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1 /*-
2  * Copyright (c) 2007-2008
3  *	Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
4  * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@freebsd.org>
5  * Copyright (c) 2014 Midori Kato <katoon@sfc.wide.ad.jp>
6  * Copyright (c) 2014 The FreeBSD Foundation
7  * All rights reserved.
8  *
9  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
10  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
11  * are met:
12  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
13  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
14  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
15  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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17  *
18  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
19  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
20  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
21  * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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28  * SUCH DAMAGE.
29  */
30 
31 /*
32  * An implementation of the DCTCP algorithm for FreeBSD, based on
33  * "Data Center TCP (DCTCP)" by M. Alizadeh, A. Greenberg, D. A. Maltz,
34  * J. Padhye, P. Patel, B. Prabhakar, S. Sengupta, and M. Sridharan.,
35  * in ACM Conference on SIGCOMM 2010, New York, USA,
36  * Originally released as the contribution of Microsoft Research project.
37  */
38 
39 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
40 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
41 
42 #include <sys/param.h>
43 #include <sys/kernel.h>
44 #include <sys/malloc.h>
45 #include <sys/module.h>
46 #include <sys/socket.h>
47 #include <sys/socketvar.h>
48 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
49 #include <sys/systm.h>
50 
51 #include <net/vnet.h>
52 
53 #include <netinet/in.h>
54 #include <netinet/ip.h>
55 #include <netinet/cc.h>
56 #include <netinet/tcp_seq.h>
57 #include <netinet/tcp_var.h>
58 
59 #include <netinet/cc/cc_module.h>
60 
61 #define	CAST_PTR_INT(X)	(*((int*)(X)))
62 
63 #define MAX_ALPHA_VALUE 1024
64 static VNET_DEFINE(uint32_t, dctcp_alpha) = 0;
65 #define V_dctcp_alpha	    VNET(dctcp_alpha)
66 static VNET_DEFINE(uint32_t, dctcp_shift_g) = 4;
67 #define	V_dctcp_shift_g	    VNET(dctcp_shift_g)
68 static VNET_DEFINE(uint32_t, dctcp_slowstart) = 0;
69 #define	V_dctcp_slowstart   VNET(dctcp_slowstart)
70 
71 struct dctcp {
72 	int     bytes_ecn;	/* # of marked bytes during a RTT */
73 	int     bytes_total;	/* # of acked bytes during a RTT */
74 	int     alpha;		/* the fraction of marked bytes */
75 	int     ce_prev;	/* CE state of the last segment */
76 	int     save_sndnxt;	/* end sequence number of the current window */
77 	int	ece_curr;	/* ECE flag in this segment */
78 	int	ece_prev;	/* ECE flag in the last segment */
79 	uint32_t    num_cong_events; /* # of congestion events */
80 };
81 
82 static MALLOC_DEFINE(M_dctcp, "dctcp data",
83     "Per connection data required for the dctcp algorithm");
84 
85 static void	dctcp_ack_received(struct cc_var *ccv, uint16_t type);
86 static void	dctcp_after_idle(struct cc_var *ccv);
87 static void	dctcp_cb_destroy(struct cc_var *ccv);
88 static int	dctcp_cb_init(struct cc_var *ccv);
89 static void	dctcp_cong_signal(struct cc_var *ccv, uint32_t type);
90 static void	dctcp_conn_init(struct cc_var *ccv);
91 static void	dctcp_post_recovery(struct cc_var *ccv);
92 static void	dctcp_ecnpkt_handler(struct cc_var *ccv);
93 static void	dctcp_update_alpha(struct cc_var *ccv);
94 
95 struct cc_algo dctcp_cc_algo = {
96 	.name = "dctcp",
97 	.ack_received = dctcp_ack_received,
98 	.cb_destroy = dctcp_cb_destroy,
99 	.cb_init = dctcp_cb_init,
100 	.cong_signal = dctcp_cong_signal,
101 	.conn_init = dctcp_conn_init,
102 	.post_recovery = dctcp_post_recovery,
103 	.ecnpkt_handler = dctcp_ecnpkt_handler,
104 	.after_idle = dctcp_after_idle,
105 };
106 
107 static void
108 dctcp_ack_received(struct cc_var *ccv, uint16_t type)
109 {
110 	struct dctcp *dctcp_data;
111 	int bytes_acked = 0;
112 
113 	dctcp_data = ccv->cc_data;
114 
115 	if (CCV(ccv, t_flags) & TF_ECN_PERMIT) {
116 		/*
117 		 * DCTCP doesn't treat receipt of ECN marked packet as a
118 		 * congestion event. Thus, DCTCP always executes the ACK
119 		 * processing out of congestion recovery.
