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2013-11-04tcp: enable sockets to use MSG_FASTOPEN by defaultYuchung Cheng1-2/+2
Applications have started to use Fast Open (e.g., Chrome browser has such an optional flag) and the feature has gone through several generations of kernels since 3.7 with many real network tests. It's time to enable this flag by default for applications to test more conveniently and extensively. Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-09-04net: ipv6: mld: document force_mld_version in ip-sysctl.txtDaniel Borkmann1-0/+5
Document force_mld_version parameter in ip-sysctl.txt. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-08-29tcp: TSO packets automatic sizingEric Dumazet1-0/+9
After hearing many people over past years complaining against TSO being bursty or even buggy, we are proud to present automatic sizing of TSO packets. One part of the problem is that tcp_tso_should_defer() uses an heuristic relying on upcoming ACKS instead of a timer, but more generally, having big TSO packets makes little sense for low rates, as it tends to create micro bursts on the network, and general consensus is to reduce the buffering amount. This patch introduces a per socket sk_pacing_rate, that approximates the current sending rate, and allows us to size the TSO packets so that we try to send one packet every ms. This field could be set by other transports. Patch has no impact for high speed flows, where having large TSO packets makes sense to reach line rate. For other flows, this helps better packet scheduling and ACK clocking. This patch increases performance of TCP flows in lossy environments. A new sysctl (tcp_min_tso_segs) is added, to specify the minimal size of a TSO packet (default being 2). A follow-up patch will provide a new packet scheduler (FQ), using sk_pacing_rate as an input to perform optional per flow pacing. This explains why we chose to set sk_pacing_rate to twice the current rate, allowing 'slow start' ramp up. sk_pacing_rate = 2 * cwnd * mss / srtt v2: Neal Cardwell reported a suspect deferring of last two segments on initial write of 10 MSS, I had to change tcp_tso_should_defer() to take into account tp->xmit_size_goal_segs Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Cc: Van Jacobson <vanj@google.com> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-08-29ipv6: drop fragmented ndisc packets by default (RFC 6980)Hannes Frederic Sowa1-0/+6
This patch implements RFC6980: Drop fragmented ndisc packets by default. If a fragmented ndisc packet is received the user is informed that it is possible to disable the check. Cc: Fernando Gont <fernando@gont.com.ar> Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-08-13ipv6: make unsolicited report intervals configurable for mldHannes Frederic Sowa1-0/+18
Commit cab70040dfd95ee32144f02fade64f0cb94f31a0 ("net: igmp: Reduce Unsolicited report interval to 1s when using IGMPv3") and 2690048c01f32bf45d1c1e1ab3079bc10ad2aea7 ("net: igmp: Allow user-space configuration of igmp unsolicited report interval") by William Manley made igmp unsolicited report intervals configurable per interface and corrected the interval of unsolicited igmpv3 report messages resendings to 1s. Same needs to be done for IPv6: MLDv1 (RFC2710 7.10.): 10 seconds MLDv2 (RFC3810 9.11.): 1 second Both intervals are configurable via new procfs knobs mldv1_unsolicited_report_interval and mldv2_unsolicited_report_interval. (also added .force_mld_version to ipv6_devconf_dflt to bring structs in line without semantic changes) v2: a) Joined documentation update for IPv4 and IPv6 MLD/IGMP unsolicited_report_interval procfs knobs. b) incorporate stylistic feedback from William Manley v3: a) add new DEVCONF_* values to the end of the enum (thanks to David Miller) Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Cc: William Manley <william.manley@youview.com> Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-08-09Revert "net: sctp: convert sctp_checksum_disable module param into sctp sysctl"David S. Miller1-8/+0
This reverts commit cda5f98e36576596b9230483ec52bff3cc97eb21. As per Vlad's request. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-08-09net: sctp: convert sctp_checksum_disable module param into sctp sysctlDaniel Borkmann1-0/+8
Get rid of the last module parameter for SCTP and make this configurable via sysctl for SCTP like all the rest of SCTP's configuration knobs. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-07-30tcp: add tcp_syncookies mode to allow unconditionally generation of syncookiesHannes Frederic Sowa1-0/+4
| If you want to test which effects syncookies have to your | network connections you can set this knob to 2 to enable | unconditionally generation of syncookies. Original idea and first implementation by Eric Dumazet. Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-07-24tcp: TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT socket optionEric Dumazet1-0/+13
Idea of this patch is to add optional limitation of number of unsent bytes in TCP sockets, to reduce usage of kernel memory. TCP receiver might announce a big window, and TCP sender autotuning might allow a large amount of bytes in write queue, but this has little performance impact if a large part of this buffering is wasted : Write queue needs to be large only to deal with large BDP, not necessarily to cope with scheduling delays (incoming ACKS make room for the application to queue more bytes) For most workloads, using a value of 128 KB or less is OK to give applications enough time to react to POLLOUT events in time (or being awaken in a blocking sendmsg()) This patch adds two ways to set the limit : 1) Per socket option TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT 2) A sysctl (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_notsent_lowat) for sockets not using TCP_NOTSENT_LOWAT socket option (or setting a zero value) Default value being UINT_MAX (0xFFFFFFFF), meaning this has no effect. This changes poll()/select()/epoll() to report POLLOUT only if number of unsent bytes is below tp->nosent_lowat Note this might increase number of sendmsg()/sendfile() calls when using non blocking sockets, and increase number of context switches for blocking sockets. Note this is not related to SO_SNDLOWAT (as SO_SNDLOWAT is defined as : Specify the minimum number of bytes in the buffer until the socket layer will pass the data to the protocol) Tested: netperf sessions, and watching /proc/net/protocols "memory" column for TCP With 200 concurrent netperf -t TCP_STREAM sessions, amount of kernel memory used by TCP buffers shrinks by ~55 % (20567 pages instead of 45458) lpq83:~# echo -1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_notsent_lowat lpq83:~# (super_netperf 200 -t TCP_STREAM -H remote -l 90 &); sleep 60 ; grep TCP /proc/net/protocols TCPv6 1880 2 45458 no 208 yes ipv6 y y y y y y y y y y y y y n y y y y y TCP 1696 508 45458 no 208 yes kernel y y y y y y y y y y y y y n y y y y y lpq83:~# echo 131072 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_notsent_lowat lpq83:~# (super_netperf 200 -t TCP_STREAM -H remote -l 90 &); sleep 60 ; grep TCP /proc/net/protocols TCPv6 1880 2 20567 no 208 yes ipv6 y y y y y y y y y y y y y n y y y y y TCP 1696 508 20567 no 208 yes kernel y y y y y y y y y y y y y n y y y y y Using 128KB has no bad effect on the throughput or cpu usage of a single flow, although there is an increase of context switches. A bonus is that we hold socket lock for a shorter amount of time and should improve latencies of ACK processing. lpq83:~# echo -1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_notsent_lowat lpq83:~# perf stat -e context-switches ./netperf -H 7.7.7.84 -t omni -l 20 -c -i10,3 OMNI Send TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 7.7.7.84 () port 0 AF_INET : +/-2.500% @ 99% conf. Local Remote Local Elapsed Throughput Throughput Local Local Remote Remote Local Remote Service Send Socket Recv Socket Send Time Units CPU CPU CPU CPU Service Service Demand Size Size Size (sec) Util Util Util Util Demand Demand Units Final Final % Method % Method 1651584 6291456 16384 20.00 17447.90 10^6bits/s 3.13 S -1.00 U 0.353 -1.000 usec/KB Performance counter stats for './netperf -H 7.7.7.84 -t omni -l 20 -c -i10,3': 412,514 context-switches 200.034645535 seconds time elapsed lpq83:~# echo 131072 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_notsent_lowat lpq83:~# perf stat -e context-switches ./netperf -H 7.7.7.84 -t omni -l 20 -c -i10,3 OMNI Send TEST from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) port 0 AF_INET to 7.7.7.84 () port 0 AF_INET : +/-2.500% @ 99% conf. Local Remote Local Elapsed Throughput Throughput Local Local Remote Remote Local Remote Service Send Socket Recv Socket Send Time Units CPU CPU CPU CPU Service Service Demand Size Size Size (sec) Util Util Util Util Demand Demand Units Final Final % Method % Method 1593240 6291456 16384 20.00 17321.16 10^6bits/s 3.35 S -1.00 U 0.381 -1.000 usec/KB Performance counter stats for './netperf -H 7.7.7.84 -t omni -l 20 -c -i10,3': 2,675,818 context-switches 200.029651391 seconds time elapsed Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Acked-By: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-07-03Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller1-2/+2
Conflicts: drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c net/ipv4/gre.c The GRE conflict is between a bug fix (kfree_skb --> kfree_skb_list) and the splitting of the gre.c code into seperate files. The FEC conflict was two sets of changes adding ethtool support code in an "!CONFIG_M5272" CPP protected block. Finally the sh_eth.c conflict was between one commit add bits set in the .eesr_err_check mask whilst another commit removed the .tx_error_check member and assignments. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-06-24tcp: doc : fix the syncookies default valueShan Wei1-2/+2
