-#. VPP performance test environment changes\r
-\r
- - Further optimizations of VM and vhost-user test environment - various\r
- Qemu virtio queue size testing with value of 256 and 1024. Applied\r
- Linux CFS optimization to run VPP worker threads and Qemu worker threads\r
- with highest priority.\r
-\r
-#. VPP performance test framework changes\r
-\r
- - Full code review, optimization and refactor.\r
-\r
-#. T-rex changes\r
-\r
- - Full refactor of T-rex driver and introduce of traffic profiles that\r
- improves readability, manageability of traffic profiles for various\r
- test scenarios.\r
-\r
-#. Added VPP performance tests\r
-\r
- - **LXC memif**\r
-\r
- - Memif interface tests interconnecting two VPP instances on single SUT.\r
- Master VPP instance running on native OS with Intel x520 NIC and guest\r
- VPP instance running in Linux Container (LXC) doing the L2 cross\r
- connect loop. LXC running in privileged mode is pinned to dedicated\r
- cores. All VPP instances are same version.\r
-\r
- - **Stateful Security Groups**\r
-\r
- - **VM vhost use cases**\r
-\r
-Performance Improvements\r
-------------------------\r
-\r
-Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput have been\r
-observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed below, with relative\r
-increase of double-digit percentage points. Relative improvements are\r
-calculated against the test results listed in CSIT |release-1| report.\r
-VPP-16.09 numbers are provided for reference.\r
-\r
-NDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
-\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | VPP-17.07 | 17.04 to 17.07 |\r
-| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc | 3.0 | 7.3 | 8.1 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.9 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-\r
-PDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
-\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | VPP-17.07 | 17.04 to 17.07 |\r
-| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.1 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.9 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | | ??% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-\r
-Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
-`VPP-17.07 release notes\r
-<https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.07/release_notes_1707.html>`_.\r
-\r
-Other Performance Changes\r
--------------------------\r
-\r
-Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative\r
-increase or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release|\r
-tests listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test\r
-results listed in CSIT |release-1| report.\r
-\r
-NDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
-\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | VPP-17.07 | 17.04 to 17.07 |\r
-| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.1 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.5 | 12.2 | 12.4 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc | 7.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.0 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.1 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-\r
-PDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
-\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | VPP-17.07 | 17.04 to 17.07 |\r
-| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+===========+=================+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc | 7.8 | 10.6 | 10.8 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.2 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.3 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.7 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.1 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 5.3 | 5.3 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | | ?% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------------+\r
+#. **Added VPP performance tests**\r
+\r
+ - *MRR tests :* New MRR tests measure the packet forwarding rate\r
+ under the maximum load offered by traffic generator over a set\r
+ trial duration, regardless of packet loss. Maximum load for\r
+ specified Ethernet frame size is set to the bi-directional link\r
+ rate. MRR tests are used for continuous performance trending and\r
+ for comparison between releases.\r
+\r
+ - *Service Chaining with SRv6 :* SRv6 (Segment Routing IPv6) proxy tests\r
+ verifying performance of Endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via\r
+ masquerading (End.AM), dynamic proxy (End.AD) or static proxy (End.AS)\r
+ functions.\r
+\r
+#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer (PAL)**\r
+\r
+ - Added continuous performance measuring, trending and anomaly\r
+ detection. Includes new PAL code and Jenkins jobs for Performance\r
+ Trending (PT) and Performance Analysis (PA) producing performance\r
+ trending dashboard and trendline graphs with summary and drill-\r
+ down views across all specified tests that can be reviewed and\r
+ inspected regularly by FD.io developers and users community.\r
+\r
+#. **Test Framework Optimizations**\r
+\r
+ - *Performance tests efficiency :* Qemu build/install\r
+ optimizations, warmup phase handling, vpp restart handling.\r
+ Resulted in improved stability and reduced total execution time by\r
+ 30% for single pkt size e.g. 64B/78B.\r
+\r
+ - *General code housekeeping :* ongoing RF keywords\r
+ optimizations, removal of redundant RF keywords.\r
+\r
+Performance Changes\r
+-------------------\r
+\r
+Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput in CSIT\r
+|release| are calculated against the results from CSIT |release-1|\r
+report. Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on\r
+a series of the same tests executed against respective VPP releases to\r
+verify test results repeatibility, with percentage change calculated for\r
+mean values. Note that the standard deviation is quite high for a small\r
+number of packet throughput tests, what indicates poor test results\r
+repeatability and makes the relative change of mean throughput value not\r
+fully representative for these tests. The root causes behind poor\r
+results repeatibility vary between the test cases.\r
+\r
+NDR Throughput Changes\r
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
+\r
+NDR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and\r
+pretty ASCII formats:\r
+\r
+ - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-2t2c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-full.txt>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-2t2c-full.txt>`_.\r
+\r
+PDR Throughput Changes\r
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
+\r
+NDR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and\r
+pretty ASCII formats:\r
+\r
+ - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-2t2c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-full.txt>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-2t2c-full.txt>`_.\r
+\r
+MRR Throughput Changes\r
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
+\r
+MRR changes between releases are available in a CSV and\r
+pretty ASCII formats:\r
+\r
+ - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-1t1c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-2t2c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `csv format for 4t4c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-4t4c-full.csv>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-1t1c-full.txt>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-2t2c-full.txt>`_,\r
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 4t4c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-4t4c-full.txt>`_.\r
+\r
+Throughput Trending\r
+-------------------\r
+\r
+In addition to reporting throughput changes between VPP releases, CSIT provides\r
+continuous performance trending for VPP master branch:\r
+\r
+#. `VPP Performance Dashboard <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/trending/introduction/index.html>`_\r
+- per VPP test case throughput trend, trend compliance and summary of detected\r
+anomalies.\r
+\r
+#. `Trending Methodology <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/trending/methodology/index.html>`_\r
+- throughput test metrics, trend calculations and anomaly classification\r
+(progression, regression, outlier).\r
+\r
+#. `Trendline Graphs <https://docs.fd.io/csit/master/trending/trending/index.html>`_\r
+- per VPP build MRR throughput measurements against the trendline with anomaly\r
+highlights, with associated CSIT test jobs.\r