linux/net/ipv4/tcp_nv.c
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   1/*
   2 * TCP NV: TCP with Congestion Avoidance
   3 *
   4 * TCP-NV is a successor of TCP-Vegas that has been developed to
   5 * deal with the issues that occur in modern networks.
   6 * Like TCP-Vegas, TCP-NV supports true congestion avoidance,
   7 * the ability to detect congestion before packet losses occur.
   8 * When congestion (queue buildup) starts to occur, TCP-NV
   9 * predicts what the cwnd size should be for the current
  10 * throughput and it reduces the cwnd proportionally to
  11 * the difference between the current cwnd and the predicted cwnd.
  12 *
  13 * NV is only recommeneded for traffic within a data center, and when
  14 * all the flows are NV (at least those within the data center). This
  15 * is due to the inherent unfairness between flows using losses to
  16 * detect congestion (congestion control) and those that use queue
  17 * buildup to detect congestion (congestion avoidance).
  18 *
  19 * Note: High NIC coalescence values may lower the performance of NV
  20 * due to the increased noise in RTT values. In particular, we have
  21 * seen issues with rx-frames values greater than 8.
  22 *
  23 * TODO:
  24 * 1) Add mechanism to deal with reverse congestion.
  25 */
  26
  27#include <linux/mm.h>
  28#include <linux/module.h>
  29#include <linux/math64.h>
  30#include <net/tcp.h>
  31#include <linux/inet_diag.h>
  32
  33/* TCP NV parameters
  34 *
  35 * nv_pad               Max number of queued packets allowed in network
  36 * nv_pad_buffer        Do not grow cwnd if this closed to nv_pad
  37 * nv_reset_period      How often (in) seconds)to reset min_rtt
  38 * nv_min_cwnd          Don't decrease cwnd below this if there are no losses
  39 * nv_cong_dec_mult     Decrease cwnd by X% (30%) of congestion when detected
  40 * nv_ssthresh_factor   On congestion set ssthresh to this * <desired cwnd> / 8
  41 * nv_rtt_factor        RTT averaging factor
  42 * nv_loss_dec_factor   Decrease cwnd by this (50%) when losses occur
  43 * nv_dec_eval_min_calls        Wait this many RTT measurements before dec cwnd
  44 * nv_inc_eval_min_calls        Wait this many RTT measurements before inc cwnd
  45 * nv_ssthresh_eval_min_calls   Wait this many RTT measurements before stopping
  46 *                              slow-start due to congestion
  47 * nv_stop_rtt_cnt      Only grow cwnd for this many RTTs after non-congestion
  48 * nv_rtt_min_cnt       Wait these many RTTs before making congesion decision
  49 * nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg
  50 * nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos
  51 *      How quickly to double growth rate (not rate) of cwnd when not
  52 *      congested. One value (nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg) for when
  53 *      rate < 1 pkt/RTT (after losses). The other (nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos)
  54 *      otherwise.