syncookies is on for default since in commit e994b7c901 (tcp: Don't make syn cookies initial setting depend on CONFIG_SYSCTL). And fix a typo of CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES. Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <davidshan@tencent.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-06-12net: add doc for ip_early_demux sysctlCong Wang1-0/+9
commit 6648bd7e0e62c0c8c03b (ipv4: Add sysctl knob to control early socket demux) introduced such sysctl, but forgot to add doc into Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt. This patch adds it. Basically I grab the doc from the description of commit 41063e9dd11956f2d285 (ipv4: Early TCP socket demux.) and the above commit. Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-06-07doc:networking: Fix default value (icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses).Rami Rosen1-1/+1
This patch fixes icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses default value to be 1 instead of FALSE. It is initialized to 1 in icmp_sk_init(). Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-05-27doc:networking: Fix typo in documentation/networkingMasanari Iida1-1/+1
Correct spelling typo Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-03-21tcp: implement RFC5682 F-RTOYuchung Cheng1-12/+6
This patch implements F-RTO (foward RTO recovery): When the first retransmission after timeout is acknowledged, F-RTO sends new data instead of old data. If the next ACK acknowledges some never-retransmitted data, then the timeout was spurious and the congestion state is reverted. Otherwise if the next ACK selectively acknowledges the new data, then the timeout was genuine and the loss recovery continues. This idea applies to recurring timeouts as well. While F-RTO sends different data during timeout recovery, it does not (and should not) change the congestion control. The implementaion follows the three steps of SACK enhanced algorithm (section 3) in RFC5682. Step 1 is in tcp_enter_loss(). Step 2 and 3 are in tcp_process_loss(). The basic version is not supported because SACK enhanced version also works for non-SACK connections. The new implementation is functionally in parity with the old F-RTO implementation except the one case where it increases undo events: In addition to the RFC algorithm, a spurious timeout may be detected without sending data in step 2, as long as the SACK confirms not all the original data are dropped. When this happens, the sender will undo the cwnd and perhaps enter fast recovery instead. This additional check increases the F-RTO undo events by 5x compared to the prior implementation on Google Web servers, since the sender often does not have new data to send for HTTP. Note F-RTO may detect spurious timeout before Eifel with timestamps does so. Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-03-21tcp: refactor F-RTOYuchung Cheng1-17/+0
The patch series refactor the F-RTO feature (RFC4138/5682). This is to simplify the loss recovery processing. Existing F-RTO was developed during the experimental stage (RFC4138) and has many experimental features. It takes a separate code path from the traditional timeout processing by overloading CA_Disorder instead of using CA_Loss state. This complicates CA_Disorder state handling because it's also used for handling dubious ACKs and undos. While the algorithm in the RFC does not change the congestion control, the implementation intercepts congestion control in various places (e.g., frto_cwnd in tcp_ack()). The new code implements newer F-RTO RFC5682 using CA_Loss processing path. F-RTO becomes a small extension in the timeout processing and interfaces with congestion control and Eifel undo modules. It lets congestion control (module) determines how many to send independently. F-RTO only chooses what to send in order to detect spurious retranmission. If timeout is found spurious it invokes existing Eifel undo algorithms like DSACK or TCP timestamp based detection. The first patch removes all F-RTO code except the sysctl_tcp_frto is left for the new implementation. Since CA_EVENT_FRTO is removed, TCP westwood now computes ssthresh on regular timeout CA_EVENT_LOSS event. Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-03-17tcp: Remove TCPCTChristoph Paasch1-8/+0
TCPCT uses option-number 253, reserved for experimental use and should not be used in production environments. Further, TCPCT does not fully implement RFC 6013. As a nice side-effect, removing TCPCT increases TCP's performance for very short flows: Doing an apache-benchmark with -c 100 -n 100000, sending HTTP-requests for files of 1KB size. before this patch: average (among 7 runs) of 20845.5 Requests/Second after: average (among 7 runs) of 21403.6 Requests/Second Signed-off-by: Christoph Paasch <christoph.paasch@uclouvain.be> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-03-15Documentation: fix neigh/default/gc_thresh1 default value.Li RongQing1-1/+1
The default value is 128, not 256 #grep gc_thresh1 net/ -rI net/decnet/dn_neigh.c: .gc_thresh1 = 128, net/ipv6/ndisc.c: .gc_thresh1 = 128, net/ipv4/arp.c: .gc_thresh1 = 128, Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-03-12tcp: Tail loss probe (TLP)Nandita Dukkipati1-2/+6
This patch series implement the Tail loss probe (TLP) algorithm described in http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dukkipati-tcpm-tcp-loss-probe-01. The first patch implements the basic algorithm. TLP's goal is to reduce tail latency of short transactions. It achieves this by converting retransmission timeouts (RTOs) occuring due to tail losses (losses at end of transactions) into fast recovery. TLP transmits one packet in two round-trips when a connection is in Open state and isn't receiving any ACKs. The transmitted packet, aka loss probe, can be either new or a retransmission. When there is tail loss, the ACK from a loss probe triggers FACK/early-retransmit based fast recovery, thus avoiding a costly RTO. In the absence of loss, there is no change in the connection state. PTO stands for probe timeout. It is a timer event indicating that an ACK is overdue and triggers a loss probe packet. The PTO value is set to max(2*SRTT, 10ms) and is adjusted to account for delayed ACK timer when there is only one oustanding packet. TLP Algorithm On transmission of new data in Open state: -> packets_out > 1: schedule PTO in max(2*SRTT, 10ms). -> packets_out == 1: schedule PTO in max(2*RTT, 1.5*RTT + 200ms) -> PTO = min(PTO, RTO) Conditions for scheduling PTO: -> Connection is in Open state. -> Connection is either cwnd limited or no new data to send. -> Number of probes per tail loss episode is limited to one. -> Connection is SACK enabled. When PTO fires: new_segment_exists: -> transmit new segment. -> packets_out++. cwnd remains same. no_new_packet: -> retransmit the last segment. Its ACK triggers FACK or early retransmit based recovery. ACK path: -> rearm RTO at start of ACK processing. -> reschedule PTO if need be. In addition, the patch includes a small variation to the Early Retransmit (ER) algorithm, such that ER and TLP together can in principle recover any N-degree of tail loss through fast recovery. TLP is controlled by the same sysctl as ER, tcp_early_retrans sysctl. tcp_early_retrans==0; disables TLP and ER. ==1; enables RFC5827 ER. ==2; delayed ER. ==3; TLP and delayed ER. [DEFAULT] ==4; TLP only. The TLP patch series have been extensively tested on Google Web servers. It is most effective for short Web trasactions, where it reduced RTOs by 15% and improved HTTP response time (average by 6%, 99th percentile by 10%). The transmitted probes account for <0.5% of the overall transmissions. Signed-off-by: Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@google.com> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-02-05tcp: remove Appropriate Byte Count supportStephen Hemminger1-11/+0
TCP Appropriate Byte Count was added by me, but later disabled. There is no point in maintaining it since it is a potential source of bugs and Linux already implements other better window protection heuristics. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-01-22neigh: Keep neighbour cache entries if number of them is small enough.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明1-0/+5
Since we have removed NCE (Neighbour Cache Entry) reference from routing entries, the only refcnt holders of an NCE are its timer (if running) and its owner table, in usual cases. As a result, neigh_periodic_work() purges NCEs over and over again even for gateways. It does not make sense to purge entries, if number of them is very small, so keep them. The minimum number of entries to keep is specified by gc_thresh1. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-01-15Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller1-4/+10
Conflicts: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c Both conflicts were simply overlapping context. A build fix for qlcnic is in here too, simply removing the added devinit annotations which no longer exist. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-01-10doc: Clarify behavior when sysctl tcp_ecn = 1Vijay Subramanian1-2/+3
Recent commit (commit 7e3a2dc52953 doc: make the description of how tcp_ecn works more explicit and clear ) clarified the behavior of tcp_ecn sysctl variable but description is inconsistent. When requested by incoming conections, ECN is enabled with not just tcp_ecn = 2 but also with tcp_ecn = 1. This patch makes it clear that with tcp_ecn = 1, ECN is enabled when requested by incoming connections. Also fix spelling of 'incoming'. Signed-off-by: Vijay Subramanian <subramanian.vijay@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-01-04ip-sysctl: fix spelling errorsstephen hemminger1-5/+5
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-01-04ipv6: document ndisc_notify in networking/ip-sysctl.txtHannes Frederic Sowa1-0/+6
I slipped in a new sysctl without proper documentation. I would like to make up for this now. Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-12-10doc: Tighten-up and clarify description of tcp_fin_timeoutRick Jones1-9/+8
