linux/net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c
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   1/* DataCenter TCP (DCTCP) congestion control.
   2 *
   3 * http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP.html
   4 *
   5 * This is an implementation of DCTCP over Reno, an enhancement to the
   6 * TCP congestion control algorithm designed for data centers. DCTCP
   7 * leverages Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in the network to
   8 * provide multi-bit feedback to the end hosts. DCTCP's goal is to meet
   9 * the following three data center transport requirements:
  10 *
  11 *  - High burst tolerance (incast due to partition/aggregate)
  12 *  - Low latency (short flows, queries)
  13 *  - High throughput (continuous data updates, large file transfers)
  14 *    with commodity shallow buffered switches
  15 *
  16 * The algorithm is described in detail in the following two papers:
  17 *
  18 * 1) Mohammad Alizadeh, Albert Greenberg, David A. Maltz, Jitendra Padhye,
  19 *    Parveen Patel, Balaji Prabhakar, Sudipta Sengupta, and Murari Sridharan:
  20 *      "Data Center TCP (DCTCP)", Data Center Networks session
  21 *      Proc. ACM SIGCOMM, New Delhi, 2010.
  22 *   http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp-final.pdf
  23 *
  24 * 2) Mohammad Alizadeh, Adel Javanmard, and Balaji Prabhakar:
  25 *      "Analysis of DCTCP: Stability, Convergence, and Fairness"
  26 *      Proc. ACM SIGMETRICS, San Jose, 2011.
  27 *   http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/Site/DCTCP_files/dctcp_analysis-full.pdf
  28 *
  29 * Initial prototype from Abdul Kabbani, Masato Yasuda and Mohammad Alizadeh.
  30 *
  31 * Authors:
  32 *
  33 *      Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
  34 *      Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
  35 *      Glenn Judd <glenn.judd@morganstanley.com>
  36 *
  37 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  38 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  39 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
  40 * your option) any later version.
  41 */
  42
  43#include <linux/module.h>
  44#include <linux/mm.h>
  45#include <net/tcp.h>
  46#include <linux/inet_diag.h>
  47
  48#define DCTCP_MAX_ALPHA 1024U
  49
  50struct dctcp {
  51        u32 acked_bytes_ecn;
  52        u32 acked_bytes_total;
  53        u32 prior_snd_una;
  54        u32 prior_rcv_nxt;
  55        u32 dctcp_alpha;
  56        u32 next_seq;
  57        u32 ce_state;
  58        u32 delayed_ack_reserved;
  59};
  60
  61static unsigned int dctcp_shift_g __read_mostly = 4; /* g = 1/2^4 */
  62module_param(dctcp_shift_g, uint, 0644);
  63MODULE_PARM_DESC(dctcp_shift_g, "parameter g for updating dctcp_alpha");
  64
  65static unsigned int dctcp_alpha_on_init __read_mostly = DCTCP_MAX_ALPHA;
  66module_param(dctcp_alpha_on_init, uint, 0644);
  67MODULE_PARM_DESC(dctcp_alpha_on_init, "parameter for initial alpha value");
  68
  69static unsigned int dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss __read_mostly;
  70module_param(dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss, uint, 0644);
  71MODULE_PARM_DESC(dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss,
  72                 "parameter for clamping alpha on loss");
  73
  74static struct tcp_congestion_ops dctcp_reno;
  75
  76static void dctcp_reset(const struct tcp_sock *tp, struct dctcp *ca)
  77{
  78        ca->next_seq = tp->snd_nxt;
  79
  80        ca->acked_bytes_ecn = 0;
  81        ca->acked_bytes_total = 0;
  82}
  83
  84static void dctcp_init(struct sock *sk)
  85{
  86        const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
  87
  88        if ((tp->ecn_flags & TCP_ECN_OK) ||
  89            (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN ||
  90             sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE)) {
  91                struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
  92
  93                ca->prior_snd_una = tp->snd_una;
  94                ca->prior_rcv_nxt = tp->rcv_nxt;
  95
  96                ca->dctcp_alpha = min(dctcp_alpha_on_init, DCTCP_MAX_ALPHA);
  97
  98                ca->delayed_ack_reserved = 0;
  99                ca->ce_state = 0;
 100
 101                dctcp_reset(tp, ca);
 102                return;
 103        }
 104
 105        /* No ECN support? Fall back to Reno. Also need to clear
 106         * ECT from sk since it is set during 3WHS for DCTCP.
