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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_octeontx2
161           crypto_openssl
162           crypto_qat
163           crypto_scheduler
164           crypto_snow3g
165           crypto_zuc
166
167* ``--optype <name>``
168
169        Set operation type, where ``name`` is one of the following::
170
171           cipher-only
172           auth-only
173           cipher-then-auth
174           auth-then-cipher
175           aead
176           pdcp
177           docsis
178           modex
179
180        For GCM/CCM algorithms you should use aead flag.
181
182* ``--sessionless``
183
184        Enable session-less crypto operations mode.
185
186* ``--out-of-place``
187
188        Enable out-of-place crypto operations mode.
189
190* ``--test-file <name>``
191
192        Set test vector file path. See the Test Vector File chapter.
193
194* ``--test-name <name>``
195
196        Set specific test name section in the test vector file.
197
198* ``--cipher-algo <name>``
199
200        Set cipher algorithm name, where ``name`` is one of the following::
201
202           3des-cbc
203           3des-ecb
204           3des-ctr
205           aes-cbc
206           aes-ctr
207           aes-ecb
208           aes-f8
209           aes-xts
210           arc4
211           null
212           kasumi-f8
213           snow3g-uea2
214           zuc-eea3
215
216* ``--cipher-op <mode>``
217
218        Set cipher operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of the following::
219
220           encrypt
221           decrypt
222
223* ``--cipher-key-sz <n>``
224
225        Set the size of cipher key.
226
227* ``--cipher-iv-sz <n>``
228
229        Set the size of cipher iv.
230
231* ``--auth-algo <name>``
232
233        Set authentication algorithm name, where ``name`` is one
234        of the following::
235
236           3des-cbc
237           aes-cbc-mac
238           aes-cmac
239           aes-gmac
240           aes-xcbc-mac
241           md5
242           md5-hmac
243           sha1
244           sha1-hmac
245           sha2-224
246           sha2-224-hmac
247           sha2-256
248           sha2-256-hmac
249           sha2-384
250           sha2-384-hmac
251           sha2-512
252           sha2-512-hmac
253           kasumi-f9
254           snow3g-uia2
255           zuc-eia3
256
257* ``--auth-op <mode>``
258
259        Set authentication operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of
260        the following::
261
262           verify
263           generate
264
265* ``--auth-key-sz <n>``
266
267        Set the size of authentication key.
268
269* ``--auth-iv-sz <n>``
270
271        Set the size of auth iv.
272
273* ``--aead-algo <name>``
274
275        Set AEAD algorithm name, where ``name`` is one
276        of the following::
277
278           aes-ccm
279           aes-gcm
280
281* ``--aead-op <mode>``
282
283        Set AEAD operation mode, where ``mode`` is one of
284        the following::
285
286           encrypt
287           decrypt
288
289* ``--aead-key-sz <n>``
290
291        Set the size of AEAD key.
292
293* ``--aead-iv-sz <n>``
294
295        Set the size of AEAD iv.
296
297* ``--aead-aad-sz <n>``
298
299        Set the size of AEAD aad.
300
301* ``--digest-sz <n>``
302
303        Set the size of digest.
304
305* ``--desc-nb <n>``
306
307        Set number of descriptors for each crypto device.
308
309* ``--pmd-cyclecount-delay-ms <n>``
310
311        Add a delay (in milliseconds) between enqueue and dequeue in
312        pmd-cyclecount benchmarking mode (useful when benchmarking
313        hardware acceleration).
314
315* ``--csv-friendly``
316
317        Enable test result output CSV friendly rather than human friendly.
318
319* ``--pdcp-sn-sz <n>``
320
321        Set PDCP sequence number size(n) in bits. Valid values of n will
322        be 5/7/12/15/18.
