1 .. _vpp_performance_tests_release_notes:
6 Changes in |csit-release|
7 -------------------------
9 #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
11 - **Enhanced and added VPP hoststack tests** to daily and weekly
12 trending including: Quic VPP Echo, UDP+TCP LD_PRELOAD iPerf3,
15 - **Added Nvidia/Mellanox DPDK tests** to daily and weekly trending
16 and report, in addition to RDMA_CORE ones that were already
19 - **Jumbo frames tests** got fixed and re-added number of to report
22 - **Intel Xeon SKX performance testbeds** got decommissioned and
23 removed from FD.io performance lab.
27 - **CSIT test environment** version has not changed from ver. 11 used
28 in previous release, see :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
30 - **CSIT PAPI optimizations for scale** got applied improving PAPI
31 programming speed especially for large scale tests. VAT has been
32 now completely deprecated from CSIT.
34 - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing code optimizations and bug
37 #. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
39 - `Performance dashboard <http://csit.fd.io/>`_ got updated with
40 addition of VPP telemetry trending across all VPP tests. A number
41 of code and AWS resource usage optimizations got applied to the
42 data processing pipeline and UI frontend and backend.
44 - Examples of release iterative data visualisation:
46 - `Packet throughput 2n-icx-e810cq-ip4-base-scale-pdr <https://csit.fd.io/report/#eNrdVcluwjAQ_Zr0ggbZDml64QDkP5BxhhJlwYxNVPr1OAhpYiGO7cEHb3pv1qeRnT8T7h1266zYZuU2U2VThy3LN4twUOdULhSM1oLKl-FG2KF2CGqAxvyAFOIblZX4JYW5gB6P0NgVfK4OIA2gP02vsA6Tja1pcq12T9cvcRitr57RED1CRiQGo7SYZk-3GeddsszXhJoNQsYMeXSzZOKamHUk3aNrfpGpoQuMm9BohqSJ_fubnaHPRpXVg_F3qjijO1RCtEBDnZo8UXFJ6NQmKlGbgjp9ujPU_8cEFdXHcKb-8Q8V1R2PI8PX>`_
47 - `Speedup Multi-Core throughput graph for 2n-icx-e810cq-ip4-base-pdr <https://csit.fd.io/report/#eNrtlM8OgjAMxp8GL6aGFRAvHlTew8xRhAR1bpOoT-8wJIUYEg8mXjjsX35fu65fMusuhvaW6nWQbIN0G2Ba5X4Kos3cL6a2GIUIjdaA0cLvDNUkLQGeoVJ3EGF4JNSCViJUV5BNAZWOYRkfQCggV7YnPw5tjM5Nmxp3XeqPe5jmN8fU3z4gDRmGg7JYpstHTzNWLOulIckBvmJGjmyvmOGbWFUYeSJbPYmlvgvMlW80I6GG-d1D92jXqDR7K37qCk6ujLuC_3IlnlwZdyX-0pUkm50v5vT-yZLsBXP6Swk>`_
48 - `MRR, NDR and PDR comparison for 2n-icx-e810cq-ip4-base <https://csit.fd.io/report/#eNrtVMsOgjAQ_Bq8mDW0gHjxoPIfppZVSQDrthLx6y2GuBBj4kVPHvrKzG6nM0mtOxFuLZbLIFkH6TqQaZH7KYhWU79QaWUUSmiMARnN_I6wRGURZA2FvoIIwwNKI3AhQn0G1eyhMDHM4x0IDeiO3cmPXVdTEXWt5aZv_XIPo_nFMepvHyENEoMjWUwzx3bAeSeW-YpQcYFXzJBDOxAzfhOz9qQqtMUNmepdYFx7oxkSetzftWaA9kal2YPx5VTq_J_KR6n0Rv0mFfNP5bNUzDOVJJvUJ6oeP1mS3QG2H0sT>`_
49 - `Normalized throughput architecture comparison for 2n-[icx|clx]-e810cq-ip4-base-pdr <https://csit.fd.io/report/#eNrVk00OgjAQhU-DGzOGFhA3LlTuYUoZhKRibSsRT28hJANRF-500b98rzOvM6l1F4NHi2obJPsg3Qc8rQs_BdFu6RejLI9CDq3WwKOV3xlUKCwCb0CqO7AwPCHXDDcslFcQbQm1jmEd58AkoKv6kx95f0cXpg_ND2PolzxEi5sj6rPPSIuG4MwWyXTVTTSfzJJeGBR0wTsm5NBOzMzfRKrSiDPa-oEk9VUgLn2hCTE5j-86PaFjodJsUHzXlVr-UVfem_35riTZormY8_BneNpvhRpzJNkT6FzkMw>`_
50 - `NICs comparison for 2n-icx-ip4-base-pdr <https://csit.fd.io/report/#eNrll99ugyAUh5_G3SxnESx1N7to53s0FI6rmbYMnKF7-qFrcmRmV7vReuG__A74wSckuvZi8eCwfknEPsn3Cc8rHU5JtnsMF1s7nqUcOmOAZ0_hzmKN0iHwM6jaA0vTN-SGKS_EVkJTewGV2cB2cwSmANtT_xSOY9_IaNv3zV9vfU9eRKn-bCkNr4-SDi2FEReVmdN1VPMnLTWQFiW1CMgUtehGNPGgqKq0skFXfSGVhmmgXIWppoipuP_2akbpbabyYqj4txerG7kcLz3tnXvBZ5aqD5BduQAtBLsOK9ro9-Vo6Wnv1sswUJ-zdPZLJSJdgY_ZL5IY9U6NcPEzTN8NX14JXpsZW_mNewi46zAz691rwroKJzPfwaaws7ciiofzxTbDv6QovgETwNPp>`_
64 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
65 | # | JiraID | Issue Description |
66 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
67 | 1 | `VPP-2070 | CSIT rdma 4c tests fail on 2n-zn2. |
68 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-2070>`_ | Memory alignment issue caused by a recent VPP merge. |
69 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
70 | 2 | `CSIT-1876 | 1n-aws: TRex NDR PDR ALL IP4 scale and L2 scale tests failing with 50% packet loss. |
71 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1876>`_ | AWS perhaps changed its policy. |
72 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
73 | 3 | `CSIT-1901 | 3n-icx: negative ipackets on TB38 AVF 4c l2patch |
74 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1901>`_ | Hardware or TRex issue. |
75 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
80 Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results.
