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   1// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
   2/*
   3 * TCP NV: TCP with Congestion Avoidance
   4 *
   5 * TCP-NV is a successor of TCP-Vegas that has been developed to
   6 * deal with the issues that occur in modern networks.
   7 * Like TCP-Vegas, TCP-NV supports true congestion avoidance,
   8 * the ability to detect congestion before packet losses occur.
   9 * When congestion (queue buildup) starts to occur, TCP-NV
  10 * predicts what the cwnd size should be for the current
  11 * throughput and it reduces the cwnd proportionally to
  12 * the difference between the current cwnd and the predicted cwnd.
  13 *
  14 * NV is only recommeneded for traffic within a data center, and when
  15 * all the flows are NV (at least those within the data center). This
  16 * is due to the inherent unfairness between flows using losses to
  17 * detect congestion (congestion control) and those that use queue
  18 * buildup to detect congestion (congestion avoidance).
  19 *
  20 * Note: High NIC coalescence values may lower the performance of NV
  21 * due to the increased noise in RTT values. In particular, we have
  22 * seen issues with rx-frames values greater than 8.
  23 *
  24 * TODO:
  25 * 1) Add mechanism to deal with reverse congestion.
  26 */
  27
  28#include <linux/mm.h>
  29#include <linux/module.h>
  30#include <linux/math64.h>
  31#include <net/tcp.h>
  32#include <linux/inet_diag.h>
  33
  34/* TCP NV parameters
  35 *
  36 * nv_pad               Max number of queued packets allowed in network
  37 * nv_pad_buffer        Do not grow cwnd if this closed to nv_pad
  38 * nv_reset_period      How often (in) seconds)to reset min_rtt
  39 * nv_min_cwnd          Don't decrease cwnd below this if there are no losses
  40 * nv_cong_dec_mult     Decrease cwnd by X% (30%) of congestion when detected
  41 * nv_ssthresh_factor   On congestion set ssthresh to this * <desired cwnd> / 8
  42 * nv_rtt_factor        RTT averaging factor
  43 * nv_loss_dec_factor   Decrease cwnd to this (80%) when losses occur
  44 * nv_dec_eval_min_calls        Wait this many RTT measurements before dec cwnd
  45 * nv_inc_eval_min_calls        Wait this many RTT measurements before inc cwnd
  46 * nv_ssthresh_eval_min_calls   Wait this many RTT measurements before stopping
  47 *                              slow-start due to congestion
  48 * nv_stop_rtt_cnt      Only grow cwnd for this many RTTs after non-congestion
  49 * nv_rtt_min_cnt       Wait these many RTTs before making congesion decision
  50 * nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg
  51 * nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos
  52 *      How quickly to double growth rate (not rate) of cwnd when not
  53 *      congested. One value (nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg) for when
  54 *      rate < 1 pkt/RTT (after losses). The other (nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos)
  55 *      otherwise.
  56 */
  57
  58static int nv_pad __read_mostly = 10;
  59static int nv_pad_buffer __read_mostly = 2;
  60static int nv_reset_period __read_mostly = 5; /* in seconds */
  61static int nv_min_cwnd __read_mostly = 2;
  62static int nv_cong_dec_mult __read_mostly = 30 * 128 / 100; /* = 30% */
  63static int nv_ssthresh_factor __read_mostly = 8; /* = 1 */
  64static int nv_rtt_factor __read_mostly = 128; /* = 1/2*old + 1/2*new */
  65static int nv_loss_dec_factor __read_mostly = 819; /* => 80% */
  66static int nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg __read_mostly = 8;
  67static int nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos __read_mostly; /* 0 => fixed like Reno */
  68static int nv_dec_eval_min_calls __read_mostly = 60;
  69static int nv_inc_eval_min_calls __read_mostly = 20;
  70static int nv_ssthresh_eval_min_calls __read_mostly = 30;
  71static int nv_stop_rtt_cnt __read_mostly = 10;
  72static int nv_rtt_min_cnt __read_mostly = 2;
  73
  74module_param(nv_pad, int, 0644);
  75MODULE_PARM_DESC(nv_pad, "max queued packets allowed in network");
  76module_param(nv_reset_period, int, 0644);
  77MODULE_PARM_DESC(nv_reset_period, "nv_min_rtt reset period (secs)");
  78module_param(nv_min_cwnd, int, 0644);
  79MODULE_PARM_DESC(nv_min_cwnd, "NV will not decrease cwnd below this value"