323
324* ``--pdcp-domain <control/user>``
325
326        Set PDCP domain to specify short_mac/control/user plane.
327
328* ``--docsis-hdr-sz <n>``
329
330        Set DOCSIS header size(n) in bytes.
331
332* ``--pdcp-ses-hfn-en``
333
334        Enable fixed session based HFN instead of per packet HFN.
335
336Test Vector File
337~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
338
339The test vector file is a text file contain information about test vectors.
340The file is made of the sections. The first section doesn't have header.
341It contain global information used in each test variant vectors -
342typically information about plaintext, ciphertext, cipher key, auth key,
343initial vector. All other sections begin header.
344The sections contain particular information typically digest.
345
346**Format of the file:**
347
348Each line beginning with sign '#' contain comment and it is ignored by parser::
349
350   # <comment>
351
352Header line is just name in square bracket::
353
354   [<section name>]
355
356Data line contain information token then sign '=' and
357a string of bytes in C byte array format::
358
359   <token> = <C byte array>
360
361**Tokens list:**
362
363* ``plaintext``
364
365        Original plaintext to be encrypted.
366
367* ``ciphertext``
368
369        Encrypted plaintext string.
370
371* ``cipher_key``
372
373        Key used in cipher operation.
374
375* ``auth_key``
376
377        Key used in auth operation.
378
379* ``cipher_iv``
380
381        Cipher Initial Vector.
382
383* ``auth_iv``
384
385        Auth Initial Vector.
386
387* ``aad``
388
389        Additional data.
390
391* ``digest``
392
393        Digest string.
394
395Examples
396--------
397
398Call application for performance throughput test of single Aesni MB PMD
399for cipher encryption aes-cbc and auth generation sha1-hmac,
400one million operations, burst size 32, packet size 64::
401
402   dpdk-test-crypto-perf -l 6-7 --vdev crypto_aesni_mb -a 0000:00:00.0 --
403   --ptest throughput --devtype crypto_aesni_mb --optype cipher-then-auth
404   --cipher-algo aes-cbc --cipher-op encrypt --cipher-key-sz 16 --auth-algo
405   sha1-hmac --auth-op generate --auth-key-sz 64 --digest-sz 12
406   --total-ops 10000000 --burst-sz 32 --buffer-sz 64
407
408Call application for performance latency test of two Aesni MB PMD executed
409on two cores for cipher encryption aes-cbc, ten operations in silent mode::
410
411   dpdk-test-crypto-perf -l 4-7 --vdev crypto_aesni_mb1
412   --vdev crypto_aesni_mb2 -a 0000:00:00.0 -- --devtype crypto_aesni_mb
413   --cipher-algo aes-cbc --cipher-key-sz 16 --cipher-iv-sz 16
414   --cipher-op encrypt --optype cipher-only --silent
415   --ptest latency --total-ops 10
416
417Call application for verification test of single open ssl PMD
418for cipher encryption aes-gcm and auth generation aes-gcm,ten operations
