From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 24 09:59:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 709E3106566B for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:59:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sergeysaley@gmail.com) Received: from sam.nabble.com (sam.nabble.com [216.139.236.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 331E48FC16 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:59:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.236.26] (helo=sam.nabble.com) by sam.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RIH2R-0000Su-51 for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:41:47 -0700 Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:41:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Sergey Saley To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1319449307149-4931883.post@n5.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Too much interrupts on ixgbe X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:59:13 -0000 There is my FreeBSD box: kernel --------------- # # GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386 # # For more information on this file, please read the config(5) manual page, # and/or the handbook section on Kernel Configuration Files: # # http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html # # The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook # if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the # FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the # latest information. # # An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the # device lines is also present in the ../../conf/NOTES and NOTES files. # If you are in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first # in NOTES. # # $FreeBSD: head/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC 221743 2011-05-10 16:44:16Z jkim $ cpu I686_CPU ident POINT07 options SCHED_ULE # ULE scheduler options PREEMPTION # Enable kernel thread preemption options INET # InterNETworking options FFS # Berkeley Fast Filesystem options SOFTUPDATES # Enable FFS soft updates support options UFS_DIRHASH # Improve performance on big directories options MD_ROOT # MD is a potential root device options MSDOSFS # MSDOS Filesystem options CD9660 # ISO 9660 Filesystem options PROCFS # Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS) options PSEUDOFS # Pseudo-filesystem framework options GEOM_PART_GPT # GUID Partition Tables. options GEOM_LABEL # Provides labelization options KTRACE # ktrace(1) support options STACK # stack(9) support options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128 # Prevent printf output being interspersed. options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev options HWPMC_HOOKS # Necessary kernel hooks for hwpmc(4) #options KDTRACE_HOOKS # Kernel DTrace hooks options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE # Include this file in kernel # To make an SMP kernel, the next two lines are needed options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel device apic # I/O APIC # CPU frequency control device cpufreq # Bus support. device acpi device pci # Floppy drives device fdc # ATA controllers device ahci # AHCI-compatible SATA controllers device ata # Legacy ATA/SATA controllers options ATA_CAM # Handle legacy controllers with CAM options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering device mvs # Marvell 88SX50XX/88SX60XX/88SX70XX/SoC SATA device siis # SiliconImage SiI3124/SiI3132/SiI3531 SATA # ATA/SCSI peripherals device scbus # SCSI bus (required for ATA/SCSI) device ch # SCSI media changers device da # Direct Access (disks) device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc) device cd # CD device pass # Passthrough device (direct ATA/SCSI access) device ses # SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE) # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller device atkbd # AT keyboard device psm # PS/2 mouse device kbdmux # keyboard multiplexer