need to replicate QAT dpdk perf test on x86

[JCK1]

Hi,

Based on https://fast.dpdk.org/doc/perf/DPDK_21_11_Intel_crypto_performance_report.pdf

I am having problems to replicate Intel's test on x86, the best I can get is 7.9gbps on Xeon(R) Gold 6338N CPU @ 2.20GHz from SuperMicro. I tried to follow your instructions of configuring BIOS and kernel settings, etc on your report.

The VFs were assigned with vfio-pci driver not QAT's VF driver.

Anything I could be missing?

Thanks in advance.

JC

[JCK1]

Hi Ronny

for crypto_qat device type here is the published Intel result:

AES-CBC-128/SHA1-HMAC (Gbps) crypto_qat	AES-CBC-128/SHA2-256-HMAC (Gbps) crypto_qat	AES-GCM-128 (Gbps) crypto_qat
3.90	3.89	3.35
7.72	7.68	6.66
15.06	14.92	13.10
28.31	27.99	24.69
45.60	46.67	39.58
52.70	52.45	49.85

on our lab machine Gold 6338N CPU @ 2.20GHz, the results are:

AES-CBC-128/SHA1-HMAC (Gbps) crypto_qat	AES-CBC-128/SHA2-256-HMAC (Gbps) crypto_qat	AES-GCM-128 (Gbps) crypto_qat
0.8138	0.8104	0.7035
1.6104	1.6004	1.4020
3.1418	3.1145	2.7618
5.9390	5.8802	5.2268
9.2248	9.0837	8.2348
10.9657	10.8057	10.3737

We are trying to bring up the system based on Sapphire Rapid to run the tests again.

Are we going to run tests on crypto_scheduler? 

Thanks

JCK

[Ronny_G_Intel]

Hi JCK1,

We need some additional clarification, can you please provide the command that you are running for the Cryptodev QAT PMD performance test (test we are concentrating on)?

Are these the results?

AES-CBC-128/SHA1-HMAC (Gbps) crypto_qat	AES-CBC-128/SHA2-256-HMAC (Gbps) crypto_qat	AES-GCM-128 (Gbps) crypto_qat
3.90	3.89	3.35
7.72	7.68	6.66
15.06	14.92	13.10
28.31	27.99	24.69
45.60	46.67	39.58
52.70	52.45	49.85

on our lab machine Gold 6338N CPU @ 2.20GHz, the results are:

AES-CBC-128/SHA1-HMAC (Gbps) crypto_qat	AES-CBC-128/SHA2-256-HMAC (Gbps) crypto_qat	AES-GCM-128 (Gbps) crypto_qat
0.8138	0.8104	0.7035
1.6104	1.6004	1.4020
3.1418	3.1145	2.7618
5.9390	5.8802	5.2268
9.2248	9.0837	8.2348
10.9657	10.8057	10.3737

Thanks,

Ronny G

[JCK1]

Hi Ronny

Yes the first table is from Intel published result. the second table is from my test on our x86 machine.

Thanks

JCK

[Ronny_G_Intel]

Thanks JCK1, can you please provide the exact command that you are running to obtain these results?

Regards,

Ronny G 

[JCK1]

Hi Ronny

Yes, run this:

./intel-cryptodev-qat-tests.sh [0|1|2] for 

0 - AES-CBC-128/SHA1-HMAC 

1 - AES-CBC-128/SHA2-256-HMAC

2 - AES-GCM-128 

thanks

JCK

[Ronny_G_Intel]

Hi JCK1,

I really need your help with the full command that you are running.

We want to confirm that you are using scheduler PMD with QAT workers in round-robin.

Can you please provide the full command? 

Thanks,

Ronny G

[JCK1]

Hi Ronny,

I tried to post reply here, but your system complained:
Your post has been changed because invalid HTML was found in the message body. The invalid HTML has been removed. Please review the message and submit the message when you are satisfied.

So I put every thing into a txt file and attached here.

JCK

[JCK1]

Hi Ronny

Also Intel's Sapphire Rapid has QAT integrated into the SoC, so for QAT how to test its performance on SR? do you have any information can share with us to conduct our evaluation?  How is that supported in DPDK?

Thanks

JCK

[Ronny_G_Intel]

and by the way JCK1, I have provided the DPDK team with your update, thank you.

[Ronny_G_Intel]

Hi JCK1,

Thanks for the information, the .txt you provided me with has been shared with the DPDK team.

Thanks,

Ronny G