120 		 */
121 		if (IN_CONGRECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags))) {
122 			EXIT_CONGRECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags));
123 			newreno_cc_algo.ack_received(ccv, type);
124 			ENTER_CONGRECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags));
125 		} else
126 			newreno_cc_algo.ack_received(ccv, type);
127 
128 		if (type == CC_DUPACK)
129 			bytes_acked = CCV(ccv, t_maxseg);
130 
131 		if (type == CC_ACK)
132 			bytes_acked = ccv->bytes_this_ack;
133 
134 		/* Update total bytes. */
135 		dctcp_data->bytes_total += bytes_acked;
136 
137 		/* Update total marked bytes. */
138 		if (dctcp_data->ece_curr) {
139 			if (!dctcp_data->ece_prev
140 			    && bytes_acked > CCV(ccv, t_maxseg)) {
141 				dctcp_data->bytes_ecn +=
142 				    (bytes_acked - CCV(ccv, t_maxseg));
143 			} else
144 				dctcp_data->bytes_ecn += bytes_acked;
145 			dctcp_data->ece_prev = 1;
146 		} else {
147 			if (dctcp_data->ece_prev
148 			    && bytes_acked > CCV(ccv, t_maxseg))
149 				dctcp_data->bytes_ecn += CCV(ccv, t_maxseg);
150 			dctcp_data->ece_prev = 0;
151 		}
152 		dctcp_data->ece_curr = 0;
153 
154 		/*
155 		 * Update the fraction of marked bytes at the end of
156 		 * current window size.
157 		 */
158 		if ((IN_FASTRECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags)) &&
159 		    SEQ_GEQ(ccv->curack, CCV(ccv, snd_recover))) ||
160 		    (!IN_FASTRECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags)) &&
161 		    SEQ_GT(ccv->curack, dctcp_data->save_sndnxt)))
162 			dctcp_update_alpha(ccv);
163 	} else
164 		newreno_cc_algo.ack_received(ccv, type);
165 }
166 
167 static void
168 dctcp_after_idle(struct cc_var *ccv)
169 {
170 	struct dctcp *dctcp_data;
171 
172 	dctcp_data = ccv->cc_data;
173 
174 	/* Initialize internal parameters after idle time */
175 	dctcp_data->bytes_ecn = 0;
176 	dctcp_data->bytes_total = 0;
177 	dctcp_data->save_sndnxt = CCV(ccv, snd_nxt);
178 	dctcp_data->alpha = V_dctcp_alpha;
179 	dctcp_data->ece_curr = 0;
180 	dctcp_data->ece_prev = 0;
181 	dctcp_data->num_cong_events = 0;
182 
183 	dctcp_cc_algo.after_idle = newreno_cc_algo.after_idle;
184 }
185 
186 static void
187 dctcp_cb_destroy(struct cc_var *ccv)
188 {
189 	if (ccv->cc_data != NULL)
190 		free(ccv->cc_data, M_dctcp);
191 }
192 
193 static int
194 dctcp_cb_init(struct cc_var *ccv)
195 {
196 	struct dctcp *dctcp_data;
197 
198 	dctcp_data = malloc(sizeof(struct dctcp), M_dctcp, M_NOWAIT|M_ZERO);
199 
200 	if (dctcp_data == NULL)
201 		return (ENOMEM);
202 
203 	/* Initialize some key variables with sensible defaults. */
204 	dctcp_data->bytes_ecn = 0;
205 	dctcp_data->bytes_total = 0;
206 	/*
207 	 * When alpha is set to 0 in the beggining, DCTCP sender transfers as
208 	 * much data as possible until the value converges which may expand the
209 	 * queueing delay at the switch. When alpha is set to 1, queueing delay
210 	 * is kept small.
211 	 * Throughput-sensitive applications should have alpha = 0
212 	 * Latency-sensitive applications should have alpha = 1
213 	 *
214 	 * Note: DCTCP draft suggests initial alpha to be 1 but we've decided to
215 	 * keep it 0 as default.
216 	 */
217 	dctcp_data->alpha = V_dctcp_alpha;
218 	dctcp_data->save_sndnxt = 0;
219 	dctcp_data->ce_prev = 0;
220 	dctcp_data->ece_curr = 0;
221 	dctcp_data->ece_prev = 0;
222 	dctcp_data->num_cong_events = 0;
223 
224 	ccv->cc_data = dctcp_data;
225 	return (0);
226 }
227 
228 /*
229  * Perform any necessary tasks before we enter congestion recovery.
