tcp_output starving -- is due to mbuf get delay?

[Terry Lambert]

Mattias Pantzare wrote:
> Terry Lambert wrote:
> > Latency = pool retention time = queue size
> 
> Then explain this, FreeBSD to FreeBSD on that link uses all CPU on the
> sender, the reciver is fine, but performance is not. NetBSD to FreeBSD
> fills the link (1 Gbit/s). On the same computers. MTU 4470. Send and
> receive maximum windows where tuned to the same values on NetBSD and
> FreeBSD.

I rather expect that the number of jumbogram buffers on FreeBSD is
tiny and/or your MTU is not being properly negotiated between the
endpoints, and you are fragging the bejesus out of your packets.

A good thing to look at at this point would be:

	o	Clean boot of FreeBSD target
	o	Run NetBSD against it
	o	Save statistics
	o	Clean boot of FreeBSD target
	o	Run FreeBSD against it
	o	Save statistics
	o	Compare saved statistics of NetBSD vs. FreeBSD
		against the target machine

> And packet loss will affect the performance diffrently if you have a
> large bandwith-latency product.

You mean "bandwidth delay product".  Yes, assuming you have packet
loss.  From your description of your setup, packet loss should not
be possible, so we can discount it as a factor.  You may want to
disable fast restart on the FreeBSD sender.


-- Terry