Performance: TRex approximatedDuration and approximateRate

- API to provide duration for send and receive traffic

Signed-off-by: Peter Mikus <pmikus@cisco.com>
Change-Id: Id186a200be66b7703348e6fd3099ffd405e915ae

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/resources/libraries/python/TrafficGenerator.py b/resources/libraries/python/TrafficGenerator.py
index 4e3a5493bd..539ced584a 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/python/TrafficGenerator.py
+++ b/resources/libraries/python/TrafficGenerator.py
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
         self._sent = None
         self._latency = None
         self._received = None
+        self._approximated_rate = None
+        self._approximated_duration = None
         # Measurement input fields, needed for async stop result.
         self._start_time = None
         self._rate = None
@@ -204,6 +206,15 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
         """
         return self._latency
 
+    def get_approximated_rate(self):
+        """Return approximated rate computed as ratio of transmited packets over
+        duration of trial.
+
+        :returns: Approximated rate.
+        :rtype: str
+        """
+        return self._approximated_rate
+
     # TODO: pylint says disable=too-many-locals.
     # A fix is developed in https://gerrit.fd.io/r/c/csit/+/22221
     def initialize_traffic_generator(
@@ -460,9 +471,12 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
         self._received = self._result.split(u", ")[1].split(u"=", 1)[1]
         self._sent = self._result.split(u", ")[2].split(u"=", 1)[1]
         self._loss = self._result.split(u", ")[3].split(u"=", 1)[1]
+        self._approximated_duration = \
+            self._result.split(u", ")[5].split(u"=", 1)[1]
+        self._approximated_rate = self._result.split(u", ")[6].split(u"=", 1)[1]
         self._latency = list()
-        self._latency.append(self._result.split(u", ")[4].split(u"=", 1)[1])
-        self._latency.append(self._result.split(u", ")[5].split(u"=", 1)[1])
+        self._latency.append(self._result.split(u", ")[7].split(u"=", 1)[1])
+        self._latency.append(self._result.split(u", ")[8].split(u"=", 1)[1])
 
     def trex_stl_stop_remote_exec(self, node):
         """Execute script on remote node over ssh to stop running traffic.
@@ -748,6 +762,7 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
             duration, transmit_rate, transmit_count, loss_count
         )
         measurement.latency = self.get_latency_int()
+        measurement.approximated_rate = self.get_approximated_rate()
         return measurement
 
     def measure(self, duration, transmit_rate):
diff --git a/resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_utils.robot b/resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_utils.robot
index 52ddc9193e..ee49b98adf 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_utils.robot
+++ b/resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_utils.robot
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@
 | | ... | ${fail_no_traffic}=${True} | ${subsamples}=${PERF_TRIAL_MULTIPLICITY}
 | | ... | ${traffic_directions}=${2} | ${tx_port}=${0} | ${rx_port}=${1}
 | |
-| | ${results} = | Send traffic at specified rate | ${trial_duration}
+| | ${results} | ${approximated_results} = | Send traffic at specified rate
+| | ... | ${trial_duration}
 | | ... | ${max_rate}pps | ${frame_size} | ${traffic_profile} | ${subsamples}
 | | ... | ${traffic_directions} | ${tx_port} | ${rx_port}
 | | Set Test Message | ${\n}Maximum Receive Rate trial results
@@ -427,6 +428,7 @@
 | | Run Keyword If | ${dut_stats}==${True}
 | | ... | VPP enable elog traces on all DUTs | ${nodes}
 | | ${results} = | Create List
+| | ${approximated_results} = | Create List
 | | FOR | ${i} | IN RANGE | ${subsamples}
 | | | # The following line is skipping some default arguments,
 | | | # that is why subsequent arguments have to be named.
@@ -435,8 +437,10 @@
 | | | ... | traffic_directions=${traffic_directions} | tx_port=${tx_port}
 | | | ... | rx_port=${rx_port}
 | | | ${rx} = | Get Received
+| | | ${ar} = | Get Approximated Rate
 | | | ${rr} = | Evaluate | ${rx} / ${trial_duration}
 | | | Append To List | ${results} | ${rr}
+| | | Append To List | ${approximated_results} | ${ar}
 | | END
 | | Run Keyword If | ${dut_stats}==${True} | Show event logger on all DUTs
 | | ... | ${nodes}
@@ -444,7 +448,7 @@
 | | ... | ${nodes}
 | | Run Keyword If | ${dut_stats}==${True} and ${pkt_trace}==${True}
 | | ... | Show Packet Trace On All Duts | ${nodes} | maximum=${100}
-| | Return From Keyword | ${results}
+| | Return From Keyword | ${results} | ${approximated_results}
 
 | Measure and show latency at specified rate
 | | [Documentation]