  80                 " without losses");
  81
  82/* TCP NV Parameters */
  83struct tcpnv {
  84        unsigned long nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies;  /* when to switch to
  85                                                  * nv_min_rtt_new */
  86        s8  cwnd_growth_factor; /* Current cwnd growth factor,
  87                                 * < 0 => less than 1 packet/RTT */
  88        u8  available8;
  89        u16 available16;
  90        u8  nv_allow_cwnd_growth:1, /* whether cwnd can grow */
  91                nv_reset:1,         /* whether to reset values */
  92                nv_catchup:1;       /* whether we are growing because
  93                                     * of temporary cwnd decrease */
  94        u8  nv_eval_call_cnt;   /* call count since last eval */
  95        u8  nv_min_cwnd;        /* nv won't make a ca decision if cwnd is
  96                                 * smaller than this. It may grow to handle
  97                                 * TSO, LRO and interrupt coalescence because
  98                                 * with these a small cwnd cannot saturate
  99                                 * the link. Note that this is different from
 100                                 * the file local nv_min_cwnd */
 101        u8  nv_rtt_cnt;         /* RTTs without making ca decision */;
 102        u32 nv_last_rtt;        /* last rtt */
 103        u32 nv_min_rtt;         /* active min rtt. Used to determine slope */
 104        u32 nv_min_rtt_new;     /* min rtt for future use */
 105        u32 nv_base_rtt;        /* If non-zero it represents the threshold for
 106                                 * congestion */
 107        u32 nv_lower_bound_rtt; /* Used in conjunction with nv_base_rtt. It is
 108                                 * set to 80% of nv_base_rtt. It helps reduce
 109                                 * unfairness between flows */
 110        u32 nv_rtt_max_rate;    /* max rate seen during current RTT */
 111        u32 nv_rtt_start_seq;   /* current RTT ends when packet arrives
 112                                 * acking beyond nv_rtt_start_seq */
 113        u32 nv_last_snd_una;    /* Previous value of tp->snd_una. It is
 114                                 * used to determine bytes acked since last
 115                                 * call to bictcp_acked */
 116        u32 nv_no_cong_cnt;     /* Consecutive no congestion decisions */
 117};
 118
 119#define NV_INIT_RTT       U32_MAX
 120#define NV_MIN_CWND       4
 121#define NV_MIN_CWND_GROW  2
 122#define NV_TSO_CWND_BOUND 80
 123
 124static inline void tcpnv_reset(struct tcpnv *ca, struct sock *sk)
 125{
 126        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 127
 128        ca->nv_reset = 0;
 129        ca->nv_no_cong_cnt = 0;
 130        ca->nv_rtt_cnt = 0;
 131        ca->nv_last_rtt = 0;
 132        ca->nv_rtt_max_rate = 0;
 133        ca->nv_rtt_start_seq = tp->snd_una;
 134        ca->nv_eval_call_cnt = 0;
 135        ca->nv_last_snd_una = tp->snd_una;
 136}
 137
 138static void tcpnv_init(struct sock *sk)
 139{
 140        struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 141        int base_rtt;
 142
 143        tcpnv_reset(ca, sk);
 144
 145        /* See if base_rtt is available from socket_ops bpf program.
 146         * It is meant to be used in environments, such as communication
 147         * within a datacenter, where we have reasonable estimates of
 148         * RTTs
 149         */
 150        base_rtt = tcp_call_bpf(sk, BPF_SOCK_OPS_BASE_RTT, 0, NULL);
 151        if (base_rtt > 0) {
 152                ca->nv_base_rtt = base_rtt;
 153                ca->nv_lower_bound_rtt = (base_rtt * 205) >> 8; /* 80% */
 154        } else {
 155                ca->nv_base_rtt = 0;
 156                ca->nv_lower_bound_rtt = 0;
 157        }
 158
 159        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 1;
 160        ca->nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies = jiffies + 2 * HZ;
 161        ca->nv_min_rtt = NV_INIT_RTT;
 162        ca->nv_min_rtt_new = NV_INIT_RTT;
 163        ca->nv_min_cwnd = NV_MIN_CWND;
 164        ca->nv_catchup = 0;
 165        ca->cwnd_growth_factor = 0;
 166}
 167
 168/* If provided, apply upper (base_rtt) and lower (lower_bound_rtt)
 169 * bounds to RTT.