 107         */
 108        inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_ops = &dctcp_reno;
 109        INET_ECN_dontxmit(sk);
 110}
 111
 112static u32 dctcp_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
 113{
 114        const struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 115        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 116
 117        return max(tp->snd_cwnd - ((tp->snd_cwnd * ca->dctcp_alpha) >> 11U), 2U);
 118}
 119
 120/* Minimal DCTP CE state machine:
 121 *
 122 * S:   0 <- last pkt was non-CE
 123 *      1 <- last pkt was CE
 124 */
 125
 126static void dctcp_ce_state_0_to_1(struct sock *sk)
 127{
 128        struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 129        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 130
 131        /* State has changed from CE=0 to CE=1 and delayed
 132         * ACK has not sent yet.
 133         */
 134        if (!ca->ce_state && ca->delayed_ack_reserved) {
 135                u32 tmp_rcv_nxt;
 136
 137                /* Save current rcv_nxt. */
 138                tmp_rcv_nxt = tp->rcv_nxt;
 139
 140                /* Generate previous ack with CE=0. */
 141                tp->ecn_flags &= ~TCP_ECN_DEMAND_CWR;
 142                tp->rcv_nxt = ca->prior_rcv_nxt;
 143
 144                tcp_send_ack(sk);
 145
 146                /* Recover current rcv_nxt. */
 147                tp->rcv_nxt = tmp_rcv_nxt;
 148        }
 149
 150        ca->prior_rcv_nxt = tp->rcv_nxt;
 151        ca->ce_state = 1;
 152
 153        tp->ecn_flags |= TCP_ECN_DEMAND_CWR;
 154}
 155
 156static void dctcp_ce_state_1_to_0(struct sock *sk)
 157{
 158        struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 159        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 160
 161        /* State has changed from CE=1 to CE=0 and delayed
 162         * ACK has not sent yet.
 163         */
 164        if (ca->ce_state && ca->delayed_ack_reserved) {
 165                u32 tmp_rcv_nxt;
 166
 167                /* Save current rcv_nxt. */
 168                tmp_rcv_nxt = tp->rcv_nxt;
 169
 170                /* Generate previous ack with CE=1. */
 171                tp->ecn_flags |= TCP_ECN_DEMAND_CWR;
 172                tp->rcv_nxt = ca->prior_rcv_nxt;
 173
 174                tcp_send_ack(sk);
 175
 176                /* Recover current rcv_nxt. */
 177                tp->rcv_nxt = tmp_rcv_nxt;
 178        }
 179
 180        ca->prior_rcv_nxt = tp->rcv_nxt;
 181        ca->ce_state = 0;
 182
 183        tp->ecn_flags &= ~TCP_ECN_DEMAND_CWR;
 184}
 185
 186static void dctcp_update_alpha(struct sock *sk, u32 flags)
 187{
 188        const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 189        struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 190        u32 acked_bytes = tp->snd_una - ca->prior_snd_una;
 191
 192        /* If ack did not advance snd_una, count dupack as MSS size.
 193         * If ack did update window, do not count it at all.
 194         */
 195        if (acked_bytes == 0 && !(flags & CA_ACK_WIN_UPDATE))
 196                acked_bytes = inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ack.rcv_mss;
 197        if (acked_bytes) {
 198                ca->acked_bytes_total += acked_bytes;
 199                ca->prior_snd_una = tp->snd_una;
 200
 201                if (flags & CA_ACK_ECE)
 202                        ca->acked_bytes_ecn += acked_bytes;
 203        }
 204
 205        /* Expired RTT */
 206        if (!before(tp->snd_una, ca->next_seq)) {
 207                u64 bytes_ecn = ca->acked_bytes_ecn;
 208                u32 alpha = ca->dctcp_alpha;
 209
 210                /* alpha = (1 - g) * alpha + g * F */
 211
 212                alpha -= min_not_zero(alpha, alpha >> dctcp_shift_g);
 213                if (bytes_ecn) {
 214                        /* If dctcp_shift_g == 1, a 32bit value would overflow
 215                         * after 8 Mbytes.
 216                         */
 217                        bytes_ecn <<= (10 - dctcp_shift_g);
 218                        do_div(bytes_ecn, max(1U, ca->acked_bytes_total));
 219
 220                        alpha = min(alpha + (u32)bytes_ecn, DCTCP_MAX_ALPHA);
 221                }
 222                /* dctcp_alpha can be read from dctcp_get_info() without
 223                 * synchro, so we ask compiler to not use dctcp_alpha
 224                 * as a temporary variable in prior operations.