The description for tcp_fin_timeout should be tigher and more clear. In addition to being tighter, we should make the spelling of the state name consistent with what utilities report, remove the now dated reference to 2.2 and put the default in the consistent place. Signed-off-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-12-07net: doc : use more suitable word 'unexpected' to replace 'secluded'Shan Wei1-1/+1
'secluded' is used to describe places, not suitable here. Suggested-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <davidshan@tencent.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-12-05net: doc: add default value for neighbour parametersShan Wei1-0/+8
Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <davidshan@tencent.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-11-29doc: make the description of how tcp_ecn works more explicit and clearRick Jones1-8/+9
Make the description of how tcp_ecn works a bit more explicit and clear. Signed-off-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-10-26sctp: Make hmac algorithm selection for cookie generation dynamicNeil Horman1-0/+14
Currently sctp allows for the optional use of md5 of sha1 hmac algorithms to generate cookie values when establishing new connections via two build time config options. Theres no real reason to make this a static selection. We can add a sysctl that allows for the dynamic selection of these algorithms at run time, with the default value determined by the corresponding crypto library availability. This comes in handy when, for example running a system in FIPS mode, where use of md5 is disallowed, but SHA1 is permitted. Note: This new sysctl has no corresponding socket option to select the cookie hmac algorithm. I chose not to implement that intentionally, as RFC 6458 contains no option for this value, and I opted not to pollute the socket option namespace. Change notes: v2) * Updated subject to have the proper sctp prefix as per Dave M. * Replaced deafult selection options with new options that allow developers to explicitly select available hmac algs at build time as per suggestion by Vlad Y. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> CC: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-08-31tcp: TCP Fast Open Server - header & support functionsJerry Chu1-7/+22
This patch adds all the necessary data structure and support functions to implement TFO server side. It also documents a number of flags for the sysctl_tcp_fastopen knob, and adds a few Linux extension MIBs. In addition, it includes the following: 1. a new TCP_FASTOPEN socket option an application must call to supply a max backlog allowed in order to enable TFO on its listener. 2. A number of key data structures: "fastopen_rsk" in tcp_sock - for a big socket to access its request_sock for retransmission and ack processing purpose. It is non-NULL iff 3WHS not completed. "fastopenq" in request_sock_queue - points to a per Fast Open listener data structure "fastopen_queue" to keep track of qlen (# of outstanding Fast Open requests) and max_qlen, among other things. "listener" in tcp_request_sock - to point to the original listener for book-keeping purpose, i.e., to maintain qlen against max_qlen as part of defense against IP spoofing attack. 3. various data structure and functions, many in tcp_fastopen.c, to support server side Fast Open cookie operations, including /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen_key to allow manual rekeying. Signed-off-by: H.K. Jerry Chu <hkchu@google.com> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-08-31tcp: Increase timeout for SYN segmentsAlex Bergmann1-2/+6
Commit 9ad7c049 ("tcp: RFC2988bis + taking RTT sample from 3WHS for the passive open side") changed the initRTO from 3secs to 1sec in accordance to RFC6298 (former RFC2988bis). This reduced the time till the last SYN retransmission packet gets sent from 93secs to 31secs. RFC1122 is stating that the retransmission should be done for at least 3 minutes, but this seems to be quite high. "However, the values of R1 and R2 may be different for SYN and data segments. In particular, R2 for a SYN segment MUST be set large enough to provide retransmission of the segment for at least 3 minutes. The application can close the connection (i.e., give up on the open attempt) sooner, of course." This patch increases the value of TCP_SYN_RETRIES to the value of 6, providing a retransmission window of 63secs. The comments for SYN and SYNACK retries have also been updated to describe the current settings. The same goes for the documentation file "Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt". Signed-off-by: Alexander Bergmann <alex@linlab.net> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-07-30ipv4: remove rt_cache_rebuild_countEric Dumazet1-6/+0
After IP route cache removal, rt_cache_rebuild_count is no longer used. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-07-22sctp: Implement quick failover draft from tsvwgNeil Horman1-0/+14
