-CSIT Release Notes\r
-==================\r
-\r
-Changes in CSIT |release|\r
--------------------------\r
-\r
-#. Test environment changes in VPP data plane performance tests:\r
-\r
- - Further characterization and optimizations of VPP vhost-user and VM test\r
- methodology and test environment;\r
-\r
- - Tests with varying Qemu virtio queue (a.k.a. vring) sizes:\r
- [vr256] default 256 descriptors, [vr1024] 1024 descriptors to\r
- optimize for packet throughput;\r
-\r
- - Tests with varying Linux :abbr:`CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler)`\r
- settings: [cfs] default settings, [cfsrr1] :abbr:`CFS (Completely Fair\r
- Scheduler)` RoundRobin(1) policy applied to all data plane threads\r
- handling test packet path including all VPP worker threads and all Qemu\r
- testpmd poll-mode threads;\r
-\r
- - Resulting test cases are all combinations with [vr256,vr1024] and\r
- [cfs,cfsrr1] settings;\r
-\r
- - For more detail see performance results observations section in\r
- this report;\r
-\r
-#. Code updates and optimizations in CSIT performance framework:\r
-\r
- - Complete CSIT framework code revision and optimizations as descried\r
- on CSIT wiki page `Design_Optimizations\r
- <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT/Design_Optimizations>`_.\r
-\r
- - For more detail see the :ref:`CSIT Framework Design <csit-design>` section\r
- in this report;\r
-\r
-#. Changes to CSIT driver for TRex Traffic Generator:\r
-\r
- - Complete refactor of TRex CSIT driver;\r
-\r
- - Introduction of packet traffic profiles to improve usability and\r
- manageability of traffic profiles for a growing number of test\r
- scenarios.\r
-\r
- - Support for packet traffic profiles to test IPv4/IPv6 stateful and\r
- stateless DUT data plane features;\r
-\r
-#. Added VPP performance tests\r
-\r
- - **Linux Container VPP memif virtual interface tests**\r
-\r
- - New VPP Memif virtual interface (shared memory interface) tests\r
- with L2 Bridge-Domain switched-forwarding;\r
-\r
- - **Stateful Security Groups**\r
-\r
- - New m-thread m-core VPP stateful security-groups tests;\r
-\r
- - **MAC-IP binding**\r
-\r
- - New MACIP iACL single-thread single-core and m-thread m-core tests;\r
-\r
- - Statistical analysis of repeatibility of results;\r
-\r
-Performance Improvements\r
-------------------------\r
-\r
-Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput have been observed in a\r
-number of CSIT |release| tests listed below, with relative increase of\r
-double-digit percentage points. Relative improvements for this release are\r
-calculated against the test results listed in CSIT |release-1| report. The\r
-comparison is calculated between the mean values based on collected and\r
-archived test results' samples for involved VPP releases. Standard deviation\r
-has been also listed for CSIT |release|. VPP-16.09 and VPP-17.01 numbers are\r
-provided for reference.\r
-\r
-NDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
-\r
-.. only:: html\r
-\r
- .. csv-table::\r
- :align: center\r
- :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_top.csv\r
-\r
-.. only:: latex\r
-\r
- .. raw:: latex\r
-\r
- \makeatletter\r
- \csvset{\r
- perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{5cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead},\r
- }\r
- \makeatother\r
-\r
- {\tiny\r
- \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma,\r
- respect all,\r
- no check column count,\r
- perfimprovements column width=1cm,\r
- late after line={\\\hline},\r
- late after last line={\end{longtable}}\r
- ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_top.csv}\r
- }\r
-\r
-\r
-PDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
-\r
-.. only:: html\r
-\r
- .. csv-table::\r
- :align: center\r
- :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_top.csv\r
-\r
-.. only:: latex\r
-\r
- .. raw:: latex\r
-\r
- \makeatletter\r
- \csvset{\r
- perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{5cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead},\r
- }\r
- \makeatother\r
-\r
- {\tiny\r
- \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma,\r
- respect all,\r
- no check column count,\r
- perfimprovements column width=1cm,\r
- late after line={\\\hline},\r
- late after last line={\end{longtable}}\r
- ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_top.csv}\r
- }\r
-\r
-\r
-Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in\r
-`VPP-17.10 release notes\r
-<https://docs.fd.io/vpp/17.10/release_notes_1710.html>`_.\r
-\r
-Other Performance Changes\r
--------------------------\r
-\r
-Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative increase\r
-or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed\r
-below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results listed in CSIT\r
-|release-1| report.\r
-\r
-NDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests:\r
-\r
-.. only:: html\r
-\r
- .. csv-table::\r
- :align: center\r
- :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_low.csv\r
