Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:44:48 +0200 From: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: rTorrent + FreeBSD + pf = freeze? Message-ID: <20091021204448.GA7125@phenom.cordula.ws>
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Hi, could a resource leak or bug in pf(4) crash a RELENG_7 router (as of Oct 6th)? I'm experiencing frequent crashes on my soekris net4801 home router for some months now, and I'm wondering if it could be some kind of pf-related bug similar to this on OpenBSD: http://www.mail-archive.com/misc@openbsd.org/msg58042.html More precisely, when I fire up rtorrent-devel on some *other* machine (not the router!), everything runs fine at first. It could also run very fine for many days. BUT should I start a torrent with a large number of seeders which could saturate my link for an extended period of time, the soekris router would suddenly freeze... but not immediately: more like a few hours (3 to 6) or so of relatively heavy traffic. Only a hard reboot of the router would help. Please note that rtorrent is NOT running on the router, only its traffic is being redirected through the router. So I'm suspecting some bug / resource leak in pf that would bring the kernel down somehow. What kind of resources should I monitor (and how)? Maybe that could bring some clues? Oh, before anybody asks: I have no crashdumps, the router freezes totally without panicking. And it doesn't recover automatically even after many hours. Any ideas? Thanks, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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