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=8590ac5c2e140c3bb03f2c1acd96f48ad765b5fe;hp=580ef4812a538dba552a3d10b841679a9dec5e1a;hb=1b97d7088f4db702b05c0fd4cbc02a52c97e4529;hpb=9e00a9702f6b17ff85c597a0915ffb8b693e87ba diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 580ef4812a..8590ac5c2e 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -1,225 +1,188 @@ +.. _vpp_performance_tests_release_notes: + Release Notes ============= Changes in |csit-release| ------------------------- -#. **VPP Performance Tests** - - - **MRR Throughput**: MRR (Maximum Receive Rate) test code has now - configurable trial duration and number of consecutive executions. - Coverage of MRR tests has been extended across more test - scenarios. MRR tests are used for continuous performance trending - and for comparison between VPP releases. - - - **MLRsearch Throughput**: MLRsearch algorithm has been introduced - for all NDR and PDR throughput tests. All tests that previously - used binary search got converted to MLRsearch. Coverage of NDR/PDR - tests has been extended across more test scenarios. - - - **L2patch Tests**: Tests measure performance of VPP L2patch, the - fastest L2 forwarding path implemented in VPP, that cross-links - RX and TX of two physical interfaces. - - - **2-Node Tests**: A new baseline set of 2-node tests covering base - ip4, ip6, l2patch, l2bd, l2xc, running on new Xeon Skylake - testbeds. - - - **Generated tests**: Simplified and unified test structure, semi- - autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently - able to create test combinations with various frame size and - cores combinations. All existing test cases were converted to new - format. - - - **Simultaneous Multi-Threading**: SMT-aware detection of server - processor operation mode (HyperThreading enabled/disabled) with - associated compute resource configuration including thread - affinity, number of Rx queues and DPDK I/O mbufs. Tests are - automatically tagged during execution to indicate executed thread - configuration. - - - **Intel Xeon Skylake Support**: Support for 2-Node and 3-Node - physical testbed topologies based on the new SuperMirco servers - each with two Intel Xeon Skylake Platinum processors. Full - Ansible playbooks refactor for quick server (re)installation and - reference pointers of configuration. - -#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer** - - - **Performance trending**: Further improved continuous performance - trending with anomaly detection and analysis. - -#. **Test Framework Optimizations** - - - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing RF keywords optimizations, - removal of redundant RF keywords. - -Performance Changes -------------------- - -Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput in |csit-release| -are calculated against the results from |csit-release-1| -report. 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 a -CSV and pretty ASCII formats: - - - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_. - -.. note:: - - Test results have been generated by - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_, - with Robot Framework result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -PDR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ - -PDR throughput changes between releases are available in a -CSV and pretty ASCII formats: - - - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_. - -.. note:: - - Test results have been generated by - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_, - with Robot Framework result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -MRR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ - -MRR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a -CSV and pretty ASCII formats: - - - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 4t4c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-1t1c-mrr.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-2t2c-mrr.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 4t4c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-4t4c-mrr.txt>`_. - -.. note:: - - Test results have been generated by - `FD.io test executor vpp performance job 3n-hsw`_, - with Robot Framework result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -Comparison Across Testbeds --------------------------- - -Relative performance changes in measured packet throughputon 3-Node Skx testbed -are calculated against the results measured on 3-Node Hsw testbed. - -NDR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ - -NDR changes between testbeds are available in a -CSV and pretty ASCII formats: - - - `csv format for ndr <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for ndr <../_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 Robot Framework result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. - -PDR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ +#. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS -PDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a -CSV and pretty ASCII formats: + - **Regressions with DPDK drivers**: Change from DPDK v21.08 to DPDK + v21.11 introduced regression across all tests using dpdk + drivers (with dpdk_plugin loaded). Compared to previous VPP + release performance drop varies in the range of -15% to -6%, + depending on test. It is related to updated MTU checks within + DPDK code and associated VPP code changes. See + `VPP v2202 release notes `_ + and :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. - - `csv format for pdr <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for pdr <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_. + - **Number of CSIT 9000B frame tests failing**: tests with higher + encapsulation overhead are failing due to exceeding default + Ethernet Maximum Frame Size value that has been reduced by MTU + related VPP code changes. See + `VPP v2202 release notes `_ + and :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. -.. note:: + - **Intel Xeon Ice Lake**: Performance test data for these platforms + is now provided by testbeds newly installed in FD.io CSIT labs. + For details about the physical setup see + :ref:`physical_testbeds_2n_icx` and + :ref:`physical_testbeds_3n_icx`. - 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 Robot Framework result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. + - **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. -MRR Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~ + - **RC2 coverage test data is used for 2n-icx test bed**: There is only + one 2n-icx test bed and the amount of tests is large (same as 2n-skx with 4 + test beds), so we decided to use test data already available from RC2 + testing. -MRR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a -CSV and pretty ASCII formats: +#. TEST FRAMEWORK - - `csv format for mrr <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for mrr <../_static/vpp/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-mrr.txt>`_. + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 10, see + :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. -.. note:: + - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and + deprecation of VAT, VPP CLI is used in CSIT for many VPP scale + tests. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. - 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 Robot Framework result - files csit-vpp-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip - `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_. + - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing code optimizations and bug + fixes. -Throughput Trending -------------------- +#. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER -In addition to reporting throughput changes between VPP releases, CSIT -provides continuous performance trending for VPP master branch: + - **Graphs improvements**: Updated Packet Latency graphs, + see :ref:`latency_methodology`. -#. `VPP Performance Dashboard `_ - - per VPP test case throughput trend, trend compliance and summary of - detected anomalies. +.. raw:: latex -#. `Trending Methodology `_ - - throughput test metrics, trend calculations and anomaly - classification (progression, regression, outlier). + \clearpage -#. `Trendline Graphs `_ - - per VPP build MRR throughput measurements against the trendline - with anomaly highlights, with associated CSIT test jobs. +.. _vpp_known_issues: Known Issues ------------ -List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: - -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | Issue | Jira ID | Description | -+===+=================================================+============+=================================================================+ -| 1 | Sporadic (1 in 200) NDR discovery test failures | CSIT-570 | DPDK reporting rx-errors, indicating L1 issue. Suspected issue | -| | on x520. | | with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF testbeds. Not observed | -| | | | outside of LF testbeds. | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | High failure rate of api call | VPP-1361 | Failure rate: 30-40% of tests failing due to interfaces not | -| | sw_interface_set_flags [admin-up|link-up] | | in link-up state after API call sw_interface_set_flags. | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | Scale IPSecHW Interface mode throughput | CSIT-1234 | IPSec throughput regression: NDR -28%..-31%, PDR -28%..-31%, | -| | regression. | | MRR -40%. Affects IPSec HW Scale 1000tnl tests with Int mode. | -+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ +New +___ + ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | ++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ +| 1 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | `CSIT-1800 | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | `CSIT-1801 | 9000B payload frames not forwarded over tunnels due to violating supported Max Frame Size (VxLAN, LISP, | +| | `_ | SRv6). | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | `CSIT-1808 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over memif interfaces. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 5 | `CSIT-1809 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over vhostuser interfaces. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 6 | `CSIT-1802 | AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 7 | `CSIT-1803 | 3n-icx testbeds (Icelake): all IMIX aes128cbc-hmac512sha tests are failing due to excessive packet loss. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 8 | `CSIT-1804 | 3n-tsh testbed (Taishan): NDR tests failing from time to time. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 9 | `CSIT-1805 | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all hoststack quic vppecho scale tests are failing. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 10 | `CSIT-1810 | DPDK - performance regression with DPDK driver when Max Frame Size is set to less than 2023. | +| | `_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `VPP-1876 | Worse performance with DPDK driver when MTU is set to 2022 or less. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 11 | `CSIT-1811 | All 9000B NAT44DET 64k 1m scale tests fail due to bps rate set to high on TRex. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 12 | `CSIT-1812 | All IMIX NAT44DET 4m 16m scale tests fail due to not creating required session count. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + + +Previous +________ + +Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results. + ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | ++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ +| 1 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. | +| | `_ | Frequency is reduced by CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | `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. | +| +-----------------------------------------+ Currently, the time critical code uses VAT running large files with exec statements and CLI commands. | +| | `VPP-1763 | Still, we needed to reduce the number of scale tests run to keep overall duration reasonable. | +| | `_ | More improvements needed to achieve sufficient configuration speed. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. | +| | `_ | At least for max scale, in allotted time (limited by session 500s timeout) due to worse | +| +-----------------------------------------+ slow path performance than previously measured and calibrated for. | +| | `VPP-1972 | CSIT removed the max scale NAT tests to avoid this issue. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | `CSIT-1791 | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes. | +| | `_ | Two symptoms: 1. 10-20% regression across most tests. 2. DUT performance cap just below 38 Mpps. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + +Fixed +_____ + +Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release: + ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | ++====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ +| 1 | `CSIT-1789 | IPSEC SW async scheduler tests show bad behavior. | +| | `_ | VPP code is not behaving correctly when crypto workers are the bottleneck. | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `VPP-1998 | | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + +Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes +------------------------------------------- + +List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes: + ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | ++====+=========================================+==============================================================+ +| 1 | `CSIT-1814 | rls2202 regression: NAT44ED CPS larger scales. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | `CSIT-1815 | rls2202 regression: l2bdbasemaclrn around 2021-11-11. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | `CSIT-1816 | rls2202 regression: l2-input. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | `CSIT-1820 | rls2202 regression: tx2 ip6base at dpdk upgrade. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 5 | `CSIT-1821 | rls2202 regression: tx2 ip6base before dpdk upgrade. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 6 | `CSIT-1822 | rls2202 regression: avf-ip4base around 2022-01-06. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 7 | `CSIT-1823 | rls2202 regression: vxlan-l2xcbase on tsh around 2022-01-07. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 8 | `CSIT-1824 | rls2202 regression: SRv6. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+