device vga # VGA video card driver # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console device sc options SC_PIXEL_MODE # add support for the raster text mode device agp # support several AGP chipsets # Power management support (see NOTES for more options) #device apm # Add suspend/resume support for the i8254. device pmtimer # Serial (COM) ports device uart # Generic UART driver # Parallel port device ppc device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) device lpt # Printer #device plip # TCP/IP over parallel device ppi # Parallel port interface device #device vpo # Requires scbus and da # If you've got a "dumb" serial or parallel PCI card that is # supported by the puc(4) glue driver, uncomment the following # line to enable it (connects to sio, uart and/or ppc drivers): #device puc # PCI Ethernet NICs. device em # Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Family device ixgbe # Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet Card # Pseudo devices. device loop # Network loopback device random # Entropy device device ether # Ethernet support device vlan # 802.1Q VLAN support #device tun # Packet tunnel. device pty # BSD-style compatibility pseudo ttys device md # Memory "disks" device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling device faith # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation) device firmware # firmware assist module # The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter. # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this! # Note that 'bpf' is required for DHCP. device bpf # Berkeley packet filter options IPFIREWALL options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD options DUMMYNET options IPI_PREEMPTION # netgraph(4). Enable the base netgraph code with the NETGRAPH option. # Individual node types can be enabled with the corresponding option # listed below; however, this is not strictly necessary as netgraph # will automatically load the corresponding KLD module if the node type # is not already compiled into the kernel. Each type below has a # corresponding man page, e.g., ng_async(8). options NETGRAPH # netgraph(4) system options NETGRAPH_CAR options NETGRAPH_IFACE options NETGRAPH_MPPC_ENCRYPTION options NETGRAPH_PPP options NETGRAPH_PPPOE options NETGRAPH_PPTPGRE options NETGRAPH_SOCKET options NETGRAPH_TCPMSS options NETGRAPH_ETHER options NETGRAPH_TEE options NETGRAPH_VJC options NETGRAPH_BPF options NETGRAPH_KSOCKET options NETGRAPH_IPFW dmesg.boot -------------------------- Copyright (c) 1992-2011 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 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FreeBSD 9.0-BETA3 #1: Fri Oct 21 10:37:43 FET 2011 root@point07.uch.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/POINT07 amd64 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (2394.05-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6fb Family = 6 Model = f Stepping = 11 Features=0xbfebfbff Features2=0xe3bd AMD Features=0x20100800 AMD Features2=0x1 TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics real memory = 2147483648 (2048 MB) avail memory = 2056187904 (1960 MB) Event timer "LAPIC" quality 400 ACPI APIC Table: FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s) cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 2 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID: 3 ioapic0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 acpi0: on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0 cpu0: on acpi0 cpu1: on acpi0 cpu2: on acpi0 cpu3: on acpi0 pcib0: port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: on pcib0 pcib1: irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0 pci1: on pcib1 ix0: port 0x2000-0x201f mem 0xdc680000-0xdc6fffff,0xdc600000-0xdc603fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 ix0: Using MSIX interrupts with 5 vectors ix0: Ethernet address: 00:25:90:3c:42:6a ix0: PCI Express Bus: Speed 2.5Gb/s Width x8 ix1: port 0x2020-0x203f mem 0xdc700000-0xdc77ffff,0xdc604000-0xdc607fff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci1 ix1: Using MSIX interrupts with 5 vectors ix1: RX Descriptors exceed system mbuf max, using default instead! ix1: Ethernet address: 00:25:90:3c:42:6b ix1: PCI Express Bus: Speed 2.5Gb/s Width x8 pci0: at device 26.0 (no driver attached) pci0: at device 26.1 (no driver attached) pci0: at device 26.2 (no driver attached) pci0: at device 26.7 (no driver attached) pcib2: irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0 pci5: on pcib2 pcib3: irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0 pci13: on pcib3 em0: port 0x3000-0x301f mem 0xdc100000-0xdc11ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci13 em0: Using an MSI interrupt em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:d2:12:ac pcib4: irq 17 at device 28.5 on pci0 pci15: on pcib4 em1: port 0x4000-0x401f mem 0xdc200000-0xdc21ffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci15 em1: Using an MSI interrupt em1: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:d2:12:ad pci0: at device 29.0 (no driver attached) pci0: at device 29.1 (no driver attached) pci0: at device 29.2 (no driver attached) pci0: at device 29.7 (no driver attached) pcib5: at device 30.0 on pci0 pci17: on pcib5 vgapci0: port 0x5000-0x507f mem 0xde000000-0xdfffffff,0xdc300000-0xdc33ffff at device 4.0 on pci17 isab0: at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x1c10-0x1c1f,0x1c00-0x1c0f at device 31.2 on pci0 ata0: on atapci0 ata1: on atapci0 pci0: at device 31.3 (no driver attached) atapci1: port 0x1c68-0x1c6f,0x1c5c-0x1c5f,0x1c60-0x1c67,0x1c58-0x1c5b,0x1c30-0x1c3f,0x1c20-0x1c2f irq 18 at device 31.5 on pci0 ata2: on atapci1 ata3: on atapci1 pci0: at device 31.6 (no driver attached) acpi_button0: on acpi0 atrtc0: port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0 Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0 attimer0: port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 irq 0 on acpi0 Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100 atkbdc0: port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 uart1: <16550 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 fdc0: port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 ppc0: port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77f irq 7 drq 3 on acpi0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold ppbus0: on ppc0 lpt0: on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: on ppbus0 sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 est0: on cpu0 p4tcc0: on cpu0 est1: on cpu1 p4tcc1: on cpu1 est2: on cpu2 p4tcc2: on cpu2 est3: on cpu3 p4tcc3: on cpu3 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec ipfw2 initialized, divert loadable, nat loadable, rule-based forwarding enabled, default to accept, logging disabled DUMMYNET 0 with IPv6 initialized (100409) load_dn_sched dn_sched QFQ loaded load_dn_sched dn_sched RR loaded load_dn_sched dn_sched WF2Q+ loaded load_dn_sched dn_sched FIFO loaded load_dn_sched dn_sched PRIO loaded ada0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: ATA-8 SATA 2.x device ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA5, PIO 8192bytes) ada0: 152627MB (312581808 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada0: Previously was known as ad0 SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched! Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 9351750 Hz quality 1000 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 [rw]... sysctl.conf -------------- net.inet.ip.fastforwarding=1 net.isr.direct=0 net.isr.direct_force=0 net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass=1 hw.intr_storm_threshold=9000 kern.ipc.nmbclusters=262144 kern.ipc.nmbjumbop=262144 dev.ix.0.rx_processing_limit=4096 dev.ix.1.rx_processing_limit=4096 net.inet.ip.intr_queue_maxlen=256 dev.ix.0.flow_control=0 dev.ix.1.flow_control=0 vmstat -i ------------- # vmstat -i interrupt total rate irq1: atkbd0 1 0 irq6: fdc0 1 0 irq14: ata0 80855 9 irq15: ata1 1 0 cpu0:timer 9694291 