From: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>
To: Stephen Lee <mukansai@emailplus.org>
Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Extremely slow network with e1000 & ip_conntrack
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:22:36 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031130155236.GJ26749@obroa-skai.de.gnumonks.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031130074532.0105.MUKANSAI@emailplus.org>
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On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 07:54:15AM +0900, Stephen Lee wrote:
> Stephen Lee <mukansai@emailplus.org> wrote:
> >
> > I compiled lots of kernels :-( and narrowed it down to between 2.5.26
> > and 2.5.46.
> >
> > Kernel version Chip Problem?
> > 2.4.22 82540EM N
> > 2.5.26 82540EM N
> > 2.5.46 82540EM Y
> > 2.6.0-test10 82540EM Y
> > 2.6.0-test11 82540EM Y
> > 2.6.0-test11 82547EI N
> > 2.4.22nptlsmp 82547EI N
>
> I narrowed it down to patch-2.5.44. e1000 is updated, but I backed out
> the driver to the 2.5.43 version and it didn't fix the problem.
> Besides, 2.4.23 has a newer version of the driver and it doesn't have
> this problem.
>
> As far as I see netfilter was not updated in that patch, was it? I tried
> insmod -f ip_conntrack.o from 2.5.43 into the 2.5.44 kernel and it
> didn't stop the problem from happening, either.
>
> Please advice. If you don't think this is a netfilter problem I'll go
> check with linux-kernel.
Well, the problem is certainly triggered by connection tracking.
If I understood correctly:
1) stock 2.5.43: OK
2) stock 2.5.44: PROBLEM
3) stock 2.5.44 with the driver from 2.5.43: PROBLEM
4) stock 2.5.44 with ip_conntrack.o from 2.5.43: PROBLEM
So it has to be a change outside of the e1000 driver and outside of the
connection tracking code.
Unfortunately I don't have a 2.5.44.patch right here on my notebook atm
(travelling to India). I'll download it at the next opportunity and try
to review which change could be the culprit.
In the meantime, I think taking the discussion back to lkml seems to be
a good idea - since neither e1000 nor ip_conntrack code seem to be the
direct cause of the problem.
> Regards,
> Stephen
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- Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> http://www.netfilter.org/
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2003-11-30 15:52 ` Harald Welte [this message]
2003-12-02 11:44 ` Extremely slow network with e1000 & ip_conntrack Stephen Lee
2003-12-03 5:03 ` David S. Miller
2003-12-04 6:51 Feldman, Scott
2003-12-04 12:36 ` Stephen Lee
2003-12-04 18:24 ` David S. Miller
2003-12-05 20:45 ` Stephen Lee
2003-12-05 20:28 ` David S. Miller
2003-12-05 22:20 ` Stephen Lee
2003-12-05 22:56 ` David S. Miller
2003-12-11 7:26 ` Harald Welte
2003-12-11 8:25 ` Henrik Nordstrom
2003-12-04 7:24 Feldman, Scott
2003-12-04 17:37 Feldman, Scott
2003-12-04 18:30 ` David S. Miller
2003-12-04 19:53 ` Stephen Lee
2003-12-04 20:09 ` Jeff Garzik
2003-12-05 13:25 ` Stephen Lee
2003-12-04 20:20 ` David S. Miller
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