1 /* Copyright (c) 2017-2021, The Tor Project, Inc. */
2 /* See LICENSE for licensing information */
5 * @file scheduler_kist.c
6 * @brief Implements the KIST cell scheduler.
9 #define SCHEDULER_KIST_PRIVATE
11 #include "core/or/or.h"
12 #include "lib/buf/buffers.h"
13 #include "app/config/config.h"
14 #include "core/mainloop/connection.h"
15 #include "feature/nodelist/networkstatus.h"
16 #include "feature/relay/routermode.h"
17 #define CHANNEL_OBJECT_PRIVATE
18 #include "core/or/channel.h"
19 #include "core/or/channeltls.h"
20 #define SCHEDULER_PRIVATE
21 #include "core/or/scheduler.h"
22 #include "lib/math/fp.h"
24 #include "core/or/or_connection_st.h"
26 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H
27 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
30 #ifdef HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT
31 /* Kernel interface needed for KIST. */
32 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
33 #include <linux/sockios.h>
34 #endif /* HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT */
36 /*****************************************************************************
37 * Data structures and supporting functions
38 *****************************************************************************/
40 /* Socket_table hash table stuff. The socket_table keeps track of per-socket
41 * limit information imposed by kist and used by kist. */
44 socket_table_ent_hash(const socket_table_ent_t
*ent
)
46 return (uint32_t)ent
->chan
->global_identifier
;
50 socket_table_ent_eq(const socket_table_ent_t
*a
, const socket_table_ent_t
*b
)
52 return a
->chan
== b
->chan
;
55 typedef HT_HEAD(socket_table_s
, socket_table_ent_t
) socket_table_t
;
57 static socket_table_t socket_table
= HT_INITIALIZER();
59 HT_PROTOTYPE(socket_table_s
, socket_table_ent_t
, node
, socket_table_ent_hash
,
61 HT_GENERATE2(socket_table_s
, socket_table_ent_t
, node
, socket_table_ent_hash
,
62 socket_table_ent_eq
, 0.6, tor_reallocarray
, tor_free_
);
64 /* outbuf_table hash table stuff. The outbuf_table keeps track of which
65 * channels have data sitting in their outbuf so the kist scheduler can force
66 * a write from outbuf to kernel periodically during a run and at the end of a
69 typedef struct outbuf_table_ent_t
{
70 HT_ENTRY(outbuf_table_ent_t
) node
;
75 outbuf_table_ent_hash(const outbuf_table_ent_t
*ent
)
77 return (uint32_t)ent
->chan
->global_identifier
;
81 outbuf_table_ent_eq(const outbuf_table_ent_t
*a
, const outbuf_table_ent_t
*b
)
83 return a
->chan
->global_identifier
== b
->chan
->global_identifier
;
86 HT_PROTOTYPE(outbuf_table_s
, outbuf_table_ent_t
, node
, outbuf_table_ent_hash
,
88 HT_GENERATE2(outbuf_table_s
, outbuf_table_ent_t
, node
, outbuf_table_ent_hash
,
89 outbuf_table_ent_eq
, 0.6, tor_reallocarray
, tor_free_
);
91 /*****************************************************************************
93 *****************************************************************************/
95 /* Store the last time the scheduler was run so we can decide when to next run
96 * the scheduler based on it. */
97 static monotime_t scheduler_last_run
;
98 /* This is a factor for the extra_space calculation in kist per-socket limits.
99 * It is the number of extra congestion windows we want to write to the kernel.
101 static double sock_buf_size_factor
= 1.0;
102 /* How often the scheduler runs. */
103 STATIC
int sched_run_interval
= KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
;
105 #ifdef HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT
106 /* Indicate if KIST lite mode is on or off. We can disable it at runtime.
