Report: Remove DNV testbeds
[csit.git] / docs / report / vpp_performance_tests / csit_release_notes.rst
index 6b25965..685ca75 100644 (file)
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
 #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
 
    - **Added new performance testbed 3n-snr** (3 Node SnowRidge, with Intel
-     Atom processors), to later replace 3n-dnv and 2n-dnv (3 and 2 Node
-     Denverton) testbeds.
+     Atom processors).
 
-   - **Added GTPU HW offload tests** for Intel e810 4p25ge NICs on 2n-icx
-     testbeds.
+   - **Added GTPU HW offload tests** using VPP GTPU hardware offload
+     with Intel e810 4p25ge NICs (3n-icx testbeds only). These tests
+     were already there in CSIT-2206, but were yielding invalid
+     results due to using TRex v2.97 that was incompatible with e810
+     NICs used for those tests.
 
    - **Added Wireguard tests** using VPP software crypto (3n-icx, 3n-snr
      testbeds) and using built-in hardware crypto QAT device (3n-snr testbed
@@ -25,10 +27,20 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
 
 #. TEST FRAMEWORK
 
+   - CSIT-2210 executes all VPP v22.10 performance tests using vpp ubuntu2204
+     images, due to CSIT execution environment change as noted below. This
+     applies to all performance testbeds except Denverton. Consequently, VPP
+     v22.06 has not been re-tested in CSIT-2210 environment, as no ubuntu204
+     images are available for that VPP version. Performance comparison
+     between VPP v22.10 (current version) vs VPP v22.06 (previous version)
+     may be impacted by VPP build environment change (ubuntu2004 to ubuntu
+     2204) change and CSIT environment change. See :ref:`vpp_rca` for
+     details.
+
    - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 11, see
      :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
 
-   - **TCP tput profiles** have to be changed, as newer TRex versions
+   - **TCP TPUT profiles** had to be changed, as newer TRex versions
      are not deterministic enough when deciding when to send an ACK.
 
    - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and
@@ -58,18 +70,30 @@ ___
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                                         |
 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
-|  1 | `CSIT-1850                              | 2n-dnv: sporadic 1518B tput tests failing to establish required sessions.                                 |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1850>`_ |                                                                                                           |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  2 | `CSIT-1864                              | 2n-clx: half of the packets lost on PDR tests.                                                            |
+|  1 | `CSIT-1864                              | 2n-clx: half of the packets lost on PDR tests.                                                            |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1864>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  3 | `CSIT-1871                              | 3n-snr: 25Ge Interface goes down randomly.                                                                |
+|  2 | `CSIT-1868                              | 2n-clx: ALL ldpreload-nginx tests fails when trying to start nginx.                                       |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1868>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  3 | `CSIT-1871                              | 3n-snr: 25GE interface between SUT and TG/TRex goes down randomly.                                        |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1871>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  4 | `CSIT-1877                              | 3n-alt, 3n-tsh: VM tests failing to boot VM.                                                              |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1877>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  5 | `CSIT-1883                              | 3n-snr: All hwasync wireguard tests failing when trying to verify device.                                 |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1883>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  6 | `CSIT-1884                              | 2n-clx, 2n-icx: All NAT44DET NDR PDR IMIX over 1M sessions BIDIR tests failing to create enough sessions. |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1884>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  7 | `CSIT-1885                              | 3n-icx: 9000b ip4 ip6 l2 NDRPDR AVF tests are failing to forward traffic.                                 |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1885>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  8 | `CSIT-1886                              | 3n-icx: Wireguard tests with 100 and more tunnels are failing PDR criteria.                               |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1886>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 Previous
 ________
@@ -94,7 +118,7 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results.
 |    | `VPP-1972                               | CSIT removed the max scale NAT tests to avoid this issue.                                                 |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1972>`_  |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  4 | `CSIT-1799                              | All NAT44-ED 16M scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range.                                      |
+|  4 | `CSIT-1799                              | All NAT44-ED 16M sessions CPS scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range.                         |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1799>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  5 | `CSIT-1800                              | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing.                                                |
@@ -115,10 +139,10 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results.
 | 10 | `CSIT-1827                              | 3n-icx, 3n-skx: all AVF crypto tests sporadically fail. 1518B with no traffic, IMIX with excessive        |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1827>`_ | packet loss.                                                                                              |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 11 | `CSIT-1835                              | 3n-icx: vppecho BPS tests failing on timeout when checking hoststack finished.                            |
+| 11 | `CSIT-1835                              | 3n-icx: QUIC vppecho BPS tests failing on timeout when checking hoststack finished.                       |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1835>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 12 | `CSIT-1849                              | 2n-skx, 2n-clx: UDP 16m tput tests fail to create all sessions.                                           |
+| 12 | `CSIT-1849                              | 2n-skx, 2n-clx, 2n-icx: UDP 16m TPUT tests fail to create all sessions.                                   |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1849>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
@@ -148,18 +172,18 @@ Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
 
 List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
 
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                   |
-+====+=========================================+=====================================================================================+
-|  1 | `VPP-2030                               | regression: ip6base on ICX around 2022-03-23                                        |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-2030>`_  | "Loads blocked due to overlapping with a preceding store that cannot be forwarded." |
-|    |                                         | started happening in ip6-lookup graph node.                                         |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  2 | `CSIT-1852                              | 2n-zn2 mellanox performance cap                                                     |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1852>`_ | Old issue, only now distinguished from CSIT-1751.                                   |
-|    |                                         | This testbed+nic combination is capped below 28 Mpps, cause not identified yet.     |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  3 | `CSIT-1853                              | trending regression: nat44ed cps around 2202-04-01                                  |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1853>`_ | VPP change added more computation to slow path (in order to support multiple VRFs). |
-|    |                                         | Not clear if the VPP implementation is optimized enough.                            |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                  |
++====+=========================================+====================================================================+
+|  1 | `CSIT-1887                              | rls2210 RCA: ASTF tests                                            |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1887>`_ | TRex upgrade decreased TRex performance. NAT results not affected, |
+|    |                                         | except on Denverton due to interference from VPP-2010.             |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  2 | `CSIT-1888                              | rls2210 RCA: testbed differences, especially for ipsec             |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1888>`_ | Not caused by VPP code nor CSIT code.                              |
+|    |                                         | Most probable cause is clang-14 behavior.                          |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  3 | `CSIT-1889                              | rls2210 RCA: policy-outbound-nocrypto                              |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1889>`_ | When VPP added spd fast path matching (Gerrit 36097),              |
+|    |                                         | it decreased MRR of the corresponding tests, at least on 3-alt.    |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+