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1..  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2    Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Corporation.
3
4dpdk-test-crypto-perf Application
5=================================
6
7The ``dpdk-test-crypto-perf`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)
8utility that allows measuring performance parameters of PMDs available in the
9crypto tree. There are available two measurement types: throughput and latency.
10User can use multiply cores to run tests on but only
11one type of crypto PMD can be measured during single application
12execution. Cipher parameters, type of device, type of operation and
13chain mode have to be specified in the command line as application
14parameters. These parameters are checked using device capabilities
15structure.
16
17Limitations
18-----------
19On hardware devices the cycle-count doesn't always represent the actual offload
20cost. The cycle-count only represents the offload cost when the hardware
21accelerator is not fully loaded, when loaded the cpu cycles freed up by the
22offload are still consumed by the test tool and included in the cycle-count.
23These cycles are consumed by retries and inefficient API calls enqueuing and
24dequeuing smaller bursts than specified by the cmdline parameter. This results
25in a larger cycle-count measurement and should not be interpreted as an offload
26cost measurement. Using "pmd-cyclecount" mode will give a better idea of
27actual costs of hardware acceleration.
28
29On hardware devices the throughput measurement is not necessarily the maximum
30possible for the device, e.g. it may be necessary to use multiple cores to keep
31the hardware accelerator fully loaded and so measure maximum throughput.
32
33
34Linearization setting
35---------------------
36
37It is possible linearized input segmented packets just before crypto operation
38for devices which doesn't support scatter-gather, and allows to measure
39performance also for this use case.
40
41To set on the linearization options add below definition to the
42``cperf_ops.h`` file::
43
44   #define CPERF_LINEARIZATION_ENABLE
45
46
47Running the Application
48-----------------------
49
50The tool application has a number of command line options:
51
52.. code-block:: console
53
54   dpdk-test-crypto-perf [EAL Options] -- [Application Options]
55
56EAL Options
57~~~~~~~~~~~
58
59The following are the EAL command-line options that can be used in conjunction
60with the ``dpdk-test-crypto-perf`` application.
61See the DPDK Getting Started Guides for more information on these options.
62
63*   ``-c <COREMASK>`` or ``-l <CORELIST>``
64
65        Set the hexadecimal bitmask of the cores to run on. The corelist is a
66        list cores to use.
67
68*   ``-a <PCI>``
69
70        Add a PCI device in allow list.
71
72*   ``--vdev <driver><id>``
73
74        Add a virtual device.
75
76Application Options
77~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
78
79The following are the application command-line options:
80
81* ``--ptest type``
82
83        Set test type, where ``type`` is one of the following::
84
85           throughput
86           latency
87           verify
88           pmd-cyclecount
89
90* ``--silent``
91
92        Disable options dump.
93
94* ``--pool-sz <n>``
95
96        Set the number of mbufs to be allocated in the mbuf pool.
97
98* ``--total-ops <n>``
99
100        Set the number of total operations performed.
101
102* ``--burst-sz <n>``
103
104        Set the number of packets per burst.
105
106        This can be set as:
107          * Single value (i.e. ``--burst-sz 16``)
108          * Range of values, using the following structure ``min:inc:max``,
109            where ``min`` is minimum size, ``inc`` is the increment size and ``max``
110            is the maximum size (i.e. ``--burst-sz 16:2:32``)
111          * List of values, up to 32 values, separated in commas (i.e. ``--burst-sz 16,24,32``)
112
113* ``--buffer-sz <n>``
114
115        Set the size of single packet (plaintext or ciphertext in it).
116
117        This can be set as:
118          * Single value (i.e. ``--buffer-sz 16``)
119          * Range of values, using the following structure ``min:inc:max``,
120            where ``min`` is minimum size, ``inc`` is the increment size and ``max``
121            is the maximum size (i.e. ``--buffer-sz 16:2:32``)
122          * List of values, up to 32 values, separated in commas (i.e. ``--buffer-sz 32,64,128``)
123
124* ``--imix <n>``
125
126        Set the distribution of packet sizes.
127
128        A list of weights must be passed, containing the same number of items than buffer-sz,
129        so each item in this list will be the weight of the packet size on the same position
130        in the buffer-sz parameter (a list have to be passed in that parameter).
