Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:22:38 +0200 From: Mihai Tanasescu <mihai@duras.ro> To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Device polling heavy traffic Message-ID: <43B05F1E.3060908@duras.ro>
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Hello, I'm running the following setup: Freebsd Dual Xeon 3Ghz machine (SMP enabled) 3 x 100 Mbits/s links (used at 80% capacity) - 3 x Intel 100 fxp 1 x 1000 Gbit link to a cisco router (transfers downstream the other 3 links) - 1 x Intel em I'm getting something arround 100k pkt/sec input and 100k pkt/sec output as "systat -ip 1" shows. Kernel polling is enabled. I have tried options HZ=1000, options HZ=2500 to see if anything changes. The problem: If I ping this machine or anything that is routed through it I get response times of 10-15-30 ms and once in 30 seconds a packet is lost. If I disable kernel.polling.enable then I get response times of 1-2-3 ms but I also get a lot of interrupts and a kernel panic after about 20 min. I was wondering what else I could try to change or what settings would be the best choice in order to have polling enabled and to avoid packet loss for small packets that also require low delays. I'm sorry if this wasn't the appropriate list to post to, Thanks in advance, Mihai
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