419in silent mode, test vector provide in file "test_aes_gcm.data"
420with packet verification::
421
422   dpdk-test-crypto-perf -l 4-7 --vdev crypto_openssl -a 0000:00:00.0 --
423   --devtype crypto_openssl --aead-algo aes-gcm --aead-key-sz 16
424   --aead-iv-sz 16 --aead-op encrypt --aead-aad-sz 16 --digest-sz 16
425   --optype aead --silent --ptest verify --total-ops 10
426   --test-file test_aes_gcm.data
427
428Test vector file for cipher algorithm aes cbc 256 with authorization sha::
429
430   # Global Section
431   plaintext =
432   0xff, 0xca, 0xfb, 0xf1, 0x38, 0x20, 0x2f, 0x7b, 0x24, 0x98, 0x26, 0x7d, 0x1d, 0x9f, 0xb3, 0x93,
433   0xd9, 0xef, 0xbd, 0xad, 0x4e, 0x40, 0xbd, 0x60, 0xe9, 0x48, 0x59, 0x90, 0x67, 0xd7, 0x2b, 0x7b,
434   0x8a, 0xe0, 0x4d, 0xb0, 0x70, 0x38, 0xcc, 0x48, 0x61, 0x7d, 0xee, 0xd6, 0x35, 0x49, 0xae, 0xb4,
435   0xaf, 0x6b, 0xdd, 0xe6, 0x21, 0xc0, 0x60, 0xce, 0x0a, 0xf4, 0x1c, 0x2e, 0x1c, 0x8d, 0xe8, 0x7b
436   ciphertext =
437   0x77, 0xF9, 0xF7, 0x7A, 0xA3, 0xCB, 0x68, 0x1A, 0x11, 0x70, 0xD8, 0x7A, 0xB6, 0xE2, 0x37, 0x7E,
438   0xD1, 0x57, 0x1C, 0x8E, 0x85, 0xD8, 0x08, 0xBF, 0x57, 0x1F, 0x21, 0x6C, 0xAD, 0xAD, 0x47, 0x1E,
439   0x0D, 0x6B, 0x79, 0x39, 0x15, 0x4E, 0x5B, 0x59, 0x2D, 0x76, 0x87, 0xA6, 0xD6, 0x47, 0x8F, 0x82,
440   0xB8, 0x51, 0x91, 0x32, 0x60, 0xCB, 0x97, 0xDE, 0xBE, 0xF0, 0xAD, 0xFC, 0x23, 0x2E, 0x22, 0x02
441   cipher_key =
442   0xE4, 0x23, 0x33, 0x8A, 0x35, 0x64, 0x61, 0xE2, 0x49, 0x03, 0xDD, 0xC6, 0xB8, 0xCA, 0x55, 0x7A,
443   0xd0, 0xe7, 0x4b, 0xfb, 0x5d, 0xe5, 0x0c, 0xe7, 0x6f, 0x21, 0xb5, 0x52, 0x2a, 0xbb, 0xc7, 0xf7
444   auth_key =
445   0xaf, 0x96, 0x42, 0xf1, 0x8c, 0x50, 0xdc, 0x67, 0x1a, 0x43, 0x47, 0x62, 0xc7, 0x04, 0xab, 0x05,
446   0xf5, 0x0c, 0xe7, 0xa2, 0xa6, 0x23, 0xd5, 0x3d, 0x95, 0xd8, 0xcd, 0x86, 0x79, 0xf5, 0x01, 0x47,
447   0x4f, 0xf9, 0x1d, 0x9d, 0x36, 0xf7, 0x68, 0x1a, 0x64, 0x44, 0x58, 0x5d, 0xe5, 0x81, 0x15, 0x2a,
448   0x41, 0xe4, 0x0e, 0xaa, 0x1f, 0x04, 0x21, 0xff, 0x2c, 0xf3, 0x73, 0x2b, 0x48, 0x1e, 0xd2, 0xf7
449   cipher_iv =
450   0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D, 0x0E, 0x0F
451   # Section sha 1 hmac buff 32
452   [sha1_hmac_buff_32]
453   digest =
454   0x36, 0xCA, 0x49, 0x6A, 0xE3, 0x54, 0xD8, 0x4F, 0x0B, 0x76, 0xD8, 0xAA, 0x78, 0xEB, 0x9D, 0x65,
455   0x2C, 0xCA, 0x1F, 0x97
456   # Section sha 256 hmac buff 32
457   [sha256_hmac_buff_32]
458   digest =
459   0x1C, 0xB2, 0x3D, 0xD1, 0xF9, 0xC7, 0x6C, 0x49, 0x2E, 0xDA, 0x94, 0x8B, 0xF1, 0xCF, 0x96, 0x43,
460   0x67, 0x50, 0x39, 0x76, 0xB5, 0xA1, 0xCE, 0xA1, 0xD7, 0x77, 0x10, 0x07, 0x43, 0x37, 0x05, 0xB4
461
462
463Graph Crypto Perf Results
464-------------------------
465
466The ``dpdk-graph-crypto-perf.py`` tool is a simple script to automate
467running crypto performance tests, and graphing the results.