 225                 */
 226                WRITE_ONCE(ca->dctcp_alpha, alpha);
 227                dctcp_reset(tp, ca);
 228        }
 229}
 230
 231static void dctcp_state(struct sock *sk, u8 new_state)
 232{
 233        if (dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss && new_state == TCP_CA_Loss) {
 234                struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 235
 236                /* If this extension is enabled, we clamp dctcp_alpha to
 237                 * max on packet loss; the motivation is that dctcp_alpha
 238                 * is an indicator to the extend of congestion and packet
 239                 * loss is an indicator of extreme congestion; setting
 240                 * this in practice turned out to be beneficial, and
 241                 * effectively assumes total congestion which reduces the
 242                 * window by half.
 243                 */
 244                ca->dctcp_alpha = DCTCP_MAX_ALPHA;
 245        }
 246}
 247
 248static void dctcp_update_ack_reserved(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_ca_event ev)
 249{
 250        struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 251
 252        switch (ev) {
 253        case CA_EVENT_DELAYED_ACK:
 254                if (!ca->delayed_ack_reserved)
 255                        ca->delayed_ack_reserved = 1;
 256                break;
 257        case CA_EVENT_NON_DELAYED_ACK:
 258                if (ca->delayed_ack_reserved)
 259                        ca->delayed_ack_reserved = 0;
 260                break;
 261        default:
 262                /* Don't care for the rest. */
 263                break;
 264        }
 265}
 266
 267static void dctcp_cwnd_event(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_ca_event ev)
 268{
 269        switch (ev) {
 270        case CA_EVENT_ECN_IS_CE:
 271                dctcp_ce_state_0_to_1(sk);
 272                break;
 273        case CA_EVENT_ECN_NO_CE:
 274                dctcp_ce_state_1_to_0(sk);
 275                break;
 276        case CA_EVENT_DELAYED_ACK:
 277        case CA_EVENT_NON_DELAYED_ACK:
 278                dctcp_update_ack_reserved(sk, ev);
 279                break;
 280        default:
 281                /* Don't care for the rest. */
 282                break;
 283        }
 284}
 285
 286static size_t dctcp_get_info(struct sock *sk, u32 ext, int *attr,
 287                             union tcp_cc_info *info)
 288{
 289        const struct dctcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 290
 291        /* Fill it also in case of VEGASINFO due to req struct limits.
 292         * We can still correctly retrieve it later.
 293         */
 294        if (ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_DCTCPINFO - 1)) ||
 295            ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO - 1))) {
 296                memset(info, 0, sizeof(struct tcp_dctcp_info));
 297                if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_ops != &dctcp_reno) {
 298                        info->dctcp.dctcp_enabled = 1;
 299                        info->dctcp.dctcp_ce_state = (u16) ca->ce_state;
 300                        info->dctcp.dctcp_alpha = ca->dctcp_alpha;
 301                        info->dctcp.dctcp_ab_ecn = ca->acked_bytes_ecn;
 302                        info->dctcp.dctcp_ab_tot = ca->acked_bytes_total;
 303                }
 304
 305                *attr = INET_DIAG_DCTCPINFO;
 306                return sizeof(*info);
 307        }
 308        return 0;
 309}
 310
 311static struct tcp_congestion_ops dctcp __read_mostly = {
 312        .init           = dctcp_init,
 313        .in_ack_event   = dctcp_update_alpha,
 314        .cwnd_event     = dctcp_cwnd_event,
 315        .ssthresh       = dctcp_ssthresh,
 316        .cong_avoid     = tcp_reno_cong_avoid,
 317        .set_state      = dctcp_state,
 318        .get_info       = dctcp_get_info,
 319        .flags          = TCP_CONG_NEEDS_ECN,
 320        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
 321        .name           = "dctcp",
 322};
 323
 324static struct tcp_congestion_ops dctcp_reno __read_mostly = {
 325        .ssthresh       = tcp_reno_ssthresh,
 326        .cong_avoid     = tcp_reno_cong_avoid,
 327        .get_info       = dctcp_get_info,
 328        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
 329        .name           = "dctcp-reno",
 330};
 331
 332static int __init dctcp_register(void)
 333{
 334        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct dctcp) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
 335        return tcp_register_congestion_control(&dctcp);
 336}
 337
 338static void __exit dctcp_unregister(void)
 339{
 340        tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&dctcp);
 341}
 342
 343module_init(dctcp_register);
 344module_exit(dctcp_unregister);
 345
 346MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>");
 347MODULE_AUTHOR("Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>");
 348MODULE_AUTHOR("Glenn Judd <glenn.judd@morganstanley.com>");
 349
 350MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 351MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)");
 352