Ok, I found the culprit. If I do "ifconfig ix2 -rxcsum" the packet loss
disappear.

Still strange that it did not affect packets going to user-level.

John

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 02:15:14PM +0200, John Hay wrote:
> 
> Ok, after some more testing, I found that it was not only with ipv6 that
> I had packet loss. Routing either ipv4 or ipv6 had some loss.
> 
> My test setup is the Dell T710 with its ix2 connected to a 10G port of
> a Nortel 4526GTX. On that port I have 2 vlans configured with half of
> the 1G ports in the one vlan and the other half in the other vlan.
> 
> If I test with iperf from one of the machines on a 1G port to the T710,
> I get 920Mbit/s. If I do it simultaneously from a few machines connected
> to the 1G ports, all of them basically saturate their 1G links.
> 
> If I now try to route from the one vlan to the other, ie. doing an iperf
> from a 1G connected machine, through the T710, to another 1G connected
> machine, I see packet loss, sometimes 100kbits/s.
> 
> So it seems that as long as the T710 with the 10G card is the start or
> end point of the connection, I get no packet loss, but as soon as it
> has to route, something go wrong.
> 
> John
> 
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 06:20:39AM +0200, John Hay wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 01:46:18PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:25:42PM +0200, John Hay wrote:
> > > > I have a Dell T710 with 4 X 10G ethernet interfaces (2 X Dual port Intel
> > > > 82599 cards). It is running FreeBSD RELENG_8 last updated on July 13.
> > > > 
> > > > What I see is packet loss (0 - 40%) on IPv6 packets in vlans, when the
> > > > machine is not the originator of the packets.
> > > > 
> > > > Let me try to describe a little more. If a neigbouring machine ping6 it,
> > > > there will be packet loss. If it act as a router for ipv6, there will be
> > > > packet loss. This happen even when the network is pretty idle and with
> > > > different switches (Nortel and Cisco equipment). The packet loss is
> > > > very fluctuating. Pinging 1000 packets might loose 1% one time and the
> > > > next time 30%. Looking with tcpdump, I can see the packets arriving and
> > > > going out, but the packet never arrive at the next machine. (My feeling 
> > > > is
> > > > that they get lost inside the card.) The error counters on the switch
> > > > does not increment.
> > > > 
> > > > I do not see packet loss if the machine originate the packets, for 
> > > > example
> > > > ping6 from the machine. Also ipv4 packets do not have any packets loss. 
> > > > If
> > > > I do not use vlans, I don't see packet loss with ipv6 either.
> > > > 
> > > > pciconf -l of the ethernet cards:
> > > >
> > > > i...@pci0:129:0:0:       class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 
> > > > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> > > > i...@pci0:129:0:1:       class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 
> > > > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> > > > i...@pci0:131:0:0:       class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 
> > > > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> > > > i...@pci0:131:0:1:       class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 
> > > > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
> > > 
> > > Can you provide pciconf -lvc output for the ix[0-3] cards instead?  I
> > > believe Jack Vogel will need this.  vmstat -i might also be helpful
> > > (full output).
> > 
> > Ok, here is it and also a netstat -m thrown in. The numbers are pretty low
> > because I rebooted after compiling a kernel with IPFIREWALL, ROUTETABLES,
> > MROUTING and FLOWTABLE removed. I'll add my kernel config file with empty
> > and commented out lines removed.
> > 
> > After rebooting, I first tested with vlans (that is in my rc.conf) and then
> > tested with the vlans unconfigured on ix2.
