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1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2 /*
3  * TCP Vegas congestion control
4  *
5  * This is based on the congestion detection/avoidance scheme described in
6  *    Lawrence S. Brakmo and Larry L. Peterson.
7  *    "TCP Vegas: End to end congestion avoidance on a global internet."
8  *    IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, 13(8):1465--1480,
9  *    October 1995. Available from:
10  *	ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/xkernel/Papers/jsac.ps
11  *
12  * See http://www.cs.arizona.edu/xkernel/ for their implementation.
13  * The main aspects that distinguish this implementation from the
14  * Arizona Vegas implementation are:
15  *   o We do not change the loss detection or recovery mechanisms of
16  *     Linux in any way. Linux already recovers from losses quite well,
17  *     using fine-grained timers, NewReno, and FACK.
18  *   o To avoid the performance penalty imposed by increasing cwnd
19  *     only every-other RTT during slow start, we increase during
20  *     every RTT during slow start, just like Reno.
21  *   o Largely to allow continuous cwnd growth during slow start,
22  *     we use the rate at which ACKs come back as the "actual"
23  *     rate, rather than the rate at which data is sent.
24  *   o To speed convergence to the right rate, we set the cwnd
25  *     to achieve the right ("actual") rate when we exit slow start.
26  *   o To filter out the noise caused by delayed ACKs, we use the
27  *     minimum RTT sample observed during the last RTT to calculate
28  *     the actual rate.
29  *   o When the sender re-starts from idle, it waits until it has
30  *     received ACKs for an entire flight of new data before making
31  *     a cwnd adjustment decision. The original Vegas implementation
32  *     assumed senders never went idle.
33  */
34 
35 #include <linux/mm.h>
36 #include <linux/module.h>
37 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
38 #include <linux/inet_diag.h>
39 
40 #include <net/tcp.h>
41 
42 #include "tcp_vegas.h"
43 
44 static int alpha = 2;
45 static int beta  = 4;
46 static int gamma = 1;
47 
48 module_param(alpha, int, 0644);
49 MODULE_PARM_DESC(alpha, "lower bound of packets in network");
50 module_param(beta, int, 0644);
51 MODULE_PARM_DESC(beta, "upper bound of packets in network");
52 module_param(gamma, int, 0644);
53 MODULE_PARM_DESC(gamma, "limit on increase (scale by 2)");
54 
55 /* There are several situations when we must "re-start" Vegas:
56  *
57  *  o when a connection is established
58  *  o after an RTO
59  *  o after fast recovery
60  *  o when we send a packet and there is no outstanding
61  *    unacknowledged data (restarting an idle connection)
62  *
63  * In these circumstances we cannot do a Vegas calculation at the
64  * end of the first RTT, because any calculation we do is using
65  * stale info -- both the saved cwnd and congestion feedback are
66  * stale.
67  *
68  * Instead we must wait until the completion of an RTT during
69  * which we actually receive ACKs.
70  */
71 static void vegas_enable(struct sock *sk)
72 {
73 	const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
74 	struct vegas *vegas = inet_csk_ca(sk);
75 
76 	/* Begin taking Vegas samples next time we send something. */
77 	vegas->doing_vegas_now = 1;
78 
79 	/* Set the beginning of the next send window. */
80 	vegas->beg_snd_nxt = tp->snd_nxt;
81 
82 	vegas->cntRTT = 0;
83 	vegas->minRTT = 0x7fffffff;
84 }
85 
86 /* Stop taking Vegas samples for now. */
87 static inline void vegas_disable(struct sock *sk)
88 {
89 	struct vegas *vegas = inet_csk_ca(sk);
90 
91 	vegas->doing_vegas_now = 0;
92 }
93 
94 void tcp_vegas_init(struct sock *sk)
95 {
96 	struct vegas *vegas = inet_csk_ca(sk);
97 
98 	vegas->baseRTT = 0x7fffffff;
99 	vegas_enable(sk);
100 }
101 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_init);
102 
103 /* Do RTT sampling needed for Vegas.