107 * Important to have because of the KISTLite -> KIST possible transition. */
108 static unsigned int kist_lite_mode
= 0;
109 /* Indicate if we don't have the kernel support. This can happen if the kernel
110 * changed and it doesn't recognized the values passed to the syscalls needed
111 * by KIST. In that case, fallback to the naive approach. */
112 static unsigned int kist_no_kernel_support
= 0;
113 #else /* !defined(HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT) */
114 static unsigned int kist_lite_mode
= 1;
115 #endif /* defined(HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT) */
117 /*****************************************************************************
118 * Internally called function implementations
119 *****************************************************************************/
121 /* Little helper function to get the length of a channel's output buffer */
123 channel_outbuf_length(channel_t
*chan
)
126 /* In theory, this can not happen because we can not scheduler a channel
127 * without a connection that has its outbuf initialized. Just in case, bug
128 * on this so we can understand a bit more why it happened. */
129 if (SCHED_BUG(BASE_CHAN_TO_TLS(chan
)->conn
== NULL
, chan
)) {
132 return buf_datalen(TO_CONN(BASE_CHAN_TO_TLS(chan
)->conn
)->outbuf
);
135 /* Little helper function for HT_FOREACH_FN. */
137 each_channel_write_to_kernel(outbuf_table_ent_t
*ent
, void *data
)
139 (void) data
; /* Make compiler happy. */
140 channel_write_to_kernel(ent
->chan
);
141 return 0; /* Returning non-zero removes the element from the table. */
144 /* Free the given outbuf table entry ent. */
146 free_outbuf_info_by_ent(outbuf_table_ent_t
*ent
, void *data
)
148 (void) data
; /* Make compiler happy. */
149 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "Freeing outbuf table entry from chan=%" PRIu64
,
150 ent
->chan
->global_identifier
);
152 return 1; /* So HT_FOREACH_FN will remove the element */
155 /* Free the given socket table entry ent. */
157 free_socket_info_by_ent(socket_table_ent_t
*ent
, void *data
)
159 (void) data
; /* Make compiler happy. */
160 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "Freeing socket table entry from chan=%" PRIu64
,
161 ent
->chan
->global_identifier
);
163 return 1; /* So HT_FOREACH_FN will remove the element */
166 /* Clean up socket_table. Probably because the KIST sched impl is going away */
168 free_all_socket_info(void)
170 HT_FOREACH_FN(socket_table_s
, &socket_table
, free_socket_info_by_ent
, NULL
);
171 HT_CLEAR(socket_table_s
, &socket_table
);
174 static socket_table_ent_t
*
175 socket_table_search(socket_table_t
*table
, const channel_t
*chan
)
177 socket_table_ent_t search
, *ent
= NULL
;
179 ent
= HT_FIND(socket_table_s
, table
, &search
);
183 /* Free a socket entry in table for the given chan. */
185 free_socket_info_by_chan(socket_table_t
*table
, const channel_t
*chan
)
187 socket_table_ent_t
*ent
= NULL
;
188 ent
= socket_table_search(table
, chan
);
191 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "scheduler free socket info for chan=%" PRIu64
,
192 chan
->global_identifier
);
193 HT_REMOVE(socket_table_s
, table
, ent
);
194 free_socket_info_by_ent(ent
, NULL
);
197 /* Perform system calls for the given socket in order to calculate kist's
198 * per-socket limit as documented in the function body. */
200 update_socket_info_impl
, (socket_table_ent_t
*ent
))
202 #ifdef HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT
203 int64_t tcp_space
, extra_space
;
205 tor_assert(ent
->chan
);
206 const tor_socket_t sock
=
207 TO_CONN(CONST_BASE_CHAN_TO_TLS(ent
->chan
)->conn
)->s
;
209 socklen_t tcp_info_len
= sizeof(tcp
);
211 if (kist_no_kernel_support
|| kist_lite_mode
) {
215 /* Gather information */
216 if (getsockopt(sock
, SOL_TCP
, TCP_INFO
, (void *)&(tcp
), &tcp_info_len
) < 0) {
217 if (errno
== EINVAL
) {
218 /* Oops, this option is not provided by the kernel, we'll have to
219 * disable KIST entirely. This can happen if tor was built on a machine
220 * with the support previously or if the kernel was updated and lost the
222 log_notice(LD_SCHED
, "Looks like our kernel doesn't have the support "
223 "for KIST anymore. We will fallback to the naive "
224 "approach. Remove KIST from the Schedulers list "
226 kist_no_kernel_support
= 1;
230 if (ioctl(sock
, SIOCOUTQNSD
, &(ent
->notsent
)) < 0) {
231 if (errno
== EINVAL
) {
232 log_notice(LD_SCHED
, "Looks like our kernel doesn't have the support "
233 "for KIST anymore. We will fallback to the naive "
234 "approach. Remove KIST from the Schedulers list "
236 /* Same reason as the above. */
237 kist_no_kernel_support
= 1;
241 ent
->cwnd
= tcp
.tcpi_snd_cwnd
;
242 ent
->unacked
= tcp
.tcpi_unacked
;
243 ent
->mss
= tcp
.tcpi_snd_mss
;
245 /* In order to reduce outbound kernel queuing delays and thus improve Tor's
246 * ability to prioritize circuits, KIST wants to set a socket write limit
247 * that is near the amount that the socket would be able to immediately send
250 * We first calculate how much the socket could send immediately (assuming
251 * completely full packets) according to the congestion window and the number
252 * of unacked packets.