> > 
> > i...@pci0:129:0:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 rev=0x01 
> > hdr=0x00
> >     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
> >     class      = network
> >     subclass   = ethernet
> >     cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
> >     cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks 
> >     cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 64 messages in map 0x20 enabled
> >     cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 256(512) link x8(x8)
> > i...@pci0:129:0:1:  class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 rev=0x01 
> > hdr=0x00
> >     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
> >     class      = network
> >     subclass   = ethernet
> >     cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
> >     cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks 
> >     cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 64 messages in map 0x20 enabled
> >     cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 256(512) link x8(x8)
> > i...@pci0:131:0:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 rev=0x01 
> > hdr=0x00
> >     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
> >     class      = network
> >     subclass   = ethernet
> >     cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
> >     cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks 
> >     cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 64 messages in map 0x20 enabled
> >     cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 256(512) link x8(x8)
> > i...@pci0:131:0:1:  class=0x020000 card=0x00038086 chip=0x10fb8086 rev=0x01 
> > hdr=0x00
> >     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
> >     class      = network
> >     subclass   = ethernet
> >     cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
> >     cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks 
> >     cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 64 messages in map 0x20 enabled
> >     cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 256(512) link x8(x8)
> > 
> > output of vmstat -i
> > 
> > interrupt                          total       rate
> > irq19: ehci0                       28371          0
> > irq21: uhci2 uhci4+                   48          0
> > irq23: atapci0                        46          0
> > irq34: mpt0                       146954          2
> > cpu0: timer                    112205297       1999
> > irq256: bce0                       52063          0
> > irq257: bce1                           1          0
> > irq258: bce2                           1          0
> > irq259: bce3                           1          0
> > irq260: ix0:que 0                 142258          2
> > irq261: ix0:que 1                  56464          1
> > irq262: ix0:que 2                  56199          1
> > irq263: ix0:que 3                  56198          1
> > irq264: ix0:que 4                  66569          1
> > irq265: ix0:que 5                  56148          1
> > irq266: ix0:que 6                  56217          1
> > irq267: ix0:que 7                  56311          1
> > irq268: ix0:que 8                  56169          1
> > irq269: ix0:que 9                  69485          1
> > irq270: ix0:que 10                 56176          1
> > irq271: ix0:que 11                 56205          1
> > irq272: ix0:que 12                 56281          1
> > irq273: ix0:que 13                 56359          1
> > irq274: ix0:que 14                 56292          1
> > irq275: ix0:que 15                 56197          1
> > irq276: ix0:link                       2          0
> > irq277: ix1:que 0                 107873          1
> > irq278: ix1:que 1                  56094          0
> > irq279: ix1:que 2                  56097          0
> > irq280: ix1:que 3                  56096          0
> > irq281: ix1:que 4                  65439          1
> > irq282: ix1:que 5                  56091          0
> > irq283: ix1:que 6                  56092          0
> > irq284: ix1:que 7                  56098          0
> > irq285: ix1:que 8                  56091          0
> > irq286: ix1:que 9                  56096          0
> > irq287: ix1:que 10                 56093          0
> > irq288: ix1:que 11                 56091          0
> > irq289: ix1:que 12                 56096          0
> > irq290: ix1:que 13                 56095          0
> > irq291: ix1:que 14                 57125          1
> > irq292: ix1:que 15                 56093          0
> > irq293: ix1:link                       1          0
> > irq294: ix2:que 0                 231250          4
> > irq295: ix2:que 1                  57784          1
> > irq296: ix2:que 2                  69956          1
> > irq297: ix2:que 3                  59498          1
> > irq298: ix2:que 4                  58201          1
> > irq299: ix2:que 5                  58599          1
> > irq300: ix2:que 6                  57813          1
> > irq301: ix2:que 7                  60075          1
> > irq302: ix2:que 8                  68639          1
> > irq303: ix2:que 9                  58194          1
> > irq304: ix2:que 10                 60752          1
> > irq305: ix2:que 11                 57628          1
> > irq306: ix2:que 12                 66796          1
> > irq307: ix2:que 13                 63307          1
> > irq308: ix2:que 14                 60788          1
> > irq309: ix2:que 15                 59102          1
> > irq310: ix2:link                       5          0
> > irq311: ix3:que 0                  56090          0
> > irq312: ix3:que 1                  56090          0
> > irq313: ix3:que 2                  56090          0
> > irq314: ix3:que 3                  56090          0
> > irq315: ix3:que 4                  56090          0
> > irq316: ix3:que 5                  56090          0
> > irq317: ix3:que 6                  56090          0
> > irq318: ix3:que 7                  56090          0
> > irq319: ix3:que 8                  56090          0
> > irq320: ix3:que 9                  56090          0
> > irq321: ix3:que 10                 56090          0
> > irq322: ix3:que 11                 56090          0
> > irq323: ix3:que 12                 56090          0
> > irq324: ix3:que 13                 56090          0
> > irq325: ix3:que 14                 56090          0
> > irq326: ix3:que 15                 56090          0
> > cpu1: timer                    112196134       1999
> > cpu10: timer                   112196179       1999
> > cpu3: timer                    112196135       1999
> > cpu8: timer                    112196108       1999
> > cpu4: timer                    112196161       1999
> > cpu11: timer                   112196179       1999
> > cpu5: timer                    112196161       1999
> > cpu13: timer                   112196179       1999
> > cpu6: timer                    112196161       1999
> > cpu14: timer                   112196179       1999
> > cpu2: timer                    112196106       1999
> > cpu12: timer                   112196179       1999
> > cpu7: timer                    112196161       1999
> > cpu9: timer                    112196155       1999
> > cpu15: timer                   112196179       1999
> > Total                         1799390156      32072
> > 
> > netstat -m
> > 
> > 133178/4042/137220 mbufs in use (current/cache/total)
> > 133112/2062/135174/262144 mbuf clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
> > 133112/2056 mbuf+clusters out of packet secondary zone in use 
> > (current/cache)
> > 0/20/20/131072 4k (page size) jumbo clusters in use 
> > (current/cache/total/max)
> > 0/0/0/65536 9k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
> > 0/0/0/32768 16k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
> > 299518K/5214K/304733K bytes allocated to network (current/cache/total)
> > 0/0/0 requests for mbufs denied (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters)
> > 0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters denied (4k/9k/16k)
> > 0/0/0 sfbufs in use (current/peak/max)
> > 0 requests for sfbufs denied
> > 0 requests for sfbufs delayed
> > 0 requests for I/O initiated by sendfile
> > 0 calls to protocol drain routines
> > 
> > kernel config file, basically started with 64 bit and removed the stuff
> > I do not need.