I've seen several attempts recently made to do quick failover of sctp transports by reducing various retransmit timers and counters. While its possible to implement a faster failover on multihomed sctp associations, its not particularly robust, in that it can lead to unneeded retransmits, as well as false connection failures due to intermittent latency on a network. Instead, lets implement the new ietf quick failover draft found here: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nishida-tsvwg-sctp-failover-05 This will let the sctp stack identify transports that have had a small number of errors, and avoid using them quickly until their reliability can be re-established. I've tested this out on two virt guests connected via multiple isolated virt networks and believe its in compliance with the above draft and works well. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> CC: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com> CC: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> CC: linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org CC: joe@perches.com Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-07-19net-tcp: Fast Open client - cookie-less modeYuchung Cheng1-0/+2
In trusted networks, e.g., intranet, data-center, the client does not need to use Fast Open cookie to mitigate DoS attacks. In cookie-less mode, sendmsg() with MSG_FASTOPEN flag will send SYN-data regardless of cookie availability. Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-07-19net-tcp: Fast Open client - sendmsg(MSG_FASTOPEN)Yuchung Cheng1-0/+11
sendmsg() (or sendto()) with MSG_FASTOPEN is a combo of connect(2) and write(2). The application should replace connect() with it to send data in the opening SYN packet. For blocking socket, sendmsg() blocks until all the data are buffered locally and the handshake is completed like connect() call. It returns similar errno like connect() if the TCP handshake fails. For non-blocking socket, it returns the number of bytes queued (and transmitted in the SYN-data packet) if cookie is available. If cookie is not available, it transmits a data-less SYN packet with Fast Open cookie request option and returns -EINPROGRESS like connect(). Using MSG_FASTOPEN on connecting or connected socket will result in simlar errno like repeating connect() calls. Therefore the application should only use this flag on new sockets. The buffer size of sendmsg() is independent of the MSS of the connection. Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-07-17tcp: implement RFC 5961 3.2Eric Dumazet1-0/+5
Implement the RFC 5691 mitigation against Blind Reset attack using RST bit. Idea is to validate incoming RST sequence, to match RCV.NXT value, instead of previouly accepted window : (RCV.NXT <= SEG.SEQ < RCV.NXT+RCV.WND) If sequence is in window but not an exact match, send a "challenge ACK", so that the other part can resend an RST with the appropriate sequence. Add a new sysctl, tcp_challenge_ack_limit, to limit number of challenge ACK sent per second. Add a new SNMP counter to count number of challenge acks sent. (netstat -s | grep TCPChallengeACK) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Kiran Kumar Kella <kkiran@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-07-11tcp: TCP Small QueuesEric Dumazet1-0/+14
This introduce TSQ (TCP Small Queues) TSQ goal is to reduce number of TCP packets in xmit queues (qdisc & device queues), to reduce RTT and cwnd bias, part of the bufferbloat problem. sk->sk_wmem_alloc not allowed to grow above a given limit, allowing no more than ~128KB [1] per tcp socket in qdisc/dev layers at a given time. TSO packets are sized/capped to half the limit, so that we have two TSO packets in flight, allowing better bandwidth use. As a side effect, setting the limit to 40000 automatically reduces the standard gso max limit (65536) to 40000/2 : It can help to reduce latencies of high prio packets, having smaller TSO packets. This means we divert sock_wfree() to a tcp_wfree() handler, to queue/send following frames when skb_orphan() [2] is called for the already queued skbs. Results on my dev machines (tg3/ixgbe nics) are really impressive, using standard pfifo_fast, and with or without TSO/GSO. Without reduction of nominal bandwidth, we have reduction of buffering per bulk sender : < 1ms on Gbit (instead of 50ms with TSO) < 8ms on 100Mbit (instead of 132 ms) I no longer have 4 MBytes backlogged in qdisc by a single netperf session, and both side socket autotuning no longer use 4 Mbytes. As skb destructor cannot restart xmit itself ( as qdisc lock might be taken at this point ), we delegate the work to a tasklet. We use one tasklest per cpu for performance reasons. If tasklet finds a socket owned by the user, it sets TSQ_OWNED flag. This flag is tested in a new protocol method called from release_sock(), to eventually send new segments. [1] New /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_limit_output_bytes tunable [2] skb_orphan() is usually called at TX completion time, but some drivers call it in their start_xmit() handler. These drivers should at least use BQL, or else a single TCP session can still fill the whole NIC TX ring, since TSQ will have no effect. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Dave Taht <dave.taht@bufferbloat.net> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Cc: Matt Mathis <mattmathis@google.com> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Cc: Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-06-30ipv4: Clarify in docs that accept_local requires rp_filter.David S. Miller1-3/+8