 170 */
 171inline u32 nv_get_bounded_rtt(struct tcpnv *ca, u32 val)
 172{
 173        if (ca->nv_lower_bound_rtt > 0 && val < ca->nv_lower_bound_rtt)
 174                return ca->nv_lower_bound_rtt;
 175        else if (ca->nv_base_rtt > 0 && val > ca->nv_base_rtt)
 176                return ca->nv_base_rtt;
 177        else
 178                return val;
 179}
 180
 181static void tcpnv_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
 182{
 183        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 184        struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 185        u32 cnt;
 186
 187        if (!tcp_is_cwnd_limited(sk))
 188                return;
 189
 190        /* Only grow cwnd if NV has not detected congestion */
 191        if (!ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth)
 192                return;
 193
 194        if (tcp_in_slow_start(tp)) {
 195                acked = tcp_slow_start(tp, acked);
 196                if (!acked)
 197                        return;
 198        }
 199
 200        if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor < 0) {
 201                cnt = tp->snd_cwnd << -ca->cwnd_growth_factor;
 202                tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, cnt, acked);
 203        } else {
 204                cnt = max(4U, tp->snd_cwnd >> ca->cwnd_growth_factor);
 205                tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, cnt, acked);
 206        }
 207}
 208
 209static u32 tcpnv_recalc_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
 210{
 211        const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 212
 213        return max((tp->snd_cwnd * nv_loss_dec_factor) >> 10, 2U);
 214}
 215
 216static void tcpnv_state(struct sock *sk, u8 new_state)
 217{
 218        struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 219
 220        if (new_state == TCP_CA_Open && ca->nv_reset) {
 221                tcpnv_reset(ca, sk);
 222        } else if (new_state == TCP_CA_Loss || new_state == TCP_CA_CWR ||
 223                new_state == TCP_CA_Recovery) {
 224                ca->nv_reset = 1;
 225                ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 0;
 226                if (new_state == TCP_CA_Loss) {
 227                        /* Reset cwnd growth factor to Reno value */
 228                        if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor > 0)
 229                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor = 0;
 230                        /* Decrease growth rate if allowed */
 231                        if (nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg > 0 &&
 232                            ca->cwnd_growth_factor > -8)
 233                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor--;
 234                }
 235        }
 236}
 237
 238/* Do congestion avoidance calculations for TCP-NV
 239 */
 240static void tcpnv_acked(struct sock *sk, const struct ack_sample *sample)
 241{
 242        const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 243        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 244        struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 245        unsigned long now = jiffies;
 246        u64 rate64;
 247        u32 rate, max_win, cwnd_by_slope;
 248        u32 avg_rtt;
 249        u32 bytes_acked = 0;
 250
 251        /* Some calls are for duplicates without timetamps */
 252        if (sample->rtt_us < 0)
 253                return;
 254
 255        /* If not in TCP_CA_Open or TCP_CA_Disorder states, skip. */
 256        if (icsk->icsk_ca_state != TCP_CA_Open &&
 257            icsk->icsk_ca_state != TCP_CA_Disorder)
 258                return;
 259
 260        /* Stop cwnd growth if we were in catch up mode */
 261        if (ca->nv_catchup && tp->snd_cwnd >= nv_min_cwnd) {
 262                ca->nv_catchup = 0;
 263                ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 0;
 264        }
 265
 266        bytes_acked = tp->snd_una - ca->nv_last_snd_una;
 267        ca->nv_last_snd_una = tp->snd_una;
 268
 269        if (sample->in_flight == 0)
 270                return;
 271
 272        /* Calculate moving average of RTT */
 273        if (nv_rtt_factor > 0) {
 274                if (ca->nv_last_rtt > 0) {
 275                        avg_rtt = (((u64)sample->rtt_us) * nv_rtt_factor +
 276                                   ((u64)ca->nv_last_rtt)
 277                                   * (256 - nv_rtt_factor)) >> 8;
 278                } else {
 279                        avg_rtt = sample->rtt_us;
 280                        ca->nv_min_rtt = avg_rtt << 1;
 281                }
 282                ca->nv_last_rtt = avg_rtt;
 283        } else {
 284                avg_rtt = sample->rtt_us;
 285        }
 286
 287        /* rate in 100's bits per second */
 288        rate64 = ((u64)sample->in_flight) * 80000;
 289        do_div(rate64, avg_rtt ?: 1);
 290        rate = (u32)rate64;
 291
 292        /* Remember the maximum rate seen during this RTT
 293         * Note: It may be more than one RTT. This function should be
 294         *       called at least nv_dec_eval_min_calls times.
