1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
2 Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
4 dpdk-test-bbdev Application
5 ===========================
7 The ``dpdk-test-bbdev`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) utility that
8 allows measuring performance parameters of PMDs available in the bbdev framework.
9 Tests available for execution are: latency, throughput, validation,
10 bler and sanity tests. Execution of tests can be customized using various
11 parameters passed to a python running script.
14 Running the Application
15 -----------------------
17 The tool application has a number of command line options:
19 .. code-block:: console
21 test-bbdev.py [-h] [-p TESTAPP_PATH] [-e EAL_PARAMS] [-t TIMEOUT]
22 [-c TEST_CASE [TEST_CASE ...]]
23 [-v TEST_VECTOR [TEST_VECTOR...]] [-n NUM_OPS]
24 [-b BURST_SIZE [BURST_SIZE ...]] [-l NUM_LCORES]
25 [-t MAX_ITERS [MAX_ITERS ...]]
31 The following are the command-line options:
34 Shows help message and exit.
36 ``-p TESTAPP_PATH, --testapp_path TESTAPP_PATH``
37 Indicates the path to the bbdev test app. If not specified path is set based
38 on "../.." concatenated with "*/build/app/dpdk-test-bbdev*".
40 ``-e EAL_PARAMS, --eal_params EAL_PARAMS``
41 Specifies EAL arguments which are passed to the test app. For more details,
42 refer to DPDK documentation at :doc:`../linux_gsg/linux_eal_parameters`.
44 ``-t TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT``
45 Specifies timeout in seconds. If not specified timeout is set to 300 seconds.
47 ``-c TEST_CASE [TEST_CASE ...], --test_cases TEST_CASE [TEST_CASE ...]``
48 Defines test cases to run. If not specified all available tests are run.
52 ``./test-bbdev.py -c validation``
53 Runs validation test suite
55 ``./test-bbdev.py -c latency throughput``
56 Runs latency and throughput test suites
58 ``-v TEST_VECTOR [TEST_VECTOR ...], --test_vector TEST_VECTOR [TEST_VECTOR ...]``
59 Specifies paths to the test vector files. If not specified path is set based
60 on "../.." concatenated with "*/app/test-bbdev/test_vectors/bbdev_null.data*"
61 and indicates default data file.
65 ``./test-bbdev.py -v app/test-bbdev/test_vectors/turbo_dec_test1.data``
66 Fills vector based on turbo_dec_test1.data file and runs all tests
68 ``./test-bbdev.py -v turbo_dec_test1.data turbo_enc_test2.data``
69 The bbdev test app is executed twice. First time vector is filled based on
70 *turbo_dec_test1.data* file and second time based on
71 *turb_enc_test2.data* file. For both executions all tests are run.
73 ``-n NUM_OPS, --num_ops NUM_OPS``
74 Specifies number of operations to process on device. If not specified num_ops
75 is set to 32 operations.
77 ``-l NUM_LCORES, --num_lcores NUM_LCORES``
78 Specifies number of lcores to run. If not specified num_lcores is set
79 according to value from RTE configuration (EAL coremask)
81 ``-b BURST_SIZE [BURST_SIZE ...], --burst-size BURST_SIZE [BURST_SIZE ...]``
82 Specifies operations enqueue/dequeue burst size. If not specified burst_size is
83 set to 32. Maximum is 512.
85 ``-t MAX_ITERS [MAX_ITERS ...], --iter_max MAX_ITERS [MAX_ITERS ...]``
86 Specifies LDPC decoder operations maximum number of iterations for throughput
87 and bler tests. If not specified iter_max is set to 6.
89 ``-s SNR [SNR ...], --snr SNR [SNR ...]``
90 Specifies for LDPC decoder operations the SNR in dB used when generating LLRs
91 for bler tests. If not specified snr is set to 0 dB.
96 There are 7 main test cases that can be executed using testbbdev tool:
98 * Sanity checks [-c unittest]
99 - Performs sanity checks on BBDEV interface, validating basic functionality
101 * Validation tests [-c validation]
102 - Performs full operation of enqueue and dequeue
103 - Compares the dequeued data buffer with a expected values in the test
104 vector (TV) being used
105 - Fails if any dequeued value does not match the data in the TV
107 * Offload Cost measurement [-c offload]
108 - Measures the CPU cycles consumed from the receipt of a user enqueue
109 until it is put on the device queue
110 - The test measures 4 metrics
111 (a) *SW Enq Offload Cost*: Software only enqueue offload cost, the cycle
112 counts and time (us) from the point the enqueue API is called until
113 the point the operation is put on the accelerator queue.
