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    • adamwA
      adamw @stephenw10
      last edited by

      @stephenw10

      What I did last time (about 3 months ago):

      • installed a vanilla 22.01 image from USB (offline),

      • went online,

      • upgraded to 23.05 (2 stages if I remember correctly),

      • restored config.xml (previously exported from 22.01).

      Once the FW booted up everything was working (including sudo) and I haven't restarted it until today.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Hmm, odd. Your user was in the admins group and that group was enabled in sudo for the command you were trying to run?

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        • adamwA
          adamw @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10

          I don't know for sure how sudoers looked like before (unable to read) but this is how it looks like after 2 users have been explicitly added from web GUI:

          cat /usr/local/etc/sudoers

          root ALL=(root) ALL
          admin ALL=(root) ALL
          %admins ALL=(root) ALL
          myuser ALL=(root) ALL
          someotheradminuser ALL=(root) ALL

          id myuser

          uid=2000(myuser) gid=65534(nobody) groups=65534(nobody),1999(admins)

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            darcey
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            I experienced this when I briefly turned off the DSL modem connected to pfSense WAN. When the gateway came back up, /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status was consuming 100%. I killed that pid but believe it respawns and remained at 100%. I resorted to rebooting.
            I am on 2.7CE and don't recall seeing this happening before on the rare occassions I've powered off the modem.

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              copacetic
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              I have the same issue on CE 2.7.0-RELEASE. I installed WireGuard and FRR Packages a couple of days ago (running 2 wireguard VPNs with OSPF), after which it started. Possibly process check_reload_status is using 100% after interface flap, but am not 100% sure. Shutting and no shutting an interface did not reproduce the problem. Manually restarting services in the UI did not work, as well as restarting the WebConfigurator. After using kill -9 I managed to end the process without rebooting. I am aware WireGuard is still under development, but maybe a fix can be found.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                So you were not using OpenVPN when this started? And after killing it it didn't return?

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                  copacetic @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10 No, I restarted ovpn service, and nothing changed. Next time this happens I will a stop the ovpn service for a couple of minutes to see if the behavior changes.

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                  • DAVe3283D
                    DAVe3283
                    last edited by DAVe3283

                    This just happened to me on CE 2.7.0 on the backup CARP node. Have OpenVPN and Wireguard both. OpenVPN was stopped (due to being the backup node). Stopped Wireguard, no change.

                    kill -9 the process and it came back but at 0% usage. Rebooted anyway to make sure the node is not in a weird state in case I need it.

                    Edit: looks like CARP was flapping between master and backup for a minute right before this happened. Will dig into that.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Mmm, check the logs when that happened for anything unusual. Flapping interfaces could cause it to queue a number of events. Perhaps hit some race condition....

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                      • adamwA
                        adamw
                        last edited by adamw

                        Netgate 3100,
                        23.05-RELEASE (arm)
                        built on Mon May 22 15:04:22 UTC 2023
                        FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT

                        Things have turned worse for me today.
                        It started as usual, with a very brief connectivity loss on the secondary gateway (ADSL):

                        Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1_link0] PPPoE: connection closed
Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1_link0] Link: DOWN event
Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1_link0] LCP: Down event
Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1_link0] LCP: state change Opened --> Starting
Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1_link0] Link: Leave bundle "opt1"
Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] Bundle: Status update: up 0 links, total bandwidth 9600 bps
Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IPCP: Close event
Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IPCP: state change Opened --> Closing
Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IPCP: SendTerminateReq #12
Dec  7 08:58:46 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IPCP: LayerDown
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate check_reload_status[24910]: Rewriting resolv.conf
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IFACE: Removing IPv4 address from pppoe0 failed(IGNORING for now. This should be only for PPPoE friendly!): Can't assign requested address
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IFACE: Down event
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IFACE: Rename interface pppoe0 to pppoe0
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IFACE: Set description "WAN2"
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IPCP: Down event
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IPCP: LayerFinish
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] Bundle: No NCPs left. Closing links...
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] IPCP: state change Closing --> Initial
Dec  7 08:58:47 netgate ppp[5225]: [opt1] Bundle: Last link has gone, no links for bw-manage defined

                        Since this point CPU usage went up from about 15% to 60% and stayed there.
                        Warning threshold in our monitoring is set to 90%. It hasn't been reached once, so nobody noticed.
                        3 days later this happened:

                        Dec 10 10:10:05 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached   ---> MONITORING STARTED PICKING UP ISSUES
Dec 10 10:14:16 netgate kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xe2f8a000 (192.168.8.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (1 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
Dec 10 10:15:05 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
Dec 10 10:15:16 netgate kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xe2f8a000 (192.168.8.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (250 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
(...)
Dec 10 11:00:21 netgate kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xe2f8a000 (192.168.8.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (18 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
Dec 10 11:00:25 netgate kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xe4a4f800 (127.0.0.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (4 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
Dec 10 11:05:06 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
Dec 10 11:10:06 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
Dec 10 11:15:07 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
Dec 10 11:20:07 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached   ---> FIREWALL BECAME COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE AND REQUIRED POWER CYCLING

                        Has this issue been properly addressed in the latest release 23.09.1?
                        If so, can I still install it on Netgate 3100?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Nothing has been specifically added to address that AFAIK. But you should upgrade to 23.09.1 to make sure the behavior exists there. Or doesn't.

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                          • adamwA
                            adamw @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10

                            I will upgrade to 23.09.1 some time between Xmas and New Year.

