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diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_spectreandmeltdown/index.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_spectreandmeltdown/index.rst deleted file mode 100644 index eec38e8698..0000000000 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_spectreandmeltdown/index.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,167 +0,0 @@ -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 <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown>`_. -For Spectre additional Processor microcode and BIOS firmware changes are -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 -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 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -.. only:: html - - .. csv-table:: - :align: center - :file: ../../../../_build/_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-1t1c-top.csv - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \makeatletter - \csvset{ - perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, - } - \makeatother - - {\tiny - \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma, - respect all, - no check column count, - perfimprovements column width=1cm, - late after line={\\\hline}, - late after last line={\end{longtable}} - ]{../_build/_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-1t1c-top.csv} - } - -NDR Throughput: Worst 20 Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -.. only:: html - - .. csv-table:: - :align: center - :file: ../../../../_build/_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-1t1c-bottom.csv - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \makeatletter - \csvset{ - perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, - } - \makeatother - - {\tiny - \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma, - respect all, - no check column count, - perfimprovements column width=1cm, - late after line={\\\hline}, - late after last line={\end{longtable}} - ]{../_build/_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-1t1c-bottom.csv} - } - -.. only:: html - - NDR Throughput: All Changes - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - Complete results for all NDR tests are available in a CSV and pretty - ASCII formats: - - - `csv format for 1t1c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-1t1c-full.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 2t2c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-2t2c-full.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 4t4c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-4t4c-full.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-1t1c-full.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-2t2c-full.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 4t4c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-ndr-4t4c-full.txt>`_. - -PDR Throughput: Best 20 Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -.. only:: html - - .. csv-table:: - :align: center - :file: ../../../../_build/_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-1t1c-top.csv - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \makeatletter - \csvset{ - perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, - } - \makeatother - - {\tiny - \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma, - respect all, - no check column count, - perfimprovements column width=1cm, - late after line={\\\hline}, - late after last line={\end{longtable}} - ]{../_build/_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-1t1c-top.csv} - } - -PDR Throughput: Worst 20 Changes -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -.. only:: html - - .. csv-table:: - :align: center - :file: ../../../../_build/_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-1t1c-bottom.csv - -.. only:: latex - - .. raw:: latex - - \makeatletter - \csvset{ - perfimprovements column width/.style={after head=\csv@pretable\begin{longtable}{m{4cm} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1} m{#1}}\csv@tablehead}, - } - \makeatother - - {\tiny - \csvautobooklongtable[separator=comma, - respect all, - no check column count, - perfimprovements column width=1cm, - late after line={\\\hline}, - late after last line={\end{longtable}} - ]{../_build/_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-1t1c-bottom.csv} - } - -.. only:: html - - PDR Throughput: All Changes - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - Complete results for all PDR tests are available in a CSV and pretty - ASCII formats: - - - `csv format for 1t1c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-1t1c-full.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 2t2c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-2t2c-full.csv>`_, - - `csv format for 4t4c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-4t4c-full.csv>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-1t1c-full.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-2t2c-full.txt>`_, - - `pretty ASCII format for 4t4c <../../_static/vpp/meltdown-spectre-impact-pdr-4t4c-full.txt>`_. |