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    Check_reload_status using 50% of CPU

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      almabes last edited by

      pfSense 2.2.2 64-bit on a VK-T40E. 
      I noticed in my normal checks on customer firewalls, one of them has 51% CPU utilization.  I checked the RRD graph and it's been going on throughout the weekend.

      I SSHd in, and ran top.

       264 root        1 122   20 19032K  2036K CPU1    1 161.8H 100.00% check_reload_status
      71158 root        1  22    0   232M 35096K accept  0   0:00   1.66% php-fpm
      73009 proxy       1  20    0  1164M  1028M kqread  1 324:47   0.10% squid
       2443 root        1  20    0 21732K  5028K select  1  48.8H   0.00% openvpn
      30602 nobody      1  20    0 30260K  3824K select  1  30:40   0.00% dnsmasq
      25913 root        1  20    0 12464K  1816K select  1  18:10   0.00% apinger
      75422 proxy       1  20    0 26428K  2840K msgrcv  1  10:15   0.00% diskd
      30016 root        1  20    0 54896K  8344K kqread  1   7:51   0.00% lighttpd
      35055 root        1  20    0 55732K  6812K bpf     1   5:15   0.00% bandwidthd
      
      

      I tried to kill PID 264, but it won't die.

      Anything else I can look at, before I schedule a reboot?

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        almabes last edited by

        I found a thread that related to 2.1.5 stating that check_reload_status eating 100% of a CPU was indicative of something else being amiss.  I checked my gateways, and none were showing down.  I don't think I have any flapping interfaces, either.

        Nobody is complaining about performance yet, so I'm not terribly concerned.  I just don't want it to get to that point.

        Any help will be appreciated.

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          heper last edited by

          could try to restart apinger service from gui

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            almabes last edited by

            Restarted apinger.
            No joy.
            :(

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              almabes last edited by

              Restarted other services, still no joy.
              I'm at a loss as to what else I can do, save a reboot.

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                almabes last edited by

                Rebooted.
                Processor utilization back to normal.

                My Death Star phone company PPPoE DSL connection may have been a contributing factor.  I have disabled it for now.

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