                            I'm assuming than all future releases will apply to Netgate 3100 as long as FreeBSD Version is still 14.0, correct?

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              As long as it builds we will try to build it. At some point it's going to become nonviable though.

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                                serbus @adamw
                                last edited by

                                @adamw

                                Hello!

                                I have several boxes on 23.05.1 with this problem, and it can run undetected until something goes really bad.

                                I run a simple command at Diagnostics -> Command Prompt as a quick check for the issue :

                                ps -Ao comm,pcpu | grep "check_reload_status" | awk '$2 > 10'

                                No output means check_reload_status is not using more than 10% cpu.

                                I setup the mailreport and cron packages to run this command every minute and send me an email if check_reload_status is "overloaded".

                                Make sure the report is skippable ("Skip If No Content") in the mailreport config.

                                The cron package can be used after setting up or changing the mailreport to specify a more frequent run than once per day.

                                John

                                Lex parsimoniae

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  Have you tested that in 23.09.1?

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                                    perka.home @serbus
                                    last edited by

                                    @serbus
                                    Great suggestion !
                                    Just set this up on my 23.09.1
                                    We'll see how it behaves.

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                                    • adamwA
                                      adamw @adamw
                                      last edited by

                                      @adamw said in 100% /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status after gateway down:

                                      Dec 10 10:10:05 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached ---> MONITORING STARTED PICKING UP ISSUES
                                      Dec 10 10:14:16 netgate kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xe2f8a000 (192.168.8.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (1 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
                                      Dec 10 10:15:05 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
                                      Dec 10 10:15:16 netgate kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xe2f8a000 (192.168.8.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (250 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
                                      (...)
                                      Dec 10 11:00:21 netgate kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xe2f8a000 (192.168.8.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (18 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
                                      Dec 10 11:00:25 netgate kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xe4a4f800 (127.0.0.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (4 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
                                      Dec 10 11:05:06 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
                                      Dec 10 11:10:06 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
                                      Dec 10 11:15:07 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
                                      Dec 10 11:20:07 netgate kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached ---> FIREWALL BECAME COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE AND REQUIRED POWER CYCLING

                                      Right, so this crash wasn't caused by check_reload_status and high CPU usage.

                                      It happened again today:

                                      Dec 13 17:08:04	kernel		[zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached
Dec 13 17:10:36	kernel		sonewconn: pcb 0xe2939c00 (192.168.8.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (1 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
Dec 13 17:11:37	kernel		sonewconn: pcb 0xe2939c00 (192.168.8.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (998 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
Dec 13 17:12:37	kernel		sonewconn: pcb 0xe2939c00 (192.168.8.1:3128 (proto 6)): Listen queue overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (520 occurrences), euid 0, rgid 62, jail 0
(...)

                                      This is the trigger:

                                      export HTTP_PROXY=http://192.168.8.1:3128
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://192.168.8.1:3128
aws s3 cp --profile xxx xxx.gz s3://xxx/xxx.gz --grants read=uri=http://acs.amazonaws.com/groups/global/AllUsers --only-show-errors
upload failed: ./xxx.gz to s3://xxx/xxx.gz HTTPSConnectionPool(host='xxx.s3.amazonaws.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /xxx.gz?uploadId=2Np0o_30Su5ZrxamVzMYX.LQkPVMog7PupvQTUByny25FOXr7_9Jnz2cXvm0c3xxQ9I6qUPISyhwHhIc63lnlg0nzxiafHs93P_d8qJW3ImmEGyPO3GS0HXRDxcvclWp&partNumber=37 (Caused by ProxyError('Cannot connect to proxy.', ConnectionResetError(104, 'Connection reset by peer')))

                                      Squid doesn't seem to have logged anything.

                                      Has anybody seen it before?

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @adamw
                                        last edited by

                                        @adamw said in 100% /usr/local/sbin/check_reload_status after gateway down:

                                        kernel: [zone: mbuf_cluster] kern.ipc.nmbclusters limit reached

                                        That is a problem. The firewall has exhausted the mbufs which will impact all traffic through it.

                                        What does this show for the current available and used mbufs:
                                        netstat -m

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                                        • adamwA
                                          adamw @stephenw10
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10

                                          # netstat -m
3255/1815/5070 mbufs in use (current/cache/total)
1590/940/2530/10035 mbuf clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
1590/940 mbuf+clusters out of packet secondary zone in use (current/cache)
1/758/759/5017 4k (page size) jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
0/0/0/1486 9k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
0/0/0/836 16k jumbo clusters in use (current/cache/total/max)
3997K/5365K/9363K bytes allocated to network (current/cache/total)
0/0/0 requests for mbufs denied (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters)
0/0/0 requests for mbufs delayed (mbufs/clusters/mbuf+clusters)
0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters delayed (4k/9k/16k)
0/0/0 requests for jumbo clusters denied (4k/9k/16k)
0/6/6656 sfbufs in use (current/peak/max)
0 sendfile syscalls
0 sendfile syscalls completed without I/O request
0 requests for I/O initiated by sendfile
0 pages read by sendfile as part of a request
0 pages were valid at time of a sendfile request
0 pages were valid and substituted to bogus page
0 pages were requested for read ahead by applications
0 pages were read ahead by sendfile
0 times sendfile encountered an already busy page
0 requests for sfbufs denied
0 requests for sfbufs delayed
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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            Hmm OK, well that looks fine there.

                                            Check the historical mbuf usage in Status > Monitoring.

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