Report: update known perf issues
[csit.git] / docs / report / vpp_performance_tests / csit_release_notes.rst
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@@ -6,32 +6,36 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
 
 #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
 
-   - **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
-     service density tests focus on measuring total per server throughput at
-     varied NFV service *packing* densities with vswitch providing host
-     dataplane. The goal is to compare and contrast performance of a shared
-     vswitch for different network topologies and virtualization technologies,
-     and their impact on vswitch performance and efficiency in a range of NFV
-     service configurations.
-
-   - **Experimental Soak Tests**: Added performamce soak tests framework
+   - **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Added higher NF density tests with two
+     NFs' data-plane threads sharing a physical core. VPP IPv4 routing is now
+     used as a VNF payload similar to CNF tests.
+
+   - **Soak Tests**: Optimized 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
+     days, weeks. See updated
      :ref:`test_methodology` section for more details.
 
 #. TEST FRAMEWORK
 
-   - **Container code optimizations**: Optimized container library allows to
-     run containre_memif tests faster.
+   - **Qemu code refactor**: Complete code refactor of the key components of
+     QemuUtil.py and QemuManager.py (L1 and L2 KW counterparts). Added
+     implementation of kernel-image-kvm based VM replacing the previously used
+     NestedVM images. Added ability to run VPP as a payload in VNF.
 
-   - **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**: Continued conversion of CSIT VAT L1 keywords to
+     PAPI L1 KWs in CSIT using VPP Python bindings. Redesign of key components
+     of PAPI Executor and PAPI history.
 
    - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations,
      removal of redundant RF keywords.
 
+   - **Test suite generator**: Added capability to generate suites for
+     different NIC models as well as throughput search algorithm types. Uses
+     base tests suites as source.
+
+   - **TOX verification**: Added verifications for test suite generator.
+
 #. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
 
    - **Graphs Layout Improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout
@@ -41,8 +45,8 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
 ..
     #. MISCELLANEOUS
 
-       - **3n-dnv Tests (3rd Party)**: Published performance tests for 3n-
-         dnv (3-Node Atom Denverton) from 3rd party testbeds running FD.io
+       - **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
@@ -59,24 +63,30 @@ 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-1562                               | Link bonding (mode LACP, transmit policy l34) test are failing due to VPP crashing producing core dump.                         |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1562>`_  |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 3  | `CSIT-1427                              | Scale HW IPsec are failing due to issue with selecting ipsec backend in VPP.                                                    |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1427>`_ |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 4  | `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>`_  |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 5  | `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>`_ |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 6  | `CSIT-1428                              | VM vhost tests with RXQ more than 2 are failing on 3n-skx. Suspecting RXQ configuration issues.                                 |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1428>`_ |                                                                                                                                 |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| #  | 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  | `CSIT-1503                              | [`TRex-519 <https://trex-tgn.cisco.com/youtrack/issue/trex-519>`_] XL710/XXV710 with FW 6.0.1 will have  |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1503>`_ | Rx drop rate of 27MPPS.                                                                                  |
++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3  | `CSIT-1501                              | Sporadic crypto backend fails loading `VPP-1670 <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1670>`_                   |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1501>`_ |                                                                                                          |
++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 4  | `CSIT-1427                              | Sporadic HW aes-128-cbc-sha1 tunnel-interface tests are failing.                                         |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1427>`_ | `VPP-1671 <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1671>`_                                                         |
++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 5  | `CSIT-1498                              | Memif tests are sporadically failing on initialization of memif connection.                              |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1498>`_ |                                                                                                          |
++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 6  | `CSIT-1499                              | AVF tests are sporadically failing on initialization of AVF interface.                                   |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1499>`_ |                                                                                                          |
++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 7  | `VPP-1676                               | 9000B ip4 memif errors - ip4-input: ip4 length > l2 length.                                              |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1676>`_  | IP4 jumbo frames (9000B) are dropped in case of tests with memif.                                        |
++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 8  | `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).  |
++----+-----------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+