> > 
> > cpu         HAMMER
> > ident               SEEKAT
> > device              ipmi
> > makeoptions DEBUG=-g                # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols
> > options     SCHED_ULE               # ULE scheduler
> > options     PREEMPTION              # Enable kernel thread preemption
> > options     INET                    # InterNETworking
> > options     INET6                   # IPv6 communications protocols
> > options     SCTP                    # Stream Control Transmission Protocol
> > options     FFS                     # Berkeley Fast Filesystem
> > options     SOFTUPDATES             # Enable FFS soft updates support
> > options     UFS_DIRHASH             # Improve performance on big directories
> > options     CD9660                  # ISO 9660 Filesystem
> > options     PROCFS                  # Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
> > options     PSEUDOFS                # Pseudo-filesystem framework
> > options     GEOM_PART_GPT           # GUID Partition Tables.
> > options     GEOM_LABEL              # Provides labelization
> > options     COMPAT_43TTY            # BSD 4.3 TTY compat (sgtty)
> > options     COMPAT_IA32             # Compatible with i386 binaries
> > options     COMPAT_FREEBSD4         # Compatible with FreeBSD4
> > options     COMPAT_FREEBSD5         # Compatible with FreeBSD5
> > options     COMPAT_FREEBSD6         # Compatible with FreeBSD6
> > options     COMPAT_FREEBSD7         # Compatible with FreeBSD7
> > options     KTRACE                  # ktrace(1) support
> > options     STACK                   # stack(9) support
> > options     SYSVSHM                 # SYSV-style shared memory
> > options     SYSVMSG                 # SYSV-style message queues
> > options     SYSVSEM                 # SYSV-style semaphores
> > options     P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES     # POSIX-style semaphores
> > options     _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time 
> > extensions
> > options     PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128    # Prevent printf output being 
> > interspersed.
> > options     KBD_INSTALL_CDEV        # install a CDEV entry in /dev
> > options     HWPMC_HOOKS             # Necessary kernel hooks for hwpmc(4)
> > options     INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE     # Include this file in kernel
> > options     SMP                     # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
> > device              cpufreq
> > device              acpi
> > device              pci
> > device              ata
> > device              atapicd         # ATAPI CDROM drives
> > device              mpt             # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
> > device              scbus           # SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
> > device              da              # Direct Access (disks)
> > device              pass            # Passthrough device (direct SCSI 
> > access)
> > device              atkbdc          # AT keyboard controller
> > device              atkbd           # AT keyboard
> > device              psm             # PS/2 mouse
> > device              kbdmux          # keyboard multiplexer
> > device              vga             # VGA video card driver
> > device              splash          # Splash screen and screen saver support
> > device              sc
> > device              agp             # support several AGP chipsets
> > device              uart            # Generic UART driver
> > device              loop            # Network loopback
> > device              random          # Entropy device
> > device              ether           # Ethernet support
> > device              pty             # BSD-style compatibility pseudo ttys
> > device              bpf             # Berkeley packet filter
> > device              uhci            # UHCI PCI->USB interface
> > device              ehci            # EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0)
> > device              usb             # USB Bus (required)
> > device              uhid            # "Human Interface Devices"
> > device              ukbd            # Keyboard
> > device              umass           # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus 
> > and da
> > device              ums             # Mouse
> > 
> > kldstat
> > Id Refs Address            Size     Name
> >  1   55 0xffffffff80100000 6ea290   kernel
> >  2    1 0xffffffff807eb000 19e088   zfs.ko
> >  3    2 0xffffffff8098a000 3860     opensolaris.ko
> >  4    2 0xffffffff8098e000 20448    krpc.ko
> >  5    1 0xffffffff809af000 21100    geom_mirror.ko
> >  6    1 0xffffffff809d1000 66c0     if_vlan.ko
> >  7    1 0xffffffff809d8000 506c8    if_bce.ko
> >  8    2 0xffffffff80a29000 3ec20    miibus.ko
> >  9    1 0xffffffff80a68000 243e0    if_ixgbe.ko
> > 10    1 0xffffffff80a8d000 1e08     coretemp.ko
> > 
> > John
> > -- 
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