From: Maciek Konstantynowicz Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 15:57:22 +0000 (+0000) Subject: rls1801 report: meltdown and spectremeltdown static content edits. X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1701c0a9db9cc57423e5d1a9009788d0a707ecd6 rls1801 report: meltdown and spectremeltdown static content edits. Change-Id: Ia81a2fc86884a5c13deabce9b7e68b57d307ef5c Signed-off-by: Maciek Konstantynowicz --- diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_meltdown/index.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_meltdown/index.rst similarity index 85% rename from docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_meltdown/index.rst rename to docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_meltdown/index.rst index 1f60d260f2..a2302ed67c 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_meltdown/index.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_meltdown/index.rst @@ -1,17 +1,21 @@ -Performance Impact of Meltdown Patches -====================================== +Impact of Meltdown Patches +========================== -The following tables present performance impact on VPP after -applying patches addressing Meltdown (Variant3: Rogue Data Cache Load) security - ulnerabilities. Incremental kernel patches are applied for Ubuntu 16.04LTS as -documented on `Ubuntu SpectreAndMeltdown page `_. -For detailed listing of used software versions and patches please refer -to :ref:`test_environment`. +Following sections list changes to VPP throughput performance after applying +patches addressing security vulnerabilities referred to as Meltdown +(Variant3: Rogue Data Cache Load). Incremental kernel patches are +applied for Ubuntu 16.04LTS as documented on +`Ubuntu SpectreAndMeltdown page `_. +Detailed listing of used software versions and patches is documented in +:ref:`test_environment`. NDR and PDR packet throughput results are compared for 1-core/1-thread, 2-cores/2-threads and 4-cores/4-threads VPP configurations, with reference performance numbers coming from tests without the Meltdown -patches. +patches. Tables show test results grouped into Best 20 changes (minimal +performance impact), followed by Worst 20 changes (maximal performance +impact). All results are also provided in downloadable CSV and pretty +ASCII formats. NDR throughput: Best 20 changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_spectre/index.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_spectreandmeltdown/index.rst similarity index 86% rename from docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_spectre/index.rst rename to docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_spectreandmeltdown/index.rst index cf5202553e..39fcd9c88a 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_spectre/index.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_spectreandmeltdown/index.rst @@ -1,20 +1,24 @@ -Performance Impact of Meltdown and Spectre Patches -================================================== - -The following tables present performance impact on VPP after applying -patches addressing Meltdown (Variant3: Rogue Data Cache Load) and -Spectre (Variant1: Bounds Check Bypass; Variant2: Branch Target -Injection) security vulnerabilities. Incremental kernel patches for -Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as documented on +Impact of SpectreAndMeltdown Patches +==================================== + +Following sections list changes to VPP throughput performance after +applying patches addressing security vulnerabilities referred to as: +Meltdown (Variant3: Rogue Data Cache Load) and Spectre (Variant1: Bounds +Check Bypass; Variant2: Branch Target Injection) security +vulnerabilities. Incremental kernel patches for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as +documented on `Ubuntu SpectreAndMeltdown page `_. For Spectre additional Processor microcode and BIOS firmware changes are -applied. For detailed listing of used software versions and patches -please refer to :ref:`test_environment`. +applied. Detailed listing of used software versions and patches is +documented in :ref:`test_environment`. NDR and PDR packet throughput results are compared for 1-core/1-thread, 2-cores/2-threads and 4-cores/4-threads VPP configurations, with -reference performance numbers coming from tests without the Meltdown and -Spectre patches. +reference performance numbers coming from tests without the Meltdown +patches. Tables show test results grouped into Best 20 changes (minimal +performance impact), followed by Worst 20 changes (maximal performance +impact). All results are also provided in downloadable CSV and pretty +ASCII formats. NDR throughput: Best 20 changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/index.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/index.rst index 0cdea485e9..d26addcfb1 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/index.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/index.rst @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ VPP Performance Tests packet_throughput_graphs/index packet_latency_graphs/index throughput_speedup_multi_core/index - performance_impact_meltdown/index - performance_impact_spectre/index + impact_meltdown/index + impact_spectreandmeltdown/index test_environment documentation/index diff --git a/resources/tools/presentation/specification.yaml b/resources/tools/presentation/specification.yaml index d898241b94..e8884623a1 100644 --- a/resources/tools/presentation/specification.yaml +++ b/resources/tools/presentation/specification.yaml @@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ DIR[DTR,FUNC,HC]: "{DIR[DTR]}/honeycomb_functional_results" DIR[DTR,FUNC,NSHSFC]: "{DIR[DTR]}/nshsfc_functional_results" DIR[DTR,PERF,VPP,IMPRV]: "{DIR[WORKING,SRC]}/vpp_performance_tests/performance_improvements" - DIR[DTR,PERF,VPP,IMPACT,SPECTRE]: "{DIR[WORKING,SRC]}/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_spectre" - DIR[DTR,PERF,VPP,IMPACT,MELTDOWN]: "{DIR[WORKING,SRC]}/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_meltdown" # Detailed test configurations DIR[DTC]: "{DIR[WORKING,SRC]}/test_configuration"