1122 irq256: ix0:que 0 54169187 6273 irq257: ix0:que 1 19307922 2236 irq258: ix0:que 2 24265573 2810 irq259: ix0:que 3 25845865 2993 irq260: ix0:link 2 0 irq261: ix1:que 0 63210220 7321 irq262: ix1:que 1 265895 30 irq263: ix1:que 2 42114 4 irq264: ix1:que 3 98953 11 irq265: ix1:link 5 0 cpu3:timer 7165968 829 cpu1:timer 7386880 855 cpu2:timer 7307920 846 Total 218841653 25346 netstat ------------ # netstat -I ix0 -w1 input (ix0) output packets errs idrops bytes packets errs bytes colls 26592 0 0 30220498 20757 0 11490639 0 31232 0 0 34001150 24699 0 14554631 0 27785 0 0 29672129 23699 0 16154542 0 25525 0 0 27450183 22868 0 16180216 0 ^C # netstat -I ix1 -w1 input (ix1) output packets errs idrops bytes packets errs bytes colls 22398 0 0 17232635 23781 0 24718205 0 23671 0 0 17608589 25859 0 28970777 0 24096 0 0 17278557 27188 0 30804019 0 22043 0 0 16271250 24116 0 26238423 0 ^C top -SCHP ----------------- last pid: 74628; load averages: 1.26, 1.01, 0.89 up 0+02:25:14 13:22:11 110 processes: 9 running, 79 sleeping, 22 waiting CPU 0: 0.4% user, 0.0% nice, 3.1% system, 44.1% interrupt, 52.4% idle CPU 1: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 3.1% system, 13.4% interrupt, 83.5% idle CPU 2: 0.8% user, 0.0% nice, 2.4% system, 18.5% interrupt, 78.3% idle CPU 3: 0.4% user, 0.0% nice, 4.7% system, 13.0% interrupt, 81.9% idle Mem: 44M Active, 118M Inact, 326M Wired, 792K Cache, 213M Buf, 1487M Free Swap: 4096M Total, 4096M Free PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME CPU COMMAND 10 root 155 ki31 0K 64K RUN 2 130:32 94.68% idle{idle: cpu2} 10 root 155 ki31 0K 64K RUN 1 130:49 93.07% idle{idle: cpu1} 10 root 155 ki31 0K 64K CPU3 3 132:48 89.26% idle{idle: cpu3} 10 root 155 ki31 0K 64K RUN 0 101:00 58.89% idle{idle: cpu0} 11 root -92 - 0K 416K CPU0 0 30:52 36.77% intr{irq261: ix1:que } 11 root -92 - 0K 416K CPU3 3 8:03 11.77% intr{irq259: ix0:que } 11 root -92 - 0K 416K CPU1 1 5:37 9.86% intr{irq257: ix0:que } 11 root -92 - 0K 416K WAIT 2 8:14 9.28% intr{irq258: ix0:que } 11 root -92 - 0K 416K RUN 0 7:07 5.18% intr{irq256: ix0:que } 0 root -92 0 0K 352K - 2 1:12 1.17% kernel{ix1 que} 12 root -16 - 0K 64K sleep 0 1:02 1.07% ng_queue{ng_queue1} 12 root -16 - 0K 64K sleep 0 1:02 0.88% ng_queue{ng_queue0} 12 root -16 - 0K 64K sleep 2 1:02 0.78% ng_queue{ng_queue3} 12 root -16 - 0K 64K sleep 0 1:02 0.78% ng_queue{ng_queue2} 0 root -92 0 0K 352K - 3 0:58 0.39% kernel{ix0 que} 11 root -60 - 0K 416K WAIT 3 5:21 0.00% intr{swi4: clock} 0 root -16 0 0K 352K sched 1 0:54 0.00% kernel{swapper} 14320 root 20 0 78528K 32900K select 1 0:52 0.00% mpd5{mpd5} 0 root -92 0 0K 352K - 0 0:28 0.00% kernel{ix0 que} 0 root -92 0 0K 352K - 2 0:25 0.00% kernel{dummynet} 2382 root 20 0 18832K 4060K select 3 0:21 0.00% zebra 0 root -92 0 0K 352K - 2 0:17 0.00% kernel{ix0 que} 14 root -16 - 0K 16K - 2 0:12 0.00% yarrow 0 root -92 0 0K 352K - 3 0:07 0.00% kernel{ix0 que} 2388 root 20 0 25632K 6900K select 3 0:06 0.00% ospfd 19419 www 20 0 16332K 5440K kqread 1 0:05 0.00% thttpd 3 root -16 - 0K 16K ccb_sc 0 0:04 0.00% xpt_thrd 9 root 16 - 0K 16K syncer 2 0:02 0.00% syncer 0 root -92 0 0K 352K - 1 0:02 0.00% kernel{ix1 linkq} 3846 root 20 0 22340K 3452K select 1 0:02 0.00% ntpd 4005 root 20 0 68024K 5976K select 1 0:01 0.00% sshd 11 root -92 - 0K 416K WAIT 1 0:01 0.00% intr{irq262: ix1:que } 11 root -68 - 0K 416K WAIT 2 0:01 0.00% intr{swi2: cambio} 13 root -8 - 0K 48K - 3 0:01 0.00% geom{g_up} 57732 root 20 0 32136K 2920K uwait 1 0:01 0.00% collectd{collectd} 11 root -88 - 0K 416K WAIT 3 0:01 0.00% intr{irq14: ata0} 3576 root 20 0 12192K 1716K select 2 0:01 0.00% syslogd 81248 root 20 0 68024K 5708K select 1 0:01 0.00% sshd 13 root -8 - 0K 48K - 0 0:01 0.00% geom{g_down} 11 root -92 - 0K 416K WAIT 3 0:01 0.00% intr{irq264: ix1:que } 15 root -16 - 0K 16K sdflus 3 0:00 0.00% softdepflush 11 root -60 - 0K 416K WAIT 2 0:00 0.00% intr{swi4: clock} pciconf -lvc --------------- ix0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x061115d9 