254 * Then we add a little extra space in a controlled way. We do this so any
255 * when the kernel gets ACKs back for data currently sitting in the "TCP
256 * space", it will already have some more data to send immediately. It will
257 * not have to wait for the scheduler to run again. The amount of extra space
258 * is a factor of the current congestion window. With the suggested
259 * sock_buf_size_factor value of 1.0, we allow at most 2*cwnd bytes to sit in
260 * the kernel: 1 cwnd on the wire waiting for ACKs and 1 cwnd ready and
261 * waiting to be sent when those ACKs finally come.
263 * In the below diagram, we see some bytes in the TCP-space (denoted by '*')
264 * that have be sent onto the wire and are waiting for ACKs. We have a little
265 * more room in "TCP space" that we can fill with data that will be
266 * immediately sent. We also see the "extra space" KIST calculates. The sum
267 * of the empty "TCP space" and the "extra space" is the kist-imposed write
268 * limit for this socket.
270 * <----------------kernel-outbound-socket-queue----------------|
271 * <*********---------------------------------------------------|
272 * |----TCP-space-----|----extra-space-----|
273 * |------------------|
274 * ^ ((cwnd - unacked) * mss) bytes
275 * |--------------------|
276 * ^ ((cwnd * mss) * factor) bytes
279 /* These values from the kernel are uint32_t, they will always fit into a
280 * int64_t tcp_space variable but if the congestion window cwnd is smaller
281 * than the unacked packets, the remaining TCP space is set to 0. */
282 if (ent
->cwnd
>= ent
->unacked
) {
283 tcp_space
= (ent
->cwnd
- ent
->unacked
) * (int64_t)(ent
->mss
);
288 /* The clamp_double_to_int64 makes sure the first part fits into an int64_t.
289 * In fact, if sock_buf_size_factor is still forced to be >= 0 in config.c,
290 * then it will be positive for sure. Then we subtract a uint32_t. Getting a
291 * negative value is OK, see after how it is being handled. */
293 clamp_double_to_int64(
294 (ent
->cwnd
* (int64_t)ent
->mss
) * sock_buf_size_factor
) -
295 ent
->notsent
- (int64_t)channel_outbuf_length((channel_t
*) ent
->chan
);
296 if ((tcp_space
+ extra_space
) < 0) {
297 /* This means that the "notsent" queue is just too big so we shouldn't put
298 * more in the kernel for now. */
301 /* The positive sum of two int64_t will always fit into an uint64_t.
302 * And we know this will always be positive, since we checked above. */
303 ent
->limit
= (uint64_t)tcp_space
+ (uint64_t)extra_space
;
307 #else /* !defined(HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT) */
309 #endif /* defined(HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT) */
312 /* If all of a sudden we don't have kist support, we just zero out all the
313 * variables for this socket since we don't know what they should be. We
314 * also allow the socket to write as much as it can from the estimated
315 * number of cells the lower layer can accept, effectively returning it to
316 * Vanilla scheduler behavior. */
317 ent
->cwnd
= ent
->unacked
= ent
->mss
= ent
->notsent
= 0;
318 /* This function calls the specialized channel object (currently channeltls)
319 * and ask how many cells it can write on the outbuf which we then multiply
320 * by the size of the cells for this channel. The cast is because this
321 * function requires a non-const channel object, meh. */
322 ent
->limit
= channel_num_cells_writeable((channel_t
*) ent
->chan
) *
323 (get_cell_network_size(ent
->chan
->wide_circ_ids
) +
324 TLS_PER_CELL_OVERHEAD
);
327 /* Given a socket that isn't in the table, add it.