  55 */
  56
  57static int nv_pad __read_mostly = 10;
  58static int nv_pad_buffer __read_mostly = 2;
  59static int nv_reset_period __read_mostly = 5; /* in seconds */
  60static int nv_min_cwnd __read_mostly = 2;
  61static int nv_cong_dec_mult __read_mostly = 30 * 128 / 100; /* = 30% */
  62static int nv_ssthresh_factor __read_mostly = 8; /* = 1 */
  63static int nv_rtt_factor __read_mostly = 128; /* = 1/2*old + 1/2*new */
  64static int nv_loss_dec_factor __read_mostly = 512; /* => 50% */
  65static int nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg __read_mostly = 8;
  66static int nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos __read_mostly; /* 0 => fixed like Reno */
  67static int nv_dec_eval_min_calls __read_mostly = 60;
  68static int nv_inc_eval_min_calls __read_mostly = 20;
  69static int nv_ssthresh_eval_min_calls __read_mostly = 30;
  70static int nv_stop_rtt_cnt __read_mostly = 10;
  71static int nv_rtt_min_cnt __read_mostly = 2;
  72
  73module_param(nv_pad, int, 0644);
  74MODULE_PARM_DESC(nv_pad, "max queued packets allowed in network");
  75module_param(nv_reset_period, int, 0644);
  76MODULE_PARM_DESC(nv_reset_period, "nv_min_rtt reset period (secs)");
  77module_param(nv_min_cwnd, int, 0644);
  78MODULE_PARM_DESC(nv_min_cwnd, "NV will not decrease cwnd below this value"
  79                 " without losses");
  80
  81/* TCP NV Parameters */
  82struct tcpnv {
  83        unsigned long nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies;  /* when to switch to
  84                                                  * nv_min_rtt_new */
  85        s8  cwnd_growth_factor; /* Current cwnd growth factor,
  86                                 * < 0 => less than 1 packet/RTT */
  87        u8  available8;
  88        u16 available16;
  89        u8  nv_allow_cwnd_growth:1, /* whether cwnd can grow */
  90                nv_reset:1,         /* whether to reset values */
  91                nv_catchup:1;       /* whether we are growing because
  92                                     * of temporary cwnd decrease */
  93        u8  nv_eval_call_cnt;   /* call count since last eval */
  94        u8  nv_min_cwnd;        /* nv won't make a ca decision if cwnd is
  95                                 * smaller than this. It may grow to handle
  96                                 * TSO, LRO and interrupt coalescence because
  97                                 * with these a small cwnd cannot saturate
  98                                 * the link. Note that this is different from
  99                                 * the file local nv_min_cwnd */
 100        u8  nv_rtt_cnt;         /* RTTs without making ca decision */;
 101        u32 nv_last_rtt;        /* last rtt */
 102        u32 nv_min_rtt;         /* active min rtt. Used to determine slope */
 103        u32 nv_min_rtt_new;     /* min rtt for future use */
 104        u32 nv_rtt_max_rate;    /* max rate seen during current RTT */
 105        u32 nv_rtt_start_seq;   /* current RTT ends when packet arrives
 106                                 * acking beyond nv_rtt_start_seq */
 107        u32 nv_last_snd_una;    /* Previous value of tp->snd_una. It is
 108                                 * used to determine bytes acked since last
 109                                 * call to bictcp_acked */
 110        u32 nv_no_cong_cnt;     /* Consecutive no congestion decisions */
 111};
 112
 113#define NV_INIT_RTT       U32_MAX
 114#define NV_MIN_CWND       4
 115#define NV_MIN_CWND_GROW  2
 116#define NV_TSO_CWND_BOUND 80
 117
 118static inline void tcpnv_reset(struct tcpnv *ca, struct sock *sk)
 119{
 120        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 121
 122        ca->nv_reset = 0;
 123        ca->nv_no_cong_cnt = 0;
 124        ca->nv_rtt_cnt = 0;
 125        ca->nv_last_rtt = 0;
 126        ca->nv_rtt_max_rate = 0;
 127        ca->nv_rtt_start_seq = tp->snd_una;
 128        ca->nv_eval_call_cnt = 0;
 129        ca->nv_last_snd_una = tp->snd_una;
 130}
 131
 132static void tcpnv_init(struct sock *sk)
 133{
 134        struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 135
 136        tcpnv_reset(ca, sk);
 137
 138        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 1;
 139        ca->nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies = jiffies + 2 * HZ;
 140        ca->nv_min_rtt = NV_INIT_RTT;
 141        ca->nv_min_rtt_new = NV_INIT_RTT;
 142        ca->nv_min_cwnd = NV_MIN_CWND;
 143        ca->nv_catchup = 0;
 144        ca->cwnd_growth_factor = 0;
 145}
 146
 147static void tcpnv_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
 148{
 149        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 150        struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 151        u32 cnt;
 152
 153        if (!tcp_is_cwnd_limited(sk))
 154                return;
 155
 156        /* Only grow cwnd if NV has not detected congestion */
 157        if (!ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth)
 158                return;
 159
 160        if (tcp_in_slow_start(tp)) {
 161                acked = tcp_slow_start(tp, acked);
 162                if (!acked)
 163                        return;
