\r
#. VPP performance test environment changes\r
\r
- - further VM and vhost-user test environment optimizations - Qemu virtio queue size increased from default value of 256 to 1024\r
- - addition of HW cryptodev devices in all three LF FD.io physical testbeds\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
-#. Added tests\r
+#. VPP performance test framework changes\r
\r
- - NICs\r
+ - Full code review, optimization and refactor.\r
\r
- - Intel x710 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding, vhost-user)\r
- - Cisco VIC1385 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding)\r
- - Cisco VIC1227 (L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding)\r
+#. T-rex changes\r
\r
- - vhost-user tests with VM\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
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x710 NIC\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with VxLAN and Intel x520 NIC\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel xl710 NIC\r
+#. Added VPP performance tests\r
\r
- - Tests with VxLAN\r
+ - **LXC memif**\r
\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with Intel x520 NIC\r
- - L2 Bridge Domain switched-forwarding with vhost-user, VM and Intel x520\r
- NIC\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, with relative increase\r
-of double-digit percentage points, have been observed in a number of CSIT\r
-|release| tests listed below. Relative improvements are calculated against the\r
-test results in CSIT rls1701 report.\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 | Relative Improvement |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.4 Mpps | 12.7 Mpps | 35% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1xl710: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 9.5 Mpps | 12.2..12.4 Mpps | 28..30% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.4 Mpps | 8.8..9.0 Mpps | 19..23% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 7.5 Mpps | 8.8..9.0 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-ndrdisc | 5.4 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | 20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.5 Mpps | 2.8..3.2 Mpps | 460..540% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-ndrdisc | 7.8 Mpps | 10.4..10.6 Mpps | 33..36% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.4 Mpps | 2.7..2.8 Mpps | 575..600% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 8.7 Mpps | 9.7 Mpps | 12% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 8.3..8.5 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 7.6..7.8 Mpps | 10..13% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-ndrdisc | 0.3 Mpps | 2.6 Mpps | 767% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-ndrdisc | 3.0 Mpps | 7.3..7.7 Mpps | 143..157% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
+.. csv-table::\r
+ :align: center\r
+ :header-rows: 1\r
+ :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/ndr_throughput.csv\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 | Relative Improvement |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| L2XC | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 9.4 Mpps | 12.7..12.9 Mpps | 35..37% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1ad | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1ad-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.4 Mpps | 8.8..9.1 Mpps | 19..23% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC dot1q | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-dot1q-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 7.5 Mpps | 8.8..9.0 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC VxLAN | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4vxlan-l2xcbase-pdrdisc | 5.4 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | 20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2XC-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2xcbase-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.6 Mpps | 3.2..3.3 Mpps | 23..26% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-pdrdisc | 7.8 Mpps | 10.6 Mpps | 36% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| L2BD-vhost-VM | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-eth-l2bdbasemaclrn-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.1 Mpps | 2.9 Mpps | 38% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 8.7 Mpps | 9.7 Mpps | 11% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 8.3..8.5 Mpps | 17..20% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 vhost | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-eth-2vhost-1vm-pdrdisc | 2.0 Mpps | 2.7 Mpps | 35% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
+.. csv-table::\r
+ :align: center\r
+ :header-rows: 1\r
+ :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/pdr_throughput.csv\r
\r
Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
-`VPP-17.01 release notes\r
-<https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.01/release_notes_1701.html>`_.\r
-\r
-Additionally, vhost-VM performance improvements are due to both VPP code\r
-optimizations as well as due to the FD.io CSIT Linux KVM test environment\r
-optimizations for vhost-VM tests - see section "2.1.7. Methodology: KVM VM\r
-vhost".\r
-\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| tests\r
-listed below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results in CSIT\r