 295         */
 296        if (ca->nv_rtt_max_rate < rate)
 297                ca->nv_rtt_max_rate = rate;
 298
 299        /* We have valid information, increment counter */
 300        if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt < 255)
 301                ca->nv_eval_call_cnt++;
 302
 303        /* Apply bounds to rtt. Only used to update min_rtt */
 304        avg_rtt = nv_get_bounded_rtt(ca, avg_rtt);
 305
 306        /* update min rtt if necessary */
 307        if (avg_rtt < ca->nv_min_rtt)
 308                ca->nv_min_rtt = avg_rtt;
 309
 310        /* update future min_rtt if necessary */
 311        if (avg_rtt < ca->nv_min_rtt_new)
 312                ca->nv_min_rtt_new = avg_rtt;
 313
 314        /* nv_min_rtt is updated with the minimum (possibley averaged) rtt
 315         * seen in the last sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period seconds (i.e. a
 316         * warm reset). This new nv_min_rtt will be continued to be updated
 317         * and be used for another sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period seconds,
 318         * when it will be updated again.
 319         * In practice we introduce some randomness, so the actual period used
 320         * is chosen randomly from the range:
 321         *   [sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period*3/4, sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period*5/4)
 322         */
 323        if (time_after_eq(now, ca->nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies)) {
 324                unsigned char rand;
 325
 326                ca->nv_min_rtt = ca->nv_min_rtt_new;
 327                ca->nv_min_rtt_new = NV_INIT_RTT;
 328                get_random_bytes(&rand, 1);
 329                ca->nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies =
 330                        now + ((nv_reset_period * (384 + rand) * HZ) >> 9);
 331                /* Every so often we decrease ca->nv_min_cwnd in case previous
 332                 *  value is no longer accurate.
 333                 */
 334                ca->nv_min_cwnd = max(ca->nv_min_cwnd / 2, NV_MIN_CWND);
 335        }
 336
 337        /* Once per RTT check if we need to do congestion avoidance */
 338        if (before(ca->nv_rtt_start_seq, tp->snd_una)) {
 339                ca->nv_rtt_start_seq = tp->snd_nxt;
 340                if (ca->nv_rtt_cnt < 0xff)
 341                        /* Increase counter for RTTs without CA decision */
 342                        ca->nv_rtt_cnt++;
 343
 344                /* If this function is only called once within an RTT
 345                 * the cwnd is probably too small (in some cases due to
 346                 * tso, lro or interrupt coalescence), so we increase
 347                 * ca->nv_min_cwnd.
 348                 */
 349                if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt == 1 &&
 350                    bytes_acked >= (ca->nv_min_cwnd - 1) * tp->mss_cache &&
 351                    ca->nv_min_cwnd < (NV_TSO_CWND_BOUND + 1)) {
 352                        ca->nv_min_cwnd = min(ca->nv_min_cwnd
 353                                              + NV_MIN_CWND_GROW,
 354                                              NV_TSO_CWND_BOUND + 1);
 355                        ca->nv_rtt_start_seq = tp->snd_nxt +
 356                                ca->nv_min_cwnd * tp->mss_cache;
 357                        ca->nv_eval_call_cnt = 0;
 358                        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 1;
 359                        return;
 360                }
 361
 362                /* Find the ideal cwnd for current rate from slope
 363                 * slope = 80000.0 * mss / nv_min_rtt
 364                 * cwnd_by_slope = nv_rtt_max_rate / slope
 365                 */
 366                cwnd_by_slope = (u32)
 367                        div64_u64(((u64)ca->nv_rtt_max_rate) * ca->nv_min_rtt,
 368                                  80000ULL * tp->mss_cache);
 369                max_win = cwnd_by_slope + nv_pad;
 370
 371                /* If cwnd > max_win, decrease cwnd
 372                 * if cwnd < max_win, grow cwnd
 373                 * else leave the same
 374                 */
 375                if (tp->snd_cwnd > max_win) {
 376                        /* there is congestion, check that it is ok
 377                         * to make a CA decision
 378                         * 1. We should have at least nv_dec_eval_min_calls
 379                         *    data points before making a CA  decision
 380                         * 2. We only make a congesion decision after
 381                         *    nv_rtt_min_cnt RTTs
 382                         */
 383                        if (ca->nv_rtt_cnt < nv_rtt_min_cnt) {
 384                                return;
 385                        } else if (tp->snd_ssthresh == TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH) {
 386                                if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt <
 387                                    nv_ssthresh_eval_min_calls)
 388                                        return;
 389                                /* otherwise we will decrease cwnd */
 390                        } else if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt <
 391                                   nv_dec_eval_min_calls) {
 392                                if (ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth &&