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-06-12ipv4: Add interface option to enable routing of 127.0.0.0/8Thomas Graf1-0/+5
Routing of 127/8 is tradtionally forbidden, we consider packets from that address block martian when routing and do not process corresponding ARP requests. This is a sane default but renders a huge address space practically unuseable. The RFC states that no address within the 127/8 block should ever appear on any network anywhere but it does not forbid the use of such addresses outside of the loopback device in particular. For example to address a pool of virtual guests behind a load balancer. This patch adds a new interface option 'route_localnet' enabling routing of the 127/8 address block and processing of ARP requests on a specific interface. Note that for the feature to work, the default local route covering 127/8 dev lo needs to be removed. Example: $ sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.eth0.route_localnet=1 $ ip route del 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo table local $ ip addr add 127.1.0.1/16 dev eth0 $ ip route flush cache V2: Fix invalid check to auto flush cache (thanks davem) Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-05-08netfilter: bridge: optionally set indev to vlanPablo Neira Ayuso1-2/+11
if net.bridge.bridge-nf-filter-vlan-tagged sysctl is enabled, bridge netfilter removes the vlan header temporarily and then feeds the packet to ip(6)tables. When the new "bridge-nf-pass-vlan-input-device" sysctl is on (default off), then bridge netfilter will also set the in-interface to the vlan interface; if such an interface exists. This is needed to make iptables REDIRECT target work with "vlan-on-top-of-bridge" setups and to allow use of "iptables -i" to match the vlan device name. Also update Documentation with current brnf default settings. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Acked-by: Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
2012-05-07Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller1-2/+2
Conflicts: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/param.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rx.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-pcie-rx.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h Resolved the iwlwifi conflict with mainline using 3-way diff posted by John Linville and Stephen Rothwell. In 'net' we added a bug fix to make iwlwifi report a more accurate skb->truesize but this conflicted with RX path changes that happened meanwhile in net-next. In e1000e a conflict arose in the validation code for settings of adapter->itr. 'net-next' had more sophisticated logic so that logic was used. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-05-02tcp: change tcp_adv_win_scale and tcp_rmem[2]Eric Dumazet1-2/+2
tcp_adv_win_scale default value is 2, meaning we expect a good citizen skb to have skb->len / skb->truesize ratio of 75% (3/4) In 2.6 kernels we (mis)accounted for typical MSS=1460 frame : 1536 + 64 + 256 = 1856 'estimated truesize', and 1856 * 3/4 = 1392. So these skbs were considered as not bloated. With recent truesize fixes, a typical MSS=1460 frame truesize is now the more precise : 2048 + 256 = 2304. But 2304 * 3/4 = 1728. So these skb are not good citizen anymore, because 1460 < 1728 (GRO can escape this problem because it build skbs with a too low truesize.) This also means tcp advertises a too optimistic window for a given allocated rcvspace : When receiving frames, sk_rmem_alloc can hit sk_rcvbuf limit and we call tcp_prune_queue()/tcp_collapse() too often, especially when application is slow to drain its receive queue or in case of losses (netperf is fast, scp is slow). This is a major latency source. We should adjust the len/truesize ratio to 50% instead of 75% This patch : 1) changes tcp_adv_win_scale default to 1 instead of 2 2) increase tcp_rmem[2] limit from 4MB to 6MB to take into account better truesize tracking and to allow autotuning tcp receive window to reach same value than before. Note that same amount of kernel memory is consumed compared to 2.6 kernels. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-05-02tcp: early retransmitYuchung Cheng1-0/+14