131
132        Example:
133
134        To test a distribution of 20% packets of 64 bytes, 40% packets of 100 bytes and 40% packets
135        of 256 bytes, the command line would be: ``--buffer-sz 64,100,256 --imix 20,40,40``.
136        Note that the weights do not have to be percentages, so using ``--imix 1,2,2`` would result
137        in the same distribution
138
139* ``--segment-sz <n>``
140
141        Set the size of the segment to use, for Scatter Gather List testing.
142        By default, it is set to the size of the maximum buffer size, including the digest size,
143        so a single segment is created.
144
145* ``--devtype <name>``
146
147        Set device type, where ``name`` is one of the following::
148
149           crypto_aesni_gcm
150           crypto_aesni_mb
151           crypto_armv8
152           crypto_cn9k
153           crypto_cn10k
154           crypto_dpaa_sec
155           crypto_dpaa2_sec
156           crypto_kasumi
157           crypto_mvsam
158           crypto_null
159           crypto_octeontx
160           crypto_openssl
161           crypto_qat
162           crypto_scheduler
163           crypto_snow3g
164           crypto_zuc
165
166* ``--optype <name>``
167
168        Set operation type, where ``name`` is one of the following::
169
170           cipher-only
171           auth-only
172           cipher-then-auth
173           auth-then-cipher
174           aead
175           pdcp
176           docsis
177           modex
178
179        For GCM/CCM algorithms you should use aead flag.
180
181* ``--sessionless``
182
183        Enable session-less crypto operations mode.
184
185* ``--out-of-place``
186
187        Enable out-of-place crypto operations mode.
188
189* ``--test-file <name>``
190
191        Set test vector file path. See the Test Vector File chapter.
192
193* ``--test-name <name>``
194
195        Set specific test name section in the test vector file.
196
197* ``--cipher-algo <name>``
198
199        Set cipher algorithm name, where ``name`` is one of the following::
200
201           3des-cbc
202           3des-ecb
203           3des-ctr
204           aes-cbc
205           aes-ctr
206           aes-ecb
207           aes-f8
208           aes-xts
209           arc4
210           null
211           kasumi-f8
212           snow3g-uea2
213           zuc-eea3
214
215* ``--cipher-op <mode>``
216
217        Set cipher operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of the following::
218
219           encrypt
220           decrypt
221
222* ``--cipher-key-sz <n>``
223
224        Set the size of cipher key.
225
226* ``--cipher-iv-sz <n>``
227
228        Set the size of cipher iv.
229
230* ``--auth-algo <name>``
231
232        Set authentication algorithm name, where ``name`` is one
233        of the following::
234
235           3des-cbc
236           aes-cbc-mac
237           aes-cmac
238           aes-gmac
239           aes-xcbc-mac
240           md5
241           md5-hmac
242           sha1
243           sha1-hmac
244           sha2-224
245           sha2-224-hmac
246           sha2-256
247           sha2-256-hmac
248           sha2-384
249           sha2-384-hmac
250           sha2-512
251           sha2-512-hmac
252           kasumi-f9
253           snow3g-uia2
254           zuc-eia3
255
256* ``--auth-op <mode>``
257
258        Set authentication operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of
259        the following::
260
261           verify
262           generate
263
264* ``--auth-key-sz <n>``
265
266        Set the size of authentication key.
267
268* ``--auth-iv-sz <n>``
269
270        Set the size of auth iv.
271
272* ``--aead-algo <name>``
273
274        Set AEAD algorithm name, where ``name`` is one
275        of the following::
276
277           aes-ccm
278           aes-gcm
279
280* ``--aead-op <mode>``
281
282        Set AEAD operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of
283        the following::
284
285           encrypt
286           decrypt
287
288* ``--aead-key-sz <n>``
289
290        Set the size of AEAD key.
291
292* ``--aead-iv-sz <n>``
293
294        Set the size of AEAD iv.
295
296* ``--aead-aad-sz <n>``
297
298        Set the size of AEAD aad.
299
300* ``--digest-sz <n>``
301
302        Set the size of digest.
303
304* ``--desc-nb <n>``
305
306        Set number of descriptors for each crypto device.
307
308* ``--pmd-cyclecount-delay-ms <n>``
309
310        Add a delay (in milliseconds) between enqueue and dequeue in
311        pmd-cyclecount benchmarking mode (useful when benchmarking
312        hardware acceleration).
