Dpdk Validation - Liu, Yong

Introduction of DPDK VALIDATION Intel DPDK Validation team

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Team profiles

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Focus on:

NIC features

Packet framework

Virtualization

Performance

Misc.

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Our mission

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Make DPDK more robust

Support customers take advantage of DPDK

Adapt to the changing future

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DPDK in China

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Patch statistic in latest three releases

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230+

270+

330+

280+

280+

400+

140+

100+

120+

0 200 400 600 800 1000

R1.7-1.8

R1.8-2.0

R2.0-2.1

Applied

Reworked

Discarded

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Healthy of latest three releases

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R1.7-1.8 R1.8-2.0 R2.0-2.1

70+ 50+ <40

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Current validation flow

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Independent Developer

DPDK.org Dev Mail List

Review patch

Waiting for Release candidate

Publish Test result

Regression validation

Ne

w R

ele

ase

P

atch

Re

wo

rk

Weakness

No idea of overall quality in develop period

Patch healthy not clear

Pressed time in release cycle

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Continuous integration

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Change

Risk

Risk

Risk

Stability Points

Change

Risk

Risk

Risk

Risk

Risk

Risk

Risk

Stability Points

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Continuous Integration in DPDK.org

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Auto testing per patch

Short developing Cycle

Included build and smoke validation

Friendly to patchwork

Independent Developer

DPDK.org Dev Mail List

Review patch

New test suite

Waiting for Release candidate

Publish Test result

Regression validation

Ne

w R

ele

ase

P

atch

Re

wo

rk

Pre-checked in Validation

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DPDK healthy reports

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Patch status report Daily smoke report

Daily OS & Compiler Compatible report

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DPDK Test Suite

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Open source

Easy to use

Rich suites (50+)

Compatible with different NICs and platform

Performance measure

DPDK Test Suites

Linux Libraries & App Python GCC PktGen TCL SSH SCP

Test Plans (rst) Test Scripts Configure Files

Test Framework

Exception Manager

Configure Manager

SSH Connection

CRB Management

PacketGen

Test Components DUT TESTER

Reporter Test Case

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VM configuration

Support different hypervisors

VF performance

Suite unchanged

DTS virtualization framework

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Proposal for future – Internal tool chain sharing

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Bug tracking system

code coverage analyzer

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Proposal for future – Unified test framework

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Unified framework supply interface for:

Task assignment

Resource management

Case management

Report

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