chip=0x10fb8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D3 current D0 cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 64 messages in map 0x20 enabled cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 128(512) link x8(x8) cap 03[e0] = VPD ecap 0001[100] = AER 1 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 1 corrected ecap 0003[140] = Serial 1 002590ffff3c426a ecap 000e[150] = unknown 1 ecap 0010[160] = unknown 1 ix1@pci0:1:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x061115d9 chip=0x10fb8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D3 current D0 cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 64 messages in map 0x20 enabled cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 128(512) link x8(x8) cap 03[e0] = VPD ecap 0001[100] = AER 1 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 1 corrected ecap 0003[140] = Serial 1 002590ffff3c426a ecap 000e[150] = unknown 1 ecap 0010[160] = unknown 1 The question is: ----------------- Why there are so much interrupts? Why the card is using only one intr on second port (ix1)? I've got another server with 82598EB 10 Gigabit AT CX4 Network Connection and the situation on it is dramatically different: last pid: 42234; load averages: 2.14, 1.65, 1.55 up 119+05:58:58 13:26:01 98 processes: 8 running, 62 sleeping, 28 waiting CPU 0: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 34.0% interrupt, 66.0% idle CPU 1: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 43.4% interrupt, 56.6% idle CPU 2: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 39.6% interrupt, 60.4% idle CPU 3: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 35.8% interrupt, 64.2% idle Mem: 279M Active, 294M Inact, 300M Wired, 132K Cache, 112M Buf, 2128M Free Swap: 4096M Total, 4096M Free PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME CPU COMMAND 10 root 171 ki31 0K 32K RUN 0 2159.3 70.46% {idle: cpu0} 10 root 171 ki31 0K 32K RUN 2 2166.8 69.48% {idle: cpu2} 10 root 171 ki31 0K 32K RUN 3 2176.3 68.90% {idle: cpu3} 10 root 171 ki31 0K 32K RUN 1 2163.1 68.55% {idle: cpu1} 11 root -68 - 0K 248K CPU3 3 335.0H 19.38% {irq259: ix0:que } 11 root -68 - 0K 248K WAIT 1 335.5H 17.97% {irq257: ix0:que } 11 root -68 - 0K 248K CPU2 2 335.3H 17.77% {irq258: ix0:que } 11 root -68 - 0K 248K CPU0 0 336.2H 17.58% {irq256: ix0:que } 11 root -68 - 0K 248K WAIT 3 323.4H 17.09% {irq264: ix1:que } 11 root -68 - 0K 248K WAIT 1 323.9H 16.55% {irq262: ix1:que } 11 root -68 - 0K 248K WAIT 2 325.6H 16.06% {irq263: ix1:que } 11 root -68 - 0K 248K WAIT 0 325.9H 15.77% {irq261: ix1:que } vmstat -i ------------- r# vmstat -i interrupt total rate irq19: atapci0 1667110 0 cpu0: timer 3386721810 328 irq256: ix0:que 0 3395843376 329 irq257: ix0:que 1 2642665824 256 irq258: ix0:que 2 2838302235 275 irq259: ix0:que 3 2176207954 211 irq260: ix0:link 18 0 irq261: ix1:que 0 282359321 27 irq262: ix1:que 1 3989170496 387 irq263: ix1:que 2 375956573 36 irq264: ix1:que 3 3966352151 384 irq265: ix1:link 1 0 irq266: em0:rx 0 10283114 0 irq269: em1:rx 0 10283114 0 cpu3: timer 3386697130 328 cpu1: timer 3386709028 328 cpu2: timer 3386700908 328 Total 33235920163 3225 netstat ------------ # netstat -I ix0 -w1 input (ix0) output packets errs idrops bytes packets errs bytes colls 264572 0 0 252383894 253290 0 178845781 0 266323 0 0 254825280 251277 0 173769218 0 274462 0 0 265247306 260819 0 181113304 0 271142 0 0 263263325 253941 0 171694438 0 ^C # netstat -I ix1 -w1 input (ix1) output packets errs idrops bytes packets errs bytes colls 259427 0 0 183038665 275711 0 262429749 0 248177 0 0 171479966 264441 0 252993752 0 255271 0 0 185006000 266886 0 247494148 0 264543 0 0 190970875 275087 0 259555066 0 ^C Tuning on both systems are almost the same As You can see, 82598EB card produce about 20 times less interrupts at about 10 times more pps. Please help me to fix the problem... -- View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Too-much-interrupts-on-ixgbe-tp4931883p4931883.html Sent from the freebsd-net mailing list archive at Nabble.com.