104  * Basically we:
105  *   o min-filter RTT samples from within an RTT to get the current
106  *     propagation delay + queuing delay (we are min-filtering to try to
107  *     avoid the effects of delayed ACKs)
108  *   o min-filter RTT samples from a much longer window (forever for now)
109  *     to find the propagation delay (baseRTT)
110  */
111 void tcp_vegas_pkts_acked(struct sock *sk, const struct ack_sample *sample)
112 {
113 	struct vegas *vegas = inet_csk_ca(sk);
114 	u32 vrtt;
115 
116 	if (sample->rtt_us < 0)
117 		return;
118 
119 	/* Never allow zero rtt or baseRTT */
120 	vrtt = sample->rtt_us + 1;
121 
122 	/* Filter to find propagation delay: */
123 	if (vrtt < vegas->baseRTT)
124 		vegas->baseRTT = vrtt;
125 
126 	/* Find the min RTT during the last RTT to find
127 	 * the current prop. delay + queuing delay:
128 	 */
129 	vegas->minRTT = min(vegas->minRTT, vrtt);
130 	vegas->cntRTT++;
131 }
132 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_pkts_acked);
133 
134 void tcp_vegas_state(struct sock *sk, u8 ca_state)
135 {
136 	if (ca_state == TCP_CA_Open)
137 		vegas_enable(sk);
138 	else
139 		vegas_disable(sk);
140 }
141 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_state);
142 
143 /*
144  * If the connection is idle and we are restarting,
145  * then we don't want to do any Vegas calculations
146  * until we get fresh RTT samples.  So when we
147  * restart, we reset our Vegas state to a clean
148  * slate. After we get acks for this flight of
149  * packets, _then_ we can make Vegas calculations
150  * again.
151  */
152 void tcp_vegas_cwnd_event(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_ca_event event)
153 {
154 	if (event == CA_EVENT_CWND_RESTART)
155 		tcp_vegas_init(sk);
156 }
157 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_cwnd_event);
158 
159 void tcp_vegas_cwnd_event_tx_start(struct sock *sk)
160 {
161 	tcp_vegas_init(sk);
162 }
163 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_cwnd_event_tx_start);
164 
165 static inline u32 tcp_vegas_ssthresh(struct tcp_sock *tp)
166 {
167 	return  min(tp->snd_ssthresh, tcp_snd_cwnd(tp));
168 }
169 
170 static void tcp_vegas_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
171 {
172 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
173 	struct vegas *vegas = inet_csk_ca(sk);
174 
175 	if (!vegas->doing_vegas_now) {
176 		tcp_reno_cong_avoid(sk, ack, acked);
177 		return;
178 	}
179 
180 	if (after(ack, vegas->beg_snd_nxt)) {
181 		/* Do the Vegas once-per-RTT cwnd adjustment. */
182 
183 		/* Save the extent of the current window so we can use this
184 		 * at the end of the next RTT.
185 		 */
186 		vegas->beg_snd_nxt  = tp->snd_nxt;
187 
188 		/* We do the Vegas calculations only if we got enough RTT
189 		 * samples that we can be reasonably sure that we got
190 		 * at least one RTT sample that wasn't from a delayed ACK.
191 		 * If we only had 2 samples total,
192 		 * then that means we're getting only 1 ACK per RTT, which
193 		 * means they're almost certainly delayed ACKs.
194 		 * If  we have 3 samples, we should be OK.
195 		 */
196 
197 		if (vegas->cntRTT <= 2) {
198 			/* We don't have enough RTT samples to do the Vegas
199 			 * calculation, so we'll behave like Reno.
200 			 */
201 			tcp_reno_cong_avoid(sk, ack, acked);
202 		} else {
203 			u32 rtt, diff;
204 			u64 target_cwnd;
205 
206 			/* We have enough RTT samples, so, using the Vegas
207 			 * algorithm, we determine if we should increase or
208 			 * decrease cwnd, and by how much.
209 			 */
210 
211 			/* Pluck out the RTT we are using for the Vegas
212 			 * calculations. This is the min RTT seen during the
213 			 * last RTT. Taking the min filters out the effects
214 			 * of delayed ACKs, at the cost of noticing congestion
215 			 * a bit later.
216 			 */
217 			rtt = vegas->minRTT;
218 
219 			/* Calculate the cwnd we should have, if we weren't
220 			 * going too fast.
221 			 *
222 			 * This is:
223 			 *     (actual rate in segments) * baseRTT
224 			 */
225 			target_cwnd = (u64)tcp_snd_cwnd(tp) * vegas->baseRTT;
226 			do_div(target_cwnd, rtt);
227 
228 			/* Calculate the difference between the window we had,
229 			 * and the window we would like to have. This quantity
230 			 * is the "Diff" from the Arizona Vegas papers.
