perfkitbenchmarker/linux_benchmarks/dpdk_testpmd_benchmark.py (217 lines of code) (raw):
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"""Runs DPDK Testpmd benchmarks for high-performance networking.
DPDK Testpmd Benchmark currently contains dpdk-testpmd (Poll-Mode Driver), which
measures packets-per-second (PPS) using DPDK. DPDK bypasses the kernel
networking stack, allowing for much higher PPS.
Benchmark Documentation:
http://doc.dpdk.org/guides-22.11/testpmd_app_ug/run_app.html#testpmd-command-line-options
"""
import re
from typing import Any, Mapping, Tuple
from absl import flags
from perfkitbenchmarker import background_tasks
from perfkitbenchmarker import benchmark_spec as bm_spec
from perfkitbenchmarker import configs
from perfkitbenchmarker import errors
from perfkitbenchmarker import linux_virtual_machine
from perfkitbenchmarker import sample
from perfkitbenchmarker.linux_packages import dpdk
BENCHMARK_NAME = 'dpdk_testpmd'
BENCHMARK_CONFIG = """
dpdk_testpmd:
description: Runs dpdk testpmd benchmarks
vm_groups:
vm_1:
vm_spec: *default_dual_core
vm_2:
vm_spec: *default_dual_core
flags:
placement_group_style: closest_supported
gce_subnet_name: default,dpdk0
gce_nic_types: GVNIC,GVNIC
gce_nic_queue_counts: default,default
gce_network_type: custom
ip_addresses: INTERNAL
"""
FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
_DPDK_TEST_LENGTH = flags.DEFINE_integer(
'dpdk_test_length',
60,
'Number of seconds to run test. Default value is 60s.',
lower_bound=0,
)
_DPDK_FORWARD_MODE = flags.DEFINE_list(
'dpdk_forward_mode',
['txonly', 'rxonly'],
'Forwarding mode (i.e. io, flowgen, txonly, rxonly) for both VMs.',
)
_DPDK_TXPKTS = flags.DEFINE_integer(
'dpdk_txpkts',
64,
(
'Set TX segment sizes or total packet length. Valid for tx-only and'
' flowgen forwarding modes.'
),
lower_bound=64,
)
_DPDK_TXQ = flags.DEFINE_integer(
'dpdk_txq',
2,
(
'The number of TX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535. The'
' default value is 2.'
),
lower_bound=1,
)
_DPDK_RXQ = flags.DEFINE_integer(
'dpdk_rxq',
2,
(
'The number of RX queues per port to N, where 1 <= N <= 65535. The'
' default value is 2.'
),
lower_bound=1,
)
_DPDK_NB_CORES = flags.DEFINE_integer(
'dpdk_nb_cores',
2,
(
'The number of forwarding cores, where 1 <= N <= “number of cores” or'
' RTE_MAX_LCORE from the configuration file. The default value is 2.'
),
lower_bound=1,
)
_DPDK_TXONLY_MULTI_FLOW = flags.DEFINE_bool(
'dpdk_txonly_multi_flow', False, 'Generate multiple flows in txonly mode.'
)
_DPDK_BURST = flags.DEFINE_integer(
'dpdk_burst',
1,
'The number of packets per burst. Default value is 1.',
lower_bound=1,
upper_bound=512,
)
flags.register_validator(
'dpdk_forward_mode', lambda fwd_mode_: len(fwd_mode_) == 2
)
def GetConfig(user_config: Mapping[Any, Any]) -> Mapping[Any, Any]:
"""Merge BENCHMARK_CONFIG with user_config to create benchmark_spec.
Args:
user_config: user-defined configs (through FLAGS.benchmark_config_file or
FLAGS.config_override).
Returns:
The resulting configs that come from merging user-defined configs with
BENCHMARK_CONFIG.
"""
return configs.LoadConfig(BENCHMARK_CONFIG, user_config, BENCHMARK_NAME)
def Prepare(benchmark_spec: bm_spec.BenchmarkSpec) -> None:
"""Prepares both VM's to run DPDK.
This include Hugepage allocation, dpdk installation, and binding the secondary
NIC to a DPDK-compatible driver.
Args:
benchmark_spec: The benchmark specification.
"""
client_vm, server_vm = benchmark_spec.vms[:2]
background_tasks.RunThreaded(
lambda vm_: vm_.Install('dpdk'), [client_vm, server_vm]
)
def _CreateRemoteCommand(
vm: linux_virtual_machine.BaseLinuxVirtualMachine,
cmd: str,
duration: int,
) -> Tuple[str, str]:
interactive_cmd = (
f"(sleep {duration} && echo 'stop' && cat) | (echo 'start' && cat) | "
)
return vm.RobustRemoteCommand(interactive_cmd + cmd, ignore_failure=True)
def Run(benchmark_spec: bm_spec.BenchmarkSpec) -> list[sample.Sample]:
"""Runs DPDK benchmarks.
Args:
benchmark_spec: The benchmark specification.
Returns:
A list of sample.Sample objects with the performance results.
Raises:
RunError: A run-stage error raised by an individual benchmark.
