X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fvpp_performance_tests%2Fcsit_release_notes.rst;h=2b9c79676497b4033632a1240ce349e82e14dfbb;hb=refs%2Fchanges%2F64%2F36664%2F2;hp=94cab9ac02caeeb775c4559793369454e60e45ac;hpb=fcedfd41d4b6a3236b78503dca16c687adc349bb;p=csit.git diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 94cab9ac02..2b9c796764 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -30,13 +30,18 @@ Changes in |csit-release| :ref:`physical_testbeds_2n_icx` and :ref:`physical_testbeds_3n_icx`. + - **Arm Ampere Altra**: Performance test data for these platforms + is now provided by testbeds newly installed in FD.io CSIT labs. + For details about the physical setup see + :ref:`physical_testbeds_3n_alt`. + - **Reduction of tests**: Removed certain test variations executed iteratively for the report (as well as in daily and weekly trending) due to physical testbeds overload. #. TEST FRAMEWORK - - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 9, see + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 10, see :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and @@ -66,44 +71,28 @@ ___ +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. | -| | `_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | `CSIT-1800 | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing. | -| | `_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | `CSIT-1801 | 9000B payload frames not forwarded over tunnels due to violating supported Max Frame Size (VxLAN, LISP, | -| | `_ | SRv6). | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 4 | `CSIT-1808 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over memif interfaces. | -| | `_ | | +| 1 | `CSIT-1827 | 3n-icx, 3n-skx: all AVF crypto tests sporadically fail. 1518B with no traffic, IMIX with excessive | +| | `_ | packet loss. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 5 | `CSIT-1809 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over vhostuser interfaces. | -| | `_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 6 | `CSIT-1802 | AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. | -| | `_ | | +| 2 | `CSIT-1830 | All testbeds: All TCP tput (and pps) tests are failing for small packets. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 7 | `CSIT-1803 | 3n-icx testbeds (Icelake): all IMIX aes128cbc-hmac512sha tests are failing due to excessive packet loss. | -| | `_ | | +| 3 | `CSIT-1832 | 3n-alt: NDR 1 packet lost on random tests. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 8 | `CSIT-1804 | 3n-tsh testbed (Taishan): all tests are failing with small packet drops at NDR with medium frequency. | -| | `_ | | +| 4 | `CSIT-1834 | 2n-icx, 2n-skx: sporadic AVF soak tests failing to find critical load with PLRsearch. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 9 | `CSIT-1805 | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all hoststack vppecho-Bps scale tests are failing. | -| | `_ | | +| 5 | `CSIT-1846 | 2n-skx, 2n-clx, 2n-icx: ALL 1518B TCP tput tests failing with big packet loss. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 10 | `CSIT-1806 | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all LISP ip6-ip6 tests are failing due to address overflow drops. | -| | `_ | | +| 6 | `CSIT-1847 | 2n-skx: all 10vm-1t test failed with half of packets dropped. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 11 | `CSIT-1810 | DPDK - performance regression with DPDK driver when Max Frame Size is set to less than 2023. | -| | `_ | | -| +-----------------------------------------+ | -| | `VPP-1876 | | -| | `_ | | +| 7 | `CSIT-1849 | 2n-skx: UDP 16m tput tests fail to create all sessions. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - Previous ________ @@ -112,29 +101,47 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results. +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 3 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. | +| 1 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | `CSIT-1800 | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | `CSIT-1802 | AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | `CSIT-1803 | 3n-icx testbeds (Icelake): all IMIX aes128cbc-hmac512sha tests are failing due to excessive packet loss. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 5 | `CSIT-1804 | 3n-tsh, 3n-alt testbed (Taishan, Altra): NDR tests failing from time to time. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 6 | `CSIT-1812 | All IMIX NAT44DET 4m 16m scale tests fail due to not creating required session count. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 7 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. | | | `_ | Frequency is reduced by CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 4 | `CSIT-1671 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much | +| 8 | `CSIT-1671 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much | | | `_ | longer to program VPP). This needs to be addressed on the PAPI side. | | +-----------------------------------------+ Currently, the time critical code uses VAT running large files with exec statements and CLI commands. | | | `VPP-1763 | Still, we needed to reduce the number of scale tests run to keep overall duration reasonable. | | | `_ | More improvements needed to achieve sufficient configuration speed. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 5 | `CSIT-1789 | IPSEC SW async scheduler tests show bad behavior. | -| | `_ | VPP code is not behaving correctly when crypto workers are the bottleneck. | -| +-----------------------------------------+ | -| | `VPP-1998 | | -| | `_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 6 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. | +| 9 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. | | | `_ | At least for max scale, in allotted time (limited by session 500s timeout) due to worse | | +-----------------------------------------+ slow path performance than previously measured and calibrated for. | | | `VPP-1972 | CSIT removed the max scale NAT tests to avoid this issue. | | | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 7 | `CSIT-1791 | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes. | -| | `_ | Two symptoms: 1. 10-20% regression across most tests. 2. DUT performance cap just below 38 Mpps. | +| 10 | `CSIT-1801 | 9000B payload frames not forwarded over tunnels due to violating supported Max Frame Size (VxLAN, LISP, | +| | `_ | SRv6). | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 11 | `CSIT-1808 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over memif interfaces. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 12 | `CSIT-1809 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over vhostuser interfaces. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Fixed @@ -145,20 +152,26 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release: +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | `CSIT-1789 | AVF driver does not perform RSS in a deterministic way. | -| | `_ | VPP now uses the same RSS key with AVF driver as with DPDK driver. | +| 1 | `CSIT-1810 | DPDK - performance regression with DPDK driver when Max Frame Size is set to less than 2023. | +| | `_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `VPP-1876 | Worse performance with DPDK driver when MTU is set to 2022 or less. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | `CSIT-1786 | IP4 and IP6 scale tests failing with no traffic forwarded. | -| | `_ | CSIT replaced the old single VAT command by file full of "exec" CLI commands executed by VAT. | +| 2 | `CSIT-1811 | All 9000B NAT44DET 64k 1m scale tests fail due to bps rate set to high on TRex. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | `CSIT-1791 | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes. | +| | `_ | Two symptoms: 1. 10-20% regression across most tests. 2. DUT performance cap just below 38 Mpps. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + +.. _vpp_rca: Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes ------------------------------------------- List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes: -+----+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | JiraID | Issue Description | -+====+=========================================+============================================================+ -| 0 | | To be updated when descriptions in Jira tickets are ready. | -+----+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | ++====+=========================================+==============================================================+