#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
- - **BMRR Throughput**: MRR (Maximum Receive Rate) test code has been
- updated with a configurable burst MRR parameters: trial duration
- and number of trials in a single burst. Enables a new Burst MRR
- (BMRR for short) methodology for more precise performance
- trending. See updated :ref:`performance_test_methodology` section
- for more details.
+ - CSIT test environment is versioned, see
+ :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
- - **2n-skx tests**: Added performamce tests for 2n-skx (2-Node Xeon
- Skylake) testbeds: focus on baseline and scale tests, including
- VM vhost and Container memif tests.
+ - **GENEVE tests**: Added VPP performance tests for GENEVE tunnels.
+ See :ref:`geneve_methodology` for more details.
- - **3n-skx tests**: Added performamce tests for 3n-skx (3-Node Xeon
- Skylake) testbeds: VM vhost and Container memif tests.
- - **VXLAN Scale Tests**: Added performamce tests for VXLAN scale with
- dot1q and VPP L2BD.
+ - **GSO tests**: Added VPP performance tests for GSOtap and GSOvirtio.
+ All tested topologies are compared with GSO enabled and disabled.
+ In |csit-release| there is only 1t1c tests running.
+ See :ref:`gso_methodology` for more details.
- - **AVF Driver Tests**: Added performamce tests for i40e AVF driver
- on VPP, no DPDK required.
- - **QAT**: Fixed reoccuring issues with QAT crypto accelerator cards.
+ - **NAT44 tests**: Added new test type, pure throughput tests.
+ They are similar to PPS tests, but they employ ramp-up trials
+ to ensure all sessions are created (and not timing out)
+ for performance trials.
- - **K8s/Ligato in Trending**: Added K8s/Ligato Container memif tests
- to daily trending.
+ - **Jumbo for ipsec**: Test cases with 9000 byte frames are re-enabled
+ in ipsec suites.
-#. TEST FRAMEWORK
+ - **Randomized profiles**: Improved repeatability and cycle length.
+ For details, see :ref:`packet_flow_ordering`.
- - **Experimental Soak Tests**: Added 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
- :ref:`performance_test_methodology` section for more details.
+ - **Arm 2n-tx2 testbed**: New physical testbed type installed in
+ FD.io CSIT, with VPP and DPDK performance data added to CSIT
+ trending and this report.
- - **Trending Tests BMRR**: Used new Burst MRR (BMRR) tests for daily
- trending.
+ - **Framework speedup**: Shortened overall test job duration
+ by using a different test selection mechanism (using --test
+ instead of --include) and by avoiding unnecessary PAPI reconnects.
- - **Per VPP Patch Performance Checks**: Per VPP gerrit patch vs.
- parent performance tests, anomaly detection and no verify voting
- (-1/0/+1) yet. Manual trigger only. Not "marketed" to FD.io
- community yet to avoid excessive LFN FD.io physical performance
- testbed blocking.
+#. TEST FRAMEWORK
- - **Patch-on-Patch Infra**: Added capability to run performance tests
- using CSIT gerrit patch code testing VPP gerrit patch code, i.e.
- before any VPP and/or CSIT code is merged into git branch.
+ - **TRex ASTF**: Improved capability to run TRex in advanced stateful mode.
- - **CSIT PAPI Support**: Initial implementation of PAPI L1 KWs in
- CSIT using VPP Python bindings. Required for migraing away from
- VAT. Very few L1 KWs implemented ("show version", "show
- interfaces").
+ - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, VAT is
+ still used in CSIT for all VPP scale tests. See known issues below.
- - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations,
- removal of redundant RF keywords.
+ - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing code optimizations,
+ speed ups and bug fixes.
#. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
- - **Graphs Layout Improvements**: Improved performance graphs layout
- for better readibility and maintenance: test grouping, axis
- labels, descriptions, other informative decoration. Master report
- generated. 744 graphs(!)
-
-
- - **Performance Trending**: Further improvements of continuous
- performance trending, anomaly detection and analysis.
+ - **Graphs improvements**: Updated Packet Latency graphs,
+ see :ref:`latency_methodology`.
.. raw:: latex
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 | `CSIT-1234 | VPP IPSecHW scale interface mode 1core, low NDR and PDR 64B throughput in 3n-hsw testbeds, in CSIT-18.07 vs. CSIT-18.04. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1234>`_ | ip4ipsecscale1000tnl-ip4base-int 1core CSIT-18.07/18.04 relative change: NDR -31%, PDR -32%, MRR -38%. |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 3 | `CSIT-1242 | VPP xl710 ip4base test 1core, low NDR and PDR 64B throughput in 3n-hsw testbeds, in CSIT-18.07 vs. CSIT-18.04. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1242>`_ | xl710 ip4base 1core CSIT-18.07/18.04 relative change: NDR -29%, high stdev. |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 4 | `CSIT-1243 | VPP nat44 base test 2core, low NDR and PDR 64B throughput in 3n-skx testbeds, compared to 3n-hsw testbeds. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1243>`_ | ip4base-nat44 2core 3n-skx/3n-hsw relative change: NDR -19%, PDR -22%. |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| 5 | `CSIT-1246 | Ligato K8S orchestrated tests are failing due to incompatibility of the latest released Ligato vpp-agent with VPP-18.07. |
-| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1246>`_ | Past vpp-agent releases are not compatible either. |
-+----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | 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-662 | 9000B packets not supported by NICs VIC1227 and VIC1387. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-662>`_ | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 3 | `CSIT-1763 | Adapt ramp-up phase of nat44 tests for different frame sizes. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1763>`_ | Currently ramp-up phase rate and duration values are correctly set for tests with 64B frame size. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 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. |
+| +-----------------------------------------+ The usual PAPI library spends too much time parsing arguments, so even with async processing (hundreds of |
+| | `VPP-1763 | commands in flight over socket), the VPP configuration for large scale tests (millions of messages) takes |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_ | too long. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| 5 | `VPP-1934 | [i40e] Interfaces are not brought up from carrier-down. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1934>`_ | In case of i40e -based interface (e.g Intel x700 series NIC) is bound to kernel driver (i40e) and is in |
+| | | state "no-carrier" (<NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP>) because previously it was disabled via |
+| | | "I40E_AQ_PHY_LINK_ENABLED" call, then VPP during initialization of AVF interface is not re-enabling |
+| | | interface link via i40e driver to up. |
+| | | CSIT implemented `workaround for AVF interface <https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/csit/+/29086>`_ until fixed. |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
+-------------------------------------------
+
+List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
+
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| # | JiraID | Issue Description |
++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
+| 1 | `VPP-1972 | One VPP change has decreased performance of NAT44ed processing, both slow path and fast path. |
+| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1972>` | |
++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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