Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:55:01 -0700 From: "Ricky Charlet" <RCharlet@adaranet.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?'Ermal_Lu=E7i'?= <eri@freebsd.org> Cc: "altq@csl.sony.co.jp" <altq@csl.sony.co.jp>, "freebsd-pf@freebsd.org" <freebsd-pf@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Questioning altq (cbq) performance above 4Mb on gif or above 40 Mb on e1000 Message-ID: <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024C6FC081@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=pga3UpDJ2dzHseb%2BQpX98vtVmjxi430vQvqpP@mail.gmail.com> References: <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024C6FC071@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> <32AB5C9615CC494997D9ABB1DB12783C024C6FC07B@SJ-EXCH-1.adaranet.com> <AANLkTi=pga3UpDJ2dzHseb%2BQpX98vtVmjxi430vQvqpP@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks for the reply Ermal, Based on your suggestion, I tried raising the qlimit, but it had no effect. I have a GigE physical link. I set a child queue to catch my traffic and se= t a bandwidth limit of 1000Mb on the root and 45 Mb on the child. Through t= his config, I can pump and measure about 10Mb of traffic. I tried qlimits (= on both root and child) of 100 and 800. Neither had any effect. I also obse= rved with `pfctl -vvsq` that my queue depths tended to be in the 10s. I nev= er saw a queue depth sample above 5 and by far, it was most often 0. `systa= t -v` shows a 99%idle cpu (an 8 core amd64). Note: I am testing with tcp traffic, which throttles itself to the observed= path speed. But I still expect to come near to my configured bandwidth lim= it. I've been trying to read the altq code and grok it. On the dequeue side, I'= m not sure how the token bucket regulator interacts with cbq_dequeue. Can a= nyone point me to an architecture or design guide document/ presentation ab= out this? Hopefully, --- Ricky Charlet Adara Networks USA 408-433-4942 > -----Original Message----- > From: ermal.luci@gmail.com [mailto:ermal.luci@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > Ermal Lu=E7i > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 10:18 AM > To: Ricky Charlet > Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org; altq@csl.sony.co.jp > Subject: Re: Questioning altq (cbq) performance above 4Mb on gif or > above 40 Mb on e1000 > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Ricky Charlet <RCharlet@adaranet.com> > wrote: > > Has anyone out there run altq with cbq with bandwidth limits set > around 40 ~ 50 Mb and seen it work well (actual through put allowed to > come near that speed)? > > > > Thanks > > --- > > Ricky Charlet > > Adara Networks > > USA 408-433-4942 > > > > I can suggest to try with higher hz and increase queue lengths in altq. > By default they are 50 which is quite low in that regard. > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-freebsd-pf@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > >> pf@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ricky Charlet > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 9:47 PM > >> To: 'freebsd-pf@freebsd.org'; 'altq@csl.sony.co.jp' > >> Subject: Questioning altq (cbq) performance above 4Mb on gif or > above > >> 40 Mb on e1000 > >> > >> Howdy, > >> > >> (FreeBsd 8.0REL plus a modified e1000 driver borrowing the 8.1 altq > >> capabilities, amd64, 8 core) > >> > >> I have been measuring altq performance on my system. I set a > >> cbq bandwith limit for a queue, match traffic to the queue with an > >> appropriate rule and pump data. > >> > >> Without altq enabled, my traffic gen tool (nuttcp) can pump > >> 800Mb across my gig links. > >> > >> With altq(cbq) setting bandwith limits (no borrow), up to > about > >> 40Mb on em0 altq keeps up. But from 40Mb bandwith limit and up, altq > >> seems to slow down my traffic much slower than the bandwidth limits. > >> > >> Same effect is observed on gif interfaces (where my real > >> interest lies) but much worse. With altq(cbq) setting bandwith > limits > >> (no borrow), up to about 4Mb on gif0 altq keeps up. But from 4Mb > >> bandwidth limit and up, altq seems to slow down my traffic much > lower > >> than the bandwidth limits. > >> > >> I have a large file of sample data in excel formant which > I'd > >> like to share. Is there an appropriate way to share it with this > list? > >> > >> I know I'm not cpu bound (97% idle while nuttcp pushes 800Mb > >> traffic and altq configured with a bandwidth limit of 50Mb actually > >> passes 30Mb.) > >> > >> I sort of suspect I'm mutex bound but have no idea how to > test > >> that. > >> > >> > >> > >> (1) this config allows about 4Mb tcp traffic to pass: > >> ----------cut------------------ > >> altq on em0 cbq bandwidth 100Mb queue { queue1, queue2 } > >> queue queue1 bandwidth 1Mb priority 7 cbq (default) > >> queue queue2 bandwidth 50Mb priority 1 cbq > >> pass out quick on gif10 inet proto tcp no state queue queue2 > >> pass out quick on gif10 proto icmp queue queue2 > >> ----------paste---------------- > >> > >> (2) this config allows about 40 Mb tcp traffic to pass > >> ----------cut------------------ > >> altq on em0 cbq bandwidth 100Mb queue { queue1, queue2 } > >> queue queue1 bandwidth 1Mb priority 7 cbq (default) > >> queue queue2 bandwidth 50Mb priority 1 cbq > >> pass out quick on em0 inet proto tcp no state queue queue2 > >> pass out quick on em0 proto icmp queue queue2 > >> ----------paste---------------- > >> > >> Yes, I send appropriate traffic in each case to be 'caught' > by > >> the tcp pass out rule wether it be found on a gif or an em. > >> > >> > >> My goal is to get 'expected' behavior (a bandwidth limit of > 40 > >> Mb allows 40Mb to pass) at T3 link speed (45Mb). Is this a > reasonable > >> expectation? Any ideas about config jigs or tests to run? > >> > >> > >> > >> --- > >> Ricky Charlet > >> Adara Networks > >> USA 408-433-4942 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-pf@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pf > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-pf- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-pf@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pf > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-pf-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > -- > Ermal
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