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=754abc0d132b4e3a9c9ef273bd7e1fb54424115e;hp=54275314e3e704a31e163511371e2102e50f6b00;hb=3cb49d761fa32c84ea7b6b9ba9d6c874dff2921a;hpb=f4cd1c230a2328fd647fd88da5d9149fbad556e3 diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 54275314e3..754abc0d13 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -22,17 +22,19 @@ Changes in CSIT |release| - **VPP TCP/IP stack** - Added tests for VPP TCP/IP stack using VPP built-in HTTP server. - WRK traffic generator is used as a client-side. + WRK traffic generator is used as a client-side; - **SRv6 tests** - - Initial SRv6 tests verifying performance of SRv6 encapsulation and - decapsulation and SID lookups. + - Initial SRv6 (Segment Routing IPv6) tests verifying performance of + IPv6 and SRH (Segment Routing Header) encapsulation, decapsulation, + lookups and rewrites based on configured End and End.DX6 SRv6 egress + functions; - **IPSecSW tests** - SW computed IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in - combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding. + combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding; #. Presentation and Analytics Layer @@ -44,161 +46,45 @@ Changes in CSIT |release| - **Framework optimizations** - - Ability to run CSIT framework on ARM architecture. + - Ability to run CSIT framework on ARM architecture; - - Overall stability improvements. + - Overall stability improvements; -Performance Improvements ------------------------- +Performance Changes +------------------- -Substantial improvements in measured packet throughput have been observed in a -number of CSIT |release| tests listed below, with relative increase of -double-digit percentage points. Relative improvements for this release are -calculated against the test results listed in CSIT |release-1| report. The +Substantial changes in measured packet throughput have been observed in a +number of CSIT |release| tests listed below. Relative changes for this release +are calculated against the test results listed in CSIT |release-1| report. The comparison is calculated between the mean values based on collected and archived test results' samples for involved VPP releases. Standard deviation -has been also listed for CSIT |release|. Performance numbers since release -VPP-16.09 are provided for reference. +has been also listed for CSIT |release|. -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +NDR Throughput Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: +NDR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and +pretty ASCII formats: -.. only:: html + - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-full.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-2t2c-full.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-full.txt>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-2t2c-full.txt>`_. - .. csv-table:: - :align: center - :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_top.csv +PDR Throughput Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \makeatletter - \csvset{ - perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, - } - \makeatother - - {\tiny - \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma, - respect all, - no check column count, - perfimprovements column width=1cm, - late after line={\\\hline}, - late after last line={\end{longtable}} - ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_top.csv} - } - - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: - -.. only:: html - - .. csv-table:: - :align: center - :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_top.csv - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \makeatletter - \csvset{ - perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, - } - \makeatother - - {\tiny - \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma, - respect all, - no check column count, - perfimprovements column width=1cm, - late after line={\\\hline}, - late after last line={\end{longtable}} - ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_top.csv} - } +NDR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and +pretty ASCII formats: + - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-full.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-2t2c-full.csv>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-full.txt>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-2t2c-full.txt>`_. Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in -`VPP-17.10 release notes -`_. - -Other Performance Changes -------------------------- - -Other changes in measured packet throughput, with either minor relative increase -or decrease, have been observed in a number of CSIT |release| tests listed -below. Relative changes are calculated against the test results listed in CSIT -|release-1| report. - -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: - -.. only:: html - - .. csv-table:: - :align: center - :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_low.csv - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \makeatletter - \csvset{ - perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, - } - \makeatother - - {\tiny - \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma, - respect all, - no check column count, - perfimprovements column width=1cm, - late after line={\\\hline}, - late after last line={\end{longtable}} - ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_low.csv} - } - - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: - -.. only:: html - - .. csv-table:: - :align: center - :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_low.csv - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \makeatletter - \csvset{ - perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{ m{1.5cm} m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, - } - \makeatother - - {\tiny - \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma, - respect all, - no check column count, - perfimprovements column width=1cm, - late after line={\\\hline}, - late after last line={\end{longtable}} - ]{../_tmp/src/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_low.csv} - } - +`VPP-18.01 release notes +`_. Known Issues ------------ @@ -221,4 +107,3 @@ Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests: | 4 | Lower than expected NDR throughput with | CSIT-569 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR and | | | xl710 and x710 NICs, compared to x520 NICs. | | PDR throughput. Applies to XL710 and X710 NICs. | +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -