#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
- - **Regressions with DPDK drivers**: Change from DPDK v21.08 to DPDK
- v21.11 introduced regression across all tests using dpdk
- drivers (with dpdk_plugin loaded). Compared to previous VPP
- release performance drop varies in the range of -15% to -6%,
- depending on test. It is related to updated MTU checks within
- DPDK code and associated VPP code changes. See
- `VPP v2202 release notes <https://s3-docs.fd.io/vpp/22.02/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v22.02.html>`_
- and :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
-
- - **Number of CSIT 9000B frame tests failing**: tests with higher
- encapsulation overhead are failing due to exceeding default
- Ethernet Maximum Frame Size value that has been reduced by MTU
- related VPP code changes. See
- `VPP v2202 release notes <https://s3-docs.fd.io/vpp/22.02/aboutvpp/releasenotes/v22.02.html>`_
- and :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
-
- - **Intel Xeon Ice Lake**: Performance test data for these platforms
- is now provided by testbeds newly installed in FD.io CSIT labs.
- For details about the physical setup see
- :ref:`physical_testbeds_2n_icx` and
- :ref:`physical_testbeds_3n_icx`.
-
- - **Arm Ampere Altra**: Performance test data for these platforms
- is now provided by testbeds newly installed in FD.io CSIT labs.
- For details about the physical setup see
- :ref:`physical_testbeds_3n_alt`.
-
- **Reduction of tests**: Removed certain test variations executed
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
+ - **Removed ASTF PPS tests**: They provide no real benefit
+ compared to TPUT tests. The ip4base variants renamed to TPUT.
+
+ - **Changed TCP TPUT profiles**: The previous ones were found to be faulty.
+ The new ones do not use bursts of packets to avoid CSIT-1830 and CSIT-1846.
+
- **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 10, see
:ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
+====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
-| 1 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1799>`_ | |
+| 1 | `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. |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 2 | `CSIT-1800 | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1800>`_ | |
+| 2 | `CSIT-1830 | All testbeds: All TCP tput (and pps) tests are failing for small packets. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1830>`_ | |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 3 | `CSIT-1801 | 9000B payload frames not forwarded over tunnels due to violating supported Max Frame Size (VxLAN, LISP, |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1801>`_ | SRv6). |
+| 3 | `CSIT-1832 | 3n-alt: NDR 1 packet lost on random tests. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1832>`_ | |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 4 | `CSIT-1808 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over memif interfaces. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1808>`_ | |
+| 4 | `CSIT-1834 | 2n-icx, 2n-skx: sporadic AVF soak tests failing to find critical load with PLRsearch. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1834>`_ | |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 5 | `CSIT-1809 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over vhostuser interfaces. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1809>`_ | |
+| 5 | `CSIT-1846 | 2n-skx, 2n-clx, 2n-icx: ALL 1518B TCP tput tests failing with big packet loss. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1846>`_ | |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 6 | `CSIT-1802 | AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1802>`_ | |
+| 6 | `CSIT-1847 | 2n-skx: all 10vm-1t test failed with half of packets dropped. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1847>`_ | |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 7 | `CSIT-1803 | 3n-icx testbeds (Icelake): all IMIX aes128cbc-hmac512sha tests are failing due to excessive packet loss. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1803>`_ | |
+| 7 | `CSIT-1849 | 2n-skx: UDP 16m tput tests fail to create all sessions. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1849>`_ | |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 8 | `CSIT-1804 | 3n-tsh testbed (Taishan): NDR tests failing from time to time. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1804>`_ | |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 9 | `CSIT-1805 | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all hoststack quic vppecho scale tests are failing. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1805>`_ | |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 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>`_ | |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 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
________
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
+====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
-| 1 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. |
+| 1 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1799>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 2 | `CSIT-1800 | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1800>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3 | `CSIT-1802 | AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1802>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 4 | `CSIT-1803 | 3n-icx testbeds (Icelake): all IMIX aes128cbc-hmac512sha tests are failing due to excessive packet loss. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1803>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 5 | `CSIT-1804 | 3n-tsh, 3n-alt testbed (Taishan, Altra): NDR tests failing from time to time. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1804>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 6 | `CSIT-1812 | All IMIX NAT44DET 4m 16m scale tests fail due to not creating required session count. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1812>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 7 | `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. |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 2 | `CSIT-1671 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much |
+| 8 | `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. |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 3 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. |
+| 9 | `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>`_ | |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 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. |
+| 10 | `CSIT-1801 | 9000B payload frames not forwarded over tunnels due to violating supported Max Frame Size (VxLAN, LISP, |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1801>`_ | SRv6). |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 11 | `CSIT-1808 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over memif interfaces. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1808>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 12 | `CSIT-1809 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over vhostuser interfaces. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1809>`_ | |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Fixed
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
+====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
-| 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. |
+| 1 | `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-1998 | |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1998>`_ | |
+| | `VPP-1876 | Worse performance with DPDK driver when MTU is set to 2022 or less. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1876>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 2 | `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>`_ | |
+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3 | `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. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+.. _vpp_rca:
Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
-------------------------------------------
List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
-| # | 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>`_ | |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
++====+=========================================+=====================================================================================+
+| 1 | `CSIT-1851 | trending regression: various icelake tests around 2202-04-15 |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1851>`_ | Somewhat expected consequence of a VPP usability fix, |
+| | | the previous VPP compiler version was too new for the OS used. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 2 | `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. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3 | `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. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 4 | `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. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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