23.09 QAT question (just upgraded 6100 from 23.05.1 and /boot/kernel/if_ovpn.ko is no longer listed by vmstat)
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@NollipfSense Yes, I understand, you are QAT "capable" like me. The question is why this module is NOT loaded anymore in 23.09? Should it be or not? Dashboard info does not change anything:
I am NOT having DCO enabled in ovpnc1 in 23.09. I had no DCO in ovpnc1 in 23.05.1 too, but if_ovpn.ko module was loaded. And... Maybe that was why I observed some IRQs in 23.05.1 and I am no longer observing them in 23.09? Please tell me how to load if_ovpn.ko on boot in 23.09 so I can try to revalidate 6100 behaviour after that and see whether QAT IRQs are coming slowly.
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if_ovpn is only used for DCO mode. I would expect to see it loaded if you have DCO enabled on any OpenVPN instance.
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@stephenw10 Hi Stephen,
Ok, understood. Trust me or not - it was loaded in 23.05.1 even though I did NOT use DCO in ovpnc1 (Site-To-Site link).
No changes on my side. Module is no longer loaded. I do not run OpenVPN server on that 6100 box just client connection.
I will try to enable DCO in ovpnc1 in 6100 shortly, but there is some obvious difference and in my case in 23.09 module is NOT loaded, but WAS loaded in 23.05.1 (even though I never setup DCO on that box!).
Maybe nothing to worry, just my 5 cents. -
I don't think it's anything to worry about. I can't replicate that here though. In 23.05.1 it only loads the module if I enable DCO on an instance.
You can see in the logs where openvpn changes from using tun to using if_ovpn:
Nov 11 23:08:08 kernel tun1: changing name to 'ovpns1' Nov 11 23:09:19 kernel ovpn0: changing name to 'ovpns1' -
@stephenw10 Thank you for following this thread. Do not start/setup ovpns1 please. Test using only ovpnc1 non-DCO please. I can boot 23.05.1 for you with that ovpnc1 non-DCO if you would like to access it remotely to check. But please trust my copy&paste - it is not cheated.
Maybe it is something related to OpenSSL 3.0 which no longer loads that module in non-DCO client connections? (???)
That module was present in 23.05.1 (I know it sounds strange it was loaded when running ovpnc1 non-DCO but it was!). No single config change on my side. -
@sandie said in 23.09 QAT question (just upgraded 6100 from 23.05.1 and /boot/kernel/if_ovpn.ko is no longer listed by vmstat):
The question is why this module is NOT loaded anymore in 23.09? Should it be or not? Dashboard info does not change anything:
Okay, I see what you mean now...maybe why it takes almost 3 minutes to load the QAT driver, but it was doing the same in 23.05.1...
the kernel should be saying: pci/qat?[23.09-RELEASE][admin@NollipfSense.nolli.lan]/root: vmstat -i | grep qat
[23.09-RELEASE][admin@NollipfSense.nolli.lan]/root:
