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    22.05-RC high CPU load

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      renegade @MoonKnight
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      @moonknight
      Yes, I did and no change unfortunately.
      I now deactivated the services.
      When the final arrives, I will make a clean install I guess.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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        @renegade said in 22.05-RC high CPU load:

        got so hot that the CPU turnend off

        That should not be possible. You should be able to run the CPU 100% without running into thermal shutdown. If you can't then I suggest checking and/or improving your cooling solution.

        I have one system here running pfBlocker that behaves like that. After some minutes (not immediately) one CPU core get stuck at 100% until pfBlocker is disabled. Is that what you're seeing?

        Steve

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          renegade @stephenw10
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          @stephenw10
          Yeah, you are right. I have to improve that. Unfortunately the device is in a quite warm environment.

          And yes, that's what I can see on my installation. Same behaviour.
          thanks for confirming, Steven.

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          • dennypageD
            dennypage
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            FWIW, I've seen similar.

            Screen Shot 2022-06-12 at 10.16.33.png

            Hasn't resulted in a problem though.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Also running pfBlocker? Does it start after some time, not immediately?

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              • dennypageD
                dennypage @stephenw10
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                @stephenw10 Yes, running pfBlockerNG-devel.

                At first I thought I noticed that it didn't start right after boot, but I didn't investigate sufficiently.

                I just rebooted and checked carefully, and you are right, CPU starts ramping up approximately 2 minutes after boot is complete.

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                  dennypage @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10 Without rebooting, stopping the pfb_filter returns the cpu to normal levels.

                  Restarting pfb_filter cause cpu to return to higher levels after approximately 2 minutes and 30 seconds..

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                    renegade
                    last edited by

                    I noticed that there is a new Snapshot version of the 22.05 RC this morning.
                    Is it fixed already? Or has pfblocker maybe to fix it?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      It is not fixed as far as I know. Tracking it here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13154

                      Add any additional details you may uncover there.

                      Steve

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                      • dennypageD
                        dennypage @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10, I've updated the redmine issue with a temporary fix. I make no representation that this fix is the best approach. 🤠

                        @BBcan177, please take a look. Thanks.

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Nice. Looks like work is already in progress here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13156

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                          • dennypageD
                            dennypage @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10 Well shucks. Seeing that would have saved me a bunch of work. I guess I need to spend more time spelunking redmine.

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Yup I missed that too. Or at least I failed to realise the root cause was the same.

                              Still when you independently come up with the same fix that's always a good sign. 😉

                              Working for me here on 2.7.

                              Steve

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                                drewsaur
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                                Thank you all and @BBcan177 for the simple patch, because I was about to make a long post looking for help, and the little edit to line 4139 solved my CPU load issues with 22.05 completely.

                                I think this fix should be made more prominent - I am not using a 22.05 development snapshot, but rather 22.05 final, and I found this thread via a search and not via a browse of the forums. I feel lucky to have found it.

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