|FAILURE| pw171205-171206 [PATCH] [v2,2/2] net/bnxt: remove VLA from

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Test-Label: iol-mellanox-Performance
Test-Status: FAILURE
https://dpdk.org/patch/171206

_Performance Testing issues_

Submitter: Mohammad Shuab Siddique <Mohammad-shuab.siddique at broadcom.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 13 2026 17:19:55 
DPDK git baseline: Repo:dpdk-next-net-brcm
  Branch: master
  CommitID:97c3bf3958be2f837d37c21387e588720e9923d1

171205-171206 --> performance testing issues

Upstream job id: Template-DPDK-DTS-Pipeline#26385

Test environment and result as below:

Ubuntu 24.04
Kernel: 6.8
Compiler: gcc gcc (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0
CPU: AMD EPYC 9124 16-Core Processor 17
NIC: NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-7 100000 Mbps
Libc: (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.39-0ubuntu8.8) 2
Fail/Total: 0/6

Detail performance results: 
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| frame_size | txd/rxd | num_cpus | num_threads |  throughput difference from  |
|            |         |          |             |           expected           |
+============+=========+==========+=============+==============================+
| 64         | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.7%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 128        | 1024    | 1        | 1           | 2.2%                         |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 256        | 1024    | 1        | 1           | 1.7%                         |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 512        | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.9%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 1024       | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -1.0%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 1518       | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.8%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+

Ubuntu 24.04
Kernel: 6.8
Compiler: gcc gcc (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0
CPU: AMD EPYC 9124 16-Core Processor 17
NIC: Mellanox ConnectX-6 Lx 25000 Mbps
Libc: (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.39-0ubuntu8.8) 2
Fail/Total: 0/6

Detail performance results: 
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| frame_size | txd/rxd | num_cpus | num_threads |  throughput difference from  |
|            |         |          |             |           expected           |
+============+=========+==========+=============+==============================+
| 64         | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.2%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 128        | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -1.5%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 256        | 1024    | 1        | 1           | 0.4%                         |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 512        | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -1.8%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 1024       | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.3%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 1518       | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.9%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+

Ubuntu 24.04
Kernel: 6.8.0-55-generic
Compiler: gcc 13.3.0
CPU: AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor 1
NIC: Mellanox ConnectX-5 100000 Mbps
Libc: (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.35-0ubuntu3.14)
Fail/Total: 1/6
Failed cases list:
      - DTS https://dpdklab.iol.unh.edu/results/testcases/72/

Detail performance results: 
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| frame_size | txd/rxd | num_cpus | num_threads |  Throughput difference from  |
|            |         |          |             |           expected           |
+============+=========+==========+=============+==============================+
| 64         | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -8.4%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 128        | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.8%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 256        | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.0%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 512        | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.2%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 1024       | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -0.7%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+
| 1518       | 1024    | 1        | 1           | -1.1%                        |
+------------+---------+----------+-------------+------------------------------+

To view detailed results, visit:
https://lab.dpdk.org/results/dashboard/patchsets/37342/

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