468It can be found in the ``app/test-crypto-perf/`` directory.
469The output graphs include various grouped barcharts for throughput
470tests, and histogram and boxplot graphs for latency tests.
471These are output to PDF files, with one PDF per test suite graph type.
472
473
474Dependencies
475~~~~~~~~~~~~
476
477The following python modules must be installed to run the script:
478
479.. code-block:: console
480
481   pip3 install img2pdf plotly pandas psutil kaleido
482
483
484Test Configuration
485~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
486
487The test cases run by the script are defined by a JSON config file.
488Some config files can be found in ``app/test-crypto-perf/configs/``,
489or the user may create a new one following the same format as the config files provided.
490
491An example of this format is shown below for one test suite in the ``crypto-perf-aesni-mb.json`` file.
492This shows the required default config for the test suite, and one test case.
493The test case has additional app config that will be combined with
494the default config when running the test case.
495
496.. code-block:: c
497
498   "throughput": {
499       "default": {
500           "eal": {
501               "l": "1,2",
502               "vdev": "crypto_aesni_mb"
503           },
504           "app": {
505               "csv-friendly": true,
506               "buffer-sz": "64,128,256,512,768,1024,1408,2048",
507               "burst-sz": "1,4,8,16,32",
508               "ptest": "throughput",
509               "devtype": "crypto_aesni_mb"
510           }
511        },
512       "AES-CBC-128 SHA1-HMAC auth-then-cipher decrypt": {
513               "cipher-algo": "aes-cbc",
514               "cipher-key-sz": "16",
515               "auth-algo": "sha1-hmac",
516               "optype": "auth-then-cipher",
517               "cipher-op": "decrypt"
518        }
519   }
520
521.. note::
522   The specific test cases only allow modification of app parameters,
523   and not EAL parameters.
524   The default case is required for each test suite in the config file,
525   to specify EAL parameters.
526
527Currently, crypto_qat, crypto_aesni_mb, and crypto_aesni_gcm devices for
528both throughput and latency ptests are supported.
529
530
531Usage
532~~~~~
533
534.. code-block:: console
535
536   ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file>
537
538The ``config_file`` positional argument is required to run the script.
539This points to a valid JSON config file containing test suites.
540
541.. code-block:: console
542
543   ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf configs/crypto-perf-aesni-mb.json
544
545The following are the application optional command-line options:
546
547* ``-h, --help``
548
549  Display usage information and quit.
550
551* ``-f <file_path>, --file-path <file_path>``
552
553  Provide path to ``dpdk-test-crypto-perf`` application.
554  The script uses the installed app by default.
555
556  .. code-block:: console
557
558     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file> \
559         -f <build_dir>/app/dpdk-test-crypto-perf
560
561* ``-t <test_suite_list>, --test-suites <test_suite_list>``
562
563  Specify test suites to run. All test suites are run by default.
564
565  To run crypto-perf-qat latency test suite only:
566
567  .. code-block:: console
568
569     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf configs/crypto-perf-qat -t latency
570
571  To run both crypto-perf-aesni-mb throughput and latency test suites
572
573  .. code-block:: console
574
575     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf configs/crypto-perf-aesni-mb -t throughput latency
576
577* ``-o <output_path>, --output-path <output_path>``
578
579  Specify directory to use for output files.
580  The default is to use the script's directory.
581
582  .. code-block:: console
583
584     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file> -o <output_dir>
585
586* ``-v, --verbose``
587
588  Enable verbose output. This displays ``dpdk-test-crypto-perf`` app output in real-time.
589
590  .. code-block:: console
591
592     ./dpdk-graph-crypto-perf <config_file> -v
593
594  .. warning::
595     Latency performance tests have a large amount of output.
596     It is not recommended to use the verbose option for latency tests.
597