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Intel QAT acceleration does not work
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Description

Intel QAT support present but IPSec traffic don't accelerate

vyos@R2-QAT# run show system acceleration qat 
01:00.0 Co-processor [0b40]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor C3000 Series QuickAssist Technology [8086:19e2] (rev 11)

vyos@R2-QAT# run show system acceleration qat device qat_dev0 flows 
+------------------------------------------------+
| FW Statistics for Qat Device                   |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  0]:                   0 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  0]:                   0 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  1]:                   0 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  1]:                   0 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  2]:                   0 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  2]:                   0 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  3]:                   0 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  3]:                   0 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  4]:                   0 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  4]:                   0 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  5]:                   0 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  5]:                   0 |
+------------------------------------------------+

IPSec config example

set vpn ipsec esp-group ESP compression 'disable'
set vpn ipsec esp-group ESP lifetime '1800'
set vpn ipsec esp-group ESP mode 'tunnel'
set vpn ipsec esp-group ESP pfs 'enable'
set vpn ipsec esp-group ESP proposal 1 encryption 'aes256'
set vpn ipsec esp-group ESP proposal 1 hash 'sha1'
set vpn ipsec ike-group IKE ikev2-reauth 'no'
set vpn ipsec ike-group IKE key-exchange 'ikev1'
set vpn ipsec ike-group IKE lifetime '3600'
set vpn ipsec ike-group IKE proposal 1 encryption 'aes256'
set vpn ipsec ike-group IKE proposal 1 hash 'sha1'
set vpn ipsec ipsec-interfaces interface 'eth1'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer 10.217.10.107 authentication mode 'pre-shared-secret'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer 10.217.10.107 authentication pre-shared-secret 'SomePreSharedKey'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer 10.217.10.107 ike-group 'IKE'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer 10.217.10.107 local-address '10.217.10.66'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer 10.217.10.107 tunnel 0 allow-nat-networks 'disable'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer 10.217.10.107 tunnel 0 allow-public-networks 'disable'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer 10.217.10.107 tunnel 0 esp-group 'ESP'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer 10.217.10.107 tunnel 0 local prefix '172.16.0.0/24'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer 10.217.10.107 tunnel 0 remote prefix '172.16.255.0/24'

Version 1.2.5 works as expected

vyos@vyos# run show system acceleration qat device qat_dev0 flows 
+------------------------------------------------+
| FW Statistics for Qat Device                   |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  0]:              128805 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  0]:              128805 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  1]:              128798 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  1]:              128798 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  2]:              128807 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  2]:              128807 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  3]:              128804 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  3]:              128804 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  4]:              128799 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  4]:              128799 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  5]:              128805 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  5]:              128805 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  6]:              128797 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  6]:              128797 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  7]:              128803 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  7]:              128803 |
+------------------------------------------------+

Details

Difficulty level
Unknown (require assessment)
Version
1.3-rolling-202009011736
Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)

Event Timeline

Unknown Object (User) assigned this task to c-po.Sep 2 2020, 4:54 PM
Unknown Object (User) created this task.
dmbaturin renamed this task from Intel QAT acceleration does not works to Intel QAT acceleration does not work.Sep 5 2020, 11:58 AM
Unknown Object (User) added a comment.Sep 6 2020, 3:25 PM

@c-po I build qat manually but add --enable-qat-lkcf to https://github.com/vyos/vyos-build/blob/crux/packages/linux-kernel/build-intel-qat.sh#L55 and it seems it works

vyos@R2-QAT:~$ show system acceleration qat device qat_dev0 flows 
+------------------------------------------------+
| FW Statistics for Qat Device                   |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  0]:              147225 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  0]:              147225 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  1]:              113758 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  1]:              113758 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  2]:              144886 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  2]:              144886 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  3]:              147221 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  3]:              147221 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  4]:              113774 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  4]:              113774 |
+------------------------------------------------+
| Firmware Requests [AE  5]:              144891 |
| Firmware Responses[AE  5]:              144891 |
+------------------------------------------------+
Unknown Object (User) added a comment.Sep 6 2020, 3:28 PM

From official docs

Screenshot 2020-09-06 at 18.27.58.png (388×680 px, 77 KB)

Unknown Object (User) added a comment.Sep 7 2020, 6:47 AM

Intel QAT works for CRUX brunch. As for rolling with the newest kernel 5.8.5, it seems some issues on the modules building stage.

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