328 * Given a socket that is in the table, re-init values that need init-ing
329 * every scheduling run
332 init_socket_info(socket_table_t
*table
, const channel_t
*chan
)
334 socket_table_ent_t
*ent
= NULL
;
335 ent
= socket_table_search(table
, chan
);
337 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "scheduler init socket info for chan=%" PRIu64
,
338 chan
->global_identifier
);
339 ent
= tor_malloc_zero(sizeof(*ent
));
341 HT_INSERT(socket_table_s
, table
, ent
);
346 /* Add chan to the outbuf table if it isn't already in it. If it is, then don't
349 outbuf_table_add(outbuf_table_t
*table
, channel_t
*chan
)
351 outbuf_table_ent_t search
, *ent
;
353 ent
= HT_FIND(outbuf_table_s
, table
, &search
);
355 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "scheduler init outbuf info for chan=%" PRIu64
,
356 chan
->global_identifier
);
357 ent
= tor_malloc_zero(sizeof(*ent
));
359 HT_INSERT(outbuf_table_s
, table
, ent
);
364 outbuf_table_remove(outbuf_table_t
*table
, channel_t
*chan
)
366 outbuf_table_ent_t search
, *ent
;
368 ent
= HT_FIND(outbuf_table_s
, table
, &search
);
370 HT_REMOVE(outbuf_table_s
, table
, ent
);
371 free_outbuf_info_by_ent(ent
, NULL
);
375 /* Set the scheduler running interval. */
377 set_scheduler_run_interval(void)
379 int old_sched_run_interval
= sched_run_interval
;
380 sched_run_interval
= kist_scheduler_run_interval();
381 if (old_sched_run_interval
!= sched_run_interval
) {
382 log_info(LD_SCHED
, "Scheduler KIST changing its running interval "
383 "from %" PRId32
" to %" PRId32
,
384 old_sched_run_interval
, sched_run_interval
);
388 /* Return true iff the channel hasn't hit its kist-imposed write limit yet */
390 socket_can_write(socket_table_t
*table
, const channel_t
*chan
)
392 socket_table_ent_t
*ent
= NULL
;
393 ent
= socket_table_search(table
, chan
);
394 if (SCHED_BUG(!ent
, chan
)) {
395 return 1; // Just return true, saying that kist wouldn't limit the socket
398 /* We previously calculated a write limit for this socket. In the below
399 * calculation, first determine how much room is left in bytes. Then divide
400 * that by the amount of space a cell takes. If there's room for at least 1
401 * cell, then KIST will allow the socket to write. */
402 int64_t kist_limit_space
=
403 (int64_t) (ent
->limit
- ent
->written
) /
404 (CELL_MAX_NETWORK_SIZE
+ TLS_PER_CELL_OVERHEAD
);
405 return kist_limit_space
> 0;
408 /* Update the channel's socket kernel information. */
410 update_socket_info(socket_table_t
*table
, const channel_t
*chan
)
412 socket_table_ent_t
*ent
= NULL
;
413 ent
= socket_table_search(table
, chan
);
414 if (SCHED_BUG(!ent
, chan
)) {
415 return; // Whelp. Entry didn't exist for some reason so nothing to do.
417 update_socket_info_impl(ent
);
418 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "chan=%" PRIu64
" updated socket info, limit: %" PRIu64
419 ", cwnd: %" PRIu32
", unacked: %" PRIu32
420 ", notsent: %" PRIu32
", mss: %" PRIu32
,
421 ent
->chan
->global_identifier
, ent
->limit
, ent
->cwnd
, ent
->unacked
,
422 ent
->notsent
, ent
->mss
);
425 /* Increment the channel's socket written value by the number of bytes. */
427 update_socket_written(socket_table_t
*table
, channel_t
*chan
, size_t bytes
)
429 socket_table_ent_t
*ent
= NULL
;
430 ent
= socket_table_search(table
, chan
);
431 if (SCHED_BUG(!ent
, chan
)) {
432 return; // Whelp. Entry didn't exist so nothing to do.
