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28 #include <sys/param.h>
29 #include <sys/systm.h>
30 #include <sys/kernel.h>
31 #include <sys/protosw.h>
32 #include <sys/mcache.h>
33 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
35 #include <net/route.h>
36 #include <netinet/in.h>
37 #include <netinet/in_systm.h>
38 #include <netinet/ip.h>
41 #include <netinet/ip6.h>
43 #include <netinet/ip_var.h>
44 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
45 #include <netinet/tcp_fsm.h>
46 #include <netinet/tcp_timer.h>
47 #include <netinet/tcp_var.h>
48 #include <netinet/tcpip.h>
49 #include <netinet/tcp_cc.h>
51 #include <libkern/OSAtomic.h>
53 /* This file implements an alternate TCP congestion control algorithm
54 * for background transport developed by LEDBAT working group at IETF and
55 * described in draft: draft-ietf-ledbat-congestion-02
58 int tcp_ledbat_init(struct tcpcb
*tp
);
59 int tcp_ledbat_cleanup(struct tcpcb
*tp
);
60 void tcp_ledbat_cwnd_init(struct tcpcb
*tp
);
61 void tcp_ledbat_inseq_ack_rcvd(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
);
62 void tcp_ledbat_ack_rcvd(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
);
63 void tcp_ledbat_pre_fr(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
);
64 void tcp_ledbat_post_fr(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
);
65 void tcp_ledbat_after_idle(struct tcpcb
*tp
);
66 void tcp_ledbat_after_timeout(struct tcpcb
*tp
);
67 int tcp_ledbat_delay_ack(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
);
68 void tcp_ledbat_switch_cc(struct tcpcb
*tp
, uint16_t old_cc_index
);
70 struct tcp_cc_algo tcp_cc_ledbat
= {
72 .init
= tcp_ledbat_init
,
73 .cleanup
= tcp_ledbat_cleanup
,
74 .cwnd_init
= tcp_ledbat_cwnd_init
,
75 .inseq_ack_rcvd
= tcp_ledbat_inseq_ack_rcvd
,
76 .ack_rcvd
= tcp_ledbat_ack_rcvd
,
77 .pre_fr
= tcp_ledbat_pre_fr
,
78 .post_fr
= tcp_ledbat_post_fr
,
79 .after_idle
= tcp_ledbat_after_idle
,
80 .after_timeout
= tcp_ledbat_after_timeout
,
81 .delay_ack
= tcp_ledbat_delay_ack
,
82 .switch_to
= tcp_ledbat_switch_cc
85 extern int tcp_do_rfc3465
;
86 extern int tcp_do_rfc3465_lim2
;
87 extern uint32_t get_base_rtt(struct tcpcb
*tp
);
89 /* Target queuing delay in milliseconds. This includes the processing
90 * and scheduling delay on both of the end-hosts. A LEDBAT sender tries
91 * to keep queuing delay below this limit. When the queuing delay
92 * goes above this limit, a LEDBAT sender will start reducing the
95 * The LEDBAT draft says that target queue delay MUST be 100 ms for
98 int target_qdelay
= 100;
99 SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_tcp
, OID_AUTO
, bg_target_qdelay
, CTLFLAG_RW
| CTLFLAG_LOCKED
,
100 &target_qdelay
, 100, "Target queuing delay");
102 /* Allowed increase and tether are used to place an upper bound on
103 * congestion window based on the amount of data that is outstanding.
104 * This will limit the congestion window when the amount of data in
105 * flight is little because the application is writing to the socket
106 * intermittently and is preventing the connection from becoming idle .
108 * max_allowed_cwnd = allowed_increase + (tether * flight_size)
109 * cwnd = min(cwnd, max_allowed_cwnd)
111 * 'Allowed_increase' parameter is set to 2. If the flight size is zero, then
112 * we want the congestion window to be at least 2 packets to reduce the
113 * delay induced by delayed ack. This helps when the receiver is acking every
116 * 'Tether' is also set to 2. We do not want this to limit the growth of cwnd
119 int allowed_increase
= 2;
120 SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_tcp
, OID_AUTO
, bg_allowed_increase
, CTLFLAG_RW
| CTLFLAG_LOCKED
,
121 &allowed_increase
, 1, "Additive constant used to calculate max allowed congestion window");
123 /* Left shift for cwnd to get tether value of 2 */
124 int tether_shift
= 1;
125 SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_tcp
, OID_AUTO
, bg_tether_shift
, CTLFLAG_RW
| CTLFLAG_LOCKED
,
126 &tether_shift
, 1, "Tether shift for max allowed congestion window");
128 /* Start with an initial window of 2. This will help to get more accurate
129 * minimum RTT measurement in the beginning. It will help to probe
130 * the path slowly and will not add to the existing delay if the path is
131 * already congested. Using 2 packets will reduce the delay induced by delayed-ack.
