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=85cbd7b2035f5240613a195fb77cb53588c96c0c;hp=69444d2a3a242b2a88946a1f0d107389a06c3f92;hb=3b4e1e9b779fd3865714681cc224226b5804c546;hpb=737fbd3341638e90478979779b5ee6c0b0bf5c39 diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 69444d2a3a..85cbd7b203 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -6,55 +6,68 @@ Changes in CSIT |release| #. Added VPP performance tests - - **Linux Container VPP memif tests** + - **Container Topologies Orchestrated by K8s with VPP memif tests** - - Tests with VPP in L2 Bridge-Domain configuration connecting over - memif virtual interfaces to VPPs running in LXCs; + - Added tests with VPP in L2 Cross-Connect and Bridge-Domain + configurations containers, with service chain topologies orchestrated by + Kubernetes. Added following forwarding topologies: i) "Parallel" with + packets flowing from NIC via VPP to container and back to VPP and NIC; + ii) "Chained" a.k.a. "Snake" with packets flowing via VPP to container, + back to VPP, to next container, back to VPP and so on until the last + container in chain, then back to VPP and NIC; iii) "Horizontal" with + packets flowing via VPP to container, then via "horizontal" memif to + next container, and so on until the last container, then back to VPP and + NIC;. - - **Docker Container VPP memif tests** + - **VPP TCP/IP stack** - - Tests with VPP in L2 Cross-Connect configuration connecting over - memif virtual interfaces VPPs running in Docker containers; + - Added tests for VPP TCP/IP stack using VPP built-in HTTP server. + WRK traffic generator is used as a client-side; - - **Container Topologies Orchestrated by K8s with VPP memif tests** + - **SRv6 tests** + + - 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** - - Tests with VPP in L2 Cross-Connect and Bridge-Domain configurations - connecting over memif virtual interfaces VPPs running in Docker - containers, with service chain topologies orchestrated by Kubernetes; + - SW computed IPSec encryption with AES-GCM, CBC-SHA1 ciphers, in + combination with IPv4 routed-forwarding; - - **Stateful Security Groups** +#. Presentation and Analytics Layer - - m-thread m-core VPP stateful and stateless security-groups tests; + - Added throughput speedup analysis for multi-core and multi-thread + VPP tests into Presentation and Analytics Layer (PAL) for automated + CSIT test results analysis; - - **MAC-IP binding** +#. Other improvements - - MACIP input access-lists, single-thread single-core and m-thread - m-core tests; + - **Framework optimizations** - - Statistical analysis of repeatibility of results; + - Ability to run CSIT framework on ARM architecture; -Performance Improvements ------------------------- + - Overall stability improvements; -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 +Performance Changes +------------------- + +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. - -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +has been also listed for CSIT |release|. -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: +NDR Throughput: Best 20 Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. only:: html .. csv-table:: :align: center - :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_top.csv + :file: ../../../../_build/_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-top.csv .. only:: latex @@ -62,7 +75,7 @@ Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: \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}, + perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, } \makeatother @@ -73,20 +86,17 @@ Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: 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} + ]{../_build/_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-top.csv} } - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: +NDR Throughput: Worst 20 Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. only:: html .. csv-table:: :align: center - :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_top.csv + :file: ../../../../_build/_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-bottom.csv .. only:: latex @@ -94,7 +104,7 @@ Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: \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}, + perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, } \makeatother @@ -105,32 +115,32 @@ Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: 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} + ]{../_build/_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-bottom.csv} } +.. only:: html -Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in -`VPP-17.10 release notes -`_. + NDR Throughput: All Changes + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Other Performance Changes -------------------------- + Complete results for all NDR tests are available in a CSV and pretty + ASCII formats: -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. + - `csv format for 1t1c <../../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-full.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 2t2c <../../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-2t2c-full.csv>`_, + - `csv format for 4t4c <../../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-4t4c-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>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 4t4c <../../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-4t4c-full.txt>`_. -NDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: +PDR Throughput: Best 20 Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. only:: html .. csv-table:: :align: center - :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_ndr_low.csv + :file: ../../../../_build/_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-top.csv .. only:: latex @@ -138,7 +148,7 @@ Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: \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}, + perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, } \makeatother @@ -149,20 +159,17 @@ Non-Drop Rate Throughput discovery tests: 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} + ]{../_build/_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-top.csv} } - -PDR Throughput -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: +PDR Throughput: Worst 20 Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. only:: html .. csv-table:: :align: center - :file: performance_improvements/performance_improvements_pdr_low.csv + :file: ../../../../_build/_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-bottom.csv .. only:: latex @@ -170,7 +177,7 @@ Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: \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}, + perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, } \makeatother @@ -181,9 +188,27 @@ Partial Drop Rate thoughput discovery tests with packet Loss Tolerance of 0.5%: 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} + ]{../_build/_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-1t1c-bottom.csv} } +.. only:: html + + PDR Throughput: All Changes + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + Complete results for all PDR tests 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>`_, + - `csv format for 4t4c <../../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-4t4c-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>`_, + - `pretty ASCII format for 4t4c <../../_static/vpp/performance-changes-pdr-4t4c-full.txt>`_. + +Measured improvements are in line with VPP code optimizations listed in +`VPP-17.10 release notes +`_. Known Issues ------------ @@ -196,7 +221,7 @@ Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests: | 1 | Vic1385 and Vic1227 low performance. | VPP-664 | Low NDR performance. | | | | | | +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520. | CSIT-750 | Suspected issue with HW settings (BIOS, FW) in LF | +| 2 | Sporadic NDR discovery test failures on x520. | CSIT-750 | Suspected issue with HW combination of X710-X520 in LF | | | | | infrastructure. Issue can't be replicated outside LF. | +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3 | VPP in 2t2c setups - large variation | CSIT-568 | Suspected NIC firmware or DPDK driver issue affecting NDR | @@ -206,4 +231,3 @@ 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. | +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -