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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_null
150           crypto_aesni_mb
151           crypto_aesni_gcm
152           crypto_openssl
153           crypto_qat
154           crypto_snow3g
155           crypto_kasumi
156           crypto_zuc
157           crypto_dpaa_sec
158           crypto_dpaa2_sec
159           crypto_armv8
160           crypto_scheduler
161           crypto_mvsam
162
163* ``--optype <name>``
164
165        Set operation type, where ``name`` is one of the following::
166
167           cipher-only
168           auth-only
169           cipher-then-auth
170           auth-then-cipher
171           aead
172           pdcp
173           docsis
174
175        For GCM/CCM algorithms you should use aead flag.
176
177* ``--sessionless``
178
179        Enable session-less crypto operations mode.
180
181* ``--out-of-place``
182
183        Enable out-of-place crypto operations mode.
184
185* ``--test-file <name>``
186
187        Set test vector file path. See the Test Vector File chapter.
188
189* ``--test-name <name>``
190
191        Set specific test name section in the test vector file.
192
193* ``--cipher-algo <name>``
194
195        Set cipher algorithm name, where ``name`` is one of the following::
196
197           3des-cbc
198           3des-ecb
199           3des-ctr
200           aes-cbc
201           aes-ctr
202           aes-ecb
203           aes-f8
204           aes-xts
205           arc4
206           null
207           kasumi-f8
208           snow3g-uea2
209           zuc-eea3
210
211* ``--cipher-op <mode>``
212
213        Set cipher operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of the following::
214
215           encrypt
216           decrypt
217
218* ``--cipher-key-sz <n>``
219
220        Set the size of cipher key.
221
222* ``--cipher-iv-sz <n>``
223
224        Set the size of cipher iv.
225
226* ``--auth-algo <name>``
227
228        Set authentication algorithm name, where ``name`` is one
229        of the following::
230
231           3des-cbc
232           aes-cbc-mac
233           aes-cmac
234           aes-gmac
235           aes-xcbc-mac
236           md5
237           md5-hmac
238           sha1
239           sha1-hmac
240           sha2-224
241           sha2-224-hmac
242           sha2-256
243           sha2-256-hmac
244           sha2-384
245           sha2-384-hmac
246           sha2-512
247           sha2-512-hmac
248           kasumi-f9
249           snow3g-uia2
250           zuc-eia3
251
252* ``--auth-op <mode>``
253
254        Set authentication operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of
255        the following::
256
257           verify
258           generate
259
260* ``--auth-key-sz <n>``
261
262        Set the size of authentication key.
263
264* ``--auth-iv-sz <n>``
265
266        Set the size of auth iv.
267
268* ``--aead-algo <name>``
269
270        Set AEAD algorithm name, where ``name`` is one
271        of the following::
272
273           aes-ccm
274           aes-gcm
275
276* ``--aead-op <mode>``
277
278        Set AEAD operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of
279        the following::
280
281           encrypt
282           decrypt
283
284* ``--aead-key-sz <n>``
285
286        Set the size of AEAD key.
287
288* ``--aead-iv-sz <n>``
289
290        Set the size of AEAD iv.
291
292* ``--aead-aad-sz <n>``
293
294        Set the size of AEAD aad.
295
296* ``--digest-sz <n>``
297
298        Set the size of digest.
299
300* ``--desc-nb <n>``
301
302        Set number of descriptors for each crypto device.
303
304* ``--pmd-cyclecount-delay-ms <n>``
305
306        Add a delay (in milliseconds) between enqueue and dequeue in
307        pmd-cyclecount benchmarking mode (useful when benchmarking
308        hardware acceleration).
309
310* ``--csv-friendly``
311
312        Enable test result output CSV friendly rather than human friendly.
313
314* ``--pdcp-sn-sz <n>``
315
316        Set PDCP sequence number size(n) in bits. Valid values of n will
317        be 5/7/12/15/18.
318
319* ``--pdcp-domain <control/user>``
320
321        Set PDCP domain to specify Control/user plane.
322
323* ``--docsis-hdr-sz <n>``
324
325        Set DOCSIS header size(n) in bytes.
326
327* ``--pdcp-ses-hfn-en``
328
329        Enable fixed session based HFN instead of per packet HFN.
330
331Test Vector File
332~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
333
334The test vector file is a text file contain information about test vectors.
335The file is made of the sections. The first section doesn't have header.
336It contain global information used in each test variant vectors -
337typically information about plaintext, ciphertext, cipher key, auth key,
338initial vector. All other sections begin header.
339The sections contain particular information typically digest.
340
341**Format of the file:**
342
343Each line beginning with sign '#' contain comment and it is ignored by parser::
344
345   # <comment>
346
347Header line is just name in square bracket::
348
349   [<section name>]
350
351Data line contain information token then sign '=' and
352a string of bytes in C byte array format::
353
354   <token> = <C byte array>
355
356**Tokens list:**
357
358* ``plaintext``
359
360        Original plaintext to be encrypted.
361
362* ``ciphertext``
363
364        Encrypted plaintext string.
365
366* ``cipher_key``
367
368        Key used in cipher operation.
369
370* ``auth_key``
371
372        Key used in auth operation.
373
374* ``cipher_iv``
375
376        Cipher Initial Vector.
377
378* ``auth_iv``
379
380        Auth Initial Vector.
381
382* ``aad``
383
384        Additional data.
385
386* ``digest``
387
388        Digest string.
389
390Examples
391--------
392
393Call application for performance throughput test of single Aesni MB PMD
394for cipher encryption aes-cbc and auth generation sha1-hmac,
395one million operations, burst size 32, packet size 64::
396
397   dpdk-test-crypto-perf -l 6-7 --vdev crypto_aesni_mb -a 0000:00:00.0 --
398   --ptest throughput --devtype crypto_aesni_mb --optype cipher-then-auth
399   --cipher-algo aes-cbc --cipher-op encrypt --cipher-key-sz 16 --auth-algo
400   sha1-hmac --auth-op generate --auth-key-sz 64 --digest-sz 12
401   --total-ops 10000000 --burst-sz 32 --buffer-sz 64
402
403Call application for performance latency test of two Aesni MB PMD executed
404on two cores for cipher encryption aes-cbc, ten operations in silent mode::
405
406   dpdk-test-crypto-perf -l 4-7 --vdev crypto_aesni_mb1
407   --vdev crypto_aesni_mb2 -a 0000:00:00.0 -- --devtype crypto_aesni_mb
408   --cipher-algo aes-cbc --cipher-key-sz 16 --cipher-iv-sz 16
409   --cipher-op encrypt --optype cipher-only --silent
410   --ptest latency --total-ops 10
411
412Call application for verification test of single open ssl PMD
413for cipher encryption aes-gcm and auth generation aes-gcm,ten operations
