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1 /*
2  * Binary Increase Congestion control for TCP
3  * Home page:
4  *      http://netsrv.csc.ncsu.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/BIC
5  * This is from the implementation of BICTCP in
6  * Lison-Xu, Kahaled Harfoush, and Injong Rhee.
7  *  "Binary Increase Congestion Control for Fast, Long Distance
8  *  Networks" in InfoComm 2004
9  * Available from:
10  *  http://netsrv.csc.ncsu.edu/export/bitcp.pdf
11  *
12  * Unless BIC is enabled and congestion window is large
13  * this behaves the same as the original Reno.
14  */
15 
16 #include <linux/mm.h>
17 #include <linux/module.h>
18 #include <net/tcp.h>
19 
20 #define BICTCP_BETA_SCALE    1024	/* Scale factor beta calculation
21 					 * max_cwnd = snd_cwnd * beta
22 					 */
23 #define BICTCP_B		4	 /*
24 					  * In binary search,
25 					  * go to point (max+min)/N
26 					  */
27 
28 static int fast_convergence = 1;
29 static int max_increment = 16;
30 static int low_window = 14;
31 static int beta = 819;		/* = 819/1024 (BICTCP_BETA_SCALE) */
32 static int initial_ssthresh;
33 static int smooth_part = 20;
34 
35 module_param(fast_convergence, int, 0644);
36 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fast_convergence, "turn on/off fast convergence");
37 module_param(max_increment, int, 0644);
38 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_increment, "Limit on increment allowed during binary search");
39 module_param(low_window, int, 0644);
40 MODULE_PARM_DESC(low_window, "lower bound on congestion window (for TCP friendliness)");
41 module_param(beta, int, 0644);
42 MODULE_PARM_DESC(beta, "beta for multiplicative increase");
43 module_param(initial_ssthresh, int, 0644);
44 MODULE_PARM_DESC(initial_ssthresh, "initial value of slow start threshold");
45 module_param(smooth_part, int, 0644);
46 MODULE_PARM_DESC(smooth_part, "log(B/(B*Smin))/log(B/(B-1))+B, # of RTT from Wmax-B to Wmax");
47 
48 /* BIC TCP Parameters */
49 struct bictcp {
50 	u32	cnt;		/* increase cwnd by 1 after ACKs */
51 	u32	last_max_cwnd;	/* last maximum snd_cwnd */
52 	u32	last_cwnd;	/* the last snd_cwnd */
53 	u32	last_time;	/* time when updated last_cwnd */
54 	u32	epoch_start;	/* beginning of an epoch */
55 #define ACK_RATIO_SHIFT	4
56 	u32	delayed_ack;	/* estimate the ratio of Packets/ACKs << 4 */
57 };
58 
59 static inline void bictcp_reset(struct bictcp *ca)
60 {
61 	ca->cnt = 0;
62 	ca->last_max_cwnd = 0;
63 	ca->last_cwnd = 0;
64 	ca->last_time = 0;
65 	ca->epoch_start = 0;
66 	ca->delayed_ack = 2 << ACK_RATIO_SHIFT;
67 }
68 
69 static void bictcp_init(struct sock *sk)
70 {
71 	struct bictcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
72 
73 	bictcp_reset(ca);
74 
75 	if (initial_ssthresh)
76 		tcp_sk(sk)->snd_ssthresh = initial_ssthresh;
77 }
78 
79 /*
80  * Compute congestion window to use.
