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Date:      Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:11:59 -0300
From:      Tiago Ribeiro <shasty@gmail.com>
To:        "seanrees@gmail.com" <seanrees@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-xen@freebsd.org" <freebsd-xen@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: VM in Xen 4.1; poor packet forwarding performance on xn0
Message-ID:  <2C3A747F-DA88-4815-A930-7C5EB1CD6238@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAJGy1F0%2BG1zq9hVbifTM2Vq6HHEmCM9hnFvQ=4t-4d5x=npaCA@mail.gmail.com>
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> Em 18/04/2014, =C3=A0s 11:57, "seanrees@gmail.com" <seanrees@gmail.com> es=
creveu:
>=20
> Hi there freebsd-xen,
>=20
> I tried first on freebsd-questions@ without success, so I thought to retry=

> here.
>=20
> I run OpenVPN on a FreeBSD 10.0-Rp1 VM in Xen 4.1 (HVM). I am experiencing=

> slow network performance on xn0 that seems to have developed after I
> upgraded to FreeBSD 10 (no other changes). I can only achieve about 0.5mbp=
s
> through this interface when forwarding packets; packets in a single
> direction are fine (e.g; downloading to the VPS or pushing from the VPS)
> and clock in at many (>10 usually) mbps.
>=20
> Interestingly, my identical VM (configuration managed centrally) running o=
n
> Xen 3.4 (HVM) does *not* have this issue.
>=20
> I did a little debugging and here's what I've noticed:
>   - Not related to OpenVPN, repro'd using ssh -d.
>   - Slow VM has a very low rate of context switches (~250) while
> forwarding, fast VM has a lot more (~2000) sampled over 5 seconds using
> systat -v.
>  - I can't repro a context switch limit (tried a limited fork() bomb).
>  - Tried with *and* without LRO and TSO on xn0 (and all combinations of
> LRO and TSO on/off)
>=20
> I started digging into the Xen drivers but I realised I am not equipped to=

> debug this. I'm looking for suggestions on what to check. My provider is
> offering to move me to an older Xen host but I'd like to see if I can help=

> identify a bug either in my configuration or perhaps in FreeBSD's Xen code=
.
>=20
> Sean
> _____________________________________________


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