[v1.12.x-aws] prepare release v1.12.1-aws

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Sielicki <[email protected]>

Author: Nicholas Sielicki

RELEASENOTES.md

@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@ have unified the code into a single branch, and made the AWS-specific parts a
 compile-time option.  When a feature (or entire release) only supports one of
 the two variants, we note that in the release notes.
 
+# v1.12.1-aws
+
+All users of v1.12.0-aws are strongly recommended to take this fix when using
+EFA Installer >= 1.35.0.
+
+Bug fixes:
+* platform-aws vf sorting code produces significant performance regressions or
+  crashes when used atop latest EFA driver releases. This sorting code has been
+  reverted and mitigates the problem.
+
+The plugin has been tested with following libfabric providers using tests
+bundled in the source code and [nccl-tests](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nccl-tests)
+suite:
+* efa
+
 # v1.12.0-aws release notes
 
 This release is intended only for use on AWS P* instances. A general release that supports other Libfabric networks will be made in the near future. This release requires [Libfabric v1.18.0](https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric/releases/tag/v1.18.0) or later and supports [NCCL 2.23.4-1](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nccl/releases/tag/v2.23.4-1) while maintaining backward compatibility with older NCCL versions ([NCCL v2.17.1](https://github.com/NVIDIA/nccl/releases/tag/v2.17.1-1) and later).

configure.ac

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 # Initialization
-AC_INIT([aws-ofi-nccl], [1.12.1a1-aws], [[email protected]], , [http://github.com/aws/aws-ofi-nccl])
+AC_INIT([aws-ofi-nccl], [1.12.1-aws], [[email protected]], , [http://github.com/aws/aws-ofi-nccl])
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/nccl_ofi_net.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])