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-rw-r--r--resources/libraries/python/Constants.py14
-rw-r--r--resources/libraries/python/TrafficGenerator.py30
-rw-r--r--resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_utils.robot2
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/resources/libraries/python/Constants.py b/resources/libraries/python/Constants.py
index 8937e6cfc0..14fb7958b8 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/python/Constants.py
+++ b/resources/libraries/python/Constants.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class Constants:
# Number of trials to execute in MRR test.
PERF_TRIAL_MULTIPLICITY = get_int_from_env(u"PERF_TRIAL_MULTIPLICITY", 10)
- # Duration of one trial in MRR test.
+ # Duration [s] of one trial in MRR test.
PERF_TRIAL_DURATION = get_float_from_env(u"PERF_TRIAL_DURATION", 1.0)
# Whether to use latency streams in main search trials.
@@ -244,6 +244,16 @@ class Constants:
PERF_TRIAL_LATENCY_DURATION = get_float_from_env(
u"PERF_TRIAL_LATENCY_DURATION", 5.0)
+ # For some testbeds TG takes longer than usual to start sending traffic.
+ # This constant [s] allows longer wait, without affecting
+ # the approximate duration. For example, use 0.098 for AWS.
+ PERF_TRIAL_STL_DELAY = get_float_from_env(u"PERF_TRIAL_STL_DELAY", 0.0)
+
+ # ASTF usually needs a different value for the delay.
+ PERF_TRIAL_ASTF_DELAY = get_float_from_env(
+ u"PERF_TRIAL_ASTF_DELAY", 0.112
+ )
+
# Extended debug (incl. vpp packet trace, linux perf stat, ...).
# Full list is available as suite variable (__init__.robot) or is
# override by test.
@@ -300,7 +310,7 @@ class Constants:
# Vxlan traffic will still show stretching at 36 Mpps (>12%),
# but we do not care about those tests that much.
u"Mellanox-CX556A": 36000000, # 148809523,
- u"Amazon-Nitro-50G": 1500000,
+ u"Amazon-Nitro-50G": 1200000,
u"virtual": 14880952,
}
diff --git a/resources/libraries/python/TrafficGenerator.py b/resources/libraries/python/TrafficGenerator.py
index c0d1b4ec63..e42ad48930 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/python/TrafficGenerator.py
+++ b/resources/libraries/python/TrafficGenerator.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
"""Performance testing traffic generator library."""
+import math
import time
from robot.api import logger
@@ -577,7 +578,6 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
# so we can compare with what telemetry suggests
# the real duration was.
logger.debug(f"Expected duration {computed_duration}")
- computed_duration += 0.1115
if not self.duration_limit:
return computed_duration, True
limited_duration = min(computed_duration, self.duration_limit)
@@ -652,6 +652,9 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
command_line.add_if(u"async_start", async_call)
command_line.add_if(u"latency", self.use_latency)
command_line.add_if(u"force", Constants.TREX_SEND_FORCE)
+ command_line.add_with_value(
+ u"delay", Constants.PERF_TRIAL_ASTF_DELAY
+ )
self._start_time = time.monotonic()
self._rate = multiplier
@@ -759,6 +762,7 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
command_line.add_if(u"async_start", async_call)
command_line.add_if(u"latency", self.use_latency)
command_line.add_if(u"force", Constants.TREX_SEND_FORCE)
+ command_line.add_with_value(u"delay", Constants.PERF_TRIAL_STL_DELAY)
# TODO: This is ugly. Handle parsing better.
self._start_time = time.monotonic()
@@ -1244,16 +1248,27 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
if not target_duration:
target_duration = approximated_duration
transmit_rate = self._rate
+ unsent = 0
if self.transaction_type == u"packet":
partial_attempt_count = self._sent
- expected_attempt_count = self._sent
- fail_count = self._loss
+ packet_rate = transmit_rate * self.ppta
+ # We have a float. TRex way of rounding it is not obvious.
+ # The biggest source of mismatch is Inter Stream Gap.
+ # So the code tolerates 10 usec of missing packets.
+ expected_attempt_count = (target_duration - 1e-5) * packet_rate
+ expected_attempt_count = math.ceil(expected_attempt_count)
+ # TRex can send more.
+ expected_attempt_count = max(expected_attempt_count, self._sent)
+ unsent = expected_attempt_count - self._sent
+ pass_count = self._received
+ fail_count = expected_attempt_count - pass_count
elif self.transaction_type == u"udp_cps":
if not self.transaction_scale:
raise RuntimeError(u"Add support for no-limit udp_cps.")
partial_attempt_count = self._l7_data[u"client"][u"sent"]
# We do not care whether TG is slow, it should have attempted all.
expected_attempt_count = self.transaction_scale
+ unsent = expected_attempt_count - partial_attempt_count
pass_count = self._l7_data[u"client"][u"received"]
fail_count = expected_attempt_count - pass_count
elif self.transaction_type == u"tcp_cps":
@@ -1263,6 +1278,7 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
partial_attempt_count = ctca
# We do not care whether TG is slow, it should have attempted all.
expected_attempt_count = self.transaction_scale
+ unsent = expected_attempt_count - partial_attempt_count
# From TCP point of view, server/connects counts full connections,
# but we are testing NAT session so client/connects counts that
# (half connections from TCP point of view).
@@ -1273,7 +1289,8 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
raise RuntimeError(u"Add support for no-limit udp_pps.")
partial_attempt_count = self._sent
expected_attempt_count = self.transaction_scale * self.ppta
- fail_count = self._loss + (expected_attempt_count - self._sent)
+ unsent = expected_attempt_count - self._sent
+ fail_count = self._loss + unsent
elif self.transaction_type == u"tcp_pps":
if not self.transaction_scale:
raise RuntimeError(u"Add support for no-limit tcp_pps.")
@@ -1286,9 +1303,12 @@ class TrafficGenerator(AbstractMeasurer):
# A simple workaround is to add absolute difference.
# Probability of retransmissions exactly cancelling
# packets unsent due to duration stretching is quite low.
- fail_count = self._loss + abs(expected_attempt_count - self._sent)
+ unsent = abs(expected_attempt_count - self._sent)
+ fail_count = self._loss + unsent
else:
raise RuntimeError(f"Unknown parsing {self.transaction_type!r}")
+ if unsent:
+ logger.debug(f"Unsent packets/transactions: {unsent}")
if fail_count < 0 and not self.negative_loss:
fail_count = 0
measurement = ReceiveRateMeasurement(
diff --git a/resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_utils.robot b/resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_utils.robot
index 59423304a2..ef268ff663 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_utils.robot
+++ b/resources/libraries/robot/performance/performance_utils.robot
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
| | ${results} = | Create List
| | FOR | ${i} | IN RANGE | ${trial_multiplicity}
| | | Call Resetter
-| | | ${result}= | Send traffic on tg
+| | | ${result} = | Send traffic on tg
| | | ... | duration=${trial_duration}
| | | ... | rate=${rate}
| | | ... | frame_size=${frame_size}