230  */
231 static void
232 dctcp_cong_signal(struct cc_var *ccv, uint32_t type)
233 {
234 	struct dctcp *dctcp_data;
235 	u_int win, mss;
236 
237 	dctcp_data = ccv->cc_data;
238 	win = CCV(ccv, snd_cwnd);
239 	mss = CCV(ccv, t_maxseg);
240 
241 	switch (type) {
242 	case CC_NDUPACK:
243 		if (!IN_FASTRECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags))) {
244 			if (!IN_CONGRECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags))) {
245 				CCV(ccv, snd_ssthresh) = mss *
246 				    max(win / 2 / mss, 2);
247 				dctcp_data->num_cong_events++;
248 			} else {
249 				/* cwnd has already updated as congestion
250 				 * recovery. Reverse cwnd value using
251 				 * snd_cwnd_prev and recalculate snd_ssthresh
252 				 */
253 				win = CCV(ccv, snd_cwnd_prev);
254 				CCV(ccv, snd_ssthresh) =
255 				    max(win / 2 / mss, 2) * mss;
256 			}
257 			ENTER_RECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags));
258 		}
259 		break;
260 	case CC_ECN:
261 		/*
262 		 * Save current snd_cwnd when the host encounters both
263 		 * congestion recovery and fast recovery.
264 		 */
265 		CCV(ccv, snd_cwnd_prev) = win;
266 		if (!IN_CONGRECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags))) {
267 			if (V_dctcp_slowstart &&
268 			    dctcp_data->num_cong_events++ == 0) {
269 				CCV(ccv, snd_ssthresh) =
270 				    mss * max(win / 2 / mss, 2);
271 				dctcp_data->alpha = MAX_ALPHA_VALUE;
272 				dctcp_data->bytes_ecn = 0;
273 				dctcp_data->bytes_total = 0;
274 				dctcp_data->save_sndnxt = CCV(ccv, snd_nxt);
275 			} else
276 				CCV(ccv, snd_ssthresh) = max((win - ((win *
277 				    dctcp_data->alpha) >> 11)) / mss, 2) * mss;
278 			CCV(ccv, snd_cwnd) = CCV(ccv, snd_ssthresh);
279 			ENTER_CONGRECOVERY(CCV(ccv, t_flags));
280 		}
281 		dctcp_data->ece_curr = 1;
282 		break;
283 	case CC_RTO:
284 		if (CCV(ccv, t_flags) & TF_ECN_PERMIT) {
285 			CCV(ccv, t_flags) |= TF_ECN_SND_CWR;
286 			dctcp_update_alpha(ccv);
287 			dctcp_data->save_sndnxt += CCV(ccv, t_maxseg);
288 			dctcp_data->num_cong_events++;
289 		}
290 		break;
291 	}
292 }
293 
294 static void
295 dctcp_conn_init(struct cc_var *ccv)
296 {
297 	struct dctcp *dctcp_data;
298 
299 	dctcp_data = ccv->cc_data;
300 
301 	if (CCV(ccv, t_flags) & TF_ECN_PERMIT)
302 		dctcp_data->save_sndnxt = CCV(ccv, snd_nxt);
303 }
304 
305 /*
306  * Perform any necessary tasks before we exit congestion recovery.
307  */
308 static void
309 dctcp_post_recovery(struct cc_var *ccv)
310 {
311 	dctcp_cc_algo.post_recovery = newreno_cc_algo.post_recovery;
312 
313 	if (CCV(ccv, t_flags) & TF_ECN_PERMIT)
314 		dctcp_update_alpha(ccv);
315 }
316 
317 /*
318  * Execute an additional ECN processing using ECN field in IP header and the CWR
319  * bit in TCP header.
320  *
321  * delay_ack == 0 - Delayed ACK disabled
322  * delay_ack == 1 - Delayed ACK enabled
323  */
324 
325 static void
326 dctcp_ecnpkt_handler(struct cc_var *ccv)
327 {
328 	struct dctcp *dctcp_data;
329 	uint32_t ccflag;
330 	int delay_ack;
331 
332 	dctcp_data = ccv->cc_data;
333 	ccflag = ccv->flags;
334 	delay_ack = 1;
335 
336 	/*
337 	 * DCTCP responses an ACK immediately when the CE state
338 	 * in between this segment and the last segment is not same.
339 	 */
340 	if (ccflag & CCF_IPHDR_CE) {
341 		if (!dctcp_data->ce_prev && (ccflag & CCF_DELACK))
342 			delay_ack = 0;
343 		dctcp_data->ce_prev = 1;
344 		CCV(ccv, t_flags) |= TF_ECN_SND_ECE;
345 	} else {
346 		if (dctcp_data->ce_prev && (ccflag & CCF_DELACK))
347 			delay_ack = 0;
348 		dctcp_data->ce_prev = 0;
349 		CCV(ccv, t_flags) &= ~TF_ECN_SND_ECE;
350 	}
351 
352 	/* DCTCP sets delayed ack when this segment sets the CWR flag. */
353 	if ((ccflag & CCF_DELACK) && (ccflag & CCF_TCPHDR_CWR))
354 		delay_ack = 1;
355 
356 	if (delay_ack == 0)
357 		ccv->flags |= CCF_ACKNOW;
358 	else
359 		ccv->flags &= ~CCF_ACKNOW;
360 }
361 
362 /*
363  * Update the fraction of marked bytes represented as 'alpha'.