435 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "chan=%" PRIu64
" wrote %lu bytes, old was %" PRIi64
,
436 chan
->global_identifier
, (unsigned long) bytes
, ent
->written
);
438 ent
->written
+= bytes
;
442 * A naive KIST impl would write every single cell all the way to the kernel.
443 * That would take a lot of system calls. A less bad KIST impl would write a
444 * channel's outbuf to the kernel only when we are switching to a different
445 * channel. But if we have two channels with equal priority, we end up writing
446 * one cell for each and bouncing back and forth. This KIST impl avoids that
447 * by only writing a channel's outbuf to the kernel if it has 8 cells or more
450 * Note: The number 8 was picked so that, when using 512-byte cells, it
451 * would produce 4096 bytes: a common number for buffering. A TLS
452 * record can hold up to 16KiB; thus, using 8 512-byte cells means that
453 * a relay will at most send a TLS record of 4KiB or 1/4 of the maximum
454 * capacity of a TLS record.
456 * Of course, the above calculation became incorrect when we moved to
457 * 514-byte cells in order to accommodate a 4-byte circuit ID; we may
458 * want to consider profiling with '7' to see if it produces better
461 MOCK_IMPL(int, channel_should_write_to_kernel
,
462 (outbuf_table_t
*table
, channel_t
*chan
))
464 outbuf_table_add(table
, chan
);
465 /* CELL_MAX_NETWORK_SIZE * 8 because we only want to write the outbuf to the
466 * kernel if there's 8 or more cells waiting */
467 return channel_outbuf_length(chan
) > (CELL_MAX_NETWORK_SIZE
* 8);
470 /* Little helper function to write a channel's outbuf all the way to the
472 MOCK_IMPL(void, channel_write_to_kernel
, (channel_t
*chan
))
476 /* This is possible because a channel might have an outbuf table entry even
477 * though it has no more cells in its outbuf. Just move on. */
478 size_t outbuf_len
= channel_outbuf_length(chan
);
479 if (outbuf_len
== 0) {
483 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "Writing %lu bytes to kernel for chan %" PRIu64
,
484 (unsigned long) outbuf_len
, chan
->global_identifier
);
486 /* Note that 'connection_handle_write()' may change the scheduler state of
487 * the channel during the scheduling loop with
488 * 'connection_or_flushed_some()' -> 'scheduler_channel_wants_writes()'.
489 * This side-effect will only occur if the channel is currently in the
490 * 'SCHED_CHAN_WAITING_TO_WRITE' or 'SCHED_CHAN_IDLE' states, which KIST
491 * rarely uses, so it should be fine unless KIST begins using these states
493 connection_handle_write(TO_CONN(BASE_CHAN_TO_TLS(chan
)->conn
), 0);
496 /* Return true iff the scheduler has work to perform. */
500 smartlist_t
*cp
= get_channels_pending();
502 return 0; // channels_pending doesn't exist so... no work?
504 return smartlist_len(cp
) > 0;
507 /* Function of the scheduler interface: free_all() */
511 free_all_socket_info();
514 /* Function of the scheduler interface: on_channel_free() */
516 kist_on_channel_free_fn(const channel_t
*chan
)
518 free_socket_info_by_chan(&socket_table
, chan
);
521 /* Function of the scheduler interface: on_new_consensus() */
523 kist_scheduler_on_new_consensus(void)
525 set_scheduler_run_interval();
528 /* Function of the scheduler interface: on_new_options() */
530 kist_scheduler_on_new_options(void)
532 sock_buf_size_factor
= get_options()->KISTSockBufSizeFactor
;
534 /* Calls kist_scheduler_run_interval which calls get_options(). */
535 set_scheduler_run_interval();
538 /* Function of the scheduler interface: init() */
540 kist_scheduler_init(void)
542 /* When initializing the scheduler, the last run could be 0 because it is
543 * declared static or a value in the past that was set when it was last
544 * used. In both cases, we want to initialize it to now so we don't risk
545 * using the value 0 which doesn't play well with our monotonic time
548 * One side effect is that the first scheduler run will be at the next tick
549 * that is in now + 10 msec (KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_DEFAULT) by default. */
550 monotime_get(&scheduler_last_run
);
552 kist_scheduler_on_new_options();
553 IF_BUG_ONCE(sched_run_interval
== 0) {
554 log_warn(LD_SCHED
, "We are initing the KIST scheduler and noticed the "
555 "KISTSchedRunInterval is telling us to not use KIST. That's "
556 "weird! We'll continue using KIST, but at %" PRId32
"ms.",
557 KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
);
558 sched_run_interval
= KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
;
562 /* Function of the scheduler interface: schedule() */
564 kist_scheduler_schedule(void)
566 struct monotime_t now
;
567 struct timeval next_run
;
575 /* If time is really monotonic, we can never have now being smaller than the
576 * last scheduler run. The scheduler_last_run at first is set to 0.
