[Freeswitch-users] FreeSWITCH 100% CPU utilization

Tue Apr 11 19:03:56 MSD 2017

Thank you.

That whole section is actually out of date and inaccurate.  I have removed
it to prevent further confusion.

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Örn Arnarson <orn at arnarson.net> wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> It was on the old wiki that I saw it, but the same info is present on the
> new wiki:
> https://freeswitch.org/confluence/display/FREESWITCH/
> Performance+Testing+and+Configurations
> Specifically, this part:
>
> o libsofia only handles 1 thread per profile, so if that is your bottle
> neck use more profiles
>
> When one is not familiar with the internals of FreeSWITCH, as I'm not, one
> might incorrectly reach the same conclusion as I did. Not sure how to
> prevent that, though.
>
> Just above that, it does mention the multi-threaded handling of FS where
> each call leg has its own thread, so if one reads the whole page (which I
> clearly didn't), this confusion is probably avoided.
>
> Regards,
> Örn
>
> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 1:50 AM, Anthony Minessale <
> anthony.minessale at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What can happen is that the incorrect info can also get archived and its
>> hard to undo so there is a similar duty to debunk anything that may lead to
>> confusion for those who read it in years to come.  Maybe supply the wiki
>> page you saw that on and we can correct it.  Hopefully its on the old wiki.
>>
>> We can't do much to debug 1.2 so you are correct.  We will have to update
>> to latest to get any clean idea of what you problem is.  (If it persists)
>> Rest assured that a properly functioning FS will do its best to
>> distribute the load across all CPU when it can.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 8:03 PM, Örn Arnarson <orn at arnarson.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Anthony,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your response.
>>>
>>> You make a fair point. I was making some assumptions.
>>>
>>> I wasn't really reporting an issue, though. At the time of the post I
>>> was asking questions about ways to leverage more of the CPU cores due to a
>>> misconception I had on how that was being done. Partially, the wording on
>>> the wiki is what led me to that incorrect assumption.
>>>
>>> Subsequently, FreeSWITCH stopped running, for one reason or another, and
>>> upon restarting, the issue was gone. I felt a duty to report that for the
>>> archives, should someone else encounter a similar problem in the future.
>>>
>>> For the record/archives, both the OS and the FreeSWITCH versions are
>>> ancient; Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS, with FreeSWITCH version 1.2.14. They are both
>>> earmarked for upgrades later this year.
>>>
>>> Sorry for wasting your guys' time.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Örn
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 12:02 AM, Anthony Minessale <
>>> anthony.minessale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You are making guesses and assumptions about the architecture and
>>>> enabling FUD.
>>>> You should report issues to JIRA and not here and you should supply
>>>> pertinent info such as version of the OS and cpu etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Brian West <brian at freeswitch.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Sure it's not getting attached? Or your DB?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 12:02 PM Örn Arnarson <orn at arnarson.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did another strace, which for some reason crashed my FreeSWITCH
>>>>>> (whoops), but after the restart, I'm seeing around 10% CPU utilization on
>>>>>> that thread.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems that there was something odd going on with the main
>>>>>> signalling thread.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Örn
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Brian West <brian at freeswitch.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RTP is in the Session thread and each session gets its own thread.
>>>>>> Two per bridged call.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Örn Arnarson <orn at arnarson.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your reply Brian.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does RTP only have a single thread? Is it identifiable somehow? The
>>>>>> 100 (120%, really) thread is likely the RTP thread then. In fact, after an
>>>>>> strace on the thread and its forks it seems to be the case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Presence is disabled and I'm receiving about 20 SIP messages per
>>>>>> second combined on all profiles. Not quite getting the extensive processing
>>>>>> time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Örn
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Brian West <brian at freeswitch.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RTP already has its own thread,  The signaling thread in Sofia is the
>>>>>> only bottle neck, Sounds like your presence or registration traffic is
>>>>>> clogging up your system.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /b
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Örn Arnarson <orn at arnarson.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello FS users,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm running a FS server with 8 CPU cores and around 3000 users, ~50
>>>>>> concurrent calls.
>>>>>> FS is proxying the media.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm running into about a 1-1.5 second delay when forwarding SIP
>>>>>> responses back to the UAC (200 OK for example).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems that almost all of the processing is being done by one CPU
>>>>>> core, while the other 7 sit idle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I found this on the old wiki:
>>>>>> libsofia only handles 1 thread per profile, so if that is your bottle
>>>>>> neck use more profiles
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There's no mention of this on the new one. Has this changed at all?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In any case, I'm assuming that SIP and RTP co-exist on the thread,
>>>>>> seeing as I don't have that many SIP requests per second, and yet it is
>>>>>> taking more than 1 second to forward the requests.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess my question is; Is it possible to offload the RTP handling
>>>>>> off to different cores somehow? Or force FreeSWITCH to use more than one
>>>>>> thread per sofia profile?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Örn
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>> _____________
>>>>>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>>>>>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
>>>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/free
>>>>>> switch-users
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Brian West*
>>>>>> brian at freeswitch.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Twitter: @FreeSWITCH , @briankwest*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitchbook.com
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitchcookbook.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Allison prompts for FreeSWITCH:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *https://www.gofundme.com/allison-prompts-for-freeswitch*
