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| author |   Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> | 2016-01-28 20:00:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com> | 2016-01-29 09:24:22 +0000 |
| commit | 669b2d855e0224a1a334bc6489962399ef37efac (patch) | |
| tree | b3700254a5556674a91a9107f4c0d747e0f9b9af | |
| parent | 449534ee314c68bc2078967e29883b829c300bc7 (diff) | |
docs: Add a note on pidstat and unknown results.
Add a Note on why %CPU and %USER > 100%, as well as a note regarding the
"unkown" results.
Change-Id: I7e173c91a549932301645c9344648c9b73da4a70
Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Castelli <brian.castelli@spirent.com>
Reviewed-by: Al Morton <acmorton@att.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Klozik <martinx.klozik@intel.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/report/report_rst.jinja | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/report/report_rst.jinja b/tools/report/report_rst.jinja index 4b5c9c37..7f513fc4 100644 --- a/tools/report/report_rst.jinja +++ b/tools/report/report_rst.jinja @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Below are test details: {% for test in tests %} Test results for packet size: {{ "%s"|format(test.result['packet_size']) }} -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A detailed summary of the main results is outlined below. Results/Metrics Collected @@ -72,10 +72,17 @@ Process: {{ '_'.join(process.split('_')[:-1]) }} {% endfor %}{% endfor %} Anomalies -~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~ No anomalies were detected during the course of this test. Testing Activities/Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -There were no significant testing activities for this test. +pidstat is used to collect the process statistics, as such some values such as +%CPU and %USER maybe > 100% as the values are summed across multiple cores. For +more info on pidstat please see: http://linux.die.net/man/1/pidstat. +Known issues: Some reported metrics have the value "unkown". These values are +marked unknown as they are not values retrieved from the external tester +(traffic generator). They were incorrectly derived in a way that made assumptions +about packet sizes, as such they have been deprecated from vsperf and marked as +unknown. They will be resolved in the next release. |