114 (b) *Acc Enq Offload Cost*: The cycle count and time (us) from the
115 point the operation is put on the accelerator queue until the return
117 (c) *SW Deq Offload Cost*: Software dequeue cost, the cycle counts and
118 time (us) consumed to dequeue one operation.
119 (d) *Empty Queue Enq Offload Cost*: The cycle count and time (us)
120 consumed to dequeue from an empty queue.
122 * Latency measurement [-c latency]
123 - Measures the time consumed from the first enqueue until the first
124 appearance of a dequeued result
125 - This measurement represents the full latency of a bbdev operation
126 (encode or decode) to execute
128 * Poll-mode Throughput measurement [-c throughput]
129 - Performs full operation of enqueue and dequeue
130 - Executes in poll mode
131 - Measures the achieved throughput on a subset or all available CPU cores
132 - Dequeued data is not validated against expected values stored in TV
133 - Results are printed in million operations per second and million bits
136 * BLER measurement [-c bler]
137 - Performs full operation of enqueue and dequeue
138 - Measures the achieved throughput on a subset or all available CPU cores
139 - Computed BLER (Block Error Rate, ratio of blocks not decoded at a given
140 SNR) in % based on the total number of operations.
142 * Interrupt-mode Throughput [-c interrupt]
143 - Similar to Throughput test case, but using interrupts. No polling.
149 Thanks to the globbing functionality in python test-bbdev.py script allows to
150 run tests with different set of vector files without giving all of them explicitly.
152 **Example usage for 4G:**
154 .. code-block:: console
156 ./test-bbdev.py -v app/test-bbdev/test_vectors/turbo_<enc/dec>_c<c>_k<k>_r<r>_e<e>_<extra-info>.data
158 It runs all tests with following vectors:
160 - ``bbdev_null.data``
162 - ``turbo_dec_c1_k6144_r0_e34560_sbd_negllr.data``
164 - ``turbo_enc_c1_k40_r0_e1196_rm.data``
166 - ``turbo_enc_c2_k5952_r0_e17868_crc24b.data``
168 - ``turbo_dec_c1_k40_r0_e17280_sbd_negllr.data``
170 - ``turbo_dec_c1_k6144_r0_e34560_sbd_posllr.data``
172 - ``turbo_enc_c1_k40_r0_e272_rm.data``
174 - ``turbo_enc_c3_k4800_r2_e14412_crc24b.data``
176 - ``turbo_dec_c1_k6144_r0_e10376_crc24b_sbd_negllr_high_snr.data``
178 - ``turbo_dec_c2_k3136_r0_e4920_sbd_negllr_crc24b.data``
180 - ``turbo_enc_c1_k6144_r0_e120_rm_rvidx.data``
182 - ``turbo_enc_c4_k4800_r2_e14412_crc24b.data``
184 - ``turbo_dec_c1_k6144_r0_e10376_crc24b_sbd_negllr_low_snr.data``
186 - ``turbo_dec_c2_k3136_r0_e4920_sbd_negllr.data``
188 - ``turbo_enc_c1_k6144_r0_e18444.data``
190 - ``turbo_dec_c1_k6144_r0_e34560_negllr.data``
192 - ``turbo_enc_c1_k40_r0_e1190_rm.data``
194 - ``turbo_enc_c1_k6144_r0_e18448_crc24a.data``
196 - ``turbo_dec_c1_k6144_r0_e34560_posllr.data``
198 - ``turbo_enc_c1_k40_r0_e1194_rm.data``
200 - ``turbo_enc_c1_k6144_r0_e32256_crc24b_rm.data``
202 .. code-block:: console
204 ./test-bbdev.py -v app/test-bbdev/turbo_*_default.data
206 It runs all tests with "default" vectors.
208 * ``turbo_dec_default.data`` is a soft link to
209 ``turbo_dec_c1_k6144_r0_e10376_crc24b_sbd_negllr_high_snr.data``
211 * ``turbo_enc_default.data`` is a soft link to
212 ``turbo_enc_c1_k6144_r0_e32256_crc24b_rm.data``
214 * ``ldpc_dec_default.data`` is a soft link to
215 ``ldpc_dec_v6563.data``
217 * ``ldpc_enc_default.data`` is a soft link to
218 ``ldpc_enc_c1_k8148_r0_e9372_rm.data``
223 All default reference test-vectors are stored in the test_vector
225 The prefix trivially defines which type of operation is included :
226 turbo_enc, turbo_dec, ldpc_enc, ldpc_dec.