313
314* ``--csv-friendly``
315
316        Enable test result output CSV friendly rather than human friendly.
317
318* ``--pdcp-sn-sz <n>``
319
320        Set PDCP sequence number size(n) in bits. Valid values of n will
321        be 5/7/12/15/18.
322
323* ``--pdcp-domain <control/user>``
324
325        Set PDCP domain to specify short_mac/control/user plane.
326
327* ``--docsis-hdr-sz <n>``
328
329        Set DOCSIS header size(n) in bytes.
330
331* ``--pdcp-ses-hfn-en``
332
333        Enable fixed session based HFN instead of per packet HFN.
334
335* ``--enable-sdap``
336
337        Enable Service Data Adaptation Protocol.
338
339* ``--modex-len <n>``
340
341        Set modex length for asymmetric crypto perf test.
342        Supported lengths are 60, 128, 255, 448. Default length is 128.
343
344Test Vector File
345~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
346
347The test vector file is a text file contain information about test vectors.
348The file is made of the sections. The first section doesn't have header.
349It contain global information used in each test variant vectors -
350typically information about plaintext, ciphertext, cipher key, auth key,
351initial vector. All other sections begin header.
352The sections contain particular information typically digest.
353
354**Format of the file:**
355
356Each line beginning with sign '#' contain comment and it is ignored by parser::
357
358   # <comment>
359
360Header line is just name in square bracket::
361
362   [<section name>]
363
364Data line contain information token then sign '=' and
365a string of bytes in C byte array format::
366
367   <token> = <C byte array>
368
369**Tokens list:**
370
371* ``plaintext``
372
373        Original plaintext to be encrypted.
374
375* ``ciphertext``
376
377        Encrypted plaintext string.
378
379* ``cipher_key``
380
381        Key used in cipher operation.
382
383* ``auth_key``
384
385        Key used in auth operation.
386
387* ``cipher_iv``
388
389        Cipher Initial Vector.
390
391* ``auth_iv``
392
393        Auth Initial Vector.
394
395* ``aad``
396
397        Additional data.
398
399* ``digest``
400
401        Digest string.
402
403Examples
404--------
405
406Call application for performance throughput test of single Aesni MB PMD
407for cipher encryption aes-cbc and auth generation sha1-hmac,
408one million operations, burst size 32, packet size 64::
409
410   dpdk-test-crypto-perf -l 6-7 --vdev crypto_aesni_mb -a 0000:00:00.0 --
411   --ptest throughput --devtype crypto_aesni_mb --optype cipher-then-auth
412   --cipher-algo aes-cbc --cipher-op encrypt --cipher-key-sz 16 --auth-algo
413   sha1-hmac --auth-op generate --auth-key-sz 64 --digest-sz 12
414   --total-ops 10000000 --burst-sz 32 --buffer-sz 64
415
416Call application for performance latency test of two Aesni MB PMD executed
417on two cores for cipher encryption aes-cbc, ten operations in silent mode::
418
419   dpdk-test-crypto-perf -l 4-7 --vdev crypto_aesni_mb1
420   --vdev crypto_aesni_mb2 -a 0000:00:00.0 -- --devtype crypto_aesni_mb