81  */
82 static inline void bictcp_update(struct bictcp *ca, u32 cwnd)
83 {
84 	if (ca->last_cwnd == cwnd &&
85 	    (s32)(tcp_jiffies32 - ca->last_time) <= HZ / 32)
86 		return;
87 
88 	ca->last_cwnd = cwnd;
89 	ca->last_time = tcp_jiffies32;
90 
91 	if (ca->epoch_start == 0) /* record the beginning of an epoch */
92 		ca->epoch_start = tcp_jiffies32;
93 
94 	/* start off normal */
95 	if (cwnd <= low_window) {
96 		ca->cnt = cwnd;
97 		return;
98 	}
99 
100 	/* binary increase */
101 	if (cwnd < ca->last_max_cwnd) {
102 		__u32	dist = (ca->last_max_cwnd - cwnd)
103 			/ BICTCP_B;
104 
105 		if (dist > max_increment)
106 			/* linear increase */
107 			ca->cnt = cwnd / max_increment;
108 		else if (dist <= 1U)
109 			/* binary search increase */
110 			ca->cnt = (cwnd * smooth_part) / BICTCP_B;
111 		else
112 			/* binary search increase */
113 			ca->cnt = cwnd / dist;
114 	} else {
115 		/* slow start AMD linear increase */
116 		if (cwnd < ca->last_max_cwnd + BICTCP_B)
117 			/* slow start */
118 			ca->cnt = (cwnd * smooth_part) / BICTCP_B;
119 		else if (cwnd < ca->last_max_cwnd + max_increment*(BICTCP_B-1))
120 			/* slow start */
121 			ca->cnt = (cwnd * (BICTCP_B-1))
122 				/ (cwnd - ca->last_max_cwnd);
123 		else
124 			/* linear increase */
125 			ca->cnt = cwnd / max_increment;
126 	}
127 
128 	/* if in slow start or link utilization is very low */
129 	if (ca->last_max_cwnd == 0) {
130 		if (ca->cnt > 20) /* increase cwnd 5% per RTT */
131 			ca->cnt = 20;
132 	}
133 
134 	ca->cnt = (ca->cnt << ACK_RATIO_SHIFT) / ca->delayed_ack;
135 	if (ca->cnt == 0)			/* cannot be zero */
136 		ca->cnt = 1;
137 }
138 
139 static void bictcp_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
140 {
141 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
142 	struct bictcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
143 
144 	if (!tcp_is_cwnd_limited(sk))
145 		return;
146 
147 	if (tcp_in_slow_start(tp))
148 		tcp_slow_start(tp, acked);
149 	else {
150 		bictcp_update(ca, tp->snd_cwnd);
151 		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, ca->cnt, 1);
152 	}
153 }
154 
155 /*
156  *	behave like Reno until low_window is reached,
157  *	then increase congestion window slowly
158  */
159 static u32 bictcp_recalc_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
160 {
161 	const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
162 	struct bictcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
163 
164 	ca->epoch_start = 0;	/* end of epoch */
165 
166 	/* Wmax and fast convergence */
167 	if (tp->snd_cwnd < ca->last_max_cwnd && fast_convergence)
168 		ca->last_max_cwnd = (tp->snd_cwnd * (BICTCP_BETA_SCALE + beta))
169 			/ (2 * BICTCP_BETA_SCALE);
170 	else
171 		ca->last_max_cwnd = tp->snd_cwnd;
172 
173 	if (tp->snd_cwnd <= low_window)
174 		return max(tp->snd_cwnd >> 1U, 2U);
175 	else
176 		return max((tp->snd_cwnd * beta) / BICTCP_BETA_SCALE, 2U);
177 }
178 
179 static void bictcp_state(struct sock *sk, u8 new_state)
180 {
181 	if (new_state == TCP_CA_Loss)
182 		bictcp_reset(inet_csk_ca(sk));
183 }
184 
185 /* Track delayed acknowledgment ratio using sliding window
186  * ratio = (15*ratio + sample) / 16
187  */
188 static void bictcp_acked(struct sock *sk, const struct ack_sample *sample)
189 {
190 	const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
191 
192 	if (icsk->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_Open) {
193 		struct bictcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
194 
195 		ca->delayed_ack += sample->pkts_acked -
196 			(ca->delayed_ack >> ACK_RATIO_SHIFT);
197 	}
198 }
199 
200 static struct tcp_congestion_ops bictcp __read_mostly = {
201 	.init		= bictcp_init,
202 	.ssthresh	= bictcp_recalc_ssthresh,
203 	.cong_avoid	= bictcp_cong_avoid,
204 	.set_state	= bictcp_state,
205 	.undo_cwnd	= tcp_reno_undo_cwnd,
206 	.pkts_acked     = bictcp_acked,
207 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
208 	.name		= "bic",
209 };
210 
211 static int __init bictcp_register(void)
212 {
213 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct bictcp) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
214 	return tcp_register_congestion_control(&bictcp);
215 }
216 
217 static void __exit bictcp_unregister(void)
218 {
219 	tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&bictcp);
220 }
221 
222 module_init(bictcp_register);
223 module_exit(bictcp_unregister);
224 
225 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephen Hemminger");
226 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
227 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("BIC TCP");
228