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Date:      Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:50:51 +0000
From:      "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com>
To:        Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "<freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org>" <freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org>, Matthew Luckie <mjl@luckie.org.nz>
Subject:   Re: high cpu usage on natd / dhcpd
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In-Reply-To: <20130207231943.O21988@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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Hi,

On Feb 7, 2013, at 13:40, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 08:08:59 +0000, Eggert, Lars wrote:
>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 16:03, Matthew Luckie <mjl@luckie.org.nz> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> 00510 allow ip from me to not me out via em1
>>> 00550 divert 8668 ip from any to any via em1
>>>=20
>>> Rule 510 fixes it.
>>=20
>> Yep, it does. Can I ask someone to commit this to rc.firewall?
>=20
> The ruleset Matthew posted bears no resemblance to rc.firewall, so I=20
> don't see that (or how) it solves any generic problem.

sorry for having been imprecise. What I was asking for was this change:

--- /usr/src/etc/rc.firewall	2012-11-17 12:36:10.000000000 +0100
+++ rc.firewall	2013-02-06 11:35:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
 	case ${natd_enable} in
 	[Yy][Ee][Ss])
 		if [ -n "${natd_interface}" ]; then
+			${fwcmd} add 49 allow ip from me to not me out via ${natd_interface}
 			${fwcmd} add 50 divert natd ip4 from any to any via ${natd_interface}
 		fi
 		;;

>> (And I wonder if the rules for the ipfw kernel firewall need a=20
>> similar addition, because the system locks up under heavy network=20
>> load if I use that instead of natd.)
>=20
> Which rc.firewall ruleset are you referring to?

My rc.conf has:

	gateway_enable=3D"YES"=20
	firewall_enable=3D"YES"=20
	firewall_type=3D"OPEN"=20
	natd_enable=3D"YES"
	natd_interface=3D"bce0"

With the patch above, that seems to work fine.

I tried to replace the natd_* lines with:

	firewall_nat_enable=3D"YES"
	firewall_nat_interface=3D"bce0"

which caused the machine to lock up under load, similar to when natd starte=
d eating CPU cycles. This made me wonder if a similar patch to the above fo=
r the firewall_nat_* case in rc.firewall might be needed.

>  There certainly are=20
> problems with the 'simple' ruleset relating to use of $natd_enable vs=20
> $firewall_nat_enable (not to mention the denial of ALL icmp traffic)=20
> that I posted patches to a couple of years ago in ipfw@ to rc.firewall=20
> and /etc/rc.d/{ipfw,natd) addressing about 4 PRs .. sadly to no avail.
>=20
> I suggest following up to ipfw@ (cc'd) rather than net@

Will subscribe, thanks.

Lars=



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