report: updated rls notes for vpp performance section
[csit.git] / docs / report / vpp_performance_tests / csit_release_notes.rst
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@@ -6,39 +6,33 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
 
 #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
 
-   - **Experimental Soak Tests**: Added performamce soak tests framework
-     code for extended time duration tests and throughput discovery
-     at given PLR and at give total test time e.g. minutes, hours,
-     days, weeks, months, years. See updated
-     :ref:`test_methodology` section for more details.
+   - 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
 
-   - **Container code optimizations**: Optimized container library allows to
-     run containre_memif tests faster.
-
-   - **CSIT PAPI Support**: Continue converting existing VAT L1 keywords to
-     PAPI L1 KWs in CSIT using VPP Python bindings. Required for migrating away
-     from VAT.
+   - **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.
+     removal of redundant RF keywords and aligning of suite/test
+     setup/teardowns.
 
 #. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
 
-   - **Graphs Layout Improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout
+   - **Graphs layout improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout
      for better readibility and maintenance: test grouping, axis
      labels, descriptions, other informative decoration.
 
-#. MISCELLANEOUS
-
-   - **2n-dnv Tests (3rd Party)**: Published performance tests for 2n-
-     dnv (2-Node Atom Denverton) from 3rd party testbeds running FD.io
-     |csit-release| automated testing code.
-     Only graphs for Packet Throughput and Speedup Multi-core and not
-     for Packet Latency were published as there are no results for Packet
-     Latency available.
-
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@@ -50,24 +44,70 @@ 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.                         |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-570>`_  | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds.                           |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 2  | `VPP-1563                               | AVF L2patch tests are failing for all packet size and core combination. Reason: null-node blackholed packets in show error.     |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1563>`_  |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 3  | `CSIT-1234                              | VPP IPSecHW/IPSecsW scale interface mode, low NDR and PDR 64B throughput in 3n-hsw testbeds, in CSIT-19.01 vs. CSIT-18.10.      |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1234>`_ |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 4  | `CSIT-1431                              | AVF 4 cores tests are sporadically failing. Under investigation.                                                                |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1431>`_ |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 5  | `CSIT-1465                              | 4c VPP VM vhost tests failing on 3n-skx. Under investigation.                                                                   |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1465>`_ |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 6  | `CSIT-1466                              | IPSecHW scale tests failing due to VPP reset. Under investigation.                                                              |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1466>`_ |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| #  | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                                         |
++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
+| 1  | `CSIT-570                               | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures on x520. DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue.   |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-570>`_  | 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.                                                  |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-662>`_   |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3  | `CSIT-1498                              | Memif tests are sporadically failing on initialization of memif connection.                               |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1498>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 4  | `VPP-1677                               | 9000B ip4 nat44: VPP crash + coredump.                                                                    |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1677>`_  | 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   |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1499>`_ | longer to program VPP). This needs to be addressed on the PAPI side.                                      |
+|    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
+|    | `VPP-1763                               |                                                                                                           |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_  |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 6  | `VPP-1675                               | IPv4 IPSEC 9000B packet tests are failing as no packet is forwarded.                                      |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1675>`_  | Reason: chained buffers are not supported.                                                                |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 7  | `CSIT-1593                              | IPv4 AVF 9000B packet tests are failing on 3n-skx while passing on 2n-skx.                                |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1593>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 8  | `CSIT-1675                              | Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx and 2n-clx testbeds behaviour and performance became inconsistent following     |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1675>`_ | 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.                                          |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1679>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 10 | `CSIT-1680                              | Some 2n-clx cx556a rdma tests are failing.                                                                |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1680>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 11 | `CSIT-1699                              | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Investigate high stdev of tests with VPP inside VM.                    |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ |                                                                                                           |
+|    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
+|    | `CSIT-1704                              |                                                                                                           |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1704>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 12 | `CSIT-1699                              | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause of dot1q-l2xcbase progression.                          |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ |                                                                                                           |
+|    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
+|    | `CSIT-1705                              |                                                                                                           |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1705>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 13 | `CSIT-1699                              | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause of avf-ip4scale regression.                             |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ |                                                                                                           |
+|    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
+|    | `CSIT-1706                              |                                                                                                           |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1706>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 14 | `CSIT-1699                              | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause of progression in vhost-user tests with testpmd in VM.  |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ |                                                                                                           |
+|    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
+|    | `CSIT-1707                              |                                                                                                           |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1707>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 15 | `CSIT-1699                              | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause for avf-ip4base regression.                             |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ |                                                                                                           |
+|    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
+|    | `CSIT-1708                              |                                                                                                           |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1708>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+