577 * Unfortunately, not all platforms guarantee monotonic time so we log at
578 * info level but don't make it more noisy. */
579 diff
= monotime_diff_msec(&scheduler_last_run
, &now
);
581 log_info(LD_SCHED
, "Monotonic time between now and last run of scheduler "
582 "is negative: %" PRId64
". Setting diff to 0.", diff
);
585 if (diff
< sched_run_interval
) {
587 /* Takes 1000 ms -> us. This will always be valid because diff can NOT be
588 * negative and can NOT be bigger than sched_run_interval so values can
589 * only go from 1000 usec (diff set to interval - 1) to 100000 usec (diff
590 * set to 0) for the maximum allowed run interval (100ms). */
591 next_run
.tv_usec
= (int) ((sched_run_interval
- diff
) * 1000);
592 /* Re-adding an event reschedules it. It does not duplicate it. */
593 scheduler_ev_add(&next_run
);
595 scheduler_ev_active();
599 /* Function of the scheduler interface: run() */
601 kist_scheduler_run(void)
603 /* Define variables */
604 channel_t
*chan
= NULL
; // current working channel
605 /* The last distinct chan served in a sched loop. */
606 channel_t
*prev_chan
= NULL
;
607 int flush_result
; // temporarily store results from flush calls
608 /* Channels to be re-adding to pending at the end */
609 smartlist_t
*to_readd
= NULL
;
610 smartlist_t
*cp
= get_channels_pending();
612 outbuf_table_t outbuf_table
= HT_INITIALIZER();
614 /* For each pending channel, collect new kernel information */
615 SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(cp
, const channel_t
*, pchan
) {
616 init_socket_info(&socket_table
, pchan
);
617 update_socket_info(&socket_table
, pchan
);
618 } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(pchan
);
620 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "Running the scheduler. %d channels pending",
623 /* The main scheduling loop. Loop until there are no more pending channels */
624 while (smartlist_len(cp
) > 0) {
625 /* get best channel */
626 chan
= smartlist_pqueue_pop(cp
, scheduler_compare_channels
,
627 offsetof(channel_t
, sched_heap_idx
));
628 if (SCHED_BUG(!chan
, NULL
)) {
629 /* Some-freaking-how a NULL got into the channels_pending. That should
630 * never happen, but it should be harmless to ignore it and keep looping.
