On 7/18/20 9:43 AM, Mark Kendrick wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have a working two-interface Shorewall instance and I'm trying to use
> simple traffic control to limit the upload speed to about 90% of the
> 8mbit service limit. 
> 
> The configuration is applied correctly and without errors, and I see
> what seems to be a proper setup when I run "tc qdisc". 
> 
> Unfortunately, for reasons I cannot sort out, the download speed is also
> severely limited, well below what I specify in tcinterfaces. For that
> matter, I'm not even sure why download speed is affected; traffic
> control should only apply on egress, right? It's very strange.
> 
> I realize this might not be a shorewall issue so feel free to redirect
> me elsewhere.
> 
> Some details (gw is the firewall system):
> 
> gw ~ # shorewall version
> 5.2.3.4
> 
> gw ~ # uname -a
> Linux lifegw 3.10.0-1127.13.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 23 15:46:38 UTC
> 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> [ that's Centos 7 with current updates applied ]
> 
> gw /etc/shorewall # cat shorewall.conf | grep TC
> TCP_FLAGS_LOG_LEVEL="$LOG_LEVEL"
> TC=
> CLEAR_TC=Yes
> TC_ENABLED=Simple
> TC_EXPERT=No
> TC_PRIOMAP="2 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2"
> TCP_FLAGS_DISPOSITION=DROP
> TC_BITS=
> 
> gw /etc/shorewall # cat tcinterfaces | grep -v '^#.*'
> enp1s0 External 40mbit:200kb 6.0mbit:100kb:200ms:100mbit:1516

Note that you are setting IN-BANDWIDTH, so you are definitely getting
ingress policing. Furthermore, you are not using rate-estimating, so you
are probably running afoul of offloading to your NIC (See shorewall FAQ
97a).

> 
> gw ~ # tc qdisc
> qdisc noqueue 0: dev lo root refcnt 2
> qdisc tbf 1: dev enp1s0 root refcnt 9 rate 6Mbit burst 100Kb peakrate
> 100Mbit minburst 1512b lat 200.0ms
> qdisc prio 101: dev enp1s0 parent 1: bands 3 priomap  1 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 1
> 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> qdisc sfq 1013: dev enp1s0 parent 101:3 limit 127p quantum 1875b depth
> 127 divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
> qdisc sfq 1012: dev enp1s0 parent 101:2 limit 127p quantum 1875b depth
> 127 divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
> qdisc sfq 1011: dev enp1s0 parent 101:1 limit 127p quantum 1875b depth
> 127 divisor 1024 perturb 10sec
> qdisc ingress ffff: dev enp1s0 parent ffff:fff1 ----------------
> 
> With that configuration in place, my **download** speed (ingress,
> right?) gets capped at around 7500kbit:
> gw ~ # wget
> "https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso";
> <snip>
>  0% [             ] 13,639,680   947KB/s
> 
> That is a download directly on the firewall system, so if I'm
> understanding properly, that should be ingress only - egress shouldn't
> have anything to do with it. I understand if I was testing on a system
> connected to the firewall system then I'd have to be thinking about
> egress from the firewall system to that connected system, but this is
> happening only on the firewall system.
> 
> When I disable traffic control in shorewall, the download speed returns
> close to my provider's stated limit:
> 
> gw ~ # cat /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf | grep TC_ENABLED
> TC_ENABLED=No
> 
> gw ~ # tc qdisc
> qdisc noqueue 0: dev lo root refcnt 2
> qdisc mq 0: dev enp1s0 root
> qdisc pfifo_fast 0: dev enp1s0 parent :2 bands 3 priomap  1 2 2 2 1 2 0
> 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> qdisc pfifo_fast 0: dev enp1s0 parent :1 bands 3 priomap  1 2 2 2 1 2 0
> 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> 
> gw ~ # wget
> "https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso";
> <snip>
>  2% [=>                 ] 64,233,472  3.81MB/s
> 
> Again, my intent here is to limit the upload speed, not the download
> speed. I am very confused why any of this is affecting the download at all. 

See my comment about your tcinterfaces file above.

-Tom
-- 
Tom Eastep        \ Q: What do you get when you cross a mobster
Shoreline,         \    with an international standard?
Washington, USA     \ A: Someone who makes you an offer you
http://shorewall.org \    can't understand
                      \________________________________________



-- 
Tom Eastep        \ Q: What do you get when you cross a mobster
Shoreline,         \    with an international standard?
Washington, USA     \ A: Someone who makes you an offer you
http://shorewall.org \    can't understand
                      \________________________________________


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