364  * Also initialize several internal parameters at the end of this function.
365  */
366 static void
367 dctcp_update_alpha(struct cc_var *ccv)
368 {
369 	struct dctcp *dctcp_data;
370 	int alpha_prev;
371 
372 	dctcp_data = ccv->cc_data;
373 	alpha_prev = dctcp_data->alpha;
374 	dctcp_data->bytes_total = max(dctcp_data->bytes_total, 1);
375 
376 	/*
377 	 * Update alpha: alpha = (1 - g) * alpha + g * F.
378 	 * Here:
379 	 * g is weight factor
380 	 *	recommaded to be set to 1/16
381 	 *	small g = slow convergence between competitive DCTCP flows
382 	 *	large g = impacts low utilization of bandwidth at switches
383 	 * F is fraction of marked segments in last RTT
384 	 *	updated every RTT
385 	 * Alpha must be round to 0 - MAX_ALPHA_VALUE.
386 	 */
387 	dctcp_data->alpha = min(alpha_prev - (alpha_prev >> V_dctcp_shift_g) +
388 	    (dctcp_data->bytes_ecn << (10 - V_dctcp_shift_g)) /
389 	    dctcp_data->bytes_total, MAX_ALPHA_VALUE);
390 
391 	/* Initialize internal parameters for next alpha calculation */
392 	dctcp_data->bytes_ecn = 0;
393 	dctcp_data->bytes_total = 0;
394 	dctcp_data->save_sndnxt = CCV(ccv, snd_nxt);
395 }
396 
397 static int
398 dctcp_alpha_handler(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
399 {
400 	uint32_t new;
401 	int error;
402 
403 	new = V_dctcp_alpha;
404 	error = sysctl_handle_int(oidp, &new, 0, req);
405 	if (error == 0 && req->newptr != NULL) {
406 		if (CAST_PTR_INT(req->newptr) > 1)
407 			error = EINVAL;
408 		else {
409 			if (new > MAX_ALPHA_VALUE)
410 				V_dctcp_alpha = MAX_ALPHA_VALUE;
411 			else
412 				V_dctcp_alpha = new;
413 		}
414 	}
415 
416 	return (error);
417 }
418 
419 static int
420 dctcp_shift_g_handler(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
421 {
422 	uint32_t new;
423 	int error;
424 
425 	new = V_dctcp_shift_g;
426 	error = sysctl_handle_int(oidp, &new, 0, req);
427 	if (error == 0 && req->newptr != NULL) {
428 		if (CAST_PTR_INT(req->newptr) > 1)
429 			error = EINVAL;
430 		else
431 			V_dctcp_shift_g = new;
432 	}
433 
434 	return (error);
435 }
436 
437 static int
438 dctcp_slowstart_handler(SYSCTL_HANDLER_ARGS)
439 {
440 	uint32_t new;
441 	int error;
442 
443 	new = V_dctcp_slowstart;
444 	error = sysctl_handle_int(oidp, &new, 0, req);
445 	if (error == 0 && req->newptr != NULL) {
446 		if (CAST_PTR_INT(req->newptr) > 1)
447 			error = EINVAL;
448 		else
449 			V_dctcp_slowstart = new;
450 	}
451 
452 	return (error);
453 }
454 
455 SYSCTL_DECL(_net_inet_tcp_cc_dctcp);
456 SYSCTL_NODE(_net_inet_tcp_cc, OID_AUTO, dctcp, CTLFLAG_RW, NULL,
457     "dctcp congestion control related settings");
458 
459 SYSCTL_PROC(_net_inet_tcp_cc_dctcp, OID_AUTO, alpha,
460     CTLFLAG_VNET|CTLTYPE_UINT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(dctcp_alpha), 0,
461     &dctcp_alpha_handler,
462     "IU", "dctcp alpha parameter");
463 
464 SYSCTL_PROC(_net_inet_tcp_cc_dctcp, OID_AUTO, shift_g,
465     CTLFLAG_VNET|CTLTYPE_UINT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(dctcp_shift_g), 4,
466     &dctcp_shift_g_handler,
467     "IU", "dctcp shift parameter");
468 
469 SYSCTL_PROC(_net_inet_tcp_cc_dctcp, OID_AUTO, slowstart,
470     CTLFLAG_VNET|CTLTYPE_UINT|CTLFLAG_RW, &VNET_NAME(dctcp_slowstart), 0,
471     &dctcp_slowstart_handler,
472     "IU", "half CWND reduction after the first slow start");
473 
474 DECLARE_CC_MODULE(dctcp, &dctcp_cc_algo);
475