

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: 8708b55152]
lib: Backup and remove existing DB when joining cluster.
save: Save igmp flows in ofp_parse syntax.

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: e90e06a818]
dpif-xlate: Fix check_pkt_larger incomplete translation.

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: 77a249d38b]
windows: Reset flow key after Ipv4 fragments are reassembled

python: Replace pyOpenSSL with ssl. [RH git: 0cd5867531] (#1988429)
deprecated upstream and so it's removed on
336), but since OVS only
by: Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@redhat.com>
at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1988429
off-by: Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@redhat.com>
by: Terry Wilson <twilson@redhat.com>
by: Terry Wilson <twilson@redhat.com>
off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
off-by: Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@redhat.com>

python: socket-util: Split inet_open_active function and use connect_ex. [RH git: 2e704b371c]
inet_create_socket_active: creates the socket and returns the family and
inet_connect_active: connect the socket and returns the errno (it
off-by: Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@redhat.com>
by: Terry Wilson <twilson@redhat.com>
by: Terry Wilson <twilson@redhat.com>
off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
off-by: Timothy Redaelli <tredaelli@redhat.com>

redhat: remove mlx4 support [RH git: 4c846afd24] (#1998122)

ovsdb: Don't let transaction history grow larger than the database. [RH git: 93d1fa0bdf] (#2012949)
construction of the changes from a history is slower than just
per-service model in ovn-kubernetes, each
balancer is added to every logical switch/router. Such a
off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
by: Han Zhou <hzhou@ovn.org>
by: Dumitru Ceara <dceara@redhat.com>
at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2012949
off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@redhat.com>

ovsdb: transaction: Incremental reassessment of weak refs. [RH git: e8a363db49] (#2005958)
checked/updated on every
value pair of atoms that triggered
sort datum in the end.
balancer benchmark that adds 3K load-balancers
server nb1.db
server nb2.db
server nb3.db
server nb1.db
server nb2.db
server nb3.db
by 4.5x. More load-balancers - larger the performance
off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
by: Dumitru Ceara <dceara@redhat.com>
at: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2005958
off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@redhat.com>

Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: f5366890c5]
windows:Reset PseudoChecksum value only for TX direction offload case