421   --cipher-algo aes-cbc --cipher-key-sz 16 --cipher-iv-sz 16
422   --cipher-op encrypt --optype cipher-only --silent
423   --ptest latency --total-ops 10
424
425Call application for verification test of single open ssl PMD
426for cipher encryption aes-gcm and auth generation aes-gcm,ten operations
427in silent mode, test vector provide in file "test_aes_gcm.data"
428with packet verification::
429
430   dpdk-test-crypto-perf -l 4-7 --vdev crypto_openssl -a 0000:00:00.0 --
431   --devtype crypto_openssl --aead-algo aes-gcm --aead-key-sz 16
432   --aead-iv-sz 16 --aead-op encrypt --aead-aad-sz 16 --digest-sz 16
433   --optype aead --silent --ptest verify --total-ops 10
434   --test-file test_aes_gcm.data
435
436Test vector file for cipher algorithm aes cbc 256 with authorization sha::
437
438   # Global Section
439   plaintext =
440   0xff, 0xca, 0xfb, 0xf1, 0x38, 0x20, 0x2f, 0x7b, 0x24, 0x98, 0x26, 0x7d, 0x1d, 0x9f, 0xb3, 0x93,
441   0xd9, 0xef, 0xbd, 0xad, 0x4e, 0x40, 0xbd, 0x60, 0xe9, 0x48, 0x59, 0x90, 0x67, 0xd7, 0x2b, 0x7b,
442   0x8a, 0xe0, 0x4d, 0xb0, 0x70, 0x38, 0xcc, 0x48, 0x61, 0x7d, 0xee, 0xd6, 0x35, 0x49, 0xae, 0xb4,
443   0xaf, 0x6b, 0xdd, 0xe6, 0x21, 0xc0, 0x60, 0xce, 0x0a, 0xf4, 0x1c, 0x2e, 0x1c, 0x8d, 0xe8, 0x7b
444   ciphertext =
445   0x77, 0xF9, 0xF7, 0x7A, 0xA3, 0xCB, 0x68, 0x1A, 0x11, 0x70, 0xD8, 0x7A, 0xB6, 0xE2, 0x37, 0x7E,
446   0xD1, 0x57, 0x1C, 0x8E, 0x85, 0xD8, 0x08, 0xBF, 0x57, 0x1F, 0x21, 0x6C, 0xAD, 0xAD, 0x47, 0x1E,
447   0x0D, 0x6B, 0x79, 0x39, 0x15, 0x4E, 0x5B, 0x59, 0x2D, 0x76, 0x87, 0xA6, 0xD6, 0x47, 0x8F, 0x82,
448   0xB8, 0x51, 0x91, 0x32, 0x60, 0xCB, 0x97, 0xDE, 0xBE, 0xF0, 0xAD, 0xFC, 0x23, 0x2E, 0x22, 0x02
449   cipher_key =
450   0xE4, 0x23, 0x33, 0x8A, 0x35, 0x64, 0x61, 0xE2, 0x49, 0x03, 0xDD, 0xC6, 0xB8, 0xCA, 0x55, 0x7A,
451   0xd0, 0xe7, 0x4b, 0xfb, 0x5d, 0xe5, 0x0c, 0xe7, 0x6f, 0x21, 0xb5, 0x52, 0x2a, 0xbb, 0xc7, 0xf7
452   auth_key =
453   0xaf, 0x96, 0x42, 0xf1, 0x8c, 0x50, 0xdc, 0x67, 0x1a, 0x43, 0x47, 0x62, 0xc7, 0x04, 0xab, 0x05,
454   0xf5, 0x0c, 0xe7, 0xa2, 0xa6, 0x23, 0xd5, 0x3d, 0x95, 0xd8, 0xcd, 0x86, 0x79, 0xf5, 0x01, 0x47,
455   0x4f, 0xf9, 0x1d, 0x9d, 0x36, 0xf7, 0x68, 0x1a, 0x64, 0x44, 0x58, 0x5d, 0xe5, 0x81, 0x15, 0x2a,
456   0x41, 0xe4, 0x0e, 0xaa, 0x1f, 0x04, 0x21, 0xff, 0x2c, 0xf3, 0x73, 0x2b, 0x48, 0x1e, 0xd2, 0xf7
457   cipher_iv =
458   0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F
459   # Section sha 1 hmac buff 32
460   [sha1_hmac_buff_32]
461   digest =
462   0x36, 0xCA, 0x49, 0x6A, 0xE3, 0x54, 0xD8, 0x4F, 0x0B, 0x76, 0xD8, 0xAA, 0x78, 0xEB, 0x9D, 0x65,
463   0x2C, 0xCA, 0x1F, 0x97
464   # Section sha 256 hmac buff 32
465   [sha256_hmac_buff_32]
466   digest =
467   0x1C, 0xB2, 0x3D, 0xD1, 0xF9, 0xC7, 0x6C, 0x49, 0x2E, 0xDA, 0x94, 0x8B, 0xF1, 0xCF, 0x96, 0x43,
468   0x67, 0x50, 0x39, 0x76, 0xB5, 0xA1, 0xCE, 0xA1, 0xD7, 0x77, 0x10, 0x07, 0x43, 0x37, 0x05, 0xB4
469
470
471Graph Crypto Perf Results
472-------------------------
473
474The ``dpdk-graph-crypto-perf.py`` tool is a simple script to automate
475running crypto performance tests, and graphing the results.
