X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fvpp_performance_tests%2Fcsit_release_notes.rst;h=812d5f2bed20619b2012dc1679b1a87ee6f32d65;hb=eecad36d7d2275fa47fbcab40dbcf56108ab0a51;hp=0ee3e82f59412f510e0d656a837994c955832437;hpb=1e2bf354994a7ec53c1acee2d1c2fe2208f7c905;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 0ee3e82f59..812d5f2bed 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ Changes in CSIT |release| #. Test environment changes in VPP data plane performance tests: - - Further characterization and optimizations of VPP vhost-user and VM - test methodology and test environment; + - Further characterization and optimizations of VPP vhost-user and VM test + methodology and test environment; - Tests with varying Qemu virtio queue (a.k.a. vring) sizes: [vr256] default 256 descriptors, [vr1024] 1024 descriptors to optimize for packet throughput; - - Tests with varying Linux CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) - settings: [cfs] default settings, [cfsrr1] CFS RoundRobin(1) - policy applied to all data plane threads handling test packet - path including all VPP worker threads and all Qemu testpmd - poll-mode threads; + - Tests with varying Linux :abbr:`CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler)` + settings: [cfs] default settings, [cfsrr1] :abbr:`CFS (Completely Fair + Scheduler)` RoundRobin(1) policy applied to all data plane threads + handling test packet path including all VPP worker threads and all Qemu + testpmd poll-mode threads; - Resulting test cases are all combinations with [vr256,vr1024] and [cfs,cfsrr1] settings; @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Changes in CSIT |release| #. Code updates and optimizations in CSIT performance framework: - Complete CSIT framework code revision and optimizations as descried - on CSIT wiki page - `Design_Optimizations `_. + on CSIT wiki page `Design_Optimizations + `_. - For more detail see the :ref:`CSIT Framework Design ` section in this report; @@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ Changes in CSIT |release| Performance Improvements ------------------------ -Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput have been -observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed below, with relative -increase of double-digit percentage points. Relative improvements for -this release are calculated against the test results listed in CSIT -|release-1| report. The comparison is calculated between the mean values -based on collected and archived test results' samples for involved VPP -releases. Standard deviation has been also listed for CSIT |release|. -VPP-16.09 and VPP-17.01 numbers are provided for reference. +Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput have been observed in a +number of CSIT |release| tests listed below, with relative increase of +double-digit percentage points. Relative improvements for this release are +calculated against the test results listed in CSIT |release-1| report. The +comparison is calculated between the mean values based on collected and +archived test results' samples for involved VPP releases. Standard deviation +has been also listed for CSIT |release|. VPP-16.09 and VPP-17.01 numbers are +provided for reference. NDR Throughput ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: .. csv-table:: :align: center - :header: VPP Functionality,Test Name,VPP-16.09 [Mpps],VPP-17.01 [Mpps],VPP-17.04 mean [Mpps],VPP-17.07 mean [Mpps],VPP-17.07 stdev [Mpps],17.04 to 17.07 change - :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/ndr_throughput.csv + :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_top.csv PDR Throughput ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -111,8 +110,7 @@ Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: .. csv-table:: :align: center - :header: VPP Functionality,Test Name,VPP-16.09 [Mpps],VPP-17.01 [Mpps],VPP-17.04 mean [Mpps],VPP-17.07 mean [Mpps],VPP-17.07 stdev [Mpps],17.04 to 17.07 change - :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/pdr_throughput.csv + :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_top.csv Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in `VPP-17.07 release notes @@ -121,10 +119,10 @@ Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in Other Performance Changes ------------------------- -Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative -increase or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| -tests listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test -results listed in CSIT |release-1| report. +Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative increase +or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed +below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results listed in CSIT +|release-1| report. NDR Throughput ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -133,8 +131,7 @@ Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: .. csv-table:: :align: center - :header: VPP Functionality,Test Name,VPP-16.09 [Mpps],VPP-17.01 [Mpps],VPP-17.04 mean [Mpps],VPP-17.07 mean [Mpps],VPP-17.07 stdev [Mpps],17.04 to 17.07 change - :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/ndr_throughput_others.csv + :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_low.csv PDR Throughput ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -143,8 +140,7 @@ Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: .. csv-table:: :align: center - :header: VPP Functionality,Test Name,VPP-16.09 [Mpps],VPP-17.01 [Mpps],VPP-17.04 mean [Mpps],VPP-17.07 mean [Mpps],VPP-17.07 stdev [Mpps],17.04 to 17.07 change - :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/pdr_throughput_others.csv + :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_low.csv Known Issues