Hi,

I am seeing extremely poor performance (~100kB/s) when untaring large tar files into fresh ufs filesystems. I see the problem with softupdates and without softupdates but with an async mount. This is a Supermicro X7DB8 board, 4GB, 2 x Xeon 5140.

Sample gstat output:

dT: 1.033s  w: 1.000s
L(q)  ops/s    r/s   kBps   ms/r    w/s   kBps   ms/w   %busy Name
 585     61      0      0    0.0     61    170 13812.0  100.1| da2

I see ms/w start at about 200ms with a ~3MB/s throughput, and then I see ms/w rise and kBps drop. ms/w goes as high as 16-20s, and then suddenly drops back down to about 200ms. Using iostat, while the performance is high(er), kb/t is 64kB, as the problem starts it drops towards 2kB.

Copying a single large file doesn't exhibit this problem, although throughput isn't great (~3-5MB/s). However, that's better that 100kB/s.

arcmsr0: <Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller (RAID6 capable)
mem 0xd8900000-0xd8900fff,0xd8000000-0xd83fffff irq 16 at device 14.0 on pci10
ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2007-10-07
ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.46 2008-08-06
arcmsr0: [ITHREAD]

There are eight disks connected in a RAID-6 configuration. The controller's cache is write-through and the disks' write caches are disabled. NCQ is enabled on the drives.

The same hardware when it ran 6.3-p1 didn't have this problem. However, the system BIOS was updated at the same time as the operating system (in an attempt to solve a recent em problem), so it is possible that it is a BIOS related problem. The same build on an entirely different machine with an aac controller and SAS disks also doesn't show this problem.

Running 'devinfo -r' doesn't list arcmsr as having an interrupt at all. (see below). That strikes me as odd; checking another machine that is still running 6.2 with an arcmsr controller, I can see the interrupt just fine.

So:

- Does anyone have any suggestions?

- Is it normal for arcmsr to not show an interrupt in the output from devinfo in 7.1?

Full dmesg, devinfo below.

Thanks,

Jan Mikkelsen


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FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Mon Dec  1 14:53:12 EST 2008
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Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz (2333.35-MHz K8-class CPU)
 Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6f6  Stepping = 6
 
Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
 Features2=0x4e3bd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,DCA>
 AMD Features=0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
 AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
 Cores per package: 2
usable memory = 4280651776 (4082 MB)
avail memory  = 4117843968 (3927 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <PTLTD    APIC  >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  6
cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  7
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 24-47 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
acpi0: <SMCI SMCISLP2> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci3
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
ahd0: <Adaptec AIC7902 Ultra320 SCSI adapter> port 0x2400-0x24ff,0x2000-0x20ff mem 0xd8500000-0xd8501fff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci4
ahd0: [ITHREAD]
aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 67-100Mhz, 512 SCBs
ahd1: <Adaptec AIC7902 Ultra320 SCSI adapter> port 0x2c00-0x2cff,0x2800-0x28ff mem 0xd8502000-0xd8503fff irq 17 at device 2.1 on pci4
ahd1: [ITHREAD]
aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 67-100Mhz, 512 SCBs
pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci3
pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
bge0: <Altima Gigabit Ethernet Controller, ASIC rev. 0x105> mem 0xd8600000-0xd860ffff irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci5
miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0
brgphy0: <BCM5701 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> PHY 1 on miibus0
brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
bge0: Ethernet address: 00:40:f4:66:b1:56
bge0: [ITHREAD]
pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci2
pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 6.9.6> port 0x3000-0x301f mem 0xd8400000-0xd841ffff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci6
em0: Using MSI interrupt
em0: [FILTER]
em0: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:31:67:86
em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 6.9.6> port 0x3020-0x303f mem 0xd8420000-0xd843ffff irq 19 at device 0.1 on pci6
em1: Using MSI interrupt
em1: [FILTER]
em1: Ethernet address: 00:30:48:31:67:87
pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.3 on pci1
pci7: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib7
pcib8: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
pci8: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib8
pcib9: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0
pci9: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib9
pcib10: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci9
pci10: <PCI bus> on pcib10
arcmsr0: <Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller (RAID6 capable)
mem 0xd8900000-0xd8900fff,0xd8000000-0xd83fffff irq 16 at device 14.0 on pci10
ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: Driver Version 1.20.00.15 2007-10-07
ARECA RAID ADAPTER0: FIRMWARE VERSION V1.46 2008-08-06
arcmsr0: [ITHREAD]
pcib11: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci9
pci11: <PCI bus> on pcib11
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 8.0 (no driver attached)
pcib12: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 17 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci12: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib12
uhci0: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-1> port 0x1800-0x181f irq 17 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci0: [ITHREAD]
usb0: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-1> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-2> port 0x1820-0x183f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci1: [ITHREAD]
usb1: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-2> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-3> port 0x1840-0x185f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uhci2: [ITHREAD]
usb2: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-3> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb2
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <Intel 63XXESB USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xd8c00400-0xd8c007ff irq 17 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ehci0: [ITHREAD]
usb3: EHCI version 1.0
usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
usb3: <Intel 63XXESB USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb3: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb3
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib13: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci13: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib13
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xd0000000-0xd7ffffff,0xd8800000-0xd880ffff irq 18 at device 1.0 on pci13
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel 63XXESB2 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x1860-0x186f at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata0: [ITHREAD]
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: [ITHREAD]
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio0: [FILTER]
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
sio1: [FILTER]
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: [FILTER]
ppc0: <Parallel port> port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77f irq 7 drq 3 on acpi0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
ppbus0: [ITHREAD]
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
plip0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
p4tcc1: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu1
cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est2: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu2
p4tcc2: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu2
cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
est3: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu3
p4tcc3: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu3
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcafff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
acd0: DVDR <PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D/1.23> at ata0-master UDMA66
Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
(probe46:arcmsr0:0:16:0): inquiry data fails comparison at DV1 step
da0 at arcmsr0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Areca ARC-1220-VOL#00 R001> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
da0: 166.666MB/s transfers (83.333MHz DT, offset 32, 16bit)
da0: 77247MB (158201856 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 9847C)
da1 at arcmsr0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <Areca ARC-1220-VOL#01 R001> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
da1: 166.666MB/s transfers (83.333MHz DT, offset 32, 16bit)
da1: 953673MB (1953122304 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 121576C)
da2 at arcmsr0 bus 0 target 2 lun 0
da2: <Areca ARC-1220-VOL#02 R001> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
da2: 166.666MB/s transfers (83.333MHz DT, offset 32, 16bit)
da2: 800131MB (1638669312 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 102002C)
sa0 at ahd1 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
sa0: <SEAGATE DAT 04106-XXX 7600> Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device
sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15)
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s2a
This module (opensolaris) contains code covered by the
Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL)
see http://opensolaris.org/os/licensing/opensolaris_license/
WARNING: ZFS is considered to be an experimental feature in FreeBSD.
ZFS filesystem version 6
ZFS storage pool version 6
bge0: link state changed to UP
em0: link state changed to UP
em1: link state changed to UP