231 			 */
232 			diff = tcp_snd_cwnd(tp) * (rtt-vegas->baseRTT) / vegas->baseRTT;
233 
234 			if (diff > gamma && tcp_in_slow_start(tp)) {
235 				/* Going too fast. Time to slow down
236 				 * and switch to congestion avoidance.
237 				 */
238 
239 				/* Set cwnd to match the actual rate
240 				 * exactly:
241 				 *   cwnd = (actual rate) * baseRTT
242 				 * Then we add 1 because the integer
243 				 * truncation robs us of full link
244 				 * utilization.
245 				 */
246 				tcp_snd_cwnd_set(tp, min(tcp_snd_cwnd(tp),
247 							 (u32)target_cwnd + 1));
248 				WRITE_ONCE(tp->snd_ssthresh,
249 					   tcp_vegas_ssthresh(tp));
250 
251 			} else if (tcp_in_slow_start(tp)) {
252 				/* Slow start.  */
253 				tcp_slow_start(tp, acked);
254 			} else {
255 				/* Congestion avoidance. */
256 
257 				/* Figure out where we would like cwnd
258 				 * to be.
259 				 */
260 				if (diff > beta) {
261 					/* The old window was too fast, so
262 					 * we slow down.
263 					 */
264 					tcp_snd_cwnd_set(tp, tcp_snd_cwnd(tp) - 1);
265 					WRITE_ONCE(tp->snd_ssthresh,
266 						   tcp_vegas_ssthresh(tp));
267 				} else if (diff < alpha) {
268 					/* We don't have enough extra packets
269 					 * in the network, so speed up.
270 					 */
271 					tcp_snd_cwnd_set(tp, tcp_snd_cwnd(tp) + 1);
272 				} else {
273 					/* Sending just as fast as we
274 					 * should be.
275 					 */
276 				}
277 			}
278 
279 			if (tcp_snd_cwnd(tp) < 2)
280 				tcp_snd_cwnd_set(tp, 2);
281 			else if (tcp_snd_cwnd(tp) > tp->snd_cwnd_clamp)
282 				tcp_snd_cwnd_set(tp, tp->snd_cwnd_clamp);
283 
284 			WRITE_ONCE(tp->snd_ssthresh, tcp_current_ssthresh(sk));
285 		}
286 
287 		/* Wipe the slate clean for the next RTT. */
288 		vegas->cntRTT = 0;
289 		vegas->minRTT = 0x7fffffff;
290 	}
291 	/* Use normal slow start */
292 	else if (tcp_in_slow_start(tp))
293 		tcp_slow_start(tp, acked);
294 }
295 
296 /* Extract info for Tcp socket info provided via netlink. */
297 size_t tcp_vegas_get_info(struct sock *sk, u32 ext, int *attr,
298 			  union tcp_cc_info *info)
299 {
300 	const struct vegas *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
301 
302 	if (ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO - 1))) {
303 		info->vegas.tcpv_enabled = ca->doing_vegas_now;
304 		info->vegas.tcpv_rttcnt = ca->cntRTT;
305 		info->vegas.tcpv_rtt = ca->baseRTT;
306 		info->vegas.tcpv_minrtt = ca->minRTT;
307 
308 		*attr = INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO;
309 		return sizeof(struct tcpvegas_info);
310 	}
311 	return 0;
312 }
313 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_get_info);
314 
315 static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_vegas __read_mostly = {
316 	.init		= tcp_vegas_init,
317 	.ssthresh	= tcp_reno_ssthresh,
318 	.undo_cwnd	= tcp_reno_undo_cwnd,
319 	.cong_avoid	= tcp_vegas_cong_avoid,
320 	.pkts_acked	= tcp_vegas_pkts_acked,
321 	.set_state	= tcp_vegas_state,
322 	.cwnd_event	= tcp_vegas_cwnd_event,
323 	.cwnd_event_tx_start = tcp_vegas_cwnd_event_tx_start,
324 	.get_info	= tcp_vegas_get_info,
325 
326 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
327 	.name		= "vegas",
328 };
329 
330 static int __init tcp_vegas_register(void)
331 {
332 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct vegas) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
333 	tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcp_vegas);
334 	return 0;
335 }
336 
337 static void __exit tcp_vegas_unregister(void)
338 {
339 	tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcp_vegas);
340 }
341 
342 module_init(tcp_vegas_register);
343 module_exit(tcp_vegas_unregister);
344 
345 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephen Hemminger");
346 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
347 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCP Vegas");
348