X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fvpp_performance_tests%2Fcsit_release_notes.rst;h=c9e62e841584b970585db48d8d2c677af3d254fc;hb=0074e91ecc792db04f82f51dc760ddf29375dc13;hp=193f685d10e63673e3f9655a2dd1cab69f53e0dd;hpb=02f2a2176ec92efdf63399fb7dba1eb586465f38;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 193f685d10..4e5280f398 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -1,209 +1,113 @@ -CSIT Release Notes -================== - -Changes in CSIT |release| - to be updated -------------------------- - -#. VPP performance test environment changes - - - further VM and vhost-user test environment optimizations - Qemu virtio queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024 - - addition of HW cryptodev devices in all three LF FD.io physical testbeds - -#. Added tests (to be updated) - - - NICs - - - Intel x710 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding, vhost-user) - - Cisco VIC1385 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding) - - Cisco VIC1227 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding) - - - vhost-user tests with VM - - - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC - - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with VxLAN and Intel x520 NIC - - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel xl710 NIC - - - Tests with VxLAN - - - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC - - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with vhost-user, VM and Intel x520 - NIC - -Performance Improvements - to be updated ------------------------- - -Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput, with relative increase -of double-digit percentage points, have been observed in a number of CSIT -|release| tests listed below. Relative improvements are calculated against the -test results in CSIT rls1701 report. - -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+----------------------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | 17.01 to 17.04 | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Improvement | -+===================+=================================================================+============+===========+===========+================+ -| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| L2XC | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.5 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 2% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 6% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 5% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 14% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc | 7.8 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 4% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 26% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 9% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.3 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 19% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ -| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc | 3.0 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 16% | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+-----------+----------------+ - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | Relative | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Improvement | -+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=============+ -| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 9.4 | 12.7 | 13.4 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.3 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.5 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc | 7.8 | 10.6 | 11.1 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 8.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 8.3 | 9.2 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ - -Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in -`VPP-17.04 release notes -`_. - -Additionally, vhost-VM performance improvements are due to both VPP code -optimizations as well as due to the FD.io CSIT Linux KVM test environment -optimizations for vhost-VM tests - see section "2.1.7. Methodology: KVM VM -vhost". - - -Other Performance Changes - to be updated -------------------------- - -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 in CSIT -rls1701 report. - -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | Relative | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Change | -+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=============+ -| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc | 8.5 | 7.8 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 7.4 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 4.4 | 4.8 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 5.3 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: - -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------+ -| VPP Functionality | Test Name | VPP-16.09 | VPP-17.01 | VPP-17.04 | Relative | -| | | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | [Mpps] | Change | -+===================+=================================================================+===========+===========+===========+=============+ -| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc | 8.5 | 9.0 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc | 8.3 | 8.1 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.6 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 | 7.4 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 4.6 | 4.8 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc | 7.7 | 7.3 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 6.1 | 6.1 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 5.3 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc | 6.9 | 6.5 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc | 5.3 | 4.2 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ -| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 6.5 | 6.1 | | % | -+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------+ - -Known Issues - to be updated ------------- - -Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests: (to be updated) - -+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | Issue | Description | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 1 | Sporadic IPv4 routed-forwarding NDR discovery | Suspected issue with DPDK IPv4 checksum calculation. | -| | test failures for 1518B frame size | Observed frequency: sporadic, ca. 20% to 30% of test runs. | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 performance | Low performance of NDR results. Big difference between NDR and | -| | | PDR. . | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF | -| | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 5 | Non-repeatible zig-zagging NDR throughput | Suspected NIC driver issue in multi-thread multi-core operation | -| | results for multi-thread multi-core tests | affectin NDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs tested. | -| | - 2t2c, 4t4c - for some tested NICs. | | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ - +Release Notes +============= + +Changes in |csit-release| +------------------------- + +#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS + + - CSIT test environment is now versioned, with ver. 1 associated + with CSIT rls1908 git branch as of 2019-08-21, and ver. 2 + associated with CSIT rls2001 and master git branches as of + 2020-03-27. + + - To identify performance changes due to VPP code changes from + v20.01.0 to v20.05.0, both have been tested in CSIT environment + ver. 2 and compared against each other. All substantial + progressions has been marked up with RCA analysis. See + :ref:`vpp_compare_current_vs_previous_release` and + :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. + +#. TEST FRAMEWORK + + - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, VAT is + still used in CSIT for all VPP scale tests. See known issues below. + + - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations, + removal of redundant RF keywords and aligning of suite/test + setup/teardowns. + +#. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER + + - **Graphs layout improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout + for better readibility and maintenance: test grouping, axis + labels, descriptions, other informative decoration. + +.. raw:: latex + + \clearpage + +.. _vpp_known_issues: + +Known Issues +------------ + +List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: + ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | ++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ +| 1 | `CSIT-570 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures on x520. DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. | +| | `_ | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | `VPP-662 | 9000B packets not supported by NICs VIC1227 and VIC1387. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | `CSIT-1498 | Memif tests are sporadically failing on initialization of memif connection. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | `VPP-1677 | 9000B ip4 nat44: VPP crash + coredump. | +| | `_ | VPP crashes very often in case that NAT44 is configured and it has to process IP4 jumbo frames (9000B). | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 5 | `CSIT-1591 | 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. | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `VPP-1763 | | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 6 | `VPP-1675 | IPv4 IPSEC 9000B packet tests are failing as no packet is forwarded. | +| | `_ | Reason: chained buffers are not supported. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 7 | `CSIT-1593 | IPv4 AVF 9000B packet tests are failing on 3n-skx while passing on 2n-skx. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 8 | `CSIT-1675 | Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds behaviour and performance became inconsistent following | +| | `_ | the upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel version (4.15.0-72-generic) and associated microcode | +| | | packages (skx ucode 0x2000064, clx ucode 0x500002c). VPP as well as DPDK L3fwd tests are affected. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 9 | `CSIT-1679 | All 2n-clx VPP ip4 tests with xxv710 and avf driver are failing. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 10 | `CSIT-1680 | Some 2n-clx cx556a rdma tests are failing. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 11 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Investigate high stdev of tests with VPP inside VM. | +| | `_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1704 | | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 12 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause of dot1q-l2xcbase progression. | +| | `_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1705 | | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 13 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause of avf-ip4scale regression. | +| | `_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1706 | | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 14 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause of progression in vhost-user tests with testpmd in VM. | +| | `_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1707 | | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 15 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause for avf-ip4base regression. | +| | `_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1708 | | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+