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Date:      Fri, 8 Nov 2013 08:30:01 GMT
From:      Ralf Wenk <iz-rpi03@hs-karlsruhe.de>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/183753: Regression since r255138: network is slow, kernel:  failed to create new mbuf
Message-ID:  <201311080830.rA88U187002567@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/183753; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ralf Wenk <iz-rpi03@hs-karlsruhe.de>
To: Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/183753: Regression since r255138: network is slow, kernel: 
 failed to create new mbuf
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:23:19 +0100

 On 11/7/13, Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@gmail.com> wrote:
 
 > On 11/7/13, Ralf Wenk <iz-rpi03@hs-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
 > >
 > >>Number:         183753
 > >>Category:       kern
 > >>Synopsis:       Regression since r255138: network is slow, kernel: failed
 > >> to create new mbuf
 > >>Confidential:   no
 > >>Severity:       non-critical
 > >>Priority:       low
 > >>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
 > >>State:          open
 > >>Quarter:
 > >>Keywords:
 > >>Date-Required:
 > >>Class:          sw-bug
 > >>Submitter-Id:   current-users
 > >>Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 07 15:20:00 UTC 2013
 > >>Closed-Date:
 > >>Last-Modified:
 > >>Originator:     Ralf Wenk
 > >>Release:        FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT arm
 > >>Organization:
 > > Hochschule Karlsruhe, University of Applied Sciences
 > >>Environment:
 > > FreeBSD raspberry-pi 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r255138: Wed Nov
 > > 6 08:42:26 CET 2013
 > > root@IZ-FreeBSD1:/usr/obj/arm.armv6/root/rpi/255138/sys/RPI-Bsc  arm
 > >>Description:
 > > While rsync(1)-ing an 1 GB file the RPi gets almost unresponsible after a
 > > while and on the serial console there are lots of
 > >
 > >   smsc0: warning: failed to create new mbuf
 > >
 > > kernel messages. Occasionaly dotted with the
 > >
 > >   [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
 > >
 > > kernel message.
 > >
 > > rsync shows a transfer speed of 27.40kB/s (over DSL) even if the files are
 > > already in sync and only the timestamps differ.
 > >
 > > Increasing the value of kern.ipc.nmbclusters by the factor of 2 just
 > > delayed
 > > the moment the problem happens.
 > >
 > > The first release which shows this is r25518. r255166 and older do not.
 
 Oh, I got the version numbers absolutely wrong here. The sentences should be:
 
  The first release which shows this is r255138. r255136 and older do not.
 
 > > rsync shows a transfer speed of 535.46kB/s (over DSL) on r255166 and older
 > > releases.
 > >>How-To-Repeat:
 > > Use a 1GB file as transfer file.
 > > If already transfered touch(1) transfer file at the source host.
 > >
 > > rsync -trv --modify-window=1 --compress --progress --stats --inplace
 > > --delete transfer_file user@target.host:/path/to/
 > >
 > > Await problem around 10% of the file is transfered.
 > >>Fix:
 > > Undo r255138.
 > >
 > >>Release-Note:
 > >>Audit-Trail:
 > >>Unformatted:
 > > _______________________________________________
 > 
 > possible workaround:
 > 
 > sysctl kern.eventtimer.idletick=1
 > 
 
 Just tried it with r255138. Unfortunately there is no change in behavior,
 so it is not a workaround.
 
 Ralf
 



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