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author | Maciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com> | 2018-01-26 15:57:22 +0000 |
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committer | Tibor Frank <tifrank@cisco.com> | 2018-01-29 14:26:18 +0100 |
commit | 1701c0a9db9cc57423e5d1a9009788d0a707ecd6 (patch) | |
tree | 5fb09c76d8173ce076b57965d8fa3f6a4f906fd6 /docs/report | |
parent | ea195d1dd99a65736956c9b97e79ba0367b6206b (diff) |
rls1801 report: meltdown and spectremeltdown static content edits.
Change-Id: Ia81a2fc86884a5c13deabce9b7e68b57d307ef5c
Signed-off-by: Maciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com>
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-rw-r--r-- | docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_meltdown/index.rst (renamed from docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_meltdown/index.rst) | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/impact_spectreandmeltdown/index.rst (renamed from docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_spectre/index.rst) | 28 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/index.rst | 4 |
3 files changed, 31 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/performance_impact_meltdown/index.rst b/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 <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown>`_. -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 <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown>`_. +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 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 <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown>`_. 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 |