>>>>>> <https://www.gofundme.com/allison-prompts-for-freeswitch>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Got Bugs? Report them here <https://freeswitch.org/jira>! | Reddit:
>>>>>> /r/freeswitch <https://www.reddit.com/r/freeswitch>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *T:*+19184209001 <+1%20918-420-9001> | *F:*+19184209002
>>>>>> <+1%20918-420-9002> | *M:*+1918424WEST (9378)
>>>>>> *Skype:*briankwest
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>> _____________
>>>>>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>>>>>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
>>>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/free
>>>>>> switch-users
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>> _____________
>>>>>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>>>>>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
>>>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/free
>>>>>> switch-users
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Brian West*
>>>>>> brian at freeswitch.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Twitter: @FreeSWITCH , @briankwest*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitchbook.com
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitchcookbook.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Allison prompts for FreeSWITCH:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *https://www.gofundme.com/allison-prompts-for-freeswitch*
>>>>>> <https://www.gofundme.com/allison-prompts-for-freeswitch>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Got Bugs? Report them here <https://freeswitch.org/jira>! | Reddit:
>>>>>> /r/freeswitch <https://www.reddit.com/r/freeswitch>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *T:*+19184209001 <+1%20918-420-9001> | *F:*+19184209002
>>>>>> <+1%20918-420-9002> | *M:*+1918424WEST (9378)
>>>>>> *Skype:*briankwest
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>> _____________
>>>>>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>>>>>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
>>>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/free
>>>>>> switch-users
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>>> _____________
>>>>>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>>>>>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>>>>>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
>>>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/free
>>>>>> switch-users
>>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> *Brian West*
>>>>> brian at freeswitch.org
>>>>>
>>>>> *Twitter: @FreeSWITCH , @briankwest*
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.freeswitchbook.com
>>>>> http://www.freeswitchcookbook.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Allison prompts for FreeSWITCH:
>>>>>
>>>>> *https://www.gofundme.com/allison-prompts-for-freeswitch*
>>>>> <https://www.gofundme.com/allison-prompts-for-freeswitch>
>>>>>
>>>>> Got Bugs? Report them here <https://freeswitch.org/jira>! | Reddit:
>>>>> /r/freeswitch <https://www.reddit.com/r/freeswitch>
>>>>>
>>>>> *T:*+19184209001 <(918)%20420-9001> | *F:*+19184209002
>>>>> <(918)%20420-9002> | *M:*+1918424WEST (9378)
>>>>> *Skype:*briankwest
>>>>>
>>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>>> _____________
>>>>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>>>>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>>>>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
>>>>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>>>>
>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>>>>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>>>>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
>>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/free
>>>>> switch-users
>>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Anthony Minessale II       ♬ @anthmfs  ♬ @FreeSWITCH  ♬
>>>>
>>>> ☞ http://freeswitch.org/  ☞ http://cluecon.com/  ☞
>>>> http://twitter.com/FreeSWITCH
>>>> ☞ irc.freenode.net #freeswitch ☞ *http://freeswitch.org/g+
>>>> <http://freeswitch.org/g+>*
>>>>
>>>> ClueCon Weekly Development Call
>>>> ☎ sip:888 at conference.freeswitch.org  ☎ +19193869900 <+1%20919-386-9900>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XXgW34t40s
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLaDpGQuZDA
>>>>
>>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>>> _____________
>>>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>>>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>>>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>>>
>>>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
>>>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>>>
>>>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>>>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>>>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/free
>>>> switch-users
>>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ____________________________________________________________
>>> _____________
>>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>>
>>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
>>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>>
>>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
>>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users
>>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Anthony Minessale II       ♬ @anthmfs  ♬ @FreeSWITCH  ♬
>>
>> ☞ http://freeswitch.org/  ☞ http://cluecon.com/  ☞
>> http://twitter.com/FreeSWITCH
>> ☞ irc.freenode.net #freeswitch ☞ *http://freeswitch.org/g+
>> <http://freeswitch.org/g+>*
>>
>> ClueCon Weekly Development Call
>> ☎ sip:888 at conference.freeswitch.org  ☎ +19193869900 <+1%20919-386-9900>
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XXgW34t40s
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLaDpGQuZDA
>>
>> _________________________________________________________________________
>> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
>> consulting at freeswitch.org
>> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>>
>> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
>> http://www.cluecon.com
>>
>> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
>> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
>> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
>> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users
>> http://www.freeswitch.org
>>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:
> consulting at freeswitch.org
> http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com
>
> Official FreeSWITCH Sites
> http://www.freeswitch.org
> http://confluence.freeswitch.org
> http://www.cluecon.com
>
> FreeSWITCH-users mailing list
> FreeSWITCH-users at lists.freeswitch.org
> http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
> UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users
> http://www.freeswitch.org
>

-- 
Anthony Minessale II       ♬ @anthmfs  ♬ @FreeSWITCH  ♬

☞ http://freeswitch.org/  ☞ http://cluecon.com/  ☞
http://twitter.com/FreeSWITCH
☞ irc.freenode.net #freeswitch ☞ *http://freeswitch.org/g+
<http://freeswitch.org/g+>*

ClueCon Weekly Development Call
☎ sip:888 at conference.freeswitch.org  ☎ +19193869900

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XXgW34t40s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLaDpGQuZDA
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.freeswitch.org/pipermail/freeswitch-users/attachments/20170411/c65da3de/attachment-0001.html 