linux/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
Stephen Hemminger f4805eded7 [TCP]: fix congestion window update when using TSO deferal
TCP peformance with TSO over networks with delay is awful.
On a 100Mbit link with 150ms delay, we get 4Mbits/sec with TSO and
50Mbits/sec without TSO.

The problem is with TSO, we intentionally do not keep the maximum
number of packets in flight to fill the window, we hold out to until 
we can send a MSS chunk. But, we also don't update the congestion window 
unless we have filled, as per RFC2861.

This patch replaces the check for the congestion window being full
with something smarter that accounts for TSO.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-11-10 16:53:30 -08:00

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/*
* Plugable TCP congestion control support and newReno
* congestion control.
* Based on ideas from I/O scheduler suport and Web100.
*
* Copyright (C) 2005 Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
*/
#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <net/tcp.h>
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tcp_cong_list_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(tcp_cong_list);
/* Simple linear search, don't expect many entries! */
static struct tcp_congestion_ops *tcp_ca_find(const char *name)
{
struct tcp_congestion_ops *e;
list_for_each_entry_rcu(e, &tcp_cong_list, list) {
if (strcmp(e->name, name) == 0)
return e;
}
return NULL;
}
/*
* Attach new congestion control algorthim to the list
* of available options.
*/
int tcp_register_congestion_control(struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca)
{
int ret = 0;
/* all algorithms must implement ssthresh and cong_avoid ops */
if (!ca->ssthresh || !ca->cong_avoid || !ca->min_cwnd) {
printk(KERN_ERR "TCP %s does not implement required ops\n",
ca->name);
return -EINVAL;
}
spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
if (tcp_ca_find(ca->name)) {
printk(KERN_NOTICE "TCP %s already registered\n", ca->name);
ret = -EEXIST;
} else {
list_add_rcu(&ca->list, &tcp_cong_list);
printk(KERN_INFO "TCP %s registered\n", ca->name);
}
spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_register_congestion_control);
/*
* Remove congestion control algorithm, called from
* the module's remove function. Module ref counts are used
* to ensure that this can't be done till all sockets using
* that method are closed.
*/
void tcp_unregister_congestion_control(struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca)
{
spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
list_del_rcu(&ca->list);
spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_unregister_congestion_control);
/* Assign choice of congestion control. */
void tcp_init_congestion_control(struct sock *sk)
{
struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
if (icsk->icsk_ca_ops != &tcp_init_congestion_ops)
return;
rcu_read_lock();
list_for_each_entry_rcu(ca, &tcp_cong_list, list) {
if (try_module_get(ca->owner)) {
icsk->icsk_ca_ops = ca;
break;
}
}
rcu_read_unlock();
if (icsk->icsk_ca_ops->init)
icsk->icsk_ca_ops->init(sk);
}
/* Manage refcounts on socket close. */
void tcp_cleanup_congestion_control(struct sock *sk)
{
struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
if (icsk->icsk_ca_ops->release)
icsk->icsk_ca_ops->release(sk);
module_put(icsk->icsk_ca_ops->owner);
}
/* Used by sysctl to change default congestion control */
int tcp_set_default_congestion_control(const char *name)
{
struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
int ret = -ENOENT;
spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
if (!ca) {
spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
request_module("tcp_%s", name);
spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
}
#endif
if (ca) {
list_move(&ca->list, &tcp_cong_list);
ret = 0;
}
spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
return ret;
}
/* Get current default congestion control */
void tcp_get_default_congestion_control(char *name)
{
struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
/* We will always have reno... */
BUG_ON(list_empty(&tcp_cong_list));
rcu_read_lock();
ca = list_entry(tcp_cong_list.next, struct tcp_congestion_ops, list);
strncpy(name, ca->name, TCP_CA_NAME_MAX);
rcu_read_unlock();
}
/* Change congestion control for socket */
int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name)
{
struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
int err = 0;
rcu_read_lock();
ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
if (ca == icsk->icsk_ca_ops)
goto out;
if (!ca)
err = -ENOENT;
else if (!try_module_get(ca->owner))
err = -EBUSY;
else {
tcp_cleanup_congestion_control(sk);
icsk->icsk_ca_ops = ca;
if (icsk->icsk_ca_ops->init)
icsk->icsk_ca_ops->init(sk);
}
out:
rcu_read_unlock();
return err;
}
/*
* TCP Reno congestion control
* This is special case used for fallback as well.
*/
/* This is Jacobson's slow start and congestion avoidance.
* SIGCOMM '88, p. 328.
*/
void tcp_reno_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 rtt, u32 in_flight,
int flag)
{
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
if (!tcp_is_cwnd_limited(sk, in_flight))
return;
if (tp->snd_cwnd <= tp->snd_ssthresh) {
/* In "safe" area, increase. */
if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp)
tp->snd_cwnd++;
} else {
/* In dangerous area, increase slowly.
* In theory this is tp->snd_cwnd += 1 / tp->snd_cwnd
*/
if (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt >= tp->snd_cwnd) {
if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp)
tp->snd_cwnd++;
tp->snd_cwnd_cnt = 0;
} else
tp->snd_cwnd_cnt++;
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_reno_cong_avoid);
/* Slow start threshold is half the congestion window (min 2) */
u32 tcp_reno_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
{
const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
return max(tp->snd_cwnd >> 1U, 2U);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_reno_ssthresh);
/* Lower bound on congestion window. */
u32 tcp_reno_min_cwnd(struct sock *sk)
{
const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
return tp->snd_ssthresh/2;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_reno_min_cwnd);
struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_reno = {
.name = "reno",
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.ssthresh = tcp_reno_ssthresh,
.cong_avoid = tcp_reno_cong_avoid,
.min_cwnd = tcp_reno_min_cwnd,
};
/* Initial congestion control used (until SYN)
* really reno under another name so we can tell difference
* during tcp_set_default_congestion_control
*/
struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_init_congestion_ops = {
.name = "",
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.ssthresh = tcp_reno_ssthresh,
.cong_avoid = tcp_reno_cong_avoid,
.min_cwnd = tcp_reno_min_cwnd,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_init_congestion_ops);