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Red Hat One Jira (issues.redhat.com) 2023-05-26 15:06:55 UTC Link ID Red Hat Issue Tracker OSP-25415
Haresh Khandelwal 2023-05-29 09:17:54 UTC CC hakhande
Robin Jarry 2023-05-30 08:30:20 UTC Keywords Triaged
Priority unspecified medium
CC rjarry
Status NEW ASSIGNED
Assignee rhosp-nfv-int rjarry
Ella Shulman 2023-05-30 08:47:47 UTC CC eshulman
Eran Kuris 2023-05-30 08:50:48 UTC Keywords Regression
Robin Jarry 2023-06-08 08:41:07 UTC Flags needinfo?(fleitner)
CC fleitner
Robin Jarry 2023-06-08 15:39:54 UTC CC vchundur
Vadim Khitrin 2023-06-13 11:19:17 UTC Doc Type If docs needed, set a value Known Issue
CC vkhitrin
Franck Baudin 2023-06-13 15:48:22 UTC CC fbaudin
Joe Mario 2023-06-13 16:09:09 UTC CC jmario
James Smith 2023-06-13 17:58:25 UTC Flags needinfo?(rjarry) needinfo?(vkhitrin) needinfo?(ekuris)
CC ekuris, jamsmith
Robin Jarry 2023-06-13 19:52:00 UTC Flags needinfo?(rjarry)
Doc Text Cause:

The RETBleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 causes a performance regression with OVS-DPDK running on Intel E810 interfaces.

Consequence:

Around 20% drop of performance.

Workaround (if any):

Add `retbleed=off` in kernel boot arguments.

Result:

Performance should be on par with previous releases.
Vadim Khitrin 2023-06-14 05:21:28 UTC Flags needinfo?(vkhitrin)
Vadim Khitrin 2023-06-14 05:23:21 UTC Flags needinfo?(mnietoji)
Eran Kuris 2023-06-14 08:51:04 UTC Flags needinfo?(ekuris)
Robin Jarry 2023-06-14 10:23:37 UTC Summary [17.1][E810][OVS-DPDK] Low performance when using e810 nic [17.1][OVS-DPDK][RHEL9] perf regression with retbleed mitigation on skylake CPUs
Doc Text Cause:

The RETBleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 causes a performance regression with OVS-DPDK running on Intel E810 interfaces.

Consequence:

Around 20% drop of performance.

Workaround (if any):

Add `retbleed=off` in kernel boot arguments.

Result:

Performance should be on par with previous releases.
Cause:

The RETBleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 causes a performance regression with OVS-DPDK on Skylake CPUs.

Consequence:

Around 20% drop of performance.

Workaround (if any):

Add `retbleed=off` in kernel boot arguments.

Result:

Performance should be on par with previous releases.
Flags needinfo?(fleitner) needinfo?(mnietoji)
David Marchand 2023-06-14 12:01:52 UTC CC dmarchan
Jenny-Anne Lynch 2023-06-14 13:41:14 UTC Doc Text Cause:

The RETBleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 causes a performance regression with OVS-DPDK on Skylake CPUs.

Consequence:

Around 20% drop of performance.

Workaround (if any):

Add `retbleed=off` in kernel boot arguments.

Result:

