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    High cpu on 2100 after upgrade to RC from Beta

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      marcosm Netgate
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      Does this eventually stop, or does it get stuck?

      Would you generate diagnostic data while it's happening, and upload it here?

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        applesalwaysred @marcosm
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        @marcosm I can add those but you can try to replicate this now. Found it is from options in KEA dhcp.

        1. I re-installed RC from 24.03 and issue continues.
        2. Found that I am using dns resolver & chose options 'Enable DNS registration' and 'Enable early DNS registration' from DHCP server.
        3. CPU usage greatly increases as described.
        4. Disable options from 2. & restart dhcp and cpu usage drops to ~30%. Note that my cpu usage before RC was ~10% nominally and I was using KEA dhcp in 24.03.
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          marcosm Netgate
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          Yes, that's where it comes from and some CPU usage is normal. The screenshot shows it's been running for longer than expected however - hence the follow up questions.

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            cmcdonald Netgate Developer @marcosm
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            @marcosm said in High cpu on 2100 after upgrade to RC from Beta:

            Does this eventually stop, or does it get stuck?

            @applesalwaysred ^

            The answer here is important thanks

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              applesalwaysred @cmcdonald
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              @cmcdonald @marcosm It doesn't get stuck and it doesn't stop. It rotates between sed journal activity building up over 80% dropping off. Then Kea will push cpu to high level. It repeats this scenario as long as you let it. Not seeing failures anywhere. Can you replicate this?

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                We saw it in earlier beta snapshots but not since.

                How many DHCP clients do you have?

                Are you seeing that 30% CPU usage with the webgui open or at the CLI?

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                  applesalwaysred @stephenw10
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                  @stephenw10 I have under 30 dhcp clients all ipv4. Yes, on the UI screen it does jump so I looked at the long term average: I do not see long term load average of under 20% with the RC candidate. With 24.03 release, I do see under 20% long term load average fyi.

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                    cmcdonald Netgate Developer @applesalwaysred
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                    @applesalwaysred how long is your lease duration?

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                      applesalwaysred @cmcdonald
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                      @cmcdonald 86400s.

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                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @applesalwaysred
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                        @applesalwaysred said in High cpu on 2100 after upgrade to RC from Beta:

                        I do not see long term load average of under 20% with the RC candidate.

                        In the Status > Monitoring graphs?

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                          applesalwaysred @stephenw10
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                          @stephenw10 sorry, I meant I have not seen under 20% cpu usage (long term) on the RC build compared to the 24.03 release where it is common.

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Right I'm just wondering where you are checking that?

                            Since I don't see that on 2100s here:

                            Screenshot from 2024-11-21 21-28-53.png

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                              applesalwaysred @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10 load averages on system diagnostics (at thread top) & dashboard with the 3 state state load averages. Not the current cpu usage. What happens when you add in kea with 'Enable DNS registration' and 'Enable early DNS registration' ?

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                So loads above 0.4 on the longest average?

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                                  applesalwaysred @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10 ~.36

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                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                    Do you have the top output from that after it's been stable for some time?

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                                      applesalwaysred @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10 24.11 export 1.png

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                        Hmm, those php processes are the webgui displaying that. I see similar loads here.

                                        Try running top -aSH at the CLI without the webgui open at all.

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                                          applesalwaysred @stephenw10
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                                          @stephenw10 cli with kea no options (nice).
                                          pf-top export.png

                                          Here is cli with those kea options enabled:

                                          top with kea options export.png

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                            Hmm, OK. Significant.

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