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Date:      Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:08:58 +0100
From:      tuexen@freebsd.org
To:        "Herbert J. Skuhra" <herbert@gojira.at>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Request for Testing: TCP RACK
Message-ID:  <FFC68A43-5E6E-43A7-A3C6-39872195A3A1@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <87pm09ykb8.wl-herbert@gojira.at>
References:  <42C327BD-6CE4-43AA-A1AE-3BEC08D623DB@freebsd.org> <87pm09ykb8.wl-herbert@gojira.at>

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> On Nov 16, 2023, at 13:06, Herbert J. Skuhra <herbert@gojira.at> =
wrote:
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 10:13:05 +0100, tuexen@freebsd.org wrote:
>>=20
>> Dear all,
>>=20
>> recently the main branch was changed to build the TCP RACK stack
>> which is a loadable kernel module, by default:
>> =
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D3a338c534154164504005beb00a3c6fe=
b03756cc
>>=20
>> As discussed on the bi-weekly transport call, it would be great if =
people
>> could test the RACK stack for their workload. Please report any =
problems to the
>> net@ mailing list or open an issue in the bug tracker and drop me a =
note via email.
>> This includes regressions in CPU usage, regressions in performance or =
any other
>> unexpected change you observe.
>>=20
>> You can load the kernel module using
>> kldload tcp_rack
>>=20
>> You can make the RACK stack the default stack using
>> sysctl net.inet.tcp.functions_default=3Drack
>>=20
>> Based on the feedback we get, the default stack might be switched to =
the
>> RACK stack.
>>=20
>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>=20
> I am running main-n266450-a592812327de with a GENERIC-NODEBUG kernel.
>=20
> # kldload tcp_rack
> kldload: an error occurred while loading module tcp_rack. Please check
> dmesg(8) for more details.
>=20
> In dmesg:
> KLD tcp_rack.ko: depends on tcphpts - not available or version =
mismatch
> linker_load_file: /boot/kernel/tcp_rack.ko - unsupported file type
>=20
> So you have to build a kernel with "options TCPHPTS" first?
Hi Herbert,

yes this is correct. For whatever reason I was assuming the TCPHPTS is =
already
enabled in all configs, but this is not correct.

Will put up an review to do this tomorrow. Thanks for reporting.

Best regards
Michael
>=20
> --
> Herbert




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