Hello. The unclassified packets are being placed into X:0 direct class if there isn't default class option of the htb discipline. To avoid it specify the default class at the root qdisc creating. On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 at 04:31, Abhishek Modi <abshkmodi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hey, > > We are using HTB for a project and observing some performance > degradation for network transfers. I could not find any documentation > anywhere specifying what happens to unclassified packets - is there > some rate limit on them due to filtering overhead or the addition of > filters should not affect the transfer rate of unclassified packets ? > > This is what our configuration looks like - > > sudo tc qdisc add dev bond0 root handle 1: htb > sudo tc class add dev bond0 parent 1: classid 1:10 htb rate > 34359738360 burst 34359738360 cburst 34359738360 > sudo tc class add dev bond0 parent 1: classid 1:20 htb rate > 34359738360 burst 34359738360 cburst 34359738360 > sudo tc filter add dev bond0 parent 1: prio 99 protocol ip u32 match > ip dport 7700 0xffff classid 1:10 > sudo tc filter add dev bond0 parent 1: prio 100 protocol ip u32 match > ip sport 7701 0xffff classid 1:20 > > The limits for the classes are dynamic and we update them periodically > based on the configuration. After adding these filters and classes, we > are seeing 50% performance drop for traffic not going to/from any of > the above ports (7700 and 7701). > > Is there anything wrong with our configuration ? -- Anton.