nexus0
 acpi0
     Interrupt request lines:
         9
     I/O ports:
         0x10-0x1f
         0x24-0x25
         0x28-0x29
         0x2c-0x2d
         0x2e-0x2f
         0x30-0x31
         0x34-0x35
         0x38-0x39
         0x3c-0x3d
         0x4e-0x4f
         0x50-0x53
         0x63
         0x65
         0x67
         0x72-0x77
         0x80
         0x90-0x9f
         0xa4-0xa5
         0xa8-0xa9
         0xac-0xad
         0xb0-0xb5
         0xb8-0xb9
         0xbc-0xbd
         0x295-0x296
         0x4d0-0x4d1
         0x800-0x80f
         0xca2-0xca3
         0xca8-0xcaf
         0x1000-0x107f
         0x1180-0x11bf
         0xfe00
     I/O memory addresses:
         0xe0000000-0xefffffff
         0xfe000000-0xfe01ffff
         0xfe600000-0xfe6fffff
         0xfec80000-0xfec80fff
         0xfed1c000-0xfed1ffff
         0xfee00000-0xfee0ffff
   cpu0
     acpi_perf0
     est0
     p4tcc0
     cpufreq0
   cpu1
     acpi_perf1
     est1
     p4tcc1
     cpufreq1
   cpu2
     acpi_perf2
     est2
     p4tcc2
     cpufreq2
   cpu3
     acpi_perf3
     est3
     p4tcc3
     cpufreq3
   pcib0
     pci0
       hostb0
       pcib1
         pci1
           pcib2
             pci2
               pcib3
                 pci3
                   pcib4
                     pci4
                       ahd0
                           Interrupt request lines:
                               16
                           I/O ports:
                               0x2000-0x20ff
                               0x2400-0x24ff
                           I/O memory addresses:
                               0xd8500000-0xd8501fff
                       ahd1
                           Interrupt request lines:
                               17
                           I/O ports:
                               0x2800-0x28ff
                               0x2c00-0x2cff
                           I/O memory addresses:
                               0xd8502000-0xd8503fff
                   pcib5
                     pci5
                       bge0
                           I/O memory addresses:
                               0xd8600000-0xd860ffff
                         miibus0
                           brgphy0
               pcib6
                 pci6
                   em0
                       Interrupt request lines:
                           256
                       I/O ports:
                           0x3000-0x301f
                       I/O memory addresses:
                           0xd8400000-0xd841ffff
                   em1
                       Interrupt request lines:
                           257
                       I/O ports:
                           0x3020-0x303f
                       I/O memory addresses:
                           0xd8420000-0xd843ffff
           pcib7
             pci7
       pcib8
         pci8
       pcib9
         pci9
           pcib10
             pci10
               arcmsr0
                   I/O memory addresses:
                       0xd8000000-0xd83fffff
                       0xd8900000-0xd8900fff
           pcib11
             pci11
       hostb1
       hostb2
       hostb3
       hostb4
       hostb5
       hostb6
       hostb7
       pcib12
         pci12
       uhci0
           I/O ports:
               0x1800-0x181f
         usb0
           uhub0
       uhci1
           Interrupt request lines:
               19
           I/O ports:
               0x1820-0x183f
         usb1
           uhub1
       uhci2
           Interrupt request lines:
               18
           I/O ports:
               0x1840-0x185f
         usb2
           uhub2
       ehci0
           I/O memory addresses:
               0xd8c00400-0xd8c007ff
         usb3
           uhub3
       pcib13
         pci13
           vgapci0
               I/O ports:
                   0x4000-0x40ff
               I/O memory addresses:
                   0xd0000000-0xd7ffffff
                   0xd8800000-0xd880ffff
       isab0
         isa0
           sc0
           vga0
               I/O ports:
                   0x3c0-0x3df
               I/O memory addresses:
                   0xa0000-0xbffff
           orm0
               I/O memory addresses:
                   0xc0000-0xcafff
       atapci0
           I/O ports:
               0x170-0x177
               0x1f0-0x1f7
               0x376
               0x3f6
               0x1860-0x186f
         ata0
             Interrupt request lines:
                 14
           acd0
   acpi_sysresource0
   atdma0
   fpupnp0
   attimer0
   attimer1
   pci_link0
   pci_link1
   pci_link2
   pci_link3
   pci_link4
   pci_link5
   pci_link6
   pci_link7
   atkbdc0
       I/O ports:
           0x60
           0x64
     atkbd0
         Interrupt request lines:
             1
     psm0
         Interrupt request lines:
             12
   psmcpnp0
   sio0
       Interrupt request lines:
           4
       I/O ports:
           0x3f8-0x3ff
   sio1
       Interrupt request lines:
           3
       I/O ports:
           0x2f8-0x2ff
   fdc0
       Interrupt request lines:
           6
       DMA request lines:
           2
       I/O ports:
           0x3f0-0x3f5
           0x3f7
   ppc0
       Interrupt request lines:
           7
       DMA request lines:
           3
       I/O ports:
           0x378-0x37f
     ppbus0
       plip0
       lpt0
       ppi0
   acpi_button0
   acpi_timer0
       ACPI I/O ports:
           0x1008-0x100b
 apic0
     I/O memory addresses:
         0xfec00000-0xfec0001f
 ram0
     I/O memory addresses:
         0x0-0x9dfff
         0x100000-0xcff4ffff
         0x100000000-0x12fffffff

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