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=9b7a0a145c609b8fa6dcbd24ad9e4a64a2571f0a;hp=94cab9ac02caeeb775c4559793369454e60e45ac;hb=bf0fa247e2e95c14bc76dae43a0df26be410d931;hpb=fcedfd41d4b6a3236b78503dca16c687adc349bb diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 94cab9ac02..9b7a0a145c 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -30,13 +30,23 @@ Changes in |csit-release| :ref:`physical_testbeds_2n_icx` and :ref:`physical_testbeds_3n_icx`. + - **Arm Ampere Altra**: 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_3n_alt`. + - **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. + - **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. + #. TEST FRAMEWORK - - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 9, see + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 10, see :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and @@ -87,21 +97,24 @@ ___ | 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): all tests are failing with small packet drops at NDR with medium frequency. | +| 8 | `CSIT-1804 | 3n-tsh testbed (Taishan): NDR tests failing from time to time. | | | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 9 | `CSIT-1805 | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all hoststack vppecho-Bps scale tests are failing. | +| 9 | `CSIT-1805 | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all hoststack quic vppecho scale tests are failing. | | | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 10 | `CSIT-1806 | 3n-skx testbeds (Skylake): all LISP ip6-ip6 tests are failing due to address overflow drops. | -| | `_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 11 | `CSIT-1810 | DPDK - performance regression with DPDK driver when Max Frame Size is set to less than 2023. | +| 10 | `CSIT-1810 | DPDK - performance regression with DPDK driver when Max Frame Size is set to less than 2023. | | | `_ | | | +-----------------------------------------+ | -| | `VPP-1876 | | +| | `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 @@ -112,28 +125,22 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results. +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 3 | `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. | | | `_ | Frequency is reduced by CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 4 | `CSIT-1671 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much | +| 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. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 5 | `CSIT-1789 | IPSEC SW async scheduler tests show bad behavior. | -| | `_ | VPP code is not behaving correctly when crypto workers are the bottleneck. | -| +-----------------------------------------+ | -| | `VPP-1998 | | -| | `_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 6 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. | +| 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. | | | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 7 | `CSIT-1791 | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes. | +| 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. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ @@ -145,11 +152,11 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release: +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | `CSIT-1789 | AVF driver does not perform RSS in a deterministic way. | -| | `_ | VPP now uses the same RSS key with AVF driver as with DPDK driver. | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | `CSIT-1786 | IP4 and IP6 scale tests failing with no traffic forwarded. | -| | `_ | CSIT replaced the old single VAT command by file full of "exec" CLI commands executed by VAT. | +| 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 @@ -157,8 +164,30 @@ Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes: -+----+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | JiraID | Issue Description | -+====+=========================================+============================================================+ -| 0 | | To be updated when descriptions in Jira tickets are ready. | -+----+-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------+ ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | 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. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+