It is not easy for me, but I have tested Squid 3.3.8 from the Ubuntu packaging on a "real" physical infrastructure. I get the same results on the physical machine (1x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1225 V2 @ 3.20GHz, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB disk) where Squid is running: 100 % CPU usage, 500 KB/sec download rate. All machines are idle and we have 1 GBit ethernet. The strace log from the physical test scenario can be found here, but I think it does not differ from the "virtual" test scenario: http://wikisend.com/download/293856/squid.strace2 @Marcus: Have you verified that the file does not fit into memory and gets cached on disk? On which OS is Squid running? What are your build options of Squid (squid -v)? Is it possible that the issue is not part of 3.4.12? Do we have a regression? @Amos, Eliezer Is someone able to reproduce the disk caching effect? Regards, Jens Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2015 um 20:08 Uhr Von: "Marcus Kool" <marcus.kool@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> An: "Jens Offenbach" <wolle5050@xxxxxx>, "Amos Jeffries" <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Eliezer Croitoru" <eliezer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: Squid3: 100 % CPU load during object caching The strace output shows this loop: Squid reads 16K-1 bytes from FD 13 webserver Squid writes 4 times 4K to FD 17 /var/cache/squid3/00/00/00000000 Squid writes 4 times 4K to FD 12 browser But this loop does not explain the 100% CPU usage... Does Squid do a buffer reshuffle when it reads 16K-1 and writes 16K ? I did the download test with Squid 3.4.12 AUFS on an idle system with a 500 mbit connection and 1 CPU with 4 cores @ 3.7 GHz. The first download used 35% of 1 CPU core with a steady download speed of 62 MB/sec. The second (cached) download used 50% of 1 CPU core with a steady download speed of 87 MB/sec. I never looked at Squid CPU usage and do not know what is reasonable but it feels high. With respect to the 100% CPU issue of Jens, one factor is that Squid runs in a virtual machine. Squid in a virtual machine cannot be compared with a wget test since Squid allocates a lot of memory that the host must manage. This is a possible explanation for the fact that you see the performance going down and up. Can you do the same test on the host (i.e. not inside a VM). Marcus On 07/23/2015 10:39 AM, Jens Offenbach wrote: > I have attached strace to Squid and waited until the download rate has decreased to 500 KB/sec. > I used "cache_dir aufs /var/cache/squid3 88894 16 256 max-size=10737418240". > Here is the download link: > http://w1.wikisend.com/node-fs/download/6a004a416f65b4cdf7f8eff4ff961199/squid.strace > I hope it can help you. > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 23. Juli 2015 um 13:29 Uhr > *Von:* "Marcus Kool" <marcus.kool@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *An:* "Jens Offenbach" <wolle5050@xxxxxx>, "Eliezer Croitoru" <eliezer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Amos Jeffries" <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Betreff:* Re: Squid3: 100 % CPU load during object caching > I am not sure if it is relevant, maybe it is: > > I am developing an ICAP daemon and after the ICAP server sends a "100 continue" > Squid sends the object to the ICAP server in small chunks of varying sizes: > 4095, 5813, 1448, 4344, 1448, 1448, 2896, etc. > Note that the interval of receiving the chunks is 1/1000th of a second. > It seems that Squid forwards the object to the ICAP server every time it receives > one or a few TCP packets. > > I have a suspicion that in the scenario of 100% CPU, large #write calls and low throughput a similar thing is happening: > Squid physically stores a small part of the object many times, i.e. every time one or a few TCP packets arrive. > > Amos, is there a debug setting that can confirm/reject this suspicion? > > Marcus > > > On 07/23/2015 04:25 AM, Jens Offenbach wrote: > > A test with ROCK "cache_dir rock /var/cache/squid3 51200" gives very confusing results. > > > > I cleared the cache: > > rm -rf /var/cache/squid3/* > > squid -z > > squid > > http_proxy=http://139.2.57.120:3128/[http://139.2.57.120:3128/] wget http://test-server/freesurfer-Linux-centos6_x86_64-stable-pub-v5.3.0.tar > > > > The download starts with 10 MB/sec and stays constant for 1 minutes, then it drops gradually to 1 MB/sec and stays there for some time. After 5 minutes the download rate returns back to 10 MB/sec > very quickly and drops again step-by-step to 1 MB/sec. After 5-6 minutes the download rates rises again to 10 MB/sec and drops again gradually to 1 MB/sec. > > > > During caching progress, we have 100 % CPU usage and a disk IO that is corresponds with the download rate. > > > > For further investigations I give you my build properties: > > squid -v > > Squid Cache: Version 3.5.6 > > Service Name: squid > > configure options: '--build=x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--includedir=/include' '--mandir=/share/man' '--infodir=/share/info' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--localstatedir=/var' > '--libexecdir=/lib/squid3' '--srcdir=.' '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--disable-silent-rules' '--datadir=/usr/share/squid3' '--sysconfdir=/etc/squid3' > '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--enable-inline' '--enable-async-io=8' '--enable-storeio=ufs,aufs,diskd,rock' '--enable-removal-policies=lru,heap' '--enable-delay-pools' '--enable-cache-digests' > '--enable-underscores' '--enable-icap-client' '--enable-follow-x-forwarded-for' '--enable-auth-basic=DB,fake,getpwnam,LDAP,NCSA,NIS,PAM,POP3,RADIUS,SASL,SMB' '--enable-auth-digest=file,LDAP' > '--enable-auth-negotiate=kerberos,wrapper' '--enable-auth-ntlm=fake,smb_lm' '--enable-external-acl-helpers=file_userip,kerberos_ldap_group,LDAP_group,session,SQL_session,unix_group,wbinfo_group' > '--enable-url-rewrite-helpers=fake' '--enable-eui' '--enable-e > s > i' '--enable-icmp' '--enable-zph-qos' '--enable-ecap' '--disable-translation' '--with-swapdir=/var/cache/squid3' '--with-logdir=/var/log/squid3' '--with-pidfile=/var/run/squid3.pid' > '--with-filedescriptors=65536' '--with-large-files' '--with-default-user=proxy' '--enable-linux-netfilter' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-g -O2 -fPIE -fstack-protector > --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIE -pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now' 'CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2 -fPIE > -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security' > > > > > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2015 um 21:47 Uhr > > Von: "Eliezer Croitoru" <eliezer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > An: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Betreff: Re: Squid3: 100 % CPU load during object caching > > On 22/07/2015 21:59, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: > >> Hey Jens, > >> > >> I have tested the issue with LARGE ROCK and not AUFS or UFS. > >> Using squid or not my connection to the server is about 2.5 MBps (20Mbps). > >> Squid is sitting on an intel atom with SSD drive and on a HIT case the > >> download speed is more then doubled to 4.5 MBps(36Mbps). > >> I have not tried it with AUFS yet. > > > > > > And I must admit that AUFS beats rock cache with speed. > > I have tried rock with basic "cache_dir rock /var/spool/squid 8000" vs > > "cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid 8000 16 256" and the aufs cache HIT > > results more then doubles 3 the speed rock gave with default settings. > > > > So about 15MBps which is 120Mbps. > > I do not seem to feel what Jens feels but the 100% CPU might be because > > of spinning disk hangs while reading the file from disk. > > > > Amos, I remember that there were some suggestions how to tune large rock. > > Any hints? > > I can test it and make it a suggestion for big files. > > > > Eliezer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > squid-users mailing list > > squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users[http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users] > > _______________________________________________ > > squid-users mailing list > > squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users[http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users] > > _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users