This patch implements RFC 5827 early retransmit (ER) for TCP. It reduces DUPACK threshold (dupthresh) if outstanding packets are less than 4 to recover losses by fast recovery instead of timeout. While the algorithm is simple, small but frequent network reordering makes this feature dangerous: the connection repeatedly enter false recovery and degrade performance. Therefore we implement a mitigation suggested in the appendix of the RFC that delays entering fast recovery by a small interval, i.e., RTT/4. Currently ER is conservative and is disabled for the rest of the connection after the first reordering event. A large scale web server experiment on the performance impact of ER is summarized in section 6 of the paper "Proportional Rate Reduction for TCP”, IMC 2011. http://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2011/docs/p155.pdf Note that Linux has a similar feature called THIN_DUPACK. The differences are THIN_DUPACK do not mitigate reorderings and is only used after slow start. Currently ER is disabled if THIN_DUPACK is enabled. I would be happy to merge THIN_DUPACK feature with ER if people think it's a good idea. ER is enabled by sysctl_tcp_early_retrans: 0: Disables ER 1: Reduce dupthresh to packets_out - 1 when outstanding packets < 4. 2: (Default) reduce dupthresh like mode 1. In addition, delay entering fast recovery by RTT/4. Note: mode 2 is implemented in the third part of this patch series. Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-04-27net: doc: merge /proc/sys/net/core/* documents into one placeShan Wei1-4/+1
All parameter descriptions in /proc/sys/net/core/* now is separated two places. So, merge them into Documentation/sysctl/net.txt. Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <davidshan@tencent.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-04-03TCP: update ip_local_port_range documentationFernando Luis Vazquez Cao1-9/+2
The explanation of ip_local_port_range in Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt contains several factual errors: - The default value of ip_local_port_range does not depend on the amount of memory available in the system. - tcp_tw_recycle is not enabled by default. - 1024-4999 is not the default value. - Etc. Clean up the mess. Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-12-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller1-5/+5
2011-12-06ipv4:correct description for tcp_max_syn_backlogPeter Pan(潘卫平)1-5/+5
Since commit c5ed63d66f24(tcp: fix three tcp sysctls tuning), sysctl_max_syn_backlog is determined by tcp_hashinfo->ehash_mask, and the minimal value is 128, and it will increase in proportion to the memory of machine. The original description for tcp_max_syn_backlog and sysctl_max_syn_backlog are out of date. Changelog: V2: update description for sysctl_max_syn_backlog Signed-off-by: Weiping Pan <panweiping3@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Shan Wei <shanwei88@gmail.com> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-30tcp: inherit listener congestion control for passive cnxEric Dumazet1-0/+3
Rick Jones reported that TCP_CONGESTION sockopt performed on a listener was ignored for its children sockets : right after accept() the congestion control for new socket is the system default one. This seems an oversight of the initial design (quoted from Stephen) Based on prior investigation and patch from Rick. Reported-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> CC: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> CC: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Tested-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-14neigh: new unresolved queue limitsEric Dumazet1-0/+10
Le mercredi 09 novembre 2011 à 16:21 -0500, David Miller a écrit : > From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:16:44 -0500 (EST) > > > From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> > > Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:14:09 +0100 > > > >> unres_qlen is the number of frames we are able to queue per unresolved > >> neighbour. Its default value (3) was never changed and is responsible > >> for strange drops, especially if IP fragments are used, or multiple > >> sessions start in parallel. Even a single tcp flow can hit this limit. > > ... > > > > Ok, I've applied this, let's see what happens :-) > > Early answer, build fails. > > Please test build this patch with DECNET enabled and resubmit. The > decnet neigh layer still refers to the removed ->queue_len member. > > Thanks. Ouch, this was fixed on one machine yesterday, but not the other one I used this morning, sorry. [PATCH V5 net-next] neigh: new unresolved queue limits unres_qlen is the number of frames we are able to queue per unresolved neighbour. Its default value (3) was never changed and is responsible for strange drops, especially if IP fragments are used, or multiple sessions start in parallel. Even a single tcp flow can hit this limit. $ arp -d 192.168.20.108 ; ping -c 2 -s 8000 192.168.20.108 PING 192.168.20.108 (192.168.20.108) 8000(8028) bytes of data. 8008 bytes from 192.168.20.108: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.322 ms Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>