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-rw-r--r--include/linux/tcp.h1
-rw-r--r--include/net/tcp.h6
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp.c8
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c3
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c29
5 files changed, 45 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
index c50e6aec005a..fdcd00ffcb66 100644
--- a/include/linux/tcp.h
+++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ struct tcp_sock {
u32 prr_out; /* Total number of pkts sent during Recovery. */
u32 delivered; /* Total data packets delivered incl. rexmits */
u32 lost; /* Total data packets lost incl. rexmits */
+ u32 app_limited; /* limited until "delivered" reaches this val */
struct skb_mstamp first_tx_mstamp; /* start of window send phase */
struct skb_mstamp delivered_mstamp; /* time we reached "delivered" */
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index b261c892605a..a69ed7f0030c 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -764,7 +764,9 @@ struct tcp_skb_cb {
union {
struct {
/* There is space for up to 24 bytes */
- __u32 in_flight;/* Bytes in flight when packet sent */
+ __u32 in_flight:30,/* Bytes in flight at transmit */
+ is_app_limited:1, /* cwnd not fully used? */
+ unused:1;
/* pkts S/ACKed so far upon tx of skb, incl retrans: */
__u32 delivered;
/* start of send pipeline phase */
@@ -883,6 +885,7 @@ struct rate_sample {
int losses; /* number of packets marked lost upon ACK */
u32 acked_sacked; /* number of packets newly (S)ACKed upon ACK */
u32 prior_in_flight; /* in flight before this ACK */
+ bool is_app_limited; /* is sample from packet with bubble in pipe? */
bool is_retrans; /* is sample from retransmission? */
};
@@ -978,6 +981,7 @@ void tcp_rate_skb_delivered(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct rate_sample *rs);
void tcp_rate_gen(struct sock *sk, u32 delivered, u32 lost,
struct skb_mstamp *now, struct rate_sample *rs);
+void tcp_rate_check_app_limited(struct sock *sk);
/* These functions determine how the current flow behaves in respect of SACK
* handling. SACK is negotiated with the peer, and therefore it can vary
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index de02fb4b1349..2250f891f931 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ void tcp_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
*/
tp->snd_cwnd = TCP_INIT_CWND;
+ /* There's a bubble in the pipe until at least the first ACK. */
+ tp->app_limited = ~0U;
+
/* See draft-stevens-tcpca-spec-01 for discussion of the
* initialization of these values.
*/
@@ -1014,6 +1017,9 @@ int tcp_sendpage(struct sock *sk, struct page *page, int offset,
flags);
lock_sock(sk);
+
+ tcp_rate_check_app_limited(sk); /* is sending application-limited? */
+
res = do_tcp_sendpages(sk, page, offset, size, flags);
release_sock(sk);
return res;
@@ -1115,6 +1121,8 @@ int tcp_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
+ tcp_rate_check_app_limited(sk); /* is sending application-limited? */
+
/* Wait for a connection to finish. One exception is TCP Fast Open
* (passive side) where data is allowed to be sent before a connection
* is fully established.
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index 568947110b60..6234ebaa7db1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -487,6 +487,9 @@ struct sock *tcp_create_openreq_child(const struct sock *sk,
newtp->snd_cwnd = TCP_INIT_CWND;
newtp->snd_cwnd_cnt = 0;
+ /* There's a bubble in the pipe until at least the first ACK. */
+ newtp->app_limited = ~0U;
+
tcp_init_xmit_timers(newsk);
newtp->write_seq = newtp->pushed_seq = treq->snt_isn + 1;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c
index 1daed6af6e80..52ff84be59ab 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
* other factors like applications or receiver window limits. The estimator
* deliberately avoids using the inter-packet spacing approach because that
* approach requires a large number of samples and sophisticated filtering.
+ *
+ * TCP flows can often be application-limited in request/response workloads.
+ * The estimator marks a bandwidth sample as application-limited if there
+ * was some moment during the sampled window of packets when there was no data
+ * ready to send in the write queue.
*/
-
/* Snapshot the current delivery information in the skb, to generate
* a rate sample later when the skb is (s)acked in tcp_rate_skb_delivered().
*/
@@ -58,6 +62,7 @@ void tcp_rate_skb_sent(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tx.first_tx_mstamp = tp->first_tx_mstamp;
TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tx.delivered_mstamp = tp->delivered_mstamp;
TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tx.delivered = tp->delivered;
+ TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tx.is_app_limited = tp->app_limited ? 1 : 0;
}
/* When an skb is sacked or acked, we fill in the rate sample with the (prior)
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ void tcp_rate_skb_delivered(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
after(scb->tx.delivered, rs->prior_delivered)) {
rs->prior_delivered = scb->tx.delivered;
rs->prior_mstamp = scb->tx.delivered_mstamp;
+ rs->is_app_limited = scb->tx.is_app_limited;
rs->is_retrans = scb->sacked & TCPCB_RETRANS;
/* Find the duration of the "send phase" of this window: */
@@ -105,6 +111,10 @@ void tcp_rate_gen(struct sock *sk, u32 delivered, u32 lost,
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
u32 snd_us, ack_us;
+ /* Clear app limited if bubble is acked and gone. */
+ if (tp->app_limited && after(tp->delivered, tp->app_limited))
+ tp->app_limited = 0;
+
/* TODO: there are multiple places throughout tcp_ack() to get
* current time. Refactor the code using a new "tcp_acktag_state"
* to carry current time, flags, stats like "tcp_sacktag_state".
@@ -147,3 +157,20 @@ void tcp_rate_gen(struct sock *sk, u32 delivered, u32 lost,
tp->rx_opt.sack_ok, tcp_min_rtt(tp));
}
}
+
+/* If a gap is detected between sends, mark the socket application-limited. */
+void tcp_rate_check_app_limited(struct sock *sk)
+{
+ struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+
+ if (/* We have less than one packet to send. */
+ tp->write_seq - tp->snd_nxt < tp->mss_cache &&
+ /* Nothing in sending host's qdisc queues or NIC tx queue. */
+ sk_wmem_alloc_get(sk) < SKB_TRUESIZE(1) &&
+ /* We are not limited by CWND. */
+ tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) < tp->snd_cwnd &&
+ /* All lost packets have been retransmitted. */
+ tp->lost_out <= tp->retrans_out)
+ tp->app_limited =
+ (tp->delivered + tcp_packets_in_flight(tp)) ? : 1;
+}