 393                                    ca->nv_rtt_cnt > nv_stop_rtt_cnt)
 394                                        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 0;
 395                                return;
 396                        }
 397
 398                        /* We have enough data to determine we are congested */
 399                        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 0;
 400                        tp->snd_ssthresh =
 401                                (nv_ssthresh_factor * max_win) >> 3;
 402                        if (tp->snd_cwnd - max_win > 2) {
 403                                /* gap > 2, we do exponential cwnd decrease */
 404                                int dec;
 405
 406                                dec = max(2U, ((tp->snd_cwnd - max_win) *
 407                                               nv_cong_dec_mult) >> 7);
 408                                tp->snd_cwnd -= dec;
 409                        } else if (nv_cong_dec_mult > 0) {
 410                                tp->snd_cwnd = max_win;
 411                        }
 412                        if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor > 0)
 413                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor = 0;
 414                        ca->nv_no_cong_cnt = 0;
 415                } else if (tp->snd_cwnd <= max_win - nv_pad_buffer) {
 416                        /* There is no congestion, grow cwnd if allowed*/
 417                        if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt < nv_inc_eval_min_calls)
 418                                return;
 419
 420                        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 1;
 421                        ca->nv_no_cong_cnt++;
 422                        if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor < 0 &&
 423                            nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg > 0 &&
 424                            ca->nv_no_cong_cnt > nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg) {
 425                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor++;
 426                                ca->nv_no_cong_cnt = 0;
 427                        } else if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor >= 0 &&
 428                                   nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos > 0 &&
 429                                   ca->nv_no_cong_cnt >
 430                                   nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos) {
 431                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor++;
 432                                ca->nv_no_cong_cnt = 0;
 433                        }
 434                } else {
 435                        /* cwnd is in-between, so do nothing */
 436                        return;
 437                }
 438
 439                /* update state */
 440                ca->nv_eval_call_cnt = 0;
 441                ca->nv_rtt_cnt = 0;
 442                ca->nv_rtt_max_rate = 0;
 443
 444                /* Don't want to make cwnd < nv_min_cwnd
 445                 * (it wasn't before, if it is now is because nv
 446                 *  decreased it).
 447                 */
 448                if (tp->snd_cwnd < nv_min_cwnd)
 449                        tp->snd_cwnd = nv_min_cwnd;
 450        }
 451}
 452
 453/* Extract info for Tcp socket info provided via netlink */
 454static size_t tcpnv_get_info(struct sock *sk, u32 ext, int *attr,
 455                             union tcp_cc_info *info)
 456{
 457        const struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 458
 459        if (ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO - 1))) {
 460                info->vegas.tcpv_enabled = 1;
 461                info->vegas.tcpv_rttcnt = ca->nv_rtt_cnt;
 462                info->vegas.tcpv_rtt = ca->nv_last_rtt;
 463                info->vegas.tcpv_minrtt = ca->nv_min_rtt;
 464
 465                *attr = INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO;
 466                return sizeof(struct tcpvegas_info);
 467        }
 468        return 0;
 469}
 470
 471static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcpnv __read_mostly = {
 472        .init           = tcpnv_init,
 473        .ssthresh       = tcpnv_recalc_ssthresh,
 474        .cong_avoid     = tcpnv_cong_avoid,
 475        .set_state      = tcpnv_state,
 476        .undo_cwnd      = tcp_reno_undo_cwnd,
 477        .pkts_acked     = tcpnv_acked,
 478        .get_info       = tcpnv_get_info,
 479
 480        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
 481        .name           = "nv",
 482};
 483
 484static int __init tcpnv_register(void)
 485{
 486        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct tcpnv) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
 487
 488        return tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcpnv);
 489}
 490
 491static void __exit tcpnv_unregister(void)
 492{
 493        tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcpnv);
 494}
 495
 496module_init(tcpnv_register);
 497module_exit(tcpnv_unregister);
 498
 499MODULE_AUTHOR("Lawrence Brakmo");
 500MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 501MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCP NV");
 502MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
 503