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| author |   Maciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com> | 2020-05-12 12:09:26 +0100 |
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| committer |   Tibor Frank <tifrank@cisco.com> | 2020-05-12 11:53:01 +0000 |
| commit | 590af9aafe637530916d173eae9053a75b498212 (patch) | |
| tree | 6c10dd88b510b9bf1217694f52b6587c45f0da92 /docs | |
| parent | 2361ed73c64471291cc301e2884fad1a4d975773 (diff) | |
Report CSIT-2001: updated rls notes for VPP.
Change-Id: I64853402cf6301a99ee97a463a5984516b52b0d3
Signed-off-by: Maciek Konstantynowicz <mkonstan@cisco.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst | 72 |
1 files changed, 54 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 0d0a866125..6740fbff17 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -7,26 +7,32 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS - **Intel Xeon 2n-skx, 3n-skx testbeds**: VPP performance test data - is not included in this report version. This is due to the lower - performance and behaviour inconsistency of these systems - following the upgrade of processor microcode packages (skx ucode - 0x2000064), done as part of updating Ubuntu 18.04 LTS kernel - version. Tested VPP and DPDK applications (L3fwd) are affected. - Skx test data will be added in subsequent maintenance report - version(s) once the issue is resolved. See - :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. + is now included in this report version. Due to substantial impact + of test environment changes (applied during the CSIT-2001 + development cycle) on the performance of VPP software, a new + approach to performance comparison and progression/regression + root cause analysis (RCA) has been applied. + + - CSIT test environment is now versioned, with ver. 1 associated + with CSIT rls1908 git branch as of 2019-08-21, and ver. 2 + associated with CSIT rls2001 git branch as of 2020-03-27. + + - To identify performance changes due to CSIT test environment + changes from ver. 1 to ver. 2, VPP v19.08.1 has been re-tested in + ver. 2 and compared against the past results obtained with + testing in ver. 1. Separate RCA1 analysis has been applied to + this part. See :ref:`vpp_compare_current_vs_previous_release` and + :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. + + - To identify performance changes due to VPP code changes from + v19.08.1 to v20.01.0, the latter has been tested in CSIT + environment ver. 2 and compared against the former tested in CSIT + environment ver. 1. Separate RCA2 analysis has been applied to + this part. See :ref:`vpp_compare_current_vs_previous_release` and + :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. - **Intel Xeon 2n-clx testbeds**: VPP performance test data is now - included in this report, after resolving the issue of lower - performance and behaviour inconsistency of these systems due to - the Linux kernel driven upgrade of processor microcode packages - to 0x500002c. The resolution is to use latest SuperMicro BIOS 3.2 - (for X11DPG-QT motherboards used) that upgrades processor - microcode to 0x500002c, AND NOT kernel provided ucode package as - it does put system into sub-optimal state. Subset of 2n-clx VPP - tests are failing due to clx system behaviour change: i) all ip4 - tests with xxv710 and avf driver and ii) some cx556a rdma tests. - See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. + included in this report. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. - **Service density 2n-skx tests**: Added new NF density tests with IPsec encryption between DUTs. @@ -163,3 +169,33 @@ List of known issues in |csit-release| for VPP performance tests: | 10 | `CSIT-1680 | Some 2n-clx cx556a rdma tests are failing. | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1680>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 11 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Investigate high stdev of tests with VPP inside VM. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1704 | | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1704>`_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 12 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause of dot1q-l2xcbase progression. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1705 | | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1705>`_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 13 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause of avf-ip4scale regression. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1706 | | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1706>`_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 14 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause of progression in vhost-user tests with testpmd in VM. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1707 | | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1707>`_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 15 | `CSIT-1699 | Root Cause Analysis for CSIT-2001. Identify cause for avf-ip4base regression. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1699>`_ | | +| +-----------------------------------------+ | +| | `CSIT-1708 | | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1708>`_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |