1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 * TCP Vegas congestion control
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
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
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.
36 #include <linux/module.h>
37 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
38 #include <linux/inet_diag.h>
42 #include "tcp_vegas.h"
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)");
55 /* There are several situations when we must "re-start" Vegas:
57 * o when a connection is established
59 * o after fast recovery
60 * o when we send a packet and there is no outstanding
61 * unacknowledged data (restarting an idle connection)
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
68 * Instead we must wait until the completion of an RTT during
69 * which we actually receive ACKs.
71 static void vegas_enable(struct sock
*sk
)
73 const struct tcp_sock
*tp
= tcp_sk(sk
);
74 struct vegas
*vegas
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
76 /* Begin taking Vegas samples next time we send something. */
77 vegas
->doing_vegas_now
= 1;
79 /* Set the beginning of the next send window. */
80 vegas
->beg_snd_nxt
= tp
->snd_nxt
;
83 vegas
->minRTT
= 0x7fffffff;
86 /* Stop taking Vegas samples for now. */
87 static inline void vegas_disable(struct sock
*sk
)
89 struct vegas
*vegas
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
91 vegas
->doing_vegas_now
= 0;
94 void tcp_vegas_init(struct sock
*sk
)
96 struct vegas
*vegas
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
98 vegas
->baseRTT
= 0x7fffffff;
101 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_init
);
103 /* Do RTT sampling needed for Vegas.
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)
111 void tcp_vegas_pkts_acked(struct sock
*sk
, const struct ack_sample
*sample
)
113 struct vegas
*vegas
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
116 if (sample
->rtt_us
< 0)
119 /* Never allow zero rtt or baseRTT */
120 vrtt
= sample
->rtt_us
+ 1;
122 /* Filter to find propagation delay: */
123 if (vrtt
< vegas
->baseRTT
)
124 vegas
->baseRTT
= vrtt
;
126 /* Find the min RTT during the last RTT to find
127 * the current prop. delay + queuing delay:
129 vegas
->minRTT
= min(vegas
->minRTT
, vrtt
);
132 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_pkts_acked
);
134 void tcp_vegas_state(struct sock
*sk
, u8 ca_state
)
136 if (ca_state
== TCP_CA_Open
)
141 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_state
);
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
152 void tcp_vegas_cwnd_event(struct sock
*sk
, enum tcp_ca_event event
)
154 if (event
== CA_EVENT_CWND_RESTART
||
155 event
== CA_EVENT_TX_START
)
158 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_cwnd_event
);
160 static inline u32
tcp_vegas_ssthresh(struct tcp_sock
*tp
)
162 return min(tp
->snd_ssthresh
, tp
->snd_cwnd
);
165 static void tcp_vegas_cong_avoid(struct sock
*sk
, u32 ack
, u32 acked
)
167 struct tcp_sock
*tp
= tcp_sk(sk
);
168 struct vegas
*vegas
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
170 if (!vegas
->doing_vegas_now
) {
171 tcp_reno_cong_avoid(sk
, ack
, acked
);
175 if (after(ack
, vegas
->beg_snd_nxt
)) {
176 /* Do the Vegas once-per-RTT cwnd adjustment. */
178 /* Save the extent of the current window so we can use this
179 * at the end of the next RTT.
181 vegas
->beg_snd_nxt
= tp
->snd_nxt
;
183 /* We do the Vegas calculations only if we got enough RTT
184 * samples that we can be reasonably sure that we got
185 * at least one RTT sample that wasn't from a delayed ACK.
186 * If we only had 2 samples total,
187 * then that means we're getting only 1 ACK per RTT, which
188 * means they're almost certainly delayed ACKs.
189 * If we have 3 samples, we should be OK.
192 if (vegas
->cntRTT
<= 2) {
193 /* We don't have enough RTT samples to do the Vegas
194 * calculation, so we'll behave like Reno.
196 tcp_reno_cong_avoid(sk
, ack
, acked
);
201 /* We have enough RTT samples, so, using the Vegas
202 * algorithm, we determine if we should increase or
203 * decrease cwnd, and by how much.
206 /* Pluck out the RTT we are using for the Vegas
207 * calculations. This is the min RTT seen during the
208 * last RTT. Taking the min filters out the effects
209 * of delayed ACKs, at the cost of noticing congestion
214 /* Calculate the cwnd we should have, if we weren't
218 * (actual rate in segments) * baseRTT
220 target_cwnd
= (u64
)tp
->snd_cwnd
* vegas
->baseRTT
;
221 do_div(target_cwnd
, rtt
);
223 /* Calculate the difference between the window we had,
224 * and the window we would like to have. This quantity
225 * is the "Diff" from the Arizona Vegas papers.
227 diff
= tp
->snd_cwnd
* (rtt
-vegas
->baseRTT
) / vegas
->baseRTT
;
229 if (diff
> gamma
&& tcp_in_slow_start(tp
)) {
230 /* Going too fast. Time to slow down
231 * and switch to congestion avoidance.
234 /* Set cwnd to match the actual rate
236 * cwnd = (actual rate) * baseRTT
237 * Then we add 1 because the integer
238 * truncation robs us of full link
241 tp
->snd_cwnd
= min(tp
->snd_cwnd
, (u32
)target_cwnd
+1);
242 tp
->snd_ssthresh
= tcp_vegas_ssthresh(tp
);
244 } else if (tcp_in_slow_start(tp
)) {
246 tcp_slow_start(tp
, acked
);
248 /* Congestion avoidance. */
250 /* Figure out where we would like cwnd
254 /* The old window was too fast, so
259 = tcp_vegas_ssthresh(tp
);
260 } else if (diff
< alpha
) {
261 /* We don't have enough extra packets
262 * in the network, so speed up.
266 /* Sending just as fast as we
272 if (tp
->snd_cwnd
< 2)
274 else if (tp
->snd_cwnd
> tp
->snd_cwnd_clamp
)
275 tp
->snd_cwnd
= tp
->snd_cwnd_clamp
;
277 tp
->snd_ssthresh
= tcp_current_ssthresh(sk
);
280 /* Wipe the slate clean for the next RTT. */
282 vegas
->minRTT
= 0x7fffffff;
284 /* Use normal slow start */
285 else if (tcp_in_slow_start(tp
))
286 tcp_slow_start(tp
, acked
);
289 /* Extract info for Tcp socket info provided via netlink. */
290 size_t tcp_vegas_get_info(struct sock
*sk
, u32 ext
, int *attr
,
291 union tcp_cc_info
*info
)
293 const struct vegas
*ca
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
295 if (ext
& (1 << (INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO
- 1))) {
296 info
->vegas
.tcpv_enabled
= ca
->doing_vegas_now
;
297 info
->vegas
.tcpv_rttcnt
= ca
->cntRTT
;
298 info
->vegas
.tcpv_rtt
= ca
->baseRTT
;
299 info
->vegas
.tcpv_minrtt
= ca
->minRTT
;
301 *attr
= INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO
;
302 return sizeof(struct tcpvegas_info
);
306 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_vegas_get_info
);
308 static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_vegas __read_mostly
= {
309 .init
= tcp_vegas_init
,
310 .ssthresh
= tcp_reno_ssthresh
,
311 .undo_cwnd
= tcp_reno_undo_cwnd
,
312 .cong_avoid
= tcp_vegas_cong_avoid
,
313 .pkts_acked
= tcp_vegas_pkts_acked
,
314 .set_state
= tcp_vegas_state
,
315 .cwnd_event
= tcp_vegas_cwnd_event
,
316 .get_info
= tcp_vegas_get_info
,
318 .owner
= THIS_MODULE
,
322 static int __init
tcp_vegas_register(void)
324 BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct vegas
) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE
);
325 tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcp_vegas
);
329 static void __exit
tcp_vegas_unregister(void)
331 tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcp_vegas
);
334 module_init(tcp_vegas_register
);
335 module_exit(tcp_vegas_unregister
);
337 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephen Hemminger");
338 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
339 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCP Vegas");