And[23.09-RELEASE][admin@NollipfSense.nolli.lan]/root: kldstat -v Id Refs Address Size Name 1 59 0xffffffff80200000 339f7e8 kernel (/boot/kernel/kernel) Contains modules: Id Name 497 alq 587 mlx4 588 mlx4en 515 if_lo 565 cubic 574 pfsync 573 pflog 575 pf 570 ipsec 571 tcpmd5 556 ng_socket 563 carp 568 ip6_mroute 569 mld 562 igmp 564 ip_mroute 496 shell 495 elf32 494 elf64 463 pseudofs 513 if_gre 567 netdump 510 if_enc 512 if_gif 572 netlink 514 if_lagg 519 if_vlan 508 bridgestp 518 if_tap 517 if_tun 516 if_tuntap 509 if_bridge 536 ng_car 545 ng_ksocket 535 ng_bridge 531 ng_UI 544 ng_iface 534 ng_bpf 543 ng_hole 561 ng_vlan 560 ng_vjc 559 ng_tty 558 ng_tee 557 ng_tcpmss 542 ng_framerelay 541 ng_ether 555 ng_rfc1490 554 ng_pred1 532 ng_async 553 ng_pptpgre 552 ng_pppoe 540 ng_eiface 551 ng_ppp 539 ng_echo 550 ng_pipe 538 ng_deflate 549 ng_one2many 548 ng_mppc 537 ng_cisco 547 ng_lmi 546 ng_l2tp 503 sysvmsg 504 sysvsem 505 sysvshm 506 aio 591 krpc 577 nfslockd 576 nfssvc 460 nfsd 596 xdr 457 nfscommon 462 procfs 461 nullfs 458 nfs 455 devfs 592 ufs 493 cd9660 456 msdosfs 464 tmpfs 459 nfscl 500 acl_posix1e 499 acl_nfs4 8 cam 10 pmp 124 efidev 19 sa 383 uether 452 pci/xl 14 cd 9 aprobe 262 nvd 295 rndtest 378 uhub/rue 142 pci/fxp 120 pci/dc 477 g_part_mbr 476 g_part_gpt 475 g_part_ebr 474 g_part_bsd 18 pass 13 probe 17 da 12 nvme_probe 7 xpt 16 ada 11 nda 15 ch 20 enc 62 ata 79 pci/ata_national 78 pci/ata_micron 77 pci/ata_marvell 76 pci/ata_jmicron 172 pci/iwn 75 pci/ata_ite 74 pci/ata_intel 422 pci/vmx 421 acpi/vmgenc 420 virtio_pci/virtio_console 419 virtio_mmio/virtio_console 418 virtio_pci/virtio_scsi 417 virtio_mmio/virtio_scsi 73 pci/ata_highpoint 416 virtio_pci/virtio_balloon 415 virtio_mmio/virtio_balloon 414 virtio_pci/virtio_blk 413 virtio_mmio/virtio_blk 72 pci/ata_cyrix 71 pci/ata_cypress 412 virtio_pci/vtnet 411 virtio_mmio/vtnet 410 pci/virtio_pci_modern 70 pci/ata_cenatek 409 pci/virtio_pci_legacy 69 pci/ata_ati 679 nexus/apic 678 pci/ioapic 68 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iwm7260fw_fw 166 iwm3168fw_fw 289 random_device 165 iwm3160fw_fw 117 t4fw_cfg_fw 288 rt2860_fw 287 rt2661_fw 286 rt2561s_fw 285 rt2561_fw 502 firmware 408 virtio 489 g_raid_tr_raid5 488 g_raid_tr_raid1e 530 wlan_xauth 487 g_raid_tr_raid1 529 wlan_sta 528 wlan_rssadapt 527 wlan_ratectl_none 486 g_raid_tr_raid0 388 runfw_fw 485 g_raid_tr_concat 501 rootbus 385 rsu_rtl8712fw_fw 22 rc4 119 t6fw_cfg_fw 526 wlan 118 t5fw_cfg_fw 185 iwn6050fw_fw 184 iwn6000g2bfw_fw 183 iwn6000g2afw_fw 263 nvme 182 iwn6000fw_fw 181 iwn5150fw_fw 525 wlan_wep 524 wlan_tkip 523 wlan_ccmp 180 iwn5000fw_fw 522 wlan_amrr 521 wlan_wlan_acl 256 mxge_rss_ethp_z8e_fw 255 mxge_rss_eth_z8e_fw 254 mxge_ethp_z8e_fw 507 zlib 253 mxge_eth_z8e_fw 251 mwl_fw 179 iwn4965fw_fw 178 iwn2030fw_fw 177 iwn2000fw_fw 176 iwn135fw_fw 175 iwn105fw_fw 174 iwn100fw_fw 440 xenpv/granttable 173 iwn1000fw_fw 171 iwm8265fw_fw 306 rtwn_rtl8821aufw_fw 305 rtwn_rtl8812aufw_fw 304 rtwn_rtl8192eufw_fw 303 rtwn_rtl8192cfwU_fw 302 rtwn_rtl8192cfwT_fw 301 rtwn_rtl8192cfwE_B_fw 431 wpi_fw 300 rtwn_rtl8192cfwE_fw 299 rtwn_rtl8188eufw_fw 298 rtwn_rtl8188eefw_fw 238 mpt_core 170 iwm8000Cfw_fw 533 netgraph 585 if_infiniband 21 xz 511 ether 520 iflib 667 rdrand 668 nehemiah 677 x86bios 566 ertt 2 1 0xffffffff835a1000 1e2b0 opensolaris.ko (/boot/kernel/opensolaris.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 1 opensolaris 3 1 0xffffffff835c0000 76f8 cryptodev.ko (/boot/kernel/cryptodev.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 2 cryptodev 4 1 0xffffffff835c8000 5d6ea0 zfs.ko (/boot/kernel/zfs.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 3 zfsctrl 5 zfs 6 zfs_zvol 4 zfs_vdev 5 1 0xffffffff84420000 2220 cpuctl.ko (/boot/kernel/cpuctl.