[Bug 295043] pf: per-packet microuptime() calls from 0493260115db cause major throughput regression with expensive timecounters

[email protected] Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:29:15 +0000
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D295043

--- Comment #2 from [email protected] ---
A commit in branch stable/15 references this bug:

URL:
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3Da9ebef44a473b1262abad53a22855317c=
9406948

commit a9ebef44a473b1262abad53a22855317c9406948
Author:     Kristof Provost <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2026-05-21 11:31:11 +0000
Commit:     Kristof Provost <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2026-06-11 20:21:57 +0000

    pf: switch to getmicro(up)time()

    It is reported that micro(up)time() performs poorly in certain
    virtualisation scenarios. Absolute accuracy isn't required here, so
    switch to the slightly less accurate (as per the man page) get-variants.

    PR:             295043
    MFC after:      3 weeks
    Sponsored by:   Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")

    (cherry picked from commit e4130ac13d2fe9c17b8f8e86d39a7b5223fe7b79)

 sys/net/pfvar.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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