Upgraded to 2.2 Piperd consuming processor ???

kilthro

Hello everyone,
I just upgraded from most recent version to 2.2 All seemed as it went ok with no problems.
Then i noticed that the cpu was running 10-30%. When looking at processes i see that there is a piperd consuming alot of the processor and right before this capture it was piperd as well as an accept process. with both of them 50% of the processor was being used. I was not actively doing anything over the internet that would be causing the box to work.

Anyone know what could be causing this? I rebooted a few times. I thought it was snort maybe so i uninstalled/reinstalled that with no change. I listed all the additional packages that i have installed at the bottom. I am at a loss on what may be causing this. Am I going to have to start from scratch?

last pid: 83341; load averages: 0.06, 0.14, 0.15 up 0+01:33:17 18:58:31
164 processes: 5 running, 114 sleeping, 45 waiting

Mem: 183M Active, 169M Inact, 295M Wired, 97M Buf, 2341M Free
Swap: 8192M Total, 8192M Free

PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND
11 root 155 ki31 0K 32K CPU1 1 86:58 100.00% [idle{idle: cpu1}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 32K CPU0 0 86:46 100.00% [idle{idle: cpu0}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 32K RUN 3 83:54 99.85% [idle{idle: cpu3}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 32K CPU2 2 85:37 94.48% [idle{idle: cpu2}]
77242 root 52 0 31380K 20112K piperd 3 1:00 12.60% php-fpm: pool lighty (php-fpm)
79777 root 20 0 490M 233M bpf 0 1:05 0.00% /usr/local/bin/snort -R 1407 -D -q –
0 root -16 0 0K 144K swapin 0 0:46 0.00% [kernel{swapper}]
12 root -92 - 0K 360K WAIT 0 0:29 0.00% [intr{irq258: em2:rx 0}]

====Package list=============

AutoConfigBackup Services 1.28
Backup System 0.1.5
Cron Services 0.1.8
File Manager Diagnostics 0.1.4
mailreport Network Management 2.1
nut Network Management 2.7.2_6 pkg 2.0.4
OpenVPN Client Export Utility Security 1.2.15
pfBlocker Firewall 1.0.3
RRD Summary System 1.1
snort Security 2.9.7.0 pkg v3.2.2
System Patches System 1.0.3

kilthro

I also notice on the dashboard, the cpu graph (bar) is animated as if it was 100% but underneath in text it only say~20%.

Harvy66

If you're using PowerD to "speed step" your CPU, what frequency is your CPU running at? CPU time is relative to CPU frequency. If your CPU is at 10% load at 300mhz, then goes up to 3ghz, it will now be at 1% load.

kilthro

I havent done anything with the processor. its a supermicro system with atom chip. Never had this happen before.

Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D525 @ 1.80GHz
4 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) x 2 HTT threads

Harvy66

Not sure, I was just reaching for low hanging fruit.

fyi, PowerD is a service that PFSense runs, but defaults off in 2.1.x, but I'm not sure if it defaults off in 2.2.

System->Advanced->Misc You'll see PowerD listed under "Power Savings".

kilthro

Thanks. that is not enabled.