X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Freport%2Fvpp_performance_tests%2Fcsit_release_notes.rst;h=0318e7a01e9893cb557b50e67c77e5f4932bba84;hp=2c5b40bd42517dacdc255f8ead34046b56074b27;hb=637eb126bb4ed30df61a293e03d36bd8ad5265e5;hpb=c9011da954e3af3550191610784b358f9ba6a9bf diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 2c5b40bd42..0318e7a01e 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -54,170 +54,13 @@ Changes in |csit-release| - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations, removal of redundant RF keywords. -Performance Changes -------------------- - -Relative performance changes in measured NDR, PDR and MRR packet -throughput in |csit-release| are calculated against the test results -from |csit-release-1| report, for tests running on 3-Node Intel Xeon -Haswell testbeds (3n-hsw) in 1-core, 2-core and 4-core (MRR only) -configurations. - -Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on a series -of the same tests executed against respective VPP releases to verify -test results repeatability, with percentage change calculated for mean -values. Note that the standard deviation is quite high for a small -number of packet throughput tests, what indicates poor test results -repeatability and makes the relative change of mean throughput value not -fully representative for these tests. The root causes behind poor -results repeatability vary between the test cases. - -NDR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ - -NDR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty -ASCII formats: - - - `CSV 1t1c NDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_, - - `CSV 2t2c NDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_, - - `ASCII 1t1c NDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_, - - `ASCII 2t2c NDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_. - -.. note:: - - Test results have been generated by - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_, - with RF result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -PDR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ - -PDR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty -ASCII formats: - - - `CSV 1t1c PDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_, - - `CSV 2t2c PDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_, - - `ASCII 1t1c PDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_, - - `ASCII 2t2c PDR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_. - -.. note:: - - Test results have been generated by - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_, - with RF result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -MRR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ - -MRR throughput changes between releases are available in CSV and pretty -ASCII formats: - - - `CSV 1t1c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.csv>`_, - - `CSV 2t2c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.csv>`_, - - `CSV 4t4c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.csv>`_, - - `ASCII 1t1c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.txt>`_, - - `ASCII 2t2c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.txt>`_, - - `ASCII 4t4c MRR changes <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.txt>`_. - -.. note:: - - Test results have been generated by - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_, - with RF result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -Skx vs. Hsw Comparison ----------------------- - -Relative performance comparison in measured NDR, PDR and MRR packet -throughput is calculated for tests executed on 3-Node Skylake (3n-skx) -and 3-Node Haswell (3n-hsw) physical testbed types in 1-core -configurations. - -NDR Comparison -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -NDR comparison between testbed types is available in CSV and pretty -ASCII formats: - - - `CSV 1c NDR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_, - - `ASCII 1c NDR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.txt>`_. - -.. note:: - - Test results have been generated by - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_ and - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-skx`_ - with RF result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -PDR Comparison -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -PDR comparison between testbed types is available in CSV and pretty -ASCII formats: - - - `CSV 1c PDR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_, - - `ASCII 1c PDR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_. - -.. note:: - - Test results have been generated by - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_ and - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-skx`_ - with RF result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -MRR Comparison -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -MRR comparison between testbed types is available in CSV and pretty -ASCII formats: - - - `CSV 1c MRR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.csv>`_, - - `ASCII 1c MRR comparison <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.txt>`_. - -.. note:: - - Test results have been generated by - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_ and - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-skx`_ - with RF result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -Throughput Trending -------------------- - -In addition to reporting throughput changes between VPP releases, CSIT -provides continuous performance trending for VPP master branch: - -#. `VPP Performance Dashboard `_ - - per VPP test case throughput trend, trend compliance and summary of - detected anomalies. - -#. `Trending Methodology `_ - - throughput test metrics, trend calculations and anomaly - classification (progression, regression, outlier). - -#. `Trendline Graphs `_ - - per VPP build MRR throughput measurements against the trendline - with anomaly highlights, with associated CSIT test jobs. - Known Issues ------------ List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: +---+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | JiraID | Description | +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | +===+=========================================+=================================================================================================================================+ | 1 | `CSIT-570 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures on x520. DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. | | | `_ | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds. | @@ -226,10 +69,10 @@ List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: | | `_ | Failure rate: 30-40% of tests failing due to interfaces not in link-up state after API call sw_interface_set_flags. | +---+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3 | `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. | -| | `_ | ip4ipsecscale1000tnl-ip4base-int 1core CSIT-18.07/18.04 relative change: NDR -32%, PDR -33%, MRR -38%. | +| | `_ | ip4ipsecscale1000tnl-ip4base-int 1core CSIT-18.07/18.04 relative change: NDR -31%, PDR -32%, MRR -38%. | +---+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4 | `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. | -| | `_ | xl710 ip4base 1core CSIT-18.07/18.04 relative change: NDR -19%, high stdev. | +| | `_ | xl710 ip4base 1core CSIT-18.07/18.04 relative change: NDR -29%, high stdev. | +---+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5 | `CSIT-1243 | VPP nat44 base test 2core, low NDR and PDR 64B throughput in 3n-skx testbeds, compared to 3n-hsw testbeds. | | | `_ | ip4base-nat44 2core 3n-skx/3n-hsw relative change: NDR -19%, PDR -22%. |