From 26a677d37ed095e9a876b8a916d4c967ecfbbea1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maciek Konstantynowicz Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 17:45:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] report: update vpp performance rls notes Change-Id: Ia933d6719c41100524fd1e64990b38e03604c5ec Signed-off-by: Maciek Konstantynowicz --- docs/report/introduction/physical_testbeds.rst | 4 + .../vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst | 96 +++++++++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/physical_testbeds.rst b/docs/report/introduction/physical_testbeds.rst index 9bb0a05f99..cfd43d0653 100644 --- a/docs/report/introduction/physical_testbeds.rst +++ b/docs/report/introduction/physical_testbeds.rst @@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ TG NICs: All Intel Xeon Cascadelake servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading enabled, doubling the number of logical cores exposed to Linux. +.. _physical_testbeds_2n_icx: + 2-Node Xeon Icelake (2n-icx) ---------------------------- @@ -193,6 +195,8 @@ SUT and TG NICs: All Intel Xeon Icelake servers run with Intel Hyper-Threading enabled, doubling the number of logical cores exposed to Linux. +.. _physical_testbeds_3n_icx: + 3-Node Xeon Icelake (3n-icx) ---------------------------- diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 5aa84c0fe3..17aaa5a604 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -8,10 +8,27 @@ 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`. - **Reduction of tests**: Removed certain test variations executed iteratively for the report (as well as in daily and weekly @@ -23,8 +40,8 @@ Changes in |csit-release| :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. - **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. @@ -43,23 +60,55 @@ Changes in |csit-release| Known Issues ------------ -Fixed -_____ - -Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release: +New +___ +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | 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. | +| 1 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 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. | +| 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-1802 | AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 5 | `CSIT-1803 | 3n-icx testbeds (Icelake): all IMIX aes128cbc-hmac512sha tests are failing due to excessive packet loss. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 6 | `CSIT-1804 | Sporadic packet drops at NDR Crypto, Ip4, L2, Srv6, VM vhost. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 7 | `CSIT-1805 | Hoststack vppecho-Bps tests failing with timeout. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 8 | `CSIT-1806 | ethip6lispip6 half packets forwarded only. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 9 | `CSIT-xxxx | Tunnel encapsulations tests failing with 9000B Ethernet frames. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 10 | `CSIT-xxxx | VPP performance regression with DPDK drivers. | +| | `_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `VPP-xxxx | | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 11 | `CSIT-1808 | 9000B memif tests failing. | +| | `_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 12 | `CSIT-1809 | 9000B vhostuser tests failing. | +| | `_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -Old -___ + +Previous +________ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results. @@ -91,11 +140,20 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results. | | `_ | 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 | 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. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes ------------------------------------------- -- 2.16.6