634 outbuf_table_add(&outbuf_table
, chan
);
636 /* if we have switched to a new channel, consider writing the previous
637 * channel's outbuf to the kernel. */
641 if (prev_chan
!= chan
) {
642 if (channel_should_write_to_kernel(&outbuf_table
, prev_chan
)) {
643 channel_write_to_kernel(prev_chan
);
644 outbuf_table_remove(&outbuf_table
, prev_chan
);
649 /* Only flush and write if the per-socket limit hasn't been hit */
650 if (socket_can_write(&socket_table
, chan
)) {
651 /* flush to channel queue/outbuf */
652 flush_result
= (int)channel_flush_some_cells(chan
, 1); // 1 for num cells
653 /* XXX: While flushing cells, it is possible that the connection write
654 * fails leading to the channel to be closed which triggers a release
655 * and free its entry in the socket table. And because of a engineering
656 * design issue, the error is not propagated back so we don't get an
657 * error at this point. So before we continue, make sure the channel is
658 * open and if not just ignore it. See #23751. */
659 if (!CHANNEL_IS_OPEN(chan
)) {
660 /* Channel isn't open so we put it back in IDLE mode. It is either
661 * renegotiating its TLS session or about to be released. */
662 scheduler_set_channel_state(chan
, SCHED_CHAN_IDLE
);
665 /* flush_result has the # cells flushed */
666 if (flush_result
> 0) {
667 update_socket_written(&socket_table
, chan
, flush_result
*
668 (CELL_MAX_NETWORK_SIZE
+ TLS_PER_CELL_OVERHEAD
));
670 /* XXX: This can happen because tor sometimes does flush in an
671 * opportunistic way cells from the circuit to the outbuf so the
672 * channel can end up here without having anything to flush nor needed
673 * to write to the kernel. Hopefully we'll fix that soon but for now
674 * we have to handle this case which happens kind of often. */
676 "We didn't flush anything on a chan that we think "
677 "can write and wants to write. The channel's state is '%s' "
678 "and in scheduler state '%s'. We're going to mark it as "
679 "waiting_for_cells (as that's most likely the issue) and "
680 "stop scheduling it this round.",
681 channel_state_to_string(chan
->state
),
682 get_scheduler_state_string(chan
->scheduler_state
));
683 scheduler_set_channel_state(chan
, SCHED_CHAN_WAITING_FOR_CELLS
);
688 /* Decide what to do with the channel now */
690 if (!channel_more_to_flush(chan
) &&
691 !socket_can_write(&socket_table
, chan
)) {
693 /* Case 1: no more cells to send, and cannot write */
696 * You might think we should put the channel in SCHED_CHAN_IDLE. And
697 * you're probably correct. While implementing KIST, we found that the
698 * scheduling system would sometimes lose track of channels when we did
699 * that. We suspect it has to do with the difference between "can't
700 * write because socket/outbuf is full" and KIST's "can't write because
701 * we've arbitrarily decided that that's enough for now." Sometimes
702 * channels run out of cells at the same time they hit their
703 * kist-imposed write limit and maybe the rest of Tor doesn't put the
704 * channel back in pending when it is supposed to.
706 * This should be investigated again. It is as simple as changing
707 * SCHED_CHAN_WAITING_FOR_CELLS to SCHED_CHAN_IDLE and seeing if Tor
708 * starts having serious throughput issues. Best done in shadow/chutney.
710 scheduler_set_channel_state(chan
, SCHED_CHAN_WAITING_FOR_CELLS
);
711 } else if (!channel_more_to_flush(chan
)) {
713 /* Case 2: no more cells to send, but still open for writes */
715 scheduler_set_channel_state(chan
, SCHED_CHAN_WAITING_FOR_CELLS
);
716 } else if (!socket_can_write(&socket_table
, chan
)) {
718 /* Case 3: cells to send, but cannot write */
721 * We want to write, but can't. If we left the channel in
722 * channels_pending, we would never exit the scheduling loop. We need to
723 * add it to a temporary list of channels to be added to channels_pending
724 * after the scheduling loop is over. They can hopefully be taken care of
725 * in the next scheduling round.