227 The details of the configuration are captured in the file but some
228 vector name refer more explicitly processing specificity such as
229 'HARQ' when HARQ retransmission is used, 'loopback' when the data
230 is purely read/written for external DDR, lbrm when limited buffer
231 rate matching is expected, or crc_fail when a CRC failure is expected.
232 They are chosen to have a good coverage across sizes and processing
233 parameters while still keeping their number limited as part of sanity
236 Shortened tree of isg_cid-wireless_dpdk_ae with dpdk compiled and output
237 to the build directory:
252 .. code-block:: console
254 ./test-bbdev.py -p ../../build/app/dpdk-test-bbdev
255 -v turbo_dec_default.data
257 It runs all available tests using the test vector filled based on
258 *turbo_dec_default.data* file.
259 By default number of operations to process on device is set to 32, timeout is
260 set to 300s and operations enqueue/dequeue burst size is set to 32.
261 Moreover a bbdev (*baseband_null*) device will be created.
263 baseband turbo_sw device
264 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
266 .. code-block:: console
268 ./test-bbdev.py -p ../../build/app/dpdk-test-bbdev
269 -e="--vdev=baseband_turbo_sw" -t 120 -c validation
270 -v ./test_vectors/* -n 64 -b 8 32
272 It runs **validation** test for each vector file that matches the given pattern.
273 Number of operations to process on device is set to 64 and operations timeout is
274 set to 120s and enqueue/dequeue burst size is set to 8 and to 32.
275 Moreover a bbdev (*baseband_turbo_sw*) device will be created.
281 Executing bbdev null device with *bbdev_null.data* helps in measuring the
282 overhead introduced by the bbdev framework.
284 .. code-block:: console
286 ./test-bbdev.py -e="--vdev=baseband_null0"
287 -v ./test_vectors/bbdev_null.data
291 baseband_null device does not have to be defined explicitly as it is created by default.
298 Test Vector files contain the data which is used to set turbo decoder/encoder
299 parameters and buffers for validation purpose. New test vector files should be
300 stored in ``app/test-bbdev/test_vectors/`` directory. Detailed description of
301 the syntax of the test vector files is in the following section.
304 Basic principles for test vector files
305 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
306 Line started with ``#`` is treated as a comment and is ignored.
308 If variable is a chain of values, values should be separated by a comma. If
309 assignment is split into several lines, each line (except the last one) has to
310 be ended with a comma.
311 There is no comma after last value in last line. Correct assignment should
312 look like the following:
317 value, value, value, value,
320 In case where variable is a single value correct assignment looks like the
328 Length of chain variable is calculated by parser. Can not be defined
331 Variable op_type has to be defined as a first variable in file. It specifies
332 what type of operations will be executed. For 4G decoder op_type has to be set to
333 ``RTE_BBDEV_OP_TURBO_DEC`` and for 4G encoder to ``RTE_BBDEV_OP_TURBO_ENC``.
335 Full details of the meaning and valid values for the below fields are
336 documented in *rte_bbdev_op.h*
339 Turbo decoder test vectors template
340 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
342 For turbo decoder it has to be always set to ``RTE_BBDEV_OP_TURBO_DEC``
347 RTE_BBDEV_OP_TURBO_DEC
349 Chain of uint32_t values. Note that it is possible to define more than one
350 input/output entries which will result in chaining two or more data structures
351 for *segmented Transport Blocks*
356 0x00000000, 0x7f817f00, 0x7f7f8100, 0x817f8100, 0x81008100, 0x7f818100, 0x81817f00, 0x7f818100,
357 0x81007f00, 0x7f818100, 0x817f8100, 0x81817f00, 0x81008100, 0x817f7f00, 0x7f7f8100, 0x81817f00
359 Chain of uint32_t values
364 0x7f7f0000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,
365 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000
367 Chain of uint32_t values
372 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,
373 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000
375 Chain of uint32_t values
382 Chain of uint32_t values
389 Chain of uint32_t values
394 0x817f817f, 0x7f817f7f, 0x81818181, 0x817f7f81, 0x7f818181, 0x8181817f, 0x817f817f, 0x8181817f
