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Date:      Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:05:13 +0300
From:      Oleg Bulyzhin <oleg@freebsd.org>
To:        Spadge <spadge@fromley.net>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dummynet pipe causing system to lock up
Message-ID:  <20061214140513.GA25504@lath.rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <458148C7.5050607@fromley.net>
References:  <458148C7.5050607@fromley.net>

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On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 12:51:19PM +0000, Spadge wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I'm completely baffled by how to work this problem out that I am having 
> with ipfw/dummynet.
> 
> I have created some ipfw rules to use a pipe which dummynet then shapes. 
> The problem I appear to be having is that whenever a packet is sent to 
> the pipe, the entire system locks up and I have to reboot the machine 
> using the power switch. Which is completely sub-optimal, I know.
> 
> I have looked through dummynet manpages, been to the dummynet website ( 
> http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ip_dummynet/ ), tried google; none of it 
> successfully, other than I found someone who appeared to have had a 
> similar problem a year or so ago, but it looks like his problem either 
> just went away on its own or was never resolved, but no mention of which.
> 
> ** Background Information **
> 
> OS information:
> 
> spadge@tobermory$ uname -a
> FreeBSD tobermory.home 6.1-RELEASE-p11 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p11 #14: Mon 
> Dec 11 15:08:53 GMT 2006 
> root@tobermory.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TOBERMORY  i386
> 
> The kernconf has the following bits for the ipfw/dummynet stuff:
> 
> # For ipfw/natd
> 
> options         IPFIREWALL
> options         IPDIVERT
> options         IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT
> options         IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
> 
> # For DUMMYNET packet shaping
> options         DUMMYNET
> options         HZ=1000
> 
> And the following rules are what cause the problem I'm having:
> 
> /sbin/ipfw add pipe 101 ip from any to any uid 1101 via $WAN in
> /sbin/ipfw add pipe 102 ip from any to any uid 1101 via $WAN out
> /sbin/ipfw pipe 101 config bw 4096kbit/s delay 200ms
> /sbin/ipfw pipe 102 config bw 512kbit/s delay 200ms
> 
> $WAN is a variable set earlier in the /etc/rc.firewall rules:
> 
> WAN="xl0"
> LAN="nge0"
> 
> The machine is my internet gateway, running my natd, dhcpd, httpd, 
> imapd, smtpd, ircd etc.
> 
> What I am trying to achieve with this dummynet exercise is to put a 
> delay onto everything that UID 1101 (which only runs mldonkey 
> (multi-network p2p client)) sends/receives so that the rest of my LAN 
> can do what it wants online (like playing online games and browsing the 
> interwebs) and have mldonkey step aside gracefully when someone else 
> wants the bandwidth. I got the idea from the mldonkey wiki page covering 
> how to do this in linux - nice of them to spare us FreeBSD users an 
> afterthought and a couple of lines at the end of the lengthy linux 
> how-to, eh.
> 
> link: http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/TrafficShaping
> 
> Am I missing something *completely* obvious here? What am I doing wrong? 
> How can I find out more about how to do this right?
> 
> The system runs fine right up until the user in the rules starts 
> sending/receiving stuff, then it's goodbye system - and suddenly enough 
> that I can't find a single error or panic entry in any logs covering it.
> 
> Any hints or help would be great.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Spadge
> "Intoccabile"
> www.fromley.com
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sysctl debug.mpsafenet value?

-- 
Oleg.

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=== Oleg Bulyzhin -- OBUL-RIPN -- OBUL-RIPE -- oleg@rinet.ru ===
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