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| author |   Tibor Frank <tifrank@cisco.com> | 2022-11-04 13:16:27 +0100 |
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| committer |   Peter Mikus <peter.mikus@protonmail.ch> | 2022-11-08 08:03:02 +0000 |
| commit | f1a3ee0e0a2514ab249cb6ffd7952fcf9b1d54a9 (patch) | |
| tree | 6057dd071cb6df6883e41e43551de01273068c0d /docs | |
| parent | 919e73a0b6a9ff65fb8c61eede20d360af66cbcb (diff) | |
Report: Release notes
Placeholder for the release notes. Add the release notes here.
- VPP
- DPDK
- TRex
Signed-off-by: Tibor Frank <tifrank@cisco.com>
Change-Id: I1c51a399f415c582a3776a6ea7c195b00436bfd0
(cherry picked from commit 77aab6dd6234975f7d9666b2d29b24e8cb7c4326)
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
5 files changed, 96 insertions, 79 deletions
diff --git a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index 45e5464032..a241f86121 100644 --- a/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/dpdk_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. TEST FRAMEWORK - - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 10, see + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 11, see :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. #. DPDK PERFORMANCE TESTS + - No updates + #. DPDK RELEASE VERSION CHANGE - |csit-release| tested |dpdk-release|, as used by |vpp-release|. @@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ List of known issues in |csit-release| for DPDK performance tests: | 1 | `CSIT-1762 | TRex reports link DOWN in case of dpdk testpmd tests on FD.io CSIT Denverton systems (2n-dnv and 3n-dnv). | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1762>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | `CSIT-1848 | 2n-clx, 3n-alt: sporadic testpmd/l3fwd tests fail with no or low traffic. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1848>`_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ New ___ @@ -37,6 +42,5 @@ List of new issues in |csit-release| for DPDK performance tests: +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | `CSIT-1848 | 2n-clx, 2n-skx, 3n-alt, 3n-skx: sporadic testpmd/l3fwd tests fail with no or low traffic. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1848>`_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
\ No newline at end of file +| | | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ diff --git a/docs/report/introduction/environment/intro.rst b/docs/report/introduction/environment/intro.rst index 47fbc03bc3..b65d57dd5c 100644 --- a/docs/report/introduction/environment/intro.rst +++ b/docs/report/introduction/environment/intro.rst @@ -128,4 +128,5 @@ Following is the list of CSIT versions to date: - Mellanox 556A series firmware upgrade based on DPDK compatibility matrix. - Ubuntu upgrade: `upgrade from 20.04.2 LTS to 22.04.1 LTS`_. + (2n-dnv and 3n-dnv keeps the Ubuntu 20.04.2LTS as a part of decomission). - TRex version upgrade: `increase from 2.97 to 3.00`_. diff --git a/docs/report/trex_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/trex_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index ce050b88ea..55ac26fe31 100644 --- a/docs/report/trex_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/trex_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -6,13 +6,27 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. TREX PERFORMANCE TESTS - - No updates + - **Intel Ice Lake**: Added tests for testing latency between 2 ports on + Intel-E810Cq on the TRex. Used 2n-icx test bed. Added tests: -#. TEST FRAMEWORK + - IP4Base + - IP4scale2m + - IP6Base + - IP6scale2m + - L2bscale1mmaclrn + + - **Amazon 1n-aws**: Added tests for testing latency between 2 ports on + Amazon Nitro 50G on the TRex. Added tests: -#. TRex RELEASE VERSION - - **TRex version used: 3.00** + - IP4Base + - IP4scale2m + - IP6Base + - IP6scale2m + +#. TEST FRAMEWORK + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 11, see + :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. .. _trex_known_issues: @@ -24,5 +38,5 @@ List of known issues in |csit-release| for TRex performance tests: +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | | | +| | | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_device_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_device_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index acccffc3c0..5378632bf2 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_device_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_device_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. TEST FRAMEWORK - - No updates + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 11, see + :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. Known Issues ------------ diff --git a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst index aac124144c..585d3ceb7b 100644 --- a/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst +++ b/docs/report/vpp_performance_tests/csit_release_notes.rst @@ -8,21 +8,25 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS + - **Added new performance testbed 3n-snr** (3 Node SnowRidge, with Intel + Atom processors), to later replace 3n-dnv and 2n-dnv (3 and 2 Node + Denverton) testbeds. + + - **Added GTPU HW offload tests** for Intel e810 4p25ge NICs on 2n-icx + testbeds. + - **Reduction of tests**: Removed certain test variations executed iteratively for the report (as well as in daily and weekly trending) due to physical testbeds overload. #. TEST FRAMEWORK - - **Removed ASTF PPS tests**: They provide no real benefit - compared to TPUT tests. The ip4base variants renamed to TPUT. - - - **Changed TCP TPUT profiles**: The previous ones were found to be faulty. - The new ones do not use bursts of packets to avoid CSIT-1830 and CSIT-1846. - - - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 10, see + - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 11, see :ref:`test_environment_versioning`. + - **TCP tput profiles** have to be changed, as newer TRex versions + are not deterministic enough when deciding when to send an ACK. + - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and deprecation of VAT, VPP CLI is used in CSIT for many VPP scale tests. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`. @@ -32,8 +36,8 @@ Changes in |csit-release| #. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER - - **Graphs improvements**: Updated Packet Latency graphs, - see :ref:`latency_methodology`. + - **`C-Dash <http://csit.fd.io/>`** performance dashboard got updated UI and + updated backend increasing its performance and robustness. .. raw:: latex @@ -50,26 +54,7 @@ ___ +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | `CSIT-1827 | 3n-icx, 3n-skx: all AVF crypto tests sporadically fail. 1518B with no traffic, IMIX with excessive | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1827>`_ | packet loss. | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | `CSIT-1830 | All testbeds: All TCP tput (and pps) tests are failing for small packets. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1830>`_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | `CSIT-1832 | 3n-alt: NDR 1 packet lost on random tests. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1832>`_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 4 | `CSIT-1834 | 2n-icx, 2n-skx: sporadic AVF soak tests failing to find critical load with PLRsearch. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1834>`_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 5 | `CSIT-1846 | 2n-skx, 2n-clx, 2n-icx: ALL 1518B TCP tput tests failing with big packet loss. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1846>`_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 6 | `CSIT-1847 | 2n-skx: all 10vm-1t test failed with half of packets dropped. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1847>`_ | | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 7 | `CSIT-1849 | 2n-skx: UDP 16m tput tests fail to create all sessions. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1849>`_ | | +| | | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Previous @@ -80,47 +65,65 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results. +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. | +| 1 | `CSIT-1671 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1671>`_ | longer to program VPP). This needs to be addressed on the PAPI side. | +| +-----------------------------------------+ Currently, the time critical code uses VAT running large files with exec statements and CLI commands. | +| | `VPP-1763 | Still, we needed to reduce the number of scale tests run to keep overall duration reasonable. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_ | More improvements needed to achieve sufficient configuration speed. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 2 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1782>`_ | Frequency is reduced by CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen. | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 3 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1785>`_ | At least for max scale, in allotted time (limited by session 500s timeout) due to worse | +| +-----------------------------------------+ slow path performance than previously measured and calibrated for. | +| | `VPP-1972 | CSIT removed the max scale NAT tests to avoid this issue. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1972>`_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 4 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1799>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | `CSIT-1800 | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing. | +| 5 | `CSIT-1800 | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing. | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1800>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | `CSIT-1802 | AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. | +| 6 | `CSIT-1801 | 9000B payload frames not forwarded over tunnels due to violating supported Max Frame Size (VxLAN, LISP, | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1801>`_ | SRv6). | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 7 | `CSIT-1802 | AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1802>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 4 | `CSIT-1803 | 3n-icx testbeds (Icelake): all IMIX aes128cbc-hmac512sha tests are failing due to excessive packet loss. | +| 8 | `CSIT-1803 | 3n-icx testbeds (Icelake): all IMIX aes128cbc-hmac512sha tests are failing due to excessive packet loss. | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1803>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 5 | `CSIT-1804 | 3n-tsh, 3n-alt testbed (Taishan, Altra): NDR tests failing from time to time. | +| 9 | `CSIT-1804 | 3n-tsh, 3n-alt testbed (Taishan, Altra): NDR tests failing from time to time. | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1804>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 6 | `CSIT-1812 | All IMIX NAT44DET 4m 16m scale tests fail due to not creating required session count. | +| 10 | `CSIT-1808 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over memif interfaces. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1808>`_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 11 | `CSIT-1809 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over vhostuser interfaces. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1809>`_ | | ++----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| 12 | `CSIT-1812 | All IMIX NAT44DET 4m 16m scale tests fail due to not creating required session count. | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1812>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 7 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1782>`_ | Frequency is reduced by CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen. | +| 13 | `CSIT-1827 | 3n-icx, 3n-skx: all AVF crypto tests sporadically fail. 1518B with no traffic, IMIX with excessive | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1827>`_ | packet loss. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 8 | `CSIT-1671 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1671>`_ | longer to program VPP). This needs to be addressed on the PAPI side. | -| +-----------------------------------------+ Currently, the time critical code uses VAT running large files with exec statements and CLI commands. | -| | `VPP-1763 | Still, we needed to reduce the number of scale tests run to keep overall duration reasonable. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_ | More improvements needed to achieve sufficient configuration speed. | +| 14 | `CSIT-1830 | All testbeds: All TCP tput (and pps) tests are failing for small packets. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1830>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 9 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1785>`_ | At least for max scale, in allotted time (limited by session 500s timeout) due to worse | -| +-----------------------------------------+ slow path performance than previously measured and calibrated for. | -| | `VPP-1972 | CSIT removed the max scale NAT tests to avoid this issue. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1972>`_ | | +| 15 | `CSIT-1832 | 3n-alt: NDR 1 packet lost on random tests. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1832>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 10 | `CSIT-1801 | 9000B payload frames not forwarded over tunnels due to violating supported Max Frame Size (VxLAN, LISP, | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1801>`_ | SRv6). | +| 16 | `CSIT-1834 | 2n-icx, 2n-skx: sporadic AVF soak tests failing to find critical load with PLRsearch. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1834>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 11 | `CSIT-1808 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over memif interfaces. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1808>`_ | | +| 17 | `CSIT-1847 | 2n-skx: all 10vm-1t test failed with half of packets dropped. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1847>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 12 | `CSIT-1809 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over vhostuser interfaces. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1809>`_ | | +| 18 | `CSIT-1849 | 2n-skx: UDP 16m tput tests fail to create all sessions. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1849>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Fixed @@ -131,17 +134,15 @@ Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release: +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+ -| 1 | `CSIT-1810 | DPDK - performance regression with DPDK driver when Max Frame Size is set to less than 2023. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1810>`_ | | -| +-----------------------------------------+ | -| | `VPP-1876 | Worse performance with DPDK driver when MTU is set to 2022 or less. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1876>`_ | | +| 16 | `CSIT-1834 | 2n-icx, 2n-skx: sporadic AVF soak tests failing to find critical load with PLRsearch. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1834>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | `CSIT-1811 | All 9000B NAT44DET 64k 1m scale tests fail due to bps rate set to high on TRex. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1811>`_ | | +| 1 | `CSIT-1846 | 2n-skx, 2n-clx, 2n-icx: ALL 1518B TCP tput tests failing with big packet loss. | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1846>`_ | | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | `CSIT-1791 | Performance regression in RDMA tests, due to CSIT environment changes. | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1791>`_ | Two symptoms: 1. 10-20% regression across most tests. 2. DUT performance cap just below 38 Mpps. | +| 2 | `CSIT-1851 | trending regression: various icelake tests around 2202-04-15 | +| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1851>`_ | Somewhat expected consequence of a VPP usability fix, | +| | | the previous VPP compiler version was too new for the OS used. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ .. _vpp_rca: @@ -154,19 +155,15 @@ List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes: +----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | # | JiraID | Issue Description | +====+=========================================+=====================================================================================+ -| 1 | `CSIT-1851 | trending regression: various icelake tests around 2202-04-15 | -| | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1851>`_ | Somewhat expected consequence of a VPP usability fix, | -| | | the previous VPP compiler version was too new for the OS used. | -+----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 2 | `VPP-2030 | regression: ip6base on ICX around 2022-03-23 | +| 1 | `VPP-2030 | regression: ip6base on ICX around 2022-03-23 | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-2030>`_ | "Loads blocked due to overlapping with a preceding store that cannot be forwarded." | | | | started happening in ip6-lookup graph node. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 3 | `CSIT-1852 | 2n-zn2 mellanox performance cap | +| 2 | `CSIT-1852 | 2n-zn2 mellanox performance cap | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1852>`_ | Old issue, only now distinguished from CSIT-1751. | | | | This testbed+nic combination is capped below 28 Mpps, cause not identified yet. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| 4 | `CSIT-1853 | trending regression: nat44ed cps around 2202-04-01 | +| 3 | `CSIT-1853 | trending regression: nat44ed cps around 2202-04-01 | | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1853>`_ | VPP change added more computation to slow path (in order to support multiple VRFs). | | | | Not clear if the VPP implementation is optimized enough. | +----+-----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |