Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 02:48:54 +0100 From: =?utf-8?B?U3RhbmlzxYJhdw==?= Halik <sthalik@misaki.pl> To: Mark Robert Vaughan Murray <markm@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: random_harvestq eats much on geode-lx alix2c3 Message-ID: <1995425.XJjfe8p5PP@aurora> In-Reply-To: <C33F6708-0FA5-4AC3-90BD-807B27FE264C@FreeBSD.org> References: <4041856.BpQXZdSKfK@aurora> <C33F6708-0FA5-4AC3-90BD-807B27FE264C@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue November 19 2013 23:01:37 Mark Robert Vaughan Murray wrote: > > rand_harvestq > Take a look at random(4) - sysctls to turn off harvesting are documented > there. Thanks! Turning off software interrupt collection brings the cpu usage next to nothing. > That is quite a busy harvestq - could you please give me some more details > of what that box is and what it was doing at the time (numbers would be > good!) The box is a home firewall with pf/altq. HZ=1000, despite poor hardware. It's alix2c3. Uses polling and a long, bloated pf.conf. Also, scrubs packets a bit. I'd be glad to attach more detail, but what do you ask for? Also, can text attachments be put here? For posterity's sake, better not to link to them. cheers, -sh -- xmpp:sthalik@jabster.pl sip:sthalik@misaki.pl
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