414in silent mode, test vector provide in file "test_aes_gcm.data"
415with packet verification::
416
417   dpdk-test-crypto-perf -l 4-7 --vdev crypto_openssl -a 0000:00:00.0 --
418   --devtype crypto_openssl --aead-algo aes-gcm --aead-key-sz 16
419   --aead-iv-sz 16 --aead-op encrypt --aead-aad-sz 16 --digest-sz 16
420   --optype aead --silent --ptest verify --total-ops 10
421   --test-file test_aes_gcm.data
422
423Test vector file for cipher algorithm aes cbc 256 with authorization sha::
424
425   # Global Section
426   plaintext =
427   0xff, 0xca, 0xfb, 0xf1, 0x38, 0x20, 0x2f, 0x7b, 0x24, 0x98, 0x26, 0x7d, 0x1d, 0x9f, 0xb3, 0x93,
428   0xd9, 0xef, 0xbd, 0xad, 0x4e, 0x40, 0xbd, 0x60, 0xe9, 0x48, 0x59, 0x90, 0x67, 0xd7, 0x2b, 0x7b,
429   0x8a, 0xe0, 0x4d, 0xb0, 0x70, 0x38, 0xcc, 0x48, 0x61, 0x7d, 0xee, 0xd6, 0x35, 0x49, 0xae, 0xb4,
430   0xaf, 0x6b, 0xdd, 0xe6, 0x21, 0xc0, 0x60, 0xce, 0x0a, 0xf4, 0x1c, 0x2e, 0x1c, 0x8d, 0xe8, 0x7b
431   ciphertext =
432   0x77, 0xF9, 0xF7, 0x7A, 0xA3, 0xCB, 0x68, 0x1A, 0x11, 0x70, 0xD8, 0x7A, 0xB6, 0xE2, 0x37, 0x7E,
433   0xD1, 0x57, 0x1C, 0x8E, 0x85, 0xD8, 0x08, 0xBF, 0x57, 0x1F, 0x21, 0x6C, 0xAD, 0xAD, 0x47, 0x1E,
434   0x0D, 0x6B, 0x79, 0x39, 0x15, 0x4E, 0x5B, 0x59, 0x2D, 0x76, 0x87, 0xA6, 0xD6, 0x47, 0x8F, 0x82,
435   0xB8, 0x51, 0x91, 0x32, 0x60, 0xCB, 0x97, 0xDE, 0xBE, 0xF0, 0xAD, 0xFC, 0x23, 0x2E, 0x22, 0x02
436   cipher_key =
437   0xE4, 0x23, 0x33, 0x8A, 0x35, 0x64, 0x61, 0xE2, 0x49, 0x03, 0xDD, 0xC6, 0xB8, 0xCA, 0x55, 0x7A,
438   0xd0, 0xe7, 0x4b, 0xfb, 0x5d, 0xe5, 0x0c, 0xe7, 0x6f, 0x21, 0xb5, 0x52, 0x2a, 0xbb, 0xc7, 0xf7
439   auth_key =
440   0xaf, 0x96, 0x42, 0xf1, 0x8c, 0x50, 0xdc, 0x67, 0x1a, 0x43, 0x47, 0x62, 0xc7, 0x04, 0xab, 0x05,
441   0xf5, 0x0c, 0xe7, 0xa2, 0xa6, 0x23, 0xd5, 0x3d, 0x95, 0xd8, 0xcd, 0x86, 0x79, 0xf5, 0x01, 0x47,
442   0x4f, 0xf9, 0x1d, 0x9d, 0x36, 0xf7, 0x68, 0x1a, 0x64, 0x44, 0x58, 0x5d, 0xe5, 0x81, 0x15, 0x2a,
443   0x41, 0xe4, 0x0e, 0xaa, 0x1f, 0x04, 0x21, 0xff, 0x2c, 0xf3, 0x73, 0x2b, 0x48, 0x1e, 0xd2, 0xf7
444   cipher_iv =
445   0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F
446   # Section sha 1 hmac buff 32
447   [sha1_hmac_buff_32]
448   digest =
449   0x36, 0xCA, 0x49, 0x6A, 0xE3, 0x54, 0xD8, 0x4F, 0x0B, 0x76, 0xD8, 0xAA, 0x78, 0xEB, 0x9D, 0x65,
450   0x2C, 0xCA, 0x1F, 0x97
451   # Section sha 256 hmac buff 32
452   [sha256_hmac_buff_32]
453   digest =
454   0x1C, 0xB2, 0x3D, 0xD1, 0xF9, 0xC7, 0x6C, 0x49, 0x2E, 0xDA, 0x94, 0x8B, 0xF1, 0xCF, 0x96, 0x43,
455   0x67, 0x50, 0x39, 0x76, 0xB5, 0xA1, 0xCE, 0xA1, 0xD7, 0x77, 0x10, 0x07, 0x43, 0x37, 0x05, 0xB4
456
457
458Graph Crypto Perf Results
459-------------------------
460
461The ``dpdk-graph-crypto-perf.py`` tool is a simple script to automate
462running crypto performance tests, and graphing the results.
