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=5d85fc4a77def67371c84ebb570f119fa16800a8;hp=08358ce89dd65fbb2d7456f50bac58969efd98bc;hb=07dc2213e6c0e95147e7025b02e91ed89ea07209;hpb=4d737605e8974233e6d7cf864ed9c95a7a416b91 diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 08358ce89d..5d85fc4a77 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +.. _vpp_performance_tests_release_notes: + Release Notes ============= @@ -6,37 +8,62 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS - - CSIT test environment is versioned, see - :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. - - - **GENEVE tests**: Added VPP performance tests for GENEVE tunnels. - - - See :ref:`geneve_methodology` for more details. - - - **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. - - - **Jumbo for ipsec**: Test cases with 9000 byte frames are re-enabled - in ipsec suites. - - - **Randomized profiles**: Improved repeatability and cycle length. - For details, see :ref:`packet_flow_ordering`. - - - **AMD 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. + - **Intel Xeon Ice Lake**: Added initial test data for these + 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 details about the + physical setup see :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. Tested + VPP and CSIT versions are pre-release, VPP + 21.06-rc0~779-gd640ae52f. + + - **MLRsearch improvements**: Added support for multiple packet + throughput rates in a single search, each rate is associated + with a distinct Packet Loss Ratio (PLR) criterion. Previously + only Non Drop Rate (NDR) (PLR=0) and single Partial Drop Rate + (PDR) (PLR<0.5%) were supported. Implemented number of + optimizations improving rate discovery efficiency. + + - **Reduction of tests**: Removed obsolete VPP use cases and + superfluous test combinations from continuous and report test + executions, including: + + - All vts tests, obsolete use cases. + - dot1q tests apart from dot1q-l2bd, superfluous combinations. + - -100flows, -100kflows in all acl tests. + - nat44 tests + + - -pps tests, replaced by -tput tests. + - h1-p1-s1 single session tests, unessential combination. + - h4096-p63-s258048 tests, unessential scale combination. + + - ipsec tests + + - ethip4ipsectptlispgpe. + - policy-aes128gcm. + - policy-aes128cbc-hmac256sha. + - policy-aes128cbc-hmac512sha. + - int-aes128cbc-hmac256sha. + - scale of + + - 400tnlsw. + - 5000tnlsw. + - 20000tnlsw. + - 60000tnlsw. #. TEST FRAMEWORK - - **TRex ASTF**: Improved capability to run TRex in advanced stateful mode. + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 8, see + :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. + + - **CSIT in AWS environment**: Added CSIT support for AWS c5n + instances environment. - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, VAT is - still used in CSIT for all VPP scale tests. See known issues below. + still used in CSIT for all 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 @@ -57,27 +84,35 @@ 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. | -| | `_ | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed outside of LF testbeds. | +| 1 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | `VPP-662 | 9000B packets not supported by NICs VIC1227 and VIC1387. | -| | `_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | `CSIT-1763 | Adapt ramp-up phase of nat44 tests for different frame sizes. | +| 2 | `CSIT-1763 | Adapt ramp-up phase of nat44 tests for different frame sizes. | | | `_ | 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 | +| 3 | `CSIT-1671 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much | | | `_ | 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 | | | `_ | too long. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 5 | `VPP-1934 | [i40e] Interfaces are not brought up from carrier-down. | -| | `_ | In case of i40e -based interface (e.g Intel x700 series NIC) is bound to kernel driver (i40e) and is in | -| | | state "no-carrier" () 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 `_ until fixed. | +| 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-1790 | Broken TRex latency measurements with TRex v2.88, DPDK 21.02 and FVL FW 6.01. | +| | `_ | High latency O(5msec) for all VPP and testpmd/l3fwd test cases for FVL NICs with FW 6.01. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 6 | `CSIT-1780 | IPSEC SW async scheduler MRR tests failing with no traffic forwarded. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 7 | `CSIT-1786 | IP4 and IP6 scale tests failing with no traffic forwarded. | +| | `_ | Issue reported to VPP devs. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 8 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 9 | `CSIT-1791 | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes @@ -88,6 +123,6 @@ List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes: +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | | | -| | | | +| 1 | `VPP-1972 | One VPP change has decreased performance of NAT44ed processing, mostly slow path. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+