[PVE-User] Regression on virtio-net ? (Was: Re: Proxmox VE 4.2 released!)

Tue May 3 13:57:37 CEST 2016

Le 29/04/2016 08:48, Gilou a écrit :
> Le 29/04/2016 00:47, Alexandre DERUMIER a écrit :
>> Can you try with previous kernel 4.2 ?  (and keep proxmox 4.2 )
>>
>> I would like to known if it's a regression in qemu or kernel.
> 
> As I said, I did that, the bug is not there (or not that obvious). On a
> 4.2.6 kernel, using qemu 2.5, I get ~30% of a core for 1 Gbps, which
> seems reasonnable.
> 
> I also tried on VirtualBox/KVM, on Ubuntu 16.04 host, and the bug does
> not appear there. I can try on qemu probably too, but it seems to me the
> kernel is at fault here.

I also just tried over a vanilla 4.4.8 kernel, same issue.

Regards,

Gilles

> 
>>
>>
>> also, you can try to install 
>>
>> #apt-get install linux-tools-4.4
>>
>> and do a 
>>
>> #perf top
>>
>>
>> you should see which system call use a lot of cpu
> 
> 
> Here's the result, while spitting ~1 Gbps on the LAN:
> https://framapic.org/eT9JbqGsqSEK/txwSUJRpiIV3.png
> On the left, perf top, on the right top with relevant fields, showing
> all threads.
> 
> so read_tsc using ~23%, ktime_get ~10%, and single thread (even if the
> VM has multiple cores) using 100% on the host. So maybe it's not
> virtio-net directly. I have a lot of CPU used on a E1000 as well, but
> that didn't strike me as obvious, as I expected this.
> 
> So you know:
> # uname -a
> Linux px1 4.4.6-1-pve #1 SMP Thu Apr 21 11:25:40 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> # pveversion -v
> proxmox-ve: 4.2-48 (running kernel: 4.4.6-1-pve)
> pve-manager: 4.2-2 (running version: 4.2-2/725d76f0)
> pve-kernel-4.4.6-1-pve: 4.4.6-48
> pve-kernel-4.2.6-1-pve: 4.2.6-36
> lvm2: 2.02.116-pve2
> corosync-pve: 2.3.5-2
> libqb0: 1.0-1
> pve-cluster: 4.0-39
> qemu-server: 4.0-72
> pve-firmware: 1.1-8
> libpve-common-perl: 4.0-59
> libpve-access-control: 4.0-16
> libpve-storage-perl: 4.0-50
> pve-libspice-server1: 0.12.5-2
> vncterm: 1.2-1
> pve-qemu-kvm: 2.5-14
> pve-container: 1.0-62
> pve-firewall: 2.0-25
> pve-ha-manager: 1.0-28
> ksm-control-daemon: 1.2-1
> glusterfs-client: 3.5.2-2+deb8u1
> lxc-pve: 1.1.5-7
> lxcfs: 2.0.0-pve2
> cgmanager: 0.39-pve1
> criu: 1.6.0-1
> zfsutils: 0.6.5-pve9~jessie
> 
> If I can troubleshoot that further, let me know...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Gilles Pietri
> 
> 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Mail original -----
>> De: "Gilou" <contact+dev at gilouweb.com>
>> À: "proxmoxve" <pve-user at pve.proxmox.com>
>> Envoyé: Jeudi 28 Avril 2016 19:31:19
>> Objet: Re: [PVE-User] Regression on virtio-net ? (Was: Re: Proxmox VE 4.2 released!)
>>
>> Le 28/04/2016 19:18, Gilou a écrit : 
>>> Le 27/04/2016 15:35, Martin Maurer a écrit : 
>>>> Hi all! 
>>>>
>>>> We are proud to announce the final release of our Proxmox VE 4.2 with 
>>>> the new GUI. 
>>>>
>>>> The Sencha Ext JS 6 framework brings a modern 'flat design' look and 
>>>> feel to the Proxmox VE GUI with a reworked icon set providing 
>>>> consistency and an improved user experience. 
>>>>
>>>> Watch our short introduction video - What's new in Proxmox VE 4.2 
>>>> http://www.proxmox.com/en/training/video-tutorials/item/what-s-new-in-proxmox-ve-4-2 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This point release is based on latest and greatest Debian Jessie and a 
>>>> 4.4.6 Linux kernel, based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS kernel. 
>>>
>>> Hi, 
>>>
>>> I seem to have a regression, and a weird one I see neither on Proxmox 
>>> 4.1 4.2.6's kernel, nor on Ubuntu 4.4.0, or 
>>>
>>> Context: Ubuntu Guest VM using Ubuntu 16.04 on a virtio_net device 
>>> (tested also on Debian 8, and CentOS7), connected on a bridge. 
>>>
>>> on 4.1 : 1 Gbps bandwidth, ~1 GHz of CPU 
>>> on 4.2 : 1 Gbps bandwidth, ~3 GHz of CPU 
>>>
>>> Tested using transfer to /dev/null & iperf, so no disk involved. 
>>>
>>> I do not have the issue on ubuntu 4.4.0 using virtualbox/virtio-net. 
>>>
>>> Haven't tested further, but this is an isssue. 
>>
>> Looked into it, it's really 100% of a core, in the following setups: 
>> - single CPU on the VM 
>> - local or remote traffic (local goes up to 24 Gbps, remote is 1 Gbps) 
>> - no matter what distro (haven't tested Windows) 
>>
>> Has anyone noticed something like this or is this something specific? 
>>
>> Regards, 
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards, 
>>> Gilles Pietri 
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> We included as always countless small improvements and bugfixes, like 
>>>> the ability to use Let´s Encrypt certificates. 
>>>>
>>>> Release notes 
>>>> http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Roadmap#Proxmox_VE_4.2 
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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