2 * TCP NV: TCP with Congestion Avoidance
4 * TCP-NV is a successor of TCP-Vegas that has been developed to
5 * deal with the issues that occur in modern networks.
6 * Like TCP-Vegas, TCP-NV supports true congestion avoidance,
7 * the ability to detect congestion before packet losses occur.
8 * When congestion (queue buildup) starts to occur, TCP-NV
9 * predicts what the cwnd size should be for the current
10 * throughput and it reduces the cwnd proportionally to
11 * the difference between the current cwnd and the predicted cwnd.
13 * NV is only recommeneded for traffic within a data center, and when
14 * all the flows are NV (at least those within the data center). This
15 * is due to the inherent unfairness between flows using losses to
16 * detect congestion (congestion control) and those that use queue
17 * buildup to detect congestion (congestion avoidance).
19 * Note: High NIC coalescence values may lower the performance of NV
20 * due to the increased noise in RTT values. In particular, we have
21 * seen issues with rx-frames values greater than 8.
24 * 1) Add mechanism to deal with reverse congestion.
28 #include <linux/module.h>
29 #include <linux/math64.h>
31 #include <linux/inet_diag.h>
35 * nv_pad Max number of queued packets allowed in network
36 * nv_pad_buffer Do not grow cwnd if this closed to nv_pad
37 * nv_reset_period How often (in) seconds)to reset min_rtt
38 * nv_min_cwnd Don't decrease cwnd below this if there are no losses
39 * nv_cong_dec_mult Decrease cwnd by X% (30%) of congestion when detected
40 * nv_ssthresh_factor On congestion set ssthresh to this * <desired cwnd> / 8
41 * nv_rtt_factor RTT averaging factor
42 * nv_loss_dec_factor Decrease cwnd to this (80%) when losses occur
43 * nv_dec_eval_min_calls Wait this many RTT measurements before dec cwnd
44 * nv_inc_eval_min_calls Wait this many RTT measurements before inc cwnd
45 * nv_ssthresh_eval_min_calls Wait this many RTT measurements before stopping
46 * slow-start due to congestion
47 * nv_stop_rtt_cnt Only grow cwnd for this many RTTs after non-congestion
48 * nv_rtt_min_cnt Wait these many RTTs before making congesion decision
49 * nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg
50 * nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos
51 * How quickly to double growth rate (not rate) of cwnd when not
52 * congested. One value (nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg) for when
53 * rate < 1 pkt/RTT (after losses). The other (nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos)
57 static int nv_pad __read_mostly
= 10;
58 static int nv_pad_buffer __read_mostly
= 2;
59 static int nv_reset_period __read_mostly
= 5; /* in seconds */
60 static int nv_min_cwnd __read_mostly
= 2;
61 static int nv_cong_dec_mult __read_mostly
= 30 * 128 / 100; /* = 30% */
62 static int nv_ssthresh_factor __read_mostly
= 8; /* = 1 */
63 static int nv_rtt_factor __read_mostly
= 128; /* = 1/2*old + 1/2*new */
64 static int nv_loss_dec_factor __read_mostly
= 819; /* => 80% */
65 static int nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg __read_mostly
= 8;
66 static int nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos __read_mostly
; /* 0 => fixed like Reno */
67 static int nv_dec_eval_min_calls __read_mostly
= 60;
68 static int nv_inc_eval_min_calls __read_mostly
= 20;
69 static int nv_ssthresh_eval_min_calls __read_mostly
= 30;
70 static int nv_stop_rtt_cnt __read_mostly
= 10;
71 static int nv_rtt_min_cnt __read_mostly
= 2;
73 module_param(nv_pad
, int, 0644);
74 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nv_pad
, "max queued packets allowed in network");
75 module_param(nv_reset_period
, int, 0644);
76 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nv_reset_period
, "nv_min_rtt reset period (secs)");
77 module_param(nv_min_cwnd
, int, 0644);
78 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nv_min_cwnd
, "NV will not decrease cwnd below this value"
81 /* TCP NV Parameters */
83 unsigned long nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies
; /* when to switch to
85 s8 cwnd_growth_factor
; /* Current cwnd growth factor,
86 * < 0 => less than 1 packet/RTT */
89 u8 nv_allow_cwnd_growth
:1, /* whether cwnd can grow */
90 nv_reset
:1, /* whether to reset values */
91 nv_catchup
:1; /* whether we are growing because
92 * of temporary cwnd decrease */
93 u8 nv_eval_call_cnt
; /* call count since last eval */
94 u8 nv_min_cwnd
; /* nv won't make a ca decision if cwnd is
95 * smaller than this. It may grow to handle
96 * TSO, LRO and interrupt coalescence because
97 * with these a small cwnd cannot saturate
98 * the link. Note that this is different from
99 * the file local nv_min_cwnd */
100 u8 nv_rtt_cnt
; /* RTTs without making ca decision */;
101 u32 nv_last_rtt
; /* last rtt */
102 u32 nv_min_rtt
; /* active min rtt. Used to determine slope */
103 u32 nv_min_rtt_new
; /* min rtt for future use */
104 u32 nv_base_rtt
; /* If non-zero it represents the threshold for
106 u32 nv_lower_bound_rtt
; /* Used in conjunction with nv_base_rtt. It is
107 * set to 80% of nv_base_rtt. It helps reduce
108 * unfairness between flows */
109 u32 nv_rtt_max_rate
; /* max rate seen during current RTT */
110 u32 nv_rtt_start_seq
; /* current RTT ends when packet arrives
111 * acking beyond nv_rtt_start_seq */
112 u32 nv_last_snd_una
; /* Previous value of tp->snd_una. It is
113 * used to determine bytes acked since last
114 * call to bictcp_acked */
115 u32 nv_no_cong_cnt
; /* Consecutive no congestion decisions */
118 #define NV_INIT_RTT U32_MAX
119 #define NV_MIN_CWND 4
120 #define NV_MIN_CWND_GROW 2
121 #define NV_TSO_CWND_BOUND 80
123 static inline void tcpnv_reset(struct tcpnv
*ca
, struct sock
*sk
)
125 struct tcp_sock
*tp
= tcp_sk(sk
);
128 ca
->nv_no_cong_cnt
= 0;
131 ca
->nv_rtt_max_rate
= 0;
132 ca
->nv_rtt_start_seq
= tp
->snd_una
;
133 ca
->nv_eval_call_cnt
= 0;
134 ca
->nv_last_snd_una
= tp
->snd_una
;
137 static void tcpnv_init(struct sock
*sk
)
139 struct tcpnv
*ca
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
144 /* See if base_rtt is available from socket_ops bpf program.
145 * It is meant to be used in environments, such as communication
146 * within a datacenter, where we have reasonable estimates of
149 base_rtt
= tcp_call_bpf(sk
, BPF_SOCK_OPS_BASE_RTT
, 0, NULL
);
151 ca
->nv_base_rtt
= base_rtt
;
152 ca
->nv_lower_bound_rtt
= (base_rtt
* 205) >> 8; /* 80% */
155 ca
->nv_lower_bound_rtt
= 0;
158 ca
->nv_allow_cwnd_growth
= 1;
159 ca
->nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies
= jiffies
+ 2 * HZ
;
160 ca
->nv_min_rtt
= NV_INIT_RTT
;
161 ca
->nv_min_rtt_new
= NV_INIT_RTT
;
162 ca
->nv_min_cwnd
= NV_MIN_CWND
;
164 ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
= 0;
167 /* If provided, apply upper (base_rtt) and lower (lower_bound_rtt)
170 inline u32
nv_get_bounded_rtt(struct tcpnv
*ca
, u32 val
)
172 if (ca
->nv_lower_bound_rtt
> 0 && val
< ca
->nv_lower_bound_rtt
)
173 return ca
->nv_lower_bound_rtt
;
174 else if (ca
->nv_base_rtt
> 0 && val
> ca
->nv_base_rtt
)
175 return ca
->nv_base_rtt
;
180 static void tcpnv_cong_avoid(struct sock
*sk
, u32 ack
, u32 acked
)
182 struct tcp_sock
*tp
= tcp_sk(sk
);
183 struct tcpnv
*ca
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
186 if (!tcp_is_cwnd_limited(sk
))
189 /* Only grow cwnd if NV has not detected congestion */
190 if (!ca
->nv_allow_cwnd_growth
)
193 if (tcp_in_slow_start(tp
)) {
194 acked
= tcp_slow_start(tp
, acked
);
199 if (ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
< 0) {
200 cnt
= tp
->snd_cwnd
<< -ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
;
201 tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp
, cnt
, acked
);
203 cnt
= max(4U, tp
->snd_cwnd
>> ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
);
204 tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp
, cnt
, acked
);
208 static u32
tcpnv_recalc_ssthresh(struct sock
*sk
)
210 const struct tcp_sock
*tp
= tcp_sk(sk
);
212 return max((tp
->snd_cwnd
* nv_loss_dec_factor
) >> 10, 2U);
215 static void tcpnv_state(struct sock
*sk
, u8 new_state
)
217 struct tcpnv
*ca
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
219 if (new_state
== TCP_CA_Open
&& ca
->nv_reset
) {
221 } else if (new_state
== TCP_CA_Loss
|| new_state
== TCP_CA_CWR
||
222 new_state
== TCP_CA_Recovery
) {
224 ca
->nv_allow_cwnd_growth
= 0;
225 if (new_state
== TCP_CA_Loss
) {
226 /* Reset cwnd growth factor to Reno value */
227 if (ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
> 0)
228 ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
= 0;
229 /* Decrease growth rate if allowed */
230 if (nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg
> 0 &&
231 ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
> -8)
232 ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
--;
237 /* Do congestion avoidance calculations for TCP-NV
239 static void tcpnv_acked(struct sock
*sk
, const struct ack_sample
*sample
)
241 const struct inet_connection_sock
*icsk
= inet_csk(sk
);
242 struct tcp_sock
*tp
= tcp_sk(sk
);
243 struct tcpnv
*ca
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
244 unsigned long now
= jiffies
;
246 u32 rate
, max_win
, cwnd_by_slope
;
250 /* Some calls are for duplicates without timetamps */
251 if (sample
->rtt_us
< 0)
254 /* If not in TCP_CA_Open or TCP_CA_Disorder states, skip. */
255 if (icsk
->icsk_ca_state
!= TCP_CA_Open
&&
256 icsk
->icsk_ca_state
!= TCP_CA_Disorder
)
259 /* Stop cwnd growth if we were in catch up mode */
260 if (ca
->nv_catchup
&& tp
->snd_cwnd
>= nv_min_cwnd
) {
262 ca
->nv_allow_cwnd_growth
= 0;
265 bytes_acked
= tp
->snd_una
- ca
->nv_last_snd_una
;
266 ca
->nv_last_snd_una
= tp
->snd_una
;
268 if (sample
->in_flight
== 0)
271 /* Calculate moving average of RTT */
272 if (nv_rtt_factor
> 0) {
273 if (ca
->nv_last_rtt
> 0) {
274 avg_rtt
= (((u64
)sample
->rtt_us
) * nv_rtt_factor
+
275 ((u64
)ca
->nv_last_rtt
)
276 * (256 - nv_rtt_factor
)) >> 8;
278 avg_rtt
= sample
->rtt_us
;
279 ca
->nv_min_rtt
= avg_rtt
<< 1;
281 ca
->nv_last_rtt
= avg_rtt
;
283 avg_rtt
= sample
->rtt_us
;
286 /* rate in 100's bits per second */
287 rate64
= ((u64
)sample
->in_flight
) * 80000;
288 do_div(rate64
, avg_rtt
?: 1);
291 /* Remember the maximum rate seen during this RTT
292 * Note: It may be more than one RTT. This function should be
293 * called at least nv_dec_eval_min_calls times.
295 if (ca
->nv_rtt_max_rate
< rate
)
296 ca
->nv_rtt_max_rate
= rate
;
298 /* We have valid information, increment counter */
299 if (ca
->nv_eval_call_cnt
< 255)
300 ca
->nv_eval_call_cnt
++;
302 /* Apply bounds to rtt. Only used to update min_rtt */
303 avg_rtt
= nv_get_bounded_rtt(ca
, avg_rtt
);
305 /* update min rtt if necessary */
306 if (avg_rtt
< ca
->nv_min_rtt
)
307 ca
->nv_min_rtt
= avg_rtt
;
309 /* update future min_rtt if necessary */
310 if (avg_rtt
< ca
->nv_min_rtt_new
)
311 ca
->nv_min_rtt_new
= avg_rtt
;
313 /* nv_min_rtt is updated with the minimum (possibley averaged) rtt
314 * seen in the last sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period seconds (i.e. a
315 * warm reset). This new nv_min_rtt will be continued to be updated
316 * and be used for another sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period seconds,
317 * when it will be updated again.
318 * In practice we introduce some randomness, so the actual period used
319 * is chosen randomly from the range:
320 * [sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period*3/4, sysctl_tcp_nv_reset_period*5/4)
322 if (time_after_eq(now
, ca
->nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies
)) {
325 ca
->nv_min_rtt
= ca
->nv_min_rtt_new
;
326 ca
->nv_min_rtt_new
= NV_INIT_RTT
;
327 get_random_bytes(&rand
, 1);
328 ca
->nv_min_rtt_reset_jiffies
=
329 now
+ ((nv_reset_period
* (384 + rand
) * HZ
) >> 9);
330 /* Every so often we decrease ca->nv_min_cwnd in case previous
331 * value is no longer accurate.
333 ca
->nv_min_cwnd
= max(ca
->nv_min_cwnd
/ 2, NV_MIN_CWND
);
336 /* Once per RTT check if we need to do congestion avoidance */
337 if (before(ca
->nv_rtt_start_seq
, tp
->snd_una
)) {
338 ca
->nv_rtt_start_seq
= tp
->snd_nxt
;
339 if (ca
->nv_rtt_cnt
< 0xff)
340 /* Increase counter for RTTs without CA decision */
343 /* If this function is only called once within an RTT
344 * the cwnd is probably too small (in some cases due to
345 * tso, lro or interrupt coalescence), so we increase
348 if (ca
->nv_eval_call_cnt
== 1 &&
349 bytes_acked
>= (ca
->nv_min_cwnd
- 1) * tp
->mss_cache
&&
350 ca
->nv_min_cwnd
< (NV_TSO_CWND_BOUND
+ 1)) {
351 ca
->nv_min_cwnd
= min(ca
->nv_min_cwnd
353 NV_TSO_CWND_BOUND
+ 1);
354 ca
->nv_rtt_start_seq
= tp
->snd_nxt
+
355 ca
->nv_min_cwnd
* tp
->mss_cache
;
356 ca
->nv_eval_call_cnt
= 0;
357 ca
->nv_allow_cwnd_growth
= 1;
361 /* Find the ideal cwnd for current rate from slope
362 * slope = 80000.0 * mss / nv_min_rtt
363 * cwnd_by_slope = nv_rtt_max_rate / slope
365 cwnd_by_slope
= (u32
)
366 div64_u64(((u64
)ca
->nv_rtt_max_rate
) * ca
->nv_min_rtt
,
367 80000ULL * tp
->mss_cache
);
368 max_win
= cwnd_by_slope
+ nv_pad
;
370 /* If cwnd > max_win, decrease cwnd
371 * if cwnd < max_win, grow cwnd
372 * else leave the same
374 if (tp
->snd_cwnd
> max_win
) {
375 /* there is congestion, check that it is ok
376 * to make a CA decision
377 * 1. We should have at least nv_dec_eval_min_calls
378 * data points before making a CA decision
379 * 2. We only make a congesion decision after
380 * nv_rtt_min_cnt RTTs
382 if (ca
->nv_rtt_cnt
< nv_rtt_min_cnt
) {
384 } else if (tp
->snd_ssthresh
== TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH
) {
385 if (ca
->nv_eval_call_cnt
<
386 nv_ssthresh_eval_min_calls
)