 164        }
 165
 166        if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor < 0) {
 167                cnt = tp->snd_cwnd << -ca->cwnd_growth_factor;
 168                tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, cnt, acked);
 169        } else {
 170                cnt = max(4U, tp->snd_cwnd >> ca->cwnd_growth_factor);
 171                tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, cnt, acked);
 172        }
 173}
 174
 175static u32 tcpnv_recalc_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
 176{
 177        const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 178
 179        return max((tp->snd_cwnd * nv_loss_dec_factor) >> 10, 2U);
 180}
 181
 182static void tcpnv_state(struct sock *sk, u8 new_state)
 183{
 184        struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 185
 186        if (new_state == TCP_CA_Open && ca->nv_reset) {
 187                tcpnv_reset(ca, sk);
 188        } else if (new_state == TCP_CA_Loss || new_state == TCP_CA_CWR ||
 189                new_state == TCP_CA_Recovery) {
 190                ca->nv_reset = 1;
 191                ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 0;
 192                if (new_state == TCP_CA_Loss) {
 193                        /* Reset cwnd growth factor to Reno value */
 194                        if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor > 0)
 195                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor = 0;
 196                        /* Decrease growth rate if allowed */
 197                        if (nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg > 0 &&
 198                            ca->cwnd_growth_factor > -8)
 199                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor--;
 200                }
 201        }
 202}
 203
 204/* Do congestion avoidance calculations for TCP-NV
 205 */
 206static void tcpnv_acked(struct sock *sk, const struct ack_sample *sample)
 207{
 208        const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 209        struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 210        struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 211        unsigned long now = jiffies;
 212        s64 rate64 = 0;
 213        u32 rate, max_win, cwnd_by_slope;
 214        u32 avg_rtt;
 215        u32 bytes_acked = 0;
 216
 217        /* Some calls are for duplicates without timetamps */
 218        if (sample->rtt_us < 0)
 219                return;
 220
 221        /* If not in TCP_CA_Open or TCP_CA_Disorder states, skip. */
 222        if (icsk->icsk_ca_state != TCP_CA_Open &&
 223            icsk->icsk_ca_state != TCP_CA_Disorder)
 224                return;
 225
 226        /* Stop cwnd growth if we were in catch up mode */
 227        if (ca->nv_catchup && tp->snd_cwnd >= nv_min_cwnd) {
 228                ca->nv_catchup = 0;
 229                ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 0;
 230        }
 231
 232        bytes_acked = tp->snd_una - ca->nv_last_snd_una;
 233        ca->nv_last_snd_una = tp->snd_una;
 234
 235        if (sample->in_flight == 0)
 236                return;
 237
 238        /* Calculate moving average of RTT */
 239        if (nv_rtt_factor > 0) {
 240                if (ca->nv_last_rtt > 0) {
 241                        avg_rtt = (((u64)sample->rtt_us) * nv_rtt_factor +
 242                                   ((u64)ca->nv_last_rtt)
 243                                   * (256 - nv_rtt_factor)) >> 8;
 244                } else {
 245                        avg_rtt = sample->rtt_us;
 246                        ca->nv_min_rtt = avg_rtt << 1;
 247                }
 248                ca->nv_last_rtt = avg_rtt;
 249        } else {
 250                avg_rtt = sample->rtt_us;
 251        }
 252
 253        /* rate in 100's bits per second */
 254        rate64 = ((u64)sample->in_flight) * 8000000;
 255        rate = (u32)div64_u64(rate64, (u64)(avg_rtt ?: 1) * 100);
 256
 257        /* Remember the maximum rate seen during this RTT
 258         * Note: It may be more than one RTT. This function should be
 259         *       called at least nv_dec_eval_min_calls times.
 260         */
 261        if (ca->nv_rtt_max_rate < rate)
 262                ca->nv_rtt_max_rate = rate;
 263
 264        /* We have valid information, increment counter */
 265        if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt < 255)
 266                ca->nv_eval_call_cnt++;
 267
 268        /* update min rtt if necessary */
 269        if (avg_rtt < ca->nv_min_rtt)
 270                ca->nv_min_rtt = avg_rtt;
 271
 272        /* update future min_rtt if necessary */
 273        if (avg_rtt < ca->nv_min_rtt_new)
 274                ca->nv_min_rtt_new = avg_rtt;
 275
 276        /* nv_min_rtt is updated with the minimum (possibley averaged) rtt
 277         * seen in the last sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period seconds (i.e. a
 278         * warm reset). This new nv_min_rtt will be continued to be updated
 279         * and be used for another sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period seconds,
 280         * when it will be updated again.