476It can be found in the ``app/test-crypto-perf/`` directory.
477The output graphs include various grouped barcharts for throughput
478tests, and histogram and boxplot graphs for latency tests.
479These are output to PDF files, with one PDF per test suite graph type.
480
481
482Dependencies
483~~~~~~~~~~~~
484
485The following python modules must be installed to run the script:
486
487.. code-block:: console
488
489   pip3 install img2pdf plotly pandas psutil kaleido
490
491
492Test Configuration
493~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
494
495The test cases run by the script are defined by a JSON config file.
496Some config files can be found in ``app/test-crypto-perf/configs/``,
497or the user may create a new one following the same format as the config files provided.
498
499An example of this format is shown below for one test suite in the ``crypto-perf-aesni-mb.json`` file.
500This shows the required default config for the test suite, and one test case.
501The test case has additional app config that will be combined with
502the default config when running the test case.
503
504.. code-block:: c
505
506   "throughput": {
507       "default": {
508           "eal": {
509               "l": "1,2",
510               "vdev": "crypto_aesni_mb"
511           },
512           "app": {
513               "csv-friendly": true,
514               "buffer-sz": "64,128,256,512,768,1024,1408,2048",
515               "burst-sz": "1,4,8,16,32",
516               "ptest": "throughput",
517               "devtype": "crypto_aesni_mb"
518           }
519        },
520       "AES-CBC-128 SHA1-HMAC auth-then-cipher decrypt": {
521               "cipher-algo": "aes-cbc",
522               "cipher-key-sz": "16",
523               "auth-algo": "sha1-hmac",
524               "optype": "auth-then-cipher",
525               "cipher-op": "decrypt"
526        }
527   }
528
529.. note::
530   The specific test cases only allow modification of app parameters,
531   and not EAL parameters.
532   The default case is required for each test suite in the config file,
533   to specify EAL parameters.
534
535Currently, crypto_qat, crypto_aesni_mb, and crypto_aesni_gcm devices for
536both throughput and latency ptests are supported.
537
538
539Usage
540~~~~~
541
542.. code-block:: console
543
544   ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file>
545
546The ``config_file`` positional argument is required to run the script.
547This points to a valid JSON config file containing test suites.
548
549.. code-block:: console
550
551   ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf configs/crypto-perf-aesni-mb.json
552
553The following are the application optional command-line options:
554
555* ``-h, --help``
556
557  Display usage information and quit.
558
559* ``-f <file_path>, --file-path <file_path>``
560
561  Provide path to ``dpdk-test-crypto-perf`` application.
562  The script uses the installed app by default.
563
564  .. code-block:: console
565
566     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file> \
567         -f <build_dir>/app/dpdk-test-crypto-perf
568
569* ``-t <test_suite_list>, --test-suites <test_suite_list>``
570
571  Specify test suites to run. All test suites are run by default.
572
573  To run crypto-perf-qat latency test suite only:
574
575  .. code-block:: console
576
577     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf configs/crypto-perf-qat -t latency
578
579  To run both crypto-perf-aesni-mb throughput and latency test suites
580
581  .. code-block:: console
582
583     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf configs/crypto-perf-aesni-mb -t throughput latency
584
585* ``-o <output_path>, --output-path <output_path>``
586
587  Specify directory to use for output files.
588  The default is to use the script's directory.
589
590  .. code-block:: console
591
592     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file> -o <output_dir>
593
594* ``-v, --verbose``
595
596  Enable verbose output. This displays ``dpdk-test-crypto-perf`` app output in real-time.
597
598  .. code-block:: console
599
600     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file> -v
601
602  .. warning::
603     Latency performance tests have a large amount of output.
604     It is not recommended to use the verbose option for latency tests.
605