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Date:      Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:30:45 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 207446] Hang bringing up vtnet(4) on >8 cpu GCE VMs
Message-ID:  <bug-207446-6@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 207446
           Summary: Hang bringing up vtnet(4) on >8 cpu GCE VMs
           Product: Base System
           Version: 10.3-BETA2
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: kern
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: wac@google.com
                CC: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org
                CC: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org

Created attachment 167336
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=3D167336&action=
=3Dedit
patch to sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnetvar.h

FreeBSD on Google Compute Engine currently requires "hw.vtnet.mq_disable=3D=
1" on
virtual machines of more than 8 CPUs to avoid a hang when bringing up the v=
tnet
interface.

I have prepared a patch which raises the VTNET_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS to 64 which
solves this hang on GCE VMs with 64 or fewer CPUs.=20

With this patch, the release engineer should be able to remove the
hw.vtnet.mq_disable line from the /boot/loader.conf that is placed in images
intended for Google Compute Engine and users should see the benefits of
multiqueue as a result.

The current limit of 8 is in CURRENT as well as earlier release branches (e=
.g.
stable/10).

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