doc(report): Update test environment
[csit.git] / docs / report / vpp_performance_tests / csit_release_notes.rst
index 52ce2ef..8590ac5 100644 (file)
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ Changes in |csit-release|
      iteratively for the report (as well as in daily and weekly
      trending) due to physical testbeds overload.
 
      iteratively for the report (as well as in daily and weekly
      trending) due to physical testbeds overload.
 
+   - **RC2 coverage test data is used for 2n-icx test bed**: There is only
+     one 2n-icx test bed and the amount of tests is large (same as 2n-skx with 4
+     test beds), so we decided to use test data already available from RC2
+     testing.
+
 #. TEST FRAMEWORK
 
 #. TEST FRAMEWORK
 
-   - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 9, see
+   - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 10, see
      :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
 
    - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and
      :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
 
    - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and
@@ -93,15 +98,18 @@ ___
 |  9 | `CSIT-1805                              | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all hoststack quic vppecho scale tests are failing.                            |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1805>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  9 | `CSIT-1805                              | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all hoststack quic vppecho scale tests are failing.                            |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1805>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 10 | `CSIT-1806                              | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all LISP ip6-ip6 tests are failing due to 100% drops in one direction.         |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1806>`_ |                                                                                                           |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 11 | `CSIT-1810                              | DPDK - performance regression with DPDK driver when Max Frame Size is set to less than 2023.              |
+| 10 | `CSIT-1810                              | DPDK - performance regression with DPDK driver when Max Frame Size is set to less than 2023.              |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1810>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 |    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
 |    | `VPP-1876                               | Worse performance with DPDK driver when MTU is set to 2022 or less.                                       |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1876>`_  |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1810>`_ |                                                                                                           |
 |    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
 |    | `VPP-1876                               | Worse performance with DPDK driver when MTU is set to 2022 or less.                                       |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1876>`_  |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 11 | `CSIT-1811                              | All 9000B NAT44DET 64k 1m scale tests fail due to bps rate set to high on TRex.                           |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1811>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 12 | `CSIT-1812                              | All IMIX NAT44DET 4m 16m scale tests fail due to not creating required session count.                     |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1812>`_ |                                                                                                           |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 
 Previous
 
 
 Previous
@@ -112,28 +120,22 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results.
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                                         |
 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                                         |
 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
-|  3 | `CSIT-1782                              | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface.                                          |
+|  1 | `CSIT-1782                              | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface.                                          |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1782>`_ | Frequency is reduced by CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen.                         |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1782>`_ | Frequency is reduced by CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen.                         |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  4 | `CSIT-1671                              | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much   |
+|  2 | `CSIT-1671                              | 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-1671>`_ | longer to program VPP). This needs to be addressed on the PAPI side.                                      |
 |    +-----------------------------------------+ Currently, the time critical code uses VAT running large files with exec statements and CLI commands.     |
 |    | `VPP-1763                               | Still, we needed to reduce the number of scale tests run to keep overall duration reasonable.             |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_  | More improvements needed to achieve sufficient configuration speed.                                       |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1671>`_ | longer to program VPP). This needs to be addressed on the PAPI side.                                      |
 |    +-----------------------------------------+ Currently, the time critical code uses VAT running large files with exec statements and CLI commands.     |
 |    | `VPP-1763                               | Still, we needed to reduce the number of scale tests run to keep overall duration reasonable.             |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_  | More improvements needed to achieve sufficient configuration speed.                                       |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  5 | `CSIT-1789                              | IPSEC SW async scheduler tests show bad behavior.                                                         |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1789>`_ | VPP code is not behaving correctly when crypto workers are the bottleneck.                                |
-|    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
-|    | `VPP-1998                               |                                                                                                           |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1998>`_  |                                                                                                           |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  6 | `CSIT-1785                              | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions.                                                      |
+|  3 | `CSIT-1785                              | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions.                                                      |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1785>`_ | At least for max scale, in allotted time (limited by session 500s timeout) due to worse                   |
 |    +-----------------------------------------+ slow path performance than previously measured and calibrated for.                                        |
 |    | `VPP-1972                               | CSIT removed the max scale NAT tests to avoid this issue.                                                 |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1972>`_  |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1785>`_ | At least for max scale, in allotted time (limited by session 500s timeout) due to worse                   |
 |    +-----------------------------------------+ slow path performance than previously measured and calibrated for.                                        |
 |    | `VPP-1972                               | CSIT removed the max scale NAT tests to avoid this issue.                                                 |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1972>`_  |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  7 | `CSIT-1791                              | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes.                                    |
+|  4 | `CSIT-1791                              | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes.                                    |
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1791>`_ | Two symptoms: 1. 10-20% regression across most tests. 2. DUT performance cap just below 38 Mpps.          |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 |    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1791>`_ | Two symptoms: 1. 10-20% regression across most tests. 2. DUT performance cap just below 38 Mpps.          |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
@@ -145,11 +147,11 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release:
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                                         |
 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 |  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                                                                         |
 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
-|  1 | `CSIT-1789                              | AVF driver does not perform RSS in a deterministic way.                                                   |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1789>`_ | VPP now uses the same RSS key with AVF driver as with DPDK driver.                                        |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  2 | `CSIT-1786                              | IP4 and IP6 scale tests failing with no traffic forwarded.                                                |
-|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1786>`_ | CSIT replaced the old single VAT command by file full of "exec" CLI commands executed by VAT.             |
+|  1 | `CSIT-1789                              | IPSEC SW async scheduler tests show bad behavior.                                                         |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1789>`_ | VPP code is not behaving correctly when crypto workers are the bottleneck.                                |
+|    +-----------------------------------------+                                                                                                           |
+|    | `VPP-1998                               |                                                                                                           |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1998>`_  |                                                                                                           |
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
@@ -157,8 +159,30 @@ Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
 
 List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
 
 
 List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
 
-+----+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
-|  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                          |
-+====+=========================================+============================================================+
-|  0 |                                         | To be updated when descriptions in Jira tickets are ready. |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  # | JiraID                                  | Issue Description                                            |
++====+=========================================+==============================================================+
+|  1 | `CSIT-1814                              | rls2202 regression: NAT44ED CPS larger scales.               |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1814>`_ |                                                              |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  2 | `CSIT-1815                              | rls2202 regression: l2bdbasemaclrn around 2021-11-11.        |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1815>`_ |                                                              |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  3 | `CSIT-1816                              | rls2202 regression: l2-input.                                |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1816>`_ |                                                              |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  4 | `CSIT-1820                              | rls2202 regression: tx2 ip6base at dpdk upgrade.             |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1820>`_ |                                                              |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  5 | `CSIT-1821                              | rls2202 regression: tx2 ip6base before dpdk upgrade.         |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1821>`_ |                                                              |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  6 | `CSIT-1822                              | rls2202 regression: avf-ip4base around 2022-01-06.           |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1822>`_ |                                                              |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  7 | `CSIT-1823                              | rls2202 regression: vxlan-l2xcbase on tsh around 2022-01-07. |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1823>`_ |                                                              |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
+|  8 | `CSIT-1824                              | rls2202 regression: SRv6.                                    |
+|    | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1824>`_ |                                                              |
++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+