388 /* otherwise we will decrease cwnd */
389 } else if (ca
->nv_eval_call_cnt
<
390 nv_dec_eval_min_calls
) {
391 if (ca
->nv_allow_cwnd_growth
&&
392 ca
->nv_rtt_cnt
> nv_stop_rtt_cnt
)
393 ca
->nv_allow_cwnd_growth
= 0;
397 /* We have enough data to determine we are congested */
398 ca
->nv_allow_cwnd_growth
= 0;
400 (nv_ssthresh_factor
* max_win
) >> 3;
401 if (tp
->snd_cwnd
- max_win
> 2) {
402 /* gap > 2, we do exponential cwnd decrease */
405 dec
= max(2U, ((tp
->snd_cwnd
- max_win
) *
406 nv_cong_dec_mult
) >> 7);
408 } else if (nv_cong_dec_mult
> 0) {
409 tp
->snd_cwnd
= max_win
;
411 if (ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
> 0)
412 ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
= 0;
413 ca
->nv_no_cong_cnt
= 0;
414 } else if (tp
->snd_cwnd
<= max_win
- nv_pad_buffer
) {
415 /* There is no congestion, grow cwnd if allowed*/
416 if (ca
->nv_eval_call_cnt
< nv_inc_eval_min_calls
)
419 ca
->nv_allow_cwnd_growth
= 1;
420 ca
->nv_no_cong_cnt
++;
421 if (ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
< 0 &&
422 nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg
> 0 &&
423 ca
->nv_no_cong_cnt
> nv_cwnd_growth_rate_neg
) {
424 ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
++;
425 ca
->nv_no_cong_cnt
= 0;
426 } else if (ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
>= 0 &&
427 nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos
> 0 &&
429 nv_cwnd_growth_rate_pos
) {
430 ca
->cwnd_growth_factor
++;
431 ca
->nv_no_cong_cnt
= 0;
434 /* cwnd is in-between, so do nothing */
439 ca
->nv_eval_call_cnt
= 0;
441 ca
->nv_rtt_max_rate
= 0;
443 /* Don't want to make cwnd < nv_min_cwnd
444 * (it wasn't before, if it is now is because nv
447 if (tp
->snd_cwnd
< nv_min_cwnd
)
448 tp
->snd_cwnd
= nv_min_cwnd
;
452 /* Extract info for Tcp socket info provided via netlink */
453 static size_t tcpnv_get_info(struct sock
*sk
, u32 ext
, int *attr
,
454 union tcp_cc_info
*info
)
456 const struct tcpnv
*ca
= inet_csk_ca(sk
);
458 if (ext
& (1 << (INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO
- 1))) {
459 info
->vegas
.tcpv_enabled
= 1;
460 info
->vegas
.tcpv_rttcnt
= ca
->nv_rtt_cnt
;
461 info
->vegas
.tcpv_rtt
= ca
->nv_last_rtt
;
462 info
->vegas
.tcpv_minrtt
= ca
->nv_min_rtt
;
464 *attr
= INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO
;
465 return sizeof(struct tcpvegas_info
);
470 static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcpnv __read_mostly
= {
472 .ssthresh
= tcpnv_recalc_ssthresh
,
473 .cong_avoid
= tcpnv_cong_avoid
,
474 .set_state
= tcpnv_state
,
475 .undo_cwnd
= tcp_reno_undo_cwnd
,
476 .pkts_acked
= tcpnv_acked
,
477 .get_info
= tcpnv_get_info
,
479 .owner
= THIS_MODULE
,
483 static int __init
tcpnv_register(void)
485 BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct tcpnv
) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE
);
487 return tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcpnv
);
490 static void __exit
tcpnv_unregister(void)
492 tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcpnv
);
495 module_init(tcpnv_register
);
496 module_exit(tcpnv_unregister
);
498 MODULE_AUTHOR("Lawrence Brakmo");
499 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
500 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCP NV");
501 MODULE_VERSION("1.0");