Throttling issue after upgrade to 2.2.6

[Gazzacaz]

Hi,

I tried upgrading a virtual PFSense i386 firewall from 2.2 to 2.2.6, but noticed that the throughput was much reduced following the upgrade. On the console the message below was repeated continuously:

"interrupt storm detected on irq10 throttling interrupt source."

I reverted to a snapshot but is there anything I can try to fix this issue with the upgrade? There aren't any traffic shaping rules configured or virtual USB devices attached.

Many thanks.

[jimp]

What is on irq10?

Post the contents of /var/log/dmesg.boot and "vmstat -i"

Also, if your VM hypervisor can run 64-bit VMs, you should be running pfSense as amd64, not i386.

And if your VM has a virtual CD-ROM drive attached, try disconnecting it and rebooting the VM.

[Gazzacaz]

Thank-you for your help. Will I have to create a new PFSense appliance to switch to the 64bit version? I think I read on the upgrade guide that 32bit can't be upgraded to 64bit directly.

Here's the results of the vmstat -I command:

Interrupt:
irq0: attimer0
irq1: atkbd0
irq9: le1 acpi0
irq10: le0 le2
irq14: ata0
irq15: ata1

I've attached a screenshot of the dmesq.boot file.
Thanks

[jimp]

Eew, le NICs. Is that on vmware?

On 2.2.x you should be using vmxnet3 NICs, or at least e1000, never le.

Sounds like maybe you should redo the appliance anyhow.

[Gazzacaz]

That's great, thanks Jimp. I'll take your advice and install a new 64bit appliance with VMXNET adapters.

Much obliged!