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 680 cpuctl 6 1 0xffffffff84423000 3240 ichsmb.ko (/boot/kernel/ichsmb.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 682 pci/ichsmb 681 ichsmb/smbus 7 1 0xffffffff84427000 2178 smbus.ko (/boot/kernel/smbus.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 8 1 0xffffffff8442a000 4378 qat.ko (/boot/kernel/qat.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 693 nexus/qat 9 6 0xffffffff8442f000 14d60 qat_hw.ko (/boot/kernel/qat_hw.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 691 pci/qat_c4xxx 686 pci/qat_200xx 690 pci/qat_dh895xcc 687 pci/qat_4xxx 689 pci/qat_c3xxx 685 pci/qat_c62x 688 pci/qat_4xxxvf 10 9 0xffffffff84444000 2ff70 qat_common.ko (/boot/kernel/qat_common.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 683 qat_common 11 8 0xffffffff84474000 68cd8 qat_api.ko (/boot/kernel/qat_api.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 684 qat_api 12 1 0xffffffff844dd000 161f38 qat_dh895xcc_fw.ko (/boot/kernel/qat_dh895xcc_fw.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 692 qat_dh895xcc_fw_fw 13 1 0xffffffff8463f000 11240 qat_c2xxx.ko (/boot/kernel/qat_c2xxx.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 694 pci/qat_c2xxx 14 1 0xffffffff84651000 20e8 coretemp.ko (/boot/kernel/coretemp.ko) Contains modules: Id Name 695 cpu/coretemp [23.09-RELEASE][admin@NollipfSense.nolli.lan]/root: -
@NollipfSense I referred to if_ovpn.ko which somehow was loaded in my setup in 23.05.1 (non-DCO ovpnc1 running), when it is not loaded anymore for same OpenVPN 23.09 setup.
QAT IRQs are kept =0 on 23.09 - I wanted to understand if that was intended difference and that module is obsolete for non-DCO client connections. If OpenVPN or anything else benefited from it being loaded I would prefer to keep it loading in 23.09 too :)BTW. 23.09 delivers OpenVPN 2.6.5 which is affected by crappy and fresh CVE-2023-46849 (DoS) and CVE-2023-46850. Are you guys going to patch these problems soon? You always fix problems in reasonable time so I am generally sleeping well.
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@sandie I am trying understand how QAT is implemented in pfSense +...according to here: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8842961
"The hardware accelerators work by offloading the computing from CPU. In this work, we first analyze the hardware encryption models with OpenSSL and Intel
QuickAssist Technology (QAT) accelerators implemented in user space and kernel space."
So, is it for both user and kernel like this below pic as taken from here: https://networkbuilders.intel.com/docs/networkbuilders/intel-quickassist-technology-nginx-performance-white-paper-1675662546.pdf
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@sandie said in 23.09 QAT question (just upgraded 6100 from 23.05.1 and /boot/kernel/if_ovpn.ko is no longer listed by vmstat):
BTW. 23.09 delivers OpenVPN 2.6.5 which is affected by crappy and fresh CVE-2023-46849 (DoS) and CVE-2023-46850. Are you guys going to patch these problems soon?
Urgh. Doesn't look like 2.6.7 is in FreeBSD pkgs yet so it will be at least that long.
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Yes, but it looks like it may have a significant bug.
