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Date:      Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:40:21 -0400
From:      Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org>
To:        FreeBSD-Stable ML <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: netisr issues
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote:
> I seem to recall that the method for setting "direct" changed so that it's
> not a binary option (net.isr.direct), but instead is a policy setting now
> (net.isr.dispatch).  Try:
>
> net.isr.dispatch="direct"
>
> That's what's set on our 9.1-STABLE systems:
> # sysctl net.isr
> net.isr.numthreads: 8
> net.isr.maxprot: 16
> net.isr.defaultqlimit: 256
> net.isr.maxqlimit: 10240
> net.isr.bindthreads: 1
> net.isr.maxthreads: 8
> net.isr.direct: 0
> net.isr.direct_force: 0
> net.isr.dispatch: direct
>
> # netstat -Q | head
> Configuration:
> Setting                        Current        Limit
> Thread count                         8            8
>
> Default queue limit                256        10240
> Dispatch policy                 direct          n/a
> Threads bound to CPUs          enabled          n/a
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You're right.  I was looking at different net.isr oids, not the _direct
>> ones.  My bad.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Works if you set them in /etc/sysctl.conf.  Haven't looked into it, but
>>> > I
>>> > think there's something in the startup that sets them to 0 after the
>>> > kernel
>>> > is loaded, so the loader.conf settings are overwritten.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> All
>>> >>  I am looking for some guidance on how to turn netisr back on, on a
>>> >> 9.1-RELEASE and 9.1-STABLE box. It looks it stopped working as it did
>>> >> in
>>> >> prior versions of FreeBSD .
>>> >> I tested this on 9.1-RELEASE and  9.1-STABLE #0 r247804 built last
>>> >> monday.
>>> >>
>>> >> My question is this. If I enable the direct option in boot/loader.conf
>>> >> via
>>> >> this
>>> >>
>>> >> net.isr.direct="1"
>>> >> net.isr.direct_force="1"
>>> >>
>>> >> I do not get any expected result.
>>> >>
>>> >> root@chambers:~ # sysctl net.isr.direct
>>> >> net.isr.direct: 0
>>> >> root@chambers:~ # sysctl net.isr.direct_force
>>> >> net.isr.direct_force: 0
>>> >>
>>> >> root@chambers:~ # netstat -Q
>>> >> Configuration:
>>> >> Setting                        Current        Limit
>>> >> Thread count                         1            1
>>> >> Default queue limit                256        10240
>>> >> Dispatch policy                 direct          n/a
>>> >> Threads bound to CPUs         disabled          n/a
>>> >>
>>> >> ....
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Am I missing something ?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> mark saad | nonesuch@longcount.org
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Freddie Cash
>>> > fjwcash@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Freddie
>>>   When I tried to set them in /etc/sysctl.conf , sysctl stated they
>>> were read-only .
>>>
>>> [root@mkr2 /etc]# sysctl -w net.isr.direct=1
>>> sysctl: oid 'net.isr.direct' is read only
>>>
>>>
>>> [root@mkr2 /etc]# sysctl -w net.isr.direct_force=1
>>> sysctl: oid 'net.isr.direct_force' is read only
>>>
>>> --
>>> mark saad | nonesuch@longcount.org
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Freddie Cash
>> fjwcash@gmail.com
>
>
>
>
> --
> Freddie Cash
> fjwcash@gmail.com


Freddie
   So should I be adjusting the numbers of threads or is this
determined somewhere ?
-- 
mark saad | nonesuch@longcount.org



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