Support existing test types with ASTF

+ Add UDP_CPS, TCP_CPS, UDP_PPS and TCP_PPS suites.
 + Update existing cps traffic profiles.
 + Add missing traffic profiles.
 + UDP:
  + Single burst of 32 packets was confirmed as safe enough for TRex.
  + Maybe 64 could work, but not enough testing for that.
  + Multiple bursts have lead to reduced TRex performance,
    as overlaping bursts (from different client instances)
    tend to fill up the buffers.
 + TCP:
  + Data size set to 11111 bytes, completely arbitrarily.
  + Results look reasonable, so I have kept that.
  - MSS not set at all
 - No tested support for frame size other than 64B.
  - Frame size does not even factor into TCP profiles.
 + So other frame sizes are skipped in autogen.
+ Update tags in related suites.
 - HOSTS_{n} and SRC_USER_{n} should be unified.
 - Questionable clarification on difference between IP4BASE and SCALE.
+ Add NAT state resetters to tests that need them.
 + Resetter is called (if set) before each measurement.
 + If ramp-up is detected, resetter is not set.
+ Rename "mult" argument to "multiplier".
+ Abstracted from packets to transactions.
 + Transaction corresponds to profile.
 + TRex multiplier argument sets target rate in transactions per second.
 + The familiar STL traffic:
  + Bidirectional is considered to be 2 packets per transaction.
  + Unidirectional is considered to be 1 packet per transaction.
 + The newer ASTF traffic:
  + 4 subtypes, each has different number of packets per transaction.
 + For max rate computation:
  + Packets in the more numerous direction are considered.
+ Rely on TRex reported traffic duration for ASTF:
 + Use the server side value.
  - Client side value is higher by an overhead.
  - TRex is not sending traffic during that time.
 + Remove delays from traffic profiles.
  - Those delays would increase the reprted traffic time.
+ Support for scale lmited trials.
 + Only for ASTF profiles, each ASTF profile has limited scale.
 + Scale defined in suite variables.
 + For TRex to send all transactions provided duration value is ignored.
  + The appropriate value is computed in TrafficGenerator.
  + An ad-hoc time constant is added to match the TRex client side time overhead.
  + The profile driver receives the computed duration.
  + Measurement for PLRsearch add a sleep if the computed duration is smaller.
 + Alternative argument for search algos if scale is limited.
  + Both need higher timeout to accomodate big scales.
  + MLRsearch can afford fewer phases.
 + Added a parameter to optionally shorten the duration.
  + Use short duration for runtime stats trial and failure stats trial.
+ Use very large keepalive values in udp profiles to avoid ka packets.
+ No polling in ASTF profile driver.
 - Polling could eliminate the time overhead value.
 + But polling proved to introduce some loss, affecting the results.
+ Handle duration stretching in ASTF by stopping traffic.
 + The stop has several steps so that:
  + The traffic is really stopped entirely.
  + Late packets do not count (maybe as errors).
  + Stats are preserved to read for results (and cleared afterwards).
 + Several quantities added to ReceiveRateMeasurement:
  + Original target duration is preserved (algos need that).
  + Input estimate (tps) for early search iterations.
  + Output estimate (maybe pps) for MRR output.
  + Strict result (unsent counts as loss) for NDR.
+ Use L2 counters (opackets, ipackets) where possible.
 - TRex has trouble processing packets for the L7 ones at high loads.
+ Remove warmup from profile drivers and keywords.
 + Suites should call "Send ramp-up traffic" explicitly if needed.
+ Added parsing for few more counters.
 + Both to use in formulas or just for debug purposes.
- Only 64B cases in autogen, framesize support to be added later.
+ Latency streams during search can be enabled via PERF_USE_LATENCY env var.
+ MLRsearch improvments:
 + Rename argument names to min_rate and max_rate.
 + Use relative receive rate in initial phase.
+ PLRsearch improvements:
 + Careful computation when output (pps) does not match input (tps).
 + Use geometric distribution (instead of Poisson).
  + Helps agains math errors.
  + This should improve estimate stability.
  - But in practice big losses still lead to significant jumps.
+ Traffic generator improvements:
 + send_traffic_on_tg now calls the full set_rate_provider_defaults.
 + _send_traffic_on_tg_internal for the logic without provider defaults.
  + As the internal function is re-used by measure() without affecting defaults.
 + Move _parse_traffic_results just before get_measurement_result.
  + As the latter uses fields set bu the former, it is now easier to read.
 + Multiple sources for approximate duration.
  + Tried from more precise to more available.
 + Includes logic for _pps tests (added in later change).
 + Move explicit type conversions to earlier occurences.
+ Profile driver output field uses semicolons to simplify parsing.
+ Performance Robot lib file split to several smaller ones.
 + performance_actions.robot:
  + Hosts Additional Statistics Action For * keywords.
 + performance_display.robot:
  + Hosts keyword for displaying and verifying results.
  + Change test message to use the correct unit (pps or cps).
 + performance_limits.robot renamed to performance_vars.robot
  + Added many keywords, mostly for accessing test variables.
   + Moved variables for Policer into a new keyword there.
  + Some keywords need sophisticated logic.
  - Other are basically Get Variable Value.
   + But in future more logic can be added, without editing callers.
  + Documentation for the new keywords acts as a documentation for test variables.
 + performance_utils.robot has the rest.
  + Eliminated arguments if the value is in test variable.
  + Small improvements to documentation.
  - Still not enough cleanup with respect to arguments and test variables.
 + Keywords are sorted alphabetically now in each one.
+ Suites:
 + Unified variables table:
  + No colons in comments.
  + ${n_hosts}, ${n_ports} and use them instead hardcoded numbers.
 + Add -cps to existing cps suite names.
  + Remove "trial data overwrite".
  + Compute max rate as in STL suites.
 + Each NAT suite has ip4base suite to compare results to.
  - Those act as indirect TRex calibration.
  - VPP does not lose packets in those.
 + Latency in ASTF suites is disabled hard.
  - As we do not support latency in ASTF profiles yet.
 + Unidirectional tests governed by suite variable, not an argument.
+ Write long argument lists vertically.
 + Prefer to use argument names.
 + In Python, also the last argument is followed by comma.
 + It makes renaming and reordering easier.
 + Similarly applies to prints with long lists of values.
+ A TODO to update api crc file comments.