-rls1701 report.\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 | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-ndrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 9.0 Mpps | 6% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-ndrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 9.0..9.2 Mpps | 6..8% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-ndrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 7.8..8.1 Mpps | -8..-5% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-ndrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 7.4..7.6 Mpps | 7..10% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-ndrdisc | 4.4 Mpps | 4.8 Mpps | 9% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-ndrdisc | 6.1 Mpps | 6.1..6.5 Mpps | 0..7% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-ndrdisc | 6.5 Mpps | 5.3..5.7 Mpps | -18..-12% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-ndrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | -6% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-ndrdisc | 5.3 Mpps | 4.2 Mpps | -21% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-ndrdisc | 6.5 Mpps | 6.1..6.5 Mpps | -6..0% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
+.. csv-table::\r
+ :align: center\r
+ :header-rows: 1\r
+ :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/ndr_throughput_others.csv\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 | Relative Change |\r
-+===================+=================================================================+===========+=================+======================+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale200k-pdrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 9.0 Mpps | 6% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale20k-pdrdisc | 8.5 Mpps | 9.0..9.2 Mpps | 6..8% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4scale2m-pdrdisc | 8.3 Mpps | 8.1 Mpps | -2% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 7.6..7.8 Mpps | 7..10% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 Policer | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4-ip4base-ipolicemarkbase-pdrdisc | 7.1 Mpps | 7.4..7.6 Mpps | 4..7% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv4 LISP | 10ge2p1x520: 64B-1t1c-ethip4lispip4-ip4base-pdrdisc | 4.6 Mpps | 4.8 Mpps | 9% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-pdrdisc | 7.7 Mpps | 7.3..7.7 Mpps | -5..0% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 COP | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-copwhtlistbase-pdrdisc | 6.1 Mpps | 6.1..6.5 Mpps | 0..7% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 200k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale200k-pdrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 5.3..5.7 Mpps | -23..-17% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 20k | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale20k-pdrdisc | 6.9 Mpps | 6.5 Mpps | -6% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 FIB 2M | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6scale2m-pdrdisc | 5.3 Mpps | 4.2 Mpps | -21% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
-| IPv6 iAcl | 10ge2p1x520: 78B-1t1c-ethip6-ip6base-iacldstbase-pdrdisc | 6.5 Mpps | 6.1..6.5 Mpps | -6..0% |\r
-+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------------+----------------------+\r
+.. csv-table::\r
+ :align: center\r
+ :header-rows: 1\r
+ :file: ../../../docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/pdr_throughput_others.csv\r
+\r
\r
Known Issues\r
------------\r
\r
Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests:\r
\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| # | Issue | Description |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 1 | Sporadic IPv4 routed-forwarding NDR discovery | Suspected issue with DPDK IPv4 checksum calculation. |\r
-| | test failures for 1518B frame size | Observed frequency: sporadic, ca. 20% to 30% of test runs. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 2 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 NICs jumbo frames test | Suspected issue with VIC DPDK drivers that do not support jumbo |\r
-| | failures (9000B) | frames (dropped rx-miss). Observed frequency: 100%. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 3 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 performance | Low performance of NDR results. Big difference between NDR and |\r
-| | | PDR. . |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 4 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF |\r
-| | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 5 | Non-repeatible zig-zagging NDR throughput | Suspected NIC driver issue in multi-thread multi-core operation |\r
-| | results for multi-thread multi-core tests | affectin NDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs tested. |\r
-| | - 2t2c, 4t4c - for some tested NICs. | |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
+| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description |\r
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
+| 1 | NDR discovery test failures 1518B frame size | VPP-663 | VPP reporting errors: dpdk-input Rx ip checksum errors. |\r
+| | for ip4scale200k, ip4scale2m scale IPv4 routed- | | Observed frequency: all test runs. |\r
+| | forwarding tests. ip4scale20k tests are fine. | | |\r
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
+| 2 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance. | VPP-664 | Low NDR performance. |\r
+| | | | |\r
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
+| 3 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520. | CSIT-750 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF |\r
+| | | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. |\r
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
+| 4 | VPP in 2t2c setups - large variation | CSIT-568 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR |\r
+| | of discovered NDR throughput values across | | throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs, x520 NICs are fine. |\r
+| | multiple test runs with xl710 and x710 NICs. | | |\r
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
+| 5 | Lower than expected NDR and PDR throughput with | CSIT-569 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and |\r
+| | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs. | | PDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. |\r
++---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
\r
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