Performance should be on par with previous releases.
There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 causes a performance drop of approximately 20% for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Skylake CPUs. Workaround: Add the `retbleed=off` option to kernel boot arguments to return performance to a similar level to previous releases.
CC jelynch
James Smith 2023-06-14 18:34:00 UTC Flags needinfo?(rjarry) needinfo?(vkhitrin) needinfo?(ekuris)
Greg Rakauskas 2023-06-14 20:31:28 UTC Flags needinfo?(jmario)
CC gregraka
Vadim Khitrin 2023-06-15 05:35:53 UTC Flags needinfo?(vkhitrin)
Eran Kuris 2023-06-15 09:16:14 UTC Flags needinfo?(ekuris)
Target Milestone --- ga
Robin Jarry 2023-06-15 11:04:09 UTC Doc Text There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 causes a performance drop of approximately 20% for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Skylake CPUs. Workaround: Add the `retbleed=off` option to kernel boot arguments to return performance to a similar level to previous releases. There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Skylake CPUs. This performance regression will only happen if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core. Workaround: assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK and/or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running.
Target Milestone ga beta
Flags needinfo?(rjarry)
Robin Jarry 2023-06-15 11:21:22 UTC Doc Text There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Skylake CPUs. This performance regression will only happen if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core. Workaround: assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK and/or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running. There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Skylake CPUs. This performance regression will only happen if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core. Workaround: assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK and/or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running (as recommended in the NFV configuration guide).
James Smith 2023-06-15 11:50:53 UTC Doc Text There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Skylake CPUs. This performance regression will only happen if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core. Workaround: assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK and/or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running (as recommended in the NFV configuration guide). There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Skylake CPUs.
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This performance regression happens only if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core.
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Workaround: assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK and/or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running (as recommended in the NFV configuration guide).
Robin Jarry 2023-06-15 13:37:04 UTC Doc Text There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Skylake CPUs.
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This performance regression happens only if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core.
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Workaround: assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK and/or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running (as recommended in the NFV configuration guide).
There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Intel Skylake CPUs.
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This performance regression happens only if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core.
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Workaround: assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK and/or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running (as recommended in the NFV configuration guide).
Erin Peterson 2023-06-15 13:42:55 UTC CC erpeters
Doc Text There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Intel Skylake CPUs.
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This performance regression happens only if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core.
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Workaround: assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK and/or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running (as recommended in the NFV configuration guide).
There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Intel Skylake CPUs.
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This performance regression happens only if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled, and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core.
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Workaround: Assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running as recommended in the NFV configuration guide.
Greg Rakauskas 2023-06-15 20:19:37 UTC Target Milestone beta z1
Flags needinfo?(jmario)
Lukas Svaty 2023-06-16 08:58:50 UTC Flags needinfo?(rjarry)
Robin Jarry 2023-06-16 09:35:30 UTC Flags needinfo?(rjarry)
Target Release --- 17.1
RHEL Program Management 2023-06-16 09:35:41 UTC Target Release 17.1 ---
Lukas Svaty 2023-06-16 09:38:20 UTC Flags needinfo?(ekuris) needinfo?(rjarry)
Eran Kuris 2023-06-18 09:04:02 UTC Keywords Regression
Flags needinfo?(ekuris) needinfo?(rjarry)
Severity high medium
RHEL Program Management 2023-06-18 09:04:12 UTC Target Release --- 17.1
Robin Jarry 2023-06-19 08:07:26 UTC CC llong
Flags needinfo?(rjarry) needinfo?(rjarry) needinfo?(jmario) needinfo?(llong)
RHEL Program Management 2023-06-19 12:44:40 UTC Target Release 17.1 ---
Haresh Khandelwal 2023-06-19 12:45:28 UTC Target Milestone z1 ---
Waiman Long 2023-06-20 15:08:24 UTC Blocks 2216242
Waiman Long 2023-06-20 15:14:17 UTC Flags needinfo?(llong)
Eran Kuris 2023-06-21 10:47:37 UTC Blocks 2216242
Depends On 2216242
Ella Shulman 2023-06-28 11:59:35 UTC Keywords Regression
Ella Shulman 2023-06-28 13:20:45 UTC Keywords Regression
Eran Kuris 2023-07-03 12:20:23 UTC Target Milestone --- z1
Joe Mario 2023-07-05 13:45:21 UTC Flags needinfo?(jmario)
Eran Kuris 2023-07-06 13:45:42 UTC Target Release --- 17.1
RHEL Program Management 2023-07-06 13:45:54 UTC Target Release 17.1 ---
RHEL Program Management 2023-07-06 13:47:21 UTC Target Release --- 17.1
Lukas Svaty 2023-07-10 08:44:20 UTC Keywords Performance
CC lsvaty
Jenny-Anne Lynch 2023-07-19 12:16:49 UTC CC jelynch
Robin Jarry 2023-08-03 09:25:00 UTC Target Milestone z1 z3
Ian Frangs 2023-08-03 15:46:23 UTC Flags needinfo?(rjarry)
Robin Jarry 2023-08-04 13:47:08 UTC Flags needinfo?(rjarry)
Jenny-Anne Lynch 2023-08-15 12:54:49 UTC CC jelynch
Doc Text There is currently a known issue where the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Intel Skylake CPUs.
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This performance regression happens only if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled, and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core.
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Workaround: Assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running as recommended in the NFV configuration guide.
Currently, the Retbleed vulnerability mitigation in RHEL 9.2 can cause a performance drop for Open vSwitch with Data Plane Development Kit (OVS-DPDK) on Intel Skylake CPUs.
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This performance regression happens only if C-states are disabled in the BIOS, hyper-threading is enabled, and OVS-DPDK is using only one hyper-thread of a given core.
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Workaround: Assign both hyper-threads of a core to OVS-DPDK or to SRIOV guests that have DPDK running as recommended in the NFV configuration guide.

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