Change-Id: I84729355edbec051298a9de1162107f88ff5737d
Signed-off-by: Vratko Polak <vrpolak@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr.robot b/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr.robot
index 0b2556134f..4bfff95012 100644
--- a/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr.robot
+++ b/tests/vpp/perf/ip4/2n1l-10ge2p1x710-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr.robot
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 | Resource | resources/libraries/robot/shared/traffic.robot
 |
 | Force Tags | 2_NODE_SINGLE_LINK_TOPO | PERFTEST | HW_ENV | NDRPDR
-| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | IP4FWD | FEATURE | NAT44 | UDP_SYN
-| ... | NAT44_ENDPOINT_DEPENDENT | BASE | DRV_VFIO_PCI
+| ... | NIC_Intel-X710 | ETH | IP4FWD | FEATURE | NAT44 | UDP | UDP_CPS
+| ... | NAT44_ENDPOINT_DEPENDENT | SCALE | HOSTS_262144 | DRV_VFIO_PCI
 | ... | RXQ_SIZE_0 | TXQ_SIZE_0
 | ... | ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps
 |
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 |
 | Test Template | Local Template
 |
-| Documentation | *RFC2544: Pkt throughput NAT44 endpoint-dependent mode
-| ... | performance test cases*
+| Documentation | *CPS on empty UDP transactions with NAT44ED*
 |
 | ... | *[Top] Network Topologies:* TG-DUT1-TG 2-node circular topology
 | ... | with single links between nodes.
@@ -85,14 +84,13 @@
 | ${n_hosts}= | ${262144}
 | ${n_ports}= | ${63}
 | ${n_sessions}= | ${${n_hosts} * ${n_ports}}
-# Traffic profile:
-| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-astf-ethip4udp-262144h
-| ${cps}= | ${16515072}
-# Trial data overwrite
-| ${trial_duration}= | ${1.1}
-| ${trial_multiplicity}= | ${1}
+| ${transaction_scale}= | ${n_sessions}
 # Main heap size multiplicator
 | ${heap_size_mult}= | ${7}
+# Traffic profile
+| ${traffic_profile}= | trex-astf-ethip4udp-${n_hosts}h
+| ${transaction_type}= | udp_cps
+| ${disable_latency}= | ${True}
 
 *** Keywords ***
 | Local Template
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@
 | | [Arguments] | ${frame_size} | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}=${None}
 | |
 | | Set Test Variable | \${frame_size}
-| | Set Test Variable | \${max_rate} | ${cps}
 | | ${pre_stats}= | Create List
 | | ... | vpp-clear-stats | vpp-enable-packettrace | vpp-enable-elog
 | | ... | vpp-clear-runtime
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@
 | | ... | vpp-show-runtime
 | | Set Test Variable | ${post_stats}
 | |
-| | Given Set Jumbo
+| | Given Set Max Rate And Jumbo
 | | And Add worker threads to all DUTs | ${phy_cores} | ${rxq}
 | | And Pre-initialize layer driver | ${nic_driver}
 | | And Apply startup configuration on all VPP DUTs
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@
 | | And Initialize layer interface
 | | And Initialize IPv4 forwarding for NAT44 in circular topology
 | | And Initialize NAT44 endpoint-dependent mode in circular topology
-| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search | latency=${False}
+| | Then Find NDR and PDR intervals using optimized search
 
 *** Test Cases ***
 | 64B-1c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
@@ -143,39 +140,3 @@
 | 64B-4c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
 | | [Tags] | 64B | 4C
 | | frame_size=${64} | phy_cores=${4}
-
-| 1518B-1c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
-| | [Tags] | 1518B | 1C
-| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${1}
-
-| 1518B-2c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
-| | [Tags] | 1518B | 2C
-| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${2}
-
-| 1518B-4c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
-| | [Tags] | 1518B | 4C
-| | frame_size=${1518} | phy_cores=${4}
-
-| 9000B-1c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
-| | [Tags] | 9000B | 1C
-| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${1}
-
-| 9000B-2c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
-| | [Tags] | 9000B | 2C
-| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${2}
-
-| 9000B-4c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
-| | [Tags] | 9000B | 4C
-| | frame_size=${9000} | phy_cores=${4}
-
-| IMIX-1c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
-| | [Tags] | IMIX | 1C
-| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${1}
-
-| IMIX-2c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
-| | [Tags] | IMIX | 2C
-| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${2}
-
-| IMIX-4c-ethip4udp-nat44ed-h262144-p63-s16515072-cps-ndrpdr
-| | [Tags] | IMIX | 4C
-| | frame_size=IMIX_v4_1 | phy_cores=${4}