Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263358AbUCNNYS (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:24:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263360AbUCNNYS (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:24:18 -0500 Received: from mill.mtholyoke.edu ([138.110.30.76]:54150 "EHLO mill.mtholyoke.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263358AbUCNNYQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:24:16 -0500 From: Ron Peterson Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:23:40 -0500 To: "David S. Miller" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: network/performance problem Message-ID: <20040314132339.GA27540@mtholyoke.edu> References: <20040311152728.GA11472@mtholyoke.edu> <20040311151559.72706624.akpm@osdl.org> <20040311233525.GA14065@mtholyoke.edu> <20040312164704.GA17969@mtholyoke.edu> <20040312225606.GA19722@mtholyoke.edu> <20040313223349.3dcbfb61.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040313223349.3dcbfb61.davem@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Organization: Mount Holyoke College X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1318 Lines: 31 On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 10:33:49PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:56:06 -0500 > Ron Peterson wrote: > > > ...just in case ...since my sense of humor is suspect ...that was a > > joke. Same problem persists after reboot. I haven't installed a > > different kernel or otherwise changed anything on 'sam' yet. Not sure > > what would be good to try next. > > FInd out what's adding all of the netfilter rules like crazy. > > It is obvious this is happening, from your profiles. I know you > say that you have no idea what might be doing it, but your description > matches every other one that was reported in the past of gradual > networking slowdown, and in each of those cases it was something > poking netfilter in some way, and your profiles basically > confirm that this is what is happening somehow on your box. Don't think so. If I revert to 2.4.20 from 2.4.21, and change nothing else, this problem goes away. -- Ron Peterson Network & Systems Manager Mount Holyoke College http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rpeterso - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/