"""
client_vm, server_vm = benchmark_spec.vms[:2]
metadata = {
'dpdk_burst': _DPDK_BURST.value,
'dpdk_num_forwarding_cores': _DPDK_NB_CORES.value,
'dpdk_forward_mode': _DPDK_FORWARD_MODE.value,
'dpdk_txpkts': _DPDK_TXPKTS.value,
'dpdk_txq': _DPDK_TXQ.value,
'dpdk_rxq': _DPDK_RXQ.value,
'dpdk_test_length': _DPDK_TEST_LENGTH.value,
}
dpdk_cmd = 'sudo dpdk-testpmd'
client_cmd = (
dpdk_cmd
+ f' -a {client_vm.secondary_nic_bus_info}'
f' -l 0-{_DPDK_NB_CORES.value} --'
f' --forward-mode={_DPDK_FORWARD_MODE.value[0]}'
f' --tx-ip={client_vm.internal_ips[1]},{server_vm.internal_ips[1]}'
f' --txpkts={_DPDK_TXPKTS.value}'
f' --txq={_DPDK_TXQ.value}'
f' --rxq={_DPDK_RXQ.value}'
f' --nb-cores={_DPDK_NB_CORES.value}'
f' --burst={_DPDK_BURST.value}'
' -i'
)
if client_vm.CLOUD == 'AWS':
client_cmd += f' --eth-peer=0,{server_vm.secondary_mac_addr}'
if _DPDK_TXONLY_MULTI_FLOW.value:
client_cmd += ' --txonly-multi-flow'
server_cmd = (
dpdk_cmd
+ f' -a {server_vm.secondary_nic_bus_info}'
f' -l 0-{_DPDK_NB_CORES.value} --'
f' --txq={_DPDK_TXQ.value}'
f' --rxq={_DPDK_RXQ.value}'
f' --nb-cores={_DPDK_NB_CORES.value}'
f' --forward-mode={_DPDK_FORWARD_MODE.value[1]}'
f' --burst={_DPDK_BURST.value}'
' -i'
)
remote_stdout_stderrs = background_tasks.RunParallelThreads(
[
(
lambda vm_: _CreateRemoteCommand(
vm_,
server_cmd,
_DPDK_TEST_LENGTH.value
+ 10, # Ensure server stops after client.
),
[server_vm],
{},
),
(
lambda vm_: _CreateRemoteCommand(
vm_, client_cmd, _DPDK_TEST_LENGTH.value
),
[client_vm],
{},
),
],
max_concurrency=2,
post_task_delay=5 # Ensure server starts before client.
)
output_samples = []
server_stdout = remote_stdout_stderrs[0][0]
client_stdout = remote_stdout_stderrs[1][0]
tx_packet_last_match = re.findall(
r'(TX-packets):[\s]+([0-9]+)[\s]+(TX-dropped):[\s]+([0-9]+)[\s]+',
client_stdout,
)[-1]
rx_packet_last_match = re.findall(
r'(RX-packets):[\s]+([0-9]+)[\s]+(RX-dropped):[\s]+([0-9]+)[\s]+',
server_stdout,
)[-1]
for match in [
tx_packet_last_match,
rx_packet_last_match,
]:
if not match:
raise errors.Benchmarks.RunError('Failed to parse output.')
(
packets_label,
packets_val,
dropped_label,
dropped_val,
) = match
output_samples.extend([
sample.Sample(packets_label, int(packets_val), 'packets', metadata),
sample.Sample(
packets_label + '-per-second',
int(packets_val) // _DPDK_TEST_LENGTH.value,
'packets/s',
metadata,
),
sample.Sample(dropped_label, int(dropped_val), 'dropped', metadata),
])
tx_pps = None
rx_pps = None
for output_sample in output_samples:
if output_sample.metric == 'TX-packets-per-second':
tx_pps = output_sample.value
elif output_sample.metric == 'RX-packets-per-second':
rx_pps = output_sample.value
if tx_pps is None or rx_pps is None:
raise errors.Benchmarks.RunError('TX or RX packets-per-second not found.')
output_samples.extend([
sample.Sample(
'packet-loss-per-second', tx_pps - rx_pps, 'packets/s', metadata
),
sample.Sample(
'packet-loss-rate', (tx_pps - rx_pps) / tx_pps, 'rate', metadata
),
])
return output_samples
def Cleanup(benchmark_spec: bm_spec.BenchmarkSpec) -> None:
"""Cleanup benchmarks on the target vm.
Args:
benchmark_spec: The benchmark specification.
"""
client_vm, server_vm = benchmark_spec.vms[:2]
dpdk_git_repo_dir = _GetDirFromRepo(dpdk.DPDK_GIT_REPO)
dpdk_driver_git_repo_dir = _GetDirFromRepo(dpdk.DPDK_GCP_DRIVER_GIT_REPO)
background_tasks.RunThreaded(
lambda vm_: vm_.RemoteCommand(f'rm -rf {dpdk_git_repo_dir}'),
[client_vm, server_vm],
)
background_tasks.RunThreaded(
lambda vm_: vm_.RemoteCommand(f'rm -rf {dpdk_driver_git_repo_dir}'),
[client_vm, server_vm],
)
def _GetDirFromRepo(repo: str) -> str:
return repo.split('/')[-1].strip('.git')