396 Chain of uint32_t values
401 0x817f7f81, 0x7f7f7f81, 0x7f7f8181
442 expected_iter_count =
459 Chain of flags for LDPC decoder operation based on the rte_bbdev_op_td_flag_bitmasks:
466 RTE_BBDEV_TURBO_SUBBLOCK_DEINTERLEAVE, RTE_BBDEV_TURBO_EQUALIZER,
467 RTE_BBDEV_TURBO_SOFT_OUTPUT
469 Chain of operation statuses that are expected after operation is performed.
470 Following statuses can be used:
480 ``OK`` means no errors are expected. Cannot be used with other values.
488 Turbo encoder test vectors template
489 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
491 For turbo encoder it has to be always set to ``RTE_BBDEV_OP_TURBO_ENC``
496 RTE_BBDEV_OP_TURBO_ENC
498 Chain of uint32_t values
505 Chain of uint32_t values
510 0xd2399179, 0x640eb999, 0x2cbaf577, 0xaf224ae2, 0x9d139927, 0xe6909b29,
511 0xa25b7f47, 0x2aa224ce, 0x79f2
541 Chain of flags for LDPC decoder operation based on the rte_bbdev_op_te_flag_bitmasks:
543 ``RTE_BBDEV_TURBO_ENC_SCATTER_GATHER`` is used to indicate the parser to
544 force the input data to be memory split and formed as a segmented mbuf.
550 RTE_BBDEV_TURBO_RATE_MATCH
552 Chain of operation statuses that are expected after operation is performed.
553 Following statuses can be used:
561 ``OK`` means no errors are expected. Cannot be used with other values.
568 LDPC decoder test vectors template
569 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
571 For LDPC decoder it has to be always set to ``RTE_BBDEV_OP_LDPC_DEC``
576 RTE_BBDEV_OP_LDPC_DEC
578 Chain of uint32_t values. Note that it is possible to define more than one
579 input/output entries which will result in chaining two or more data structures
580 for *segmented Transport Blocks*
585 0x00000000, 0x7f817f00, 0x7f7f8100, 0x817f8100, 0x81008100, 0x7f818100, 0x81817f00, 0x7f818100,
586 0x81007f00, 0x7f818100, 0x817f8100, 0x81817f00, 0x81008100, 0x817f7f00, 0x7f7f8100, 0x81817f00
663 Chain of flags for LDPC decoder operation based on the rte_bbdev_op_ldpcdec_flag_bitmasks:
670 RTE_BBDEV_LDPC_ITERATION_STOP_ENABLE, RTE_BBDEV_LDPC_HQ_COMBINE_OUT_ENABLE,
671 RTE_BBDEV_LDPC_HQ_COMBINE_IN_ENABLE, RTE_BBDEV_LDPC_HARQ_6BIT_COMPRESSION
673 Chain of operation statuses that are expected after operation is performed.
674 Following statuses can be used:
676 - ``OK`` : No error reported.
678 - ``SYN`` : LDPC syndrome parity check is failing.
680 - ``CRC`` : CRC parity check is failing when CRC check operation is included.
682 - ``SYNCRC`` : Both CRC and LDPC syndromes parity checks are failing.
684 ``OK`` means no errors are expected. Cannot be used with other values.
692 LDPC encoder test vectors template
693 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
695 For turbo encoder it has to be always set to ``RTE_BBDEV_OP_LDPC_ENC``
700 RTE_BBDEV_OP_LDPC_ENC
702 Chain of uint32_t values
709 Chain of uint32_t values
714 0xd2399179, 0x640eb999, 0x2cbaf577, 0xaf224ae2, 0x9d139927, 0xe6909b29,
715 0xa25b7f47, 0x2aa224ce, 0x79f2
775 Chain of flags for LDPC encoder operation based on the
776 rte_bbdev_op_ldpcenc_flag_bitmasks:
781 RTE_BBDEV_LDPC_RATE_MATCH
783 Chain of operation statuses that are expected after operation is performed.
784 Following statuses can be used:
792 ``OK`` means no errors are expected. Cannot be used with other values.