[libvirt-users] Strange QoS behavior

[Michal Privoznik]

On 03.12.2012 16:37, Davide Guerri wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm having some weird problem with the setup of the QoS on a bridged network.
> 
> As the docs states, outbound/inbound average speed should be expressed in KBps (KBytes per second) but in order to get a maximum speed of 10Mbps (megabits per second) surprising enough I have to use 2560 on the guest (not 1280 as expected).
> Using 1280 units I get a speed og 5Mbps.
> 
> I'm aware of peak and burst parameters but even with them I'm seeing the same (long-term) behavior. 
> 
> Here follows my configuration. 
> 
> Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
> 
> 
> 
> Domain definition (relevant part only)
> 
> virsh # dumpxml mydomain
> <domain type='kvm' id='45'>
> [...]
> <devices>
>   [...]
>   <interface type='network'>
>     <mac address='52:54:00:xx:xx:xx'/>
>     <source network='br909'/>
>     <target dev='vnet43'/>
>     <model type='virtio'/>
>     <bandwidth>
>       <inbound average='2560'/>
>       <outbound average='2560'/>
>     </bandwidth>
>     <alias name='net0'/>
>     <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
>   </interface>
>   [...]
> </devices>
> </domain>
> 
> 
> The network definition:
> virsh # net-dumpxml br909
> <network>
> <name>br909</name>
> <uuid>07319380-2025-cdcc-924a-149cd0370b56</uuid>
> <forward mode='bridge'/>
> <bridge name='br909' />
> </network>
> 
> 
> And iperf result (client and server are on the same vlan and they are running on the same host)
> 
> [  5] local xx.xx.xx.xx port 5001 connected with xx.xx.xx.yy port 18396
> [  5]  0.0-30.1 sec  35.4 MBytes  9.87 Mbits/sec

Hm, strange. What does:

  tc class show dev vnet43
  tc filter show dev vnet43
  tc qdisc show dev vnet43

show?