728 to_readd
= smartlist_new();
730 smartlist_add(to_readd
, chan
);
733 /* Case 4: cells to send, and still open for writes */
735 scheduler_set_channel_state(chan
, SCHED_CHAN_PENDING
);
736 if (!SCHED_BUG(chan
->sched_heap_idx
!= -1, chan
)) {
737 smartlist_pqueue_add(cp
, scheduler_compare_channels
,
738 offsetof(channel_t
, sched_heap_idx
), chan
);
741 } /* End of main scheduling loop */
743 /* Write the outbuf of any channels that still have data */
744 HT_FOREACH_FN(outbuf_table_s
, &outbuf_table
, each_channel_write_to_kernel
,
746 /* We are done with it. */
747 HT_FOREACH_FN(outbuf_table_s
, &outbuf_table
, free_outbuf_info_by_ent
, NULL
);
748 HT_CLEAR(outbuf_table_s
, &outbuf_table
);
750 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "len pending=%d, len to_readd=%d",
752 (to_readd
? smartlist_len(to_readd
) : -1));
754 /* Re-add any channels we need to */
756 SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(to_readd
, channel_t
*, readd_chan
) {
757 scheduler_set_channel_state(readd_chan
, SCHED_CHAN_PENDING
);
758 if (!smartlist_contains(cp
, readd_chan
)) {
759 if (!SCHED_BUG(readd_chan
->sched_heap_idx
!= -1, readd_chan
)) {
760 /* XXXX Note that the check above is in theory redundant with
761 * the smartlist_contains check. But let's make sure we're
762 * not messing anything up, and leave them both for now. */
763 smartlist_pqueue_add(cp
, scheduler_compare_channels
,
764 offsetof(channel_t
, sched_heap_idx
), readd_chan
);
767 } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(readd_chan
);
768 smartlist_free(to_readd
);
771 monotime_get(&scheduler_last_run
);
774 /*****************************************************************************
775 * Externally called function implementations not called through scheduler_t
776 *****************************************************************************/
778 /* Stores the kist scheduler function pointers. */
779 static scheduler_t kist_scheduler
= {
780 .type
= SCHEDULER_KIST
,
781 .free_all
= kist_free_all
,
782 .on_channel_free
= kist_on_channel_free_fn
,
783 .init
= kist_scheduler_init
,
784 .on_new_consensus
= kist_scheduler_on_new_consensus
,
785 .schedule
= kist_scheduler_schedule
,
786 .run
= kist_scheduler_run
,
787 .on_new_options
= kist_scheduler_on_new_options
,
790 /* Return the KIST scheduler object. If it didn't exists, return a newly
791 * allocated one but init() is not called. */
793 get_kist_scheduler(void)
795 return &kist_scheduler
;
798 /* Check the torrc (and maybe consensus) for the configured KIST scheduler run
800 * - If torrc > 0, then return the positive torrc value (should use KIST, and
801 * should use the set value)
802 * - If torrc == 0, then look in the consensus for what the value should be.
803 * - If == 0, then return 0 (don't use KIST)
804 * - If > 0, then return the positive consensus value
805 * - If consensus doesn't say anything, return 10 milliseconds, default.
808 kist_scheduler_run_interval(void)
810 int run_interval
= get_options()->KISTSchedRunInterval
;
812 if (run_interval
!= 0) {
813 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "Found KISTSchedRunInterval=%" PRId32
" in torrc. "
814 "Using that.", run_interval
);
818 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "KISTSchedRunInterval=0, turning to the consensus.");
820 /* Clients and relays have a separate consensus parameter. Clients
821 * need a lower KIST interval, since they have only a couple connections */
822 if (server_mode(get_options())) {
823 return networkstatus_get_param(NULL
, "KISTSchedRunInterval",
824 KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
,
825 KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_MIN
,
826 KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_MAX
);
828 return networkstatus_get_param(NULL
, "KISTSchedRunIntervalClient",
829 KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_DEFAULT
,
830 KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_MIN
,
831 KIST_SCHED_RUN_INTERVAL_MAX
);
835 /* Set KISTLite mode that is KIST without kernel support. */
837 scheduler_kist_set_lite_mode(void)
840 kist_scheduler
.type
= SCHEDULER_KIST_LITE
;
842 "Setting KIST scheduler without kernel support (KISTLite mode)");
845 /* Set KIST mode that is KIST with kernel support. */
847 scheduler_kist_set_full_mode(void)
850 kist_scheduler
.type
= SCHEDULER_KIST
;
852 "Setting KIST scheduler with kernel support (KIST mode)");
855 #ifdef HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT
857 /* Return true iff the scheduler subsystem should use KIST. */
859 scheduler_can_use_kist(void)
861 if (kist_no_kernel_support
) {
862 /* We have no kernel support so we can't use KIST. */
866 /* We do have the support, time to check if we can get the interval that the
867 * consensus can be disabling. */
868 int run_interval
= kist_scheduler_run_interval();
869 log_debug(LD_SCHED
, "Determined KIST sched_run_interval should be "
870 "%" PRId32
". Can%s use KIST.",
871 run_interval
, (run_interval
> 0 ? "" : " not"));
872 return run_interval
> 0;
875 #else /* !defined(HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT) */
878 scheduler_can_use_kist(void)
883 #endif /* defined(HAVE_KIST_SUPPORT) */