463It can be found in the ``app/test-crypto-perf/`` directory.
464The output graphs include various grouped barcharts for throughput
465tests, and histogram and boxplot graphs for latency tests.
466These are output to PDF files, with one PDF per test suite graph type.
467
468
469Dependencies
470~~~~~~~~~~~~
471
472The following python modules must be installed to run the script:
473
474* img2pdf
475
476* plotly
477
478* pandas
479
480* glob
481
482
483Test Configuration
484~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
485
486The test cases run by the script are defined by a JSON config file.
487Some config files can be found in ``app/test-crypto-perf/configs/``,
488or the user may create a new one following the same format as the config files provided.
489
490An example of this format is shown below for one test suite in the ``crypto-perf-aesni-mb.json`` file.
491This shows the required default config for the test suite, and one test case.
492The test case has additional app config that will be combined with
493the default config when running the test case.
494
495.. code-block:: c
496
497   "throughput": {
498       "default": {
499           "eal": {
500               "l": "1,2",
501               "vdev": "crypto_aesni_mb"
502           },
503           "app": {
504               "csv-friendly": true,
505               "buffer-sz": "64,128,256,512,768,1024,1408,2048",
506               "burst-sz": "1,4,8,16,32",
507               "ptest": "throughput",
508               "devtype": "crypto_aesni_mb"
509           }
510        },
511       "AES-CBC-128 SHA1-HMAC auth-then-cipher decrypt": {
512               "cipher-algo": "aes-cbc",
513               "cipher-key-sz": "16",
514               "auth-algo": "sha1-hmac",
515               "optype": "auth-then-cipher",
516               "cipher-op": "decrypt"
517        }
518   }
519
520.. note::
521   The specific test cases only allow modification of app parameters,
522   and not EAL parameters.
523   The default case is required for each test suite in the config file,
524   to specify EAL parameters.
525
526Currently, crypto_qat, crypto_aesni_mb, and crypto_aesni_gcm devices for
527both throughput and latency ptests are supported.
528
529
530Usage
531~~~~~
532
533.. code-block:: console
534
535   ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file>
536
537The ``config_file`` positional argument is required to run the script.
538This points to a valid JSON config file containing test suites.
539
540.. code-block:: console
541
542   ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf configs/crypto-perf-aesni-mb.json
543
544The following are the application optional command-line options:
545
546* ``-h, --help``
547
548  Display usage information and quit.
549
550* ``-f <file_path>, --file-path <file_path>``
551
552  Provide path to ``dpdk-test-crypto-perf`` application.
553  The script uses the installed app by default.
554
555  .. code-block:: console
556
557     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file> \
558         -f <build_dir>/app/dpdk-test-crypto-perf
559
560* ``-t <test_suite_list>, --test-suites <test_suite_list>``
561
562  Specify test suites to run. All test suites are run by default.
563
564  To run crypto-perf-qat latency test suite only:
565
566  .. code-block:: console
567
568     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf configs/crypto-perf-qat -t latency
569
570  To run both crypto-perf-aesni-mb throughput and latency test suites
571
572  .. code-block:: console
573
574     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf configs/crypto-perf-aesni-mb -t throughput latency
575
576* ``-o <output_path>, --output-path <output_path>``
577
578  Specify directory to use for output files.
579  The default is to use the script's directory.
580
581  .. code-block:: console
582
583     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file> -o <output_dir>
584
585* ``-v, --verbose``
586
587  Enable verbose output. This displays ``dpdk-test-crypto-perf`` app output in real-time.
588
589  .. code-block:: console
590
591     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file> -v
592
593  .. warning::
594     Latency performance tests have a large amount of output.
595     It is not recommended to use the verbose option for latency tests.
596