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Date:      Tue, 25 Aug 2015 22:45:40 +0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
To:        Evgeny Khorokhorin <john@maxnet.ru>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 10.2 , ospf vs. aggregated static routes, performance issue
Message-ID:  <55DC7F94.1080908@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <55DC76B7.9060606@maxnet.ru>
References:  <55DC76B7.9060606@maxnet.ru>

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On 8/25/15 10:07 PM, Evgeny Khorokhorin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have 10.2-STABLE, 2 CPU Intel E5-2643v3, network Intel XL710 with 
> 1.4.0 driver from Intel
> I know that going through routing table is very fast (rn_match). But 
> I decided to optimize routing table.
> I'm using 2 interfaces - ixl0 and ixl1.
> Behind ixl0 I have 304 networks 172.16.. from /28 to /24 all via the 
> same gw 1.1.1.1 (because ip on ixl0 with /30 mask). And behind ixl1 
> I have default route via 2.2.2.2.
> That 304 172.16 networks I receive via OSPF (quagga). Now all is OK 
> - on every interface I have up to 500kpps/395kpps, 4.5Gbps/1.57Gbps 
> (rx/tx on ixl1 and tx/rx on ixl0).
> If I disable OSPF and in zebra add static route 172.16.0.0/12 via 
> 1.1.1.1, the system works good until traffic grow up to 
> 251kpps/181kpps , 2.27Gbps/637Mbps. After that the system is 
> degrading: ixl's queue threads utilizes 100% CPU and I see many many 
> traffic drops (netstat -i)
> If I turn on ospfd and receive 304 more specific routes the problem 
> disappears.
>
> Where is the problem? Or I have misunderstanding about how FreeBSD 
> uses routing table..
> P.S. I use this machine as NAT. I checked this on ipfw and pf, all 
> the same.

without knowing anything, it looks like a lock on the route is a 
bottleneck.
lots of routes spreads the pain..

try two manually added static routes  172.16.0.0/13 and 172.24.0.0/13 
(I hope I split that correctly) and see if it changes things..
then try 4..


>
> -- Cheers,
> Evgeny
>
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