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=b057af187ef17d5fc544bb0b4c8eceafecd56a49;hb=bf0fa247e2e95c14bc76dae43a0df26be410d931;hpb=f0f6265a54cc65e27daf04329df209c303518f04 diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index b057af187e..9b7a0a145c 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -8,30 +8,50 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS + - **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`. + + - **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`. + - **Intel Xeon Ice Lake**: Performance test data for these platforms - continues to be provided by external Intel benchmarking labs - executing |csit-release| tests. For details about the physical - setup see :ref:`tested_physical_topologies`. + 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`. - - **AWS EC2 c5n**: Performance test data for AWS c5n instances has - been added to report for ip4, ip6 and ipsec tests. + - **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. 8, see + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 10, see :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. - - **CSIT in AWS environment**: Completed CSIT automation support for - AWS c5n instances environment, including weekly performance - trending tests execution. - - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and - deprecation of VAT, CLI is used in CSIT for many VPP scale tests. - See known issues below. + deprecation of VAT, VPP CLI is used in CSIT for many VPP scale + tests. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing code optimizations and bug fixes. @@ -50,68 +70,124 @@ Changes in |csit-release| Known Issues ------------ -Fixed -_____ - -Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release: +New +___ +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | JiraID | Issue Description | +| # | 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. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 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. | +| 11 | `CSIT-1811 | All 9000B NAT44DET 64k 1m scale tests fail due to bps rate set to high on TRex. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 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. | +| 12 | `CSIT-1812 | All IMIX NAT44DET 4m 16m scale tests fail due to not creating required session count. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -Old -___ + +Previous +________ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results. +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| # | JiraID | Issue Description | +| # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 3 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. | -| | `_ | Frequency is reduced by s CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen. | +| 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. | -| +-----------------------------------------+ | -| 5 | `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. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -New -___ +Fixed +_____ + +Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release: -No new issues appeared in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests, -except for the performance changes listed below. ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| # | 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 | -+====+=========================================+============================================================+ -| 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. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+