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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 
50 struct 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 
61 static unsigned int dctcp_shift_g __read_mostly = 4; /* g = 1/2^4 */
62 module_param(dctcp_shift_g, uint, 0644);
63 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dctcp_shift_g, "parameter g for updating dctcp_alpha");
64 
65 static unsigned int dctcp_alpha_on_init __read_mostly = DCTCP_MAX_ALPHA;
66 module_param(dctcp_alpha_on_init, uint, 0644);
67 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dctcp_alpha_on_init, "parameter for initial alpha value");
68 
69 static unsigned int dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss __read_mostly;
70 module_param(dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss, uint, 0644);
71 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dctcp_clamp_alpha_on_loss,
72 		 "parameter for clamping alpha on loss");
73 
74 static struct tcp_congestion_ops dctcp_reno;
75 
76 static 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 
84 static 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 
112 static 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 
126 static 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 
156 static 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 
186 static 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 
231 static 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 
248 static 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 
267 static 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 
286 static 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 
311 static 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 
324 static 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 
332 static 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 
338 static void __exit dctcp_unregister(void)
339 {
340 	tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&dctcp);
341 }
342 
343 module_init(dctcp_register);
344 module_exit(dctcp_unregister);
345 
346 MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>");
347 MODULE_AUTHOR("Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>");
348 MODULE_AUTHOR("Glenn Judd <glenn.judd@morganstanley.com>");
349 
350 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
351 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DataCenter TCP (DCTCP)");
352