 281         * In practice we introduce some randomness, so the actual period used
 282         * is chosen randomly from the range:
 283         *   [sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period*3/4, sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period*5/4)
 284         */
 285        if (time_after_eq(now, ca->nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies)) {
 286                unsigned char rand;
 287
 288                ca->nv_min_rtt = ca->nv_min_rtt_new;
 289                ca->nv_min_rtt_new = NV_INIT_RTT;
 290                get_random_bytes(&rand, 1);
 291                ca->nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies =
 292                        now + ((nv_reset_period * (384 + rand) * HZ) >> 9);
 293                /* Every so often we decrease ca->nv_min_cwnd in case previous
 294                 *  value is no longer accurate.
 295                 */
 296                ca->nv_min_cwnd = max(ca->nv_min_cwnd / 2, NV_MIN_CWND);
 297        }
 298
 299        /* Once per RTT check if we need to do congestion avoidance */
 300        if (before(ca->nv_rtt_start_seq, tp->snd_una)) {
 301                ca->nv_rtt_start_seq = tp->snd_nxt;
 302                if (ca->nv_rtt_cnt < 0xff)
 303                        /* Increase counter for RTTs without CA decision */
 304                        ca->nv_rtt_cnt++;
 305
 306                /* If this function is only called once within an RTT
 307                 * the cwnd is probably too small (in some cases due to
 308                 * tso, lro or interrupt coalescence), so we increase
 309                 * ca->nv_min_cwnd.
 310                 */
 311                if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt == 1 &&
 312                    bytes_acked >= (ca->nv_min_cwnd - 1) * tp->mss_cache &&
 313                    ca->nv_min_cwnd < (NV_TSO_CWND_BOUND + 1)) {
 314                        ca->nv_min_cwnd = min(ca->nv_min_cwnd
 315                                              + NV_MIN_CWND_GROW,
 316                                              NV_TSO_CWND_BOUND + 1);
 317                        ca->nv_rtt_start_seq = tp->snd_nxt +
 318                                ca->nv_min_cwnd * tp->mss_cache;
 319                        ca->nv_eval_call_cnt = 0;
 320                        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 1;
 321                        return;
 322                }
 323
 324                /* Find the ideal cwnd for current rate from slope
 325                 * slope = 80000.0 * mss / nv_min_rtt
 326                 * cwnd_by_slope = nv_rtt_max_rate / slope
 327                 */
 328                cwnd_by_slope = (u32)
 329                        div64_u64(((u64)ca->nv_rtt_max_rate) * ca->nv_min_rtt,
 330                                  (u64)(80000 * tp->mss_cache));
 331                max_win = cwnd_by_slope + nv_pad;
 332
 333                /* If cwnd > max_win, decrease cwnd
 334                 * if cwnd < max_win, grow cwnd
 335                 * else leave the same
 336                 */
 337                if (tp->snd_cwnd > max_win) {
 338                        /* there is congestion, check that it is ok
 339                         * to make a CA decision
 340                         * 1. We should have at least nv_dec_eval_min_calls
 341                         *    data points before making a CA  decision
 342                         * 2. We only make a congesion decision after
 343                         *    nv_rtt_min_cnt RTTs
 344                         */
 345                        if (ca->nv_rtt_cnt < nv_rtt_min_cnt) {
 346                                return;
 347                        } else if (tp->snd_ssthresh == TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH) {
 348                                if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt <
 349                                    nv_ssthresh_eval_min_calls)
 350                                        return;
 351                                /* otherwise we will decrease cwnd */
 352                        } else if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt <
 353                                   nv_dec_eval_min_calls) {
 354                                if (ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth &&
 355                                    ca->nv_rtt_cnt > nv_stop_rtt_cnt)
 356                                        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 0;
 357                                return;
 358                        }
 359
 360                        /* We have enough data to determine we are congested */
 361                        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 0;
 362                        tp->snd_ssthresh =
