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=4f986ebd246a3a955e534d0f523306309907be05;hp=a0777918dab821374b22756600aa76c87436bb9b;hb=7e22de2de8ef461b56d2b76f99601aa63814173b;hpb=f85930d7b1e3cda191a2e60cbc4e64d93c5fd139 diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index a0777918da..4f986ebd24 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -8,34 +8,33 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS - - CSIT test environment is versioned, see - :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. - - - **Upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS**: Reinstall base operating system to - Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. Upgrade includes also baseline Docker - containers used for spawning topology. + - **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`. - - Initial test data for Intel Xeon Ice Lake platforms. Current - CSIT-2106 report data for Intel Xeon Ice Lake comes from an - external source (Intel labs running CSIT code on 8360Y D Stepping - and 6338N processors). For detail about the physical setup - see :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. Tested VPP and CSIT - versions are pre-release, VPP 21.06-rc0~779-gd640ae52f. + - **AWS EC2 c5n**: Performance test data for AWS c5n instances has + been added to report for ip4, ip6 and ipsec tests. - - **AF_XDP**: Added af_xdp driver testing for all testcases. + - **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. - - **GTPU tunnel**: Added GTPU HW Offload IPv4 routing tests. +#. TEST FRAMEWORK - - **Telemetry retouch**: Redesign telemetry retrieval from DUT. - Include VPP perfmon plugin telemetry. + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 8, see + :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. -#. TEST FRAMEWORK + - **CSIT in AWS environment**: Completed CSIT automation support for + AWS c5n instances environment, including weekly performance + trending tests execution. - - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, VAT is - still used in CSIT for all VPP scale tests. See known issues below. + - **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, - speed ups and bug fixes. + - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing code optimizations and bug + fixes. #. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER @@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | `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. The issue persists after FVL FW upgrade. | | | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2 | `CSIT-1763 | Adapt ramp-up phase of nat44 tests for different frame sizes. | @@ -68,6 +67,21 @@ List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: | | `VPP-1763 | commands in flight over socket), the VPP configuration for large scale tests (millions of messages) takes | | | `_ | too long. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | `CSIT-1789 | AVF driver does not perform RSS in a deterministic way. | +| | `_ | This increases standard deviation of tests with small number of flows (mainly ipsec). | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 5 | `CSIT-1780 | IPSEC SW async scheduler MRR tests failing with no traffic forwarded. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 6 | `CSIT-1786 | IP4 and IP6 scale tests failing with no traffic forwarded. | +| | `_ | Issue reported to VPP devs. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 7 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 8 | `CSIT-1791 | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes ------------------------------------------- @@ -77,6 +91,6 @@ 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. | +| 1 | `VPP-1972 | One VPP change has decreased performance of NAT44ed processing, mostly slow path. | | | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+