82 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
83 | # | JiraID | Issue Description |
84 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
85 | 1 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. |
86 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1782>`_ | Frequency is reduced by CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen. |
87 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
88 | 2 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. |
89 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1785>`_ | At least for max scale, in allotted time (limited by session 500s timeout) due to worse |
90 | +-----------------------------------------+ slow path performance than previously measured and calibrated for. |
91 | | `VPP-1972 | CSIT removed the max scale NAT tests to avoid this issue. |
92 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1972>`_ | |
93 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
94 | 3 | `CSIT-1798 | Investigate why vhost with testpmd in VM has two-band structure. |
95 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1798>`_ | Probably QEMU not allocating memory on the correct NUMA socket. |
96 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
97 | 4 | `CSIT-1800 | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing. |
98 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1800>`_ | |
99 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
100 | 5 | `CSIT-1801 | 9000B payload frames not forwarded over tunnels due to violating supported Max Frame Size (VxLAN, LISP, |
101 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1801>`_ | SRv6). |
102 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
103 | 6 | `CSIT-1802 | all testbeds: AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. |
104 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1802>`_ | |
105 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
106 | 7 | `CSIT-1804 | All testbeds: NDR tests failing from time to time. |
107 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1804>`_ | |
108 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
109 | 8 | `CSIT-1808 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over memif interfaces. |
110 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1808>`_ | |
111 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
112 | 9 | `CSIT-1890 | 3n-alt: Tests failing until 40Ge Interface comes up. |
113 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1890>`_ | A consequence of CSIT-1848 link slowness persisting over to other job runs. |
114 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
115 | 10 | `CSIT-1849 | 2n-skx, 2n-clx, 2n-icx: UDP 16m TPUT tests fail to create all sessions. |
116 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1849>`_ | |
117 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
118 | 11 | `CSIT-1864 | 2n-clx: half of the packets lost on PDR tests. |
119 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1864>`_ | |
120 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
121 | 12 | `CSIT-1877 | 3n-tsh: all VM tests sometimes too slow to boot VM. |
122 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1877>`_ | |
123 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
124 | 13 | `CSIT-1883 | 3n-snr: All hwasync wireguard tests failing when trying to verify device. |
125 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1883>`_ | |
126 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
127 | 14 | `CSIT-1884 | 2n-clx, 2n-icx: All NAT44DET NDR PDR IMIX over 1M sessions BIDIR tests failing to create enough sessions. |
128 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1884>`_ | |
129 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
130 | 15 | `CSIT-1886 | 3n-icx: Wireguard tests with 100 and more tunnels are failing PDR criteria. |
131 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1886>`_ | |
132 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
137 Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release:
139 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
140 | # | JiraID | Issue Description |
141 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
142 | 1 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M sessions CPS scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. |
143 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1799>`_ | |
144 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
145 | 2 | `CSIT-1827 | 3n-icx, 3n-skx: all AVF crypto tests sporadically fail. 1518B with no traffic, IMIX with excessive |
146 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1827>`_ | packet loss. |
147 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
148 | 3 | `CSIT-1835 | 3n-icx: QUIC vppecho BPS tests failing on timeout when checking hoststack finished. |
149 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1835>`_ | |
150 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
151 | 4 | `CSIT-1885 | 3n-icx: 9000b ip4 ip6 l2 NDRPDR AVF tests are failing to forward traffic. |
152 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1885>`_ | |
153 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
157 Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
158 -------------------------------------------
160 List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
162 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
163 | # | JiraID | Issue Description |
164 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
165 | 1 | `CSIT-1902 | 3n-tsh: Investigate performance changes seen on some tests. |
166 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1902>`_ | |
167 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
168 | 2 | `VPP-2072 | RSS is not deterministic on Intel-E822CQ NIC. |
169 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-2072>`_ | |
170 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+