From: Maciek Konstantynowicz Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 20:47:23 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Report: perf rls_notes formatting fixes. X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=csit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e82babd2345f1c499278b71a891b23ddb002ec87 Report: perf rls_notes formatting fixes. Change-Id: I9f9ba3c59ab007d687f4e268ce91b046b731c850 Signed-off-by: Maciek Konstantynowicz --- diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 0914d9f4da..e6ce57376b 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -4,38 +4,36 @@ CSIT Release Notes Changes in CSIT |release| ------------------------- -#. **Added VPP performance tests** +#. **VPP performance tests** - - *MRR tests :* New MRR tests measure the packet forwarding rate - under the maximum load offered by traffic generator over a set - trial duration, regardless of packet loss. Maximum load for - specified Ethernet frame size is set to the bi-directional link - rate. MRR tests are used for continuous performance trending and - for comparison between releases. + - *MRR tests* - New Maximum Receive Rate tests measure the packet + forwarding rate under the maximum load offered by traffic + generator over a set trial duration, regardless of packet loss. + MRR tests are used for continuous performance trending and for + comparison between releases. - - *Service Chaining with SRv6 :* SRv6 (Segment Routing IPv6) proxy tests - verifying performance of Endpoint to SR-unaware appliance via - masquerading (End.AM), dynamic proxy (End.AD) or static proxy (End.AS) - functions. + - *Service Chaining with SRv6* - New SRv6 (Segment Routing IPv6) proxy + tests measure performance of SRv6 Endpoint fronting SR-unaware + appliance via masquerading (End.AM), dynamic proxy (End.AD) or + static proxy (End.AS) SR functions. -#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer (PAL)** +#. **Presentation and Analytics Layer** - - Added continuous performance measuring, trending and anomaly - detection. Includes new PAL code and Jenkins jobs for Performance - Trending (PT) and Performance Analysis (PA) producing performance - trending dashboard and trendline graphs with summary and drill- - down views across all specified tests that can be reviewed and - inspected regularly by FD.io developers and users community. + - *Performance trending* - Added continuous performance trending and + analysis. New Performance Trending and Performance Analysis jobs + executed regular throughput tests, with results being subsequently + analysed and trend and anomalies summarized and presented in VPP + Performance Dashboard and trendline graphs. #. **Test Framework Optimizations** - - *Performance tests efficiency :* Qemu build/install - optimizations, warmup phase handling, vpp restart handling. - Resulted in improved stability and reduced total execution time by - 30% for single pkt size e.g. 64B/78B. + - *Performance tests efficiency* - Qemu build/install optimizations, + warmup phase handling, vpp restart handling. Resulted in improved + stability and reduced total execution time by 30% for single pkt + size e.g. 64B/78B. - - *General code housekeeping :* ongoing RF keywords - optimizations, removal of redundant RF keywords. + - *General code housekeeping* - ongoing RF keywords optimizations, + removal of redundant RF keywords. Performance Changes ------------------- @@ -51,33 +49,33 @@ repeatability and makes the relative change of mean throughput value not fully representative for these tests. The root causes behind poor results repeatibility vary between the test cases. -NDR Throughput Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +NDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ -NDR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and -pretty ASCII formats: +NDR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a +CSV and pretty ASCII formats: - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-1t1c-full.csv>`_, - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-ndr-2t2c-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>`_. -PDR Throughput Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +PDR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ -NDR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and -pretty ASCII formats: +NDR small packet throughput changes between releases 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>`_, - `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>`_. -MRR Throughput Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +MRR Changes +~~~~~~~~~~~ -MRR changes between releases are available in a CSV and -pretty ASCII formats: +MRR small packet throughput changes between releases are available in a +CSV and pretty ASCII formats: - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-1t1c-full.csv>`_, - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/vpp/performance-changes-mrr-2t2c-full.csv>`_, @@ -89,29 +87,29 @@ pretty ASCII formats: Throughput Trending ------------------- -In addition to reporting throughput changes between VPP releases, CSIT provides -continuous performance trending for VPP master branch: +In addition to reporting throughput changes between VPP releases, CSIT +provides continuous performance trending for VPP master branch: #. `VPP Performance Dashboard `_ -- per VPP test case throughput trend, trend compliance and summary of detected -anomalies. + - per VPP test case throughput trend, trend compliance and summary of + detected anomalies. #. `Trending Methodology `_ -- throughput test metrics, trend calculations and anomaly classification -(progression, regression, outlier). + - throughput test metrics, trend calculations and anomaly + classification (progression, regression, outlier). #. `Trendline Graphs `_ -- per VPP build MRR throughput measurements against the trendline with anomaly -highlights, with associated CSIT test jobs. + - per VPP build MRR throughput measurements against the trendline + with anomaly highlights, with associated CSIT test jobs. Known Issues ------------ -Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests: +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. | @@ -125,7 +123,7 @@ Here is the list of known issues in CSIT |release| for VPP performance tests: | | | | performance tests. | +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4 | IPSec (software, no QAT HW) throughput | CSIT-1064 | IPSec throughput regression: NDR -3%..-8%, PDR -2%..-8%, MRR | -| | regression. | | -3%..-7%. | +| | regression. | | -3%..-7%. Affects IPSec SW tests, QAT HW tests not affected. | +---+-------------------------------------------------+------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5 | High failure rate of creating working container | CSIT-1065 | Orchestrated container topology tests failing data plane | | | topologies with K8s/Ligato orchestration. | | verification indicating configuration issue. Suspected issue |