 363                                (nv_ssthresh_factor * max_win) >> 3;
 364                        if (tp->snd_cwnd - max_win > 2) {
 365                                /* gap > 2, we do exponential cwnd decrease */
 366                                int dec;
 367
 368                                dec = max(2U, ((tp->snd_cwnd - max_win) *
 369                                               nv_cong_dec_mult) >> 7);
 370                                tp->snd_cwnd -= dec;
 371                        } else if (nv_cong_dec_mult > 0) {
 372                                tp->snd_cwnd = max_win;
 373                        }
 374                        if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor > 0)
 375                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor = 0;
 376                        ca->nv_no_cong_cnt = 0;
 377                } else if (tp->snd_cwnd <= max_win - nv_pad_buffer) {
 378                        /* There is no congestion, grow cwnd if allowed*/
 379                        if (ca->nv_eval_call_cnt < nv_inc_eval_min_calls)
 380                                return;
 381
 382                        ca->nv_allow_cwnd_growth = 1;
 383                        ca->nv_no_cong_cnt++;
 384                        if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor < 0 &&
 385                            nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg > 0 &&
 386                            ca->nv_no_cong_cnt > nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg) {
 387                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor++;
 388                                ca->nv_no_cong_cnt = 0;
 389                        } else if (ca->cwnd_growth_factor >= 0 &&
 390                                   nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos > 0 &&
 391                                   ca->nv_no_cong_cnt >
 392                                   nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos) {
 393                                ca->cwnd_growth_factor++;
 394                                ca->nv_no_cong_cnt = 0;
 395                        }
 396                } else {
 397                        /* cwnd is in-between, so do nothing */
 398                        return;
 399                }
 400
 401                /* update state */
 402                ca->nv_eval_call_cnt = 0;
 403                ca->nv_rtt_cnt = 0;
 404                ca->nv_rtt_max_rate = 0;
 405
 406                /* Don't want to make cwnd < nv_min_cwnd
 407                 * (it wasn't before, if it is now is because nv
 408                 *  decreased it).
 409                 */
 410                if (tp->snd_cwnd < nv_min_cwnd)
 411                        tp->snd_cwnd = nv_min_cwnd;
 412        }
 413}
 414
 415/* Extract info for Tcp socket info provided via netlink */
 416static size_t tcpnv_get_info(struct sock *sk, u32 ext, int *attr,
 417                             union tcp_cc_info *info)
 418{
 419        const struct tcpnv *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 420
 421        if (ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO - 1))) {
 422                info->vegas.tcpv_enabled = 1;
 423                info->vegas.tcpv_rttcnt = ca->nv_rtt_cnt;
 424                info->vegas.tcpv_rtt = ca->nv_last_rtt;
 425                info->vegas.tcpv_minrtt = ca->nv_min_rtt;
 426
 427                *attr = INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO;
 428                return sizeof(struct tcpvegas_info);
 429        }
 430        return 0;
 431}
 432
 433static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcpnv __read_mostly = {
 434        .init           = tcpnv_init,
 435        .ssthresh       = tcpnv_recalc_ssthresh,
 436        .cong_avoid     = tcpnv_cong_avoid,
 437        .set_state      = tcpnv_state,
 438        .undo_cwnd      = tcp_reno_undo_cwnd,
 439        .pkts_acked     = tcpnv_acked,
 440        .get_info       = tcpnv_get_info,
 441
 442        .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
 443        .name           = "nv",
 444};
 445
 446static int __init tcpnv_register(void)
 447{
 448        BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct tcpnv) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
 449
 450        return tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcpnv);
 451}
 452
 453static void __exit tcpnv_unregister(void)
 454{
 455        tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcpnv);
 456}
 457
 458module_init(tcpnv_register);
 459module_exit(tcpnv_unregister);
 460
 461MODULE_AUTHOR("Lawrence Brakmo");
 462MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 463MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCP NV");
 464MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
 465