-\r
-.. only:: latex\r
-\r
- .. raw:: latex\r
-\r
- \makeatletter\r
- \csvset{\r
- perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{5cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead},\r
- }\r
- \makeatother\r
-\r
- {\tiny\r
- \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma,\r
- respect all,\r
- no check column count,\r
- perfimprovements column width=1cm,\r
- late after line={\\\hline},\r
- late after last line={\end{longtable}}\r
- ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_low.csv}\r
- }\r
-\r
-\r
-PDR Throughput\r
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r
-\r
-Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%:\r
-\r
-.. only:: html\r
-\r
- .. csv-table::\r
- :align: center\r
- :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_low.csv\r
-\r
-.. only:: latex\r
-\r
- .. raw:: latex\r
-\r
- \makeatletter\r
- \csvset{\r
- perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{5cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead},\r
- }\r
- \makeatother\r
-\r
- {\tiny\r
- \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma,\r
- respect all,\r
- no check column count,\r
- perfimprovements column width=1cm,\r
- late after line={\\\hline},\r
- late after last line={\end{longtable}}\r
- ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_low.csv}\r
- }\r
-\r
-\r
-Known Issues\r
-------------\r
-\r
-Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests:\r
-\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 1 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance. | VPP-664 | Low NDR performance. |\r
-| | | | |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 2 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520. | CSIT-750 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF |\r
-| | | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 3 | VPP in 2t2c setups - large variation | CSIT-568 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR |\r
-| | of discovered NDR throughput values across | | throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs, x520 NICs are fine. |\r
-| | multiple test runs with xl710 and x710 NICs. | | |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-| 4 | Lower than expected NDR and PDR throughput with | CSIT-569 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and |\r
-| | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs. | | PDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. |\r
-+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+\r
-\r
+.. _vpp_performance_tests_release_notes:
+
+Release Notes
+=============
+
+Changes in |csit-release|
+-------------------------
+
+#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
+
+ - **Intel Xeon Ice Lake**: Performance test data for these platforms
+ continues to be provided by external Intel benchmarking labs
+ executing |csit-release| tests. For details about the physical
+ setup see :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`.
+
+ - **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.
+
+#. TEST FRAMEWORK
+
+ - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 9, see
+ :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
+
+ - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and
+ deprecation of VAT, CLI is used in CSIT for many VPP scale tests.
+ See known issues below.
+
+ - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing code optimizations and bug
+ fixes.
+
+#. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
+
+ - **Graphs improvements**: Updated Packet Latency graphs,
+ see :ref:`latency_methodology`.
+
+.. raw:: latex
+
+ \clearpage
+
+.. _vpp_known_issues:
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+Fixed
+_____
+
+Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release:
+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | 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. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+Old
+___
+
+Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results.
+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
+| 3 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1782>`_ | Frequency is reduced by s 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 |
+| | <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. |
+| +-----------------------------------------+ |
+| 5 | `VPP-1998 | |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1998>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 6 | `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>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 7 | `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. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+New
+___
+
+No new issues appeared in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests,
+except for the performance changes listed below.
+
+Root Cause Analysis for 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. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+
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