133 uint32_t bg_ss_fltsz
= 2;
134 SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_tcp
, OID_AUTO
, bg_ss_fltsz
, CTLFLAG_RW
| CTLFLAG_LOCKED
,
135 &bg_ss_fltsz
, 2, "Initial congestion window for background transport");
137 extern int rtt_samples_per_slot
;
139 static void update_cwnd(struct tcpcb
*tp
, uint32_t incr
) {
140 uint32_t max_allowed_cwnd
= 0, flight_size
= 0;
141 uint32_t qdelay
, base_rtt
;
144 base_rtt
= get_base_rtt(tp
);
146 /* If we do not have a good RTT measurement yet, increment
147 * congestion window by the default value.
149 if (base_rtt
== 0 || tp
->t_rttcur
== 0) {
150 tp
->snd_cwnd
+= incr
;
154 qdelay
= tp
->t_rttcur
- base_rtt
;
155 off_target
= (int32_t)(target_qdelay
- qdelay
);
157 if (off_target
>= 0) {
158 /* Delay decreased or remained the same, we can increase
159 * the congestion window according to RFC 3465.
161 * Move background slow-start threshold to current
162 * congestion window so that the next time (after some idle
163 * period), we can attempt to do slow-start till here if there
164 * is no increase in rtt
166 if (tp
->bg_ssthresh
< tp
->snd_cwnd
)
167 tp
->bg_ssthresh
= tp
->snd_cwnd
;
168 tp
->snd_cwnd
+= incr
;
171 /* In response to an increase in rtt, reduce the congestion
172 * window by one-eighth. This will help to yield immediately
173 * to a competing stream.
177 redwin
= tp
->snd_cwnd
>> 3;
178 tp
->snd_cwnd
-= redwin
;
179 if (tp
->snd_cwnd
< bg_ss_fltsz
* tp
->t_maxseg
)
180 tp
->snd_cwnd
= bg_ss_fltsz
* tp
->t_maxseg
;
182 /* Lower background slow-start threshold so that the connection
183 * will go into congestion avoidance phase
185 if (tp
->bg_ssthresh
> tp
->snd_cwnd
)
186 tp
->bg_ssthresh
= tp
->snd_cwnd
;
189 /* Calculate the outstanding flight size and restrict the
190 * congestion window to a factor of flight size.
192 flight_size
= tp
->snd_max
- tp
->snd_una
;
194 max_allowed_cwnd
= (allowed_increase
* tp
->t_maxseg
)
195 + (flight_size
<< tether_shift
);
196 tp
->snd_cwnd
= min(tp
->snd_cwnd
, max_allowed_cwnd
);
200 int tcp_ledbat_init(struct tcpcb
*tp
) {
202 OSIncrementAtomic((volatile SInt32
*)&tcp_cc_ledbat
.num_sockets
);
206 int tcp_ledbat_cleanup(struct tcpcb
*tp
) {
208 OSDecrementAtomic((volatile SInt32
*)&tcp_cc_ledbat
.num_sockets
);
212 /* Initialize the congestion window for a connection
217 tcp_ledbat_cwnd_init(struct tcpcb
*tp
) {
218 tp
->snd_cwnd
= tp
->t_maxseg
* bg_ss_fltsz
;
219 tp
->bg_ssthresh
= tp
->snd_ssthresh
;
222 /* Function to handle an in-sequence ack which is fast-path processing
223 * of an in sequence ack in tcp_input function (called as header prediction).
224 * This gets called only during congestion avoidance phase.
227 tcp_ledbat_inseq_ack_rcvd(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
) {
231 acked
= th
->th_ack
- tp
->snd_una
;
232 tp
->t_bytes_acked
+= acked
;
233 if (tp
->t_bytes_acked
> tp
->snd_cwnd
) {
234 tp
->t_bytes_acked
-= tp
->snd_cwnd
;
238 if (tp
->snd_cwnd
< tp
->snd_wnd
&& incr
> 0) {
239 update_cwnd(tp
, incr
);
242 /* Function to process an ack.
245 tcp_ledbat_ack_rcvd(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
) {
247 * RFC 3465 - Appropriate Byte Counting.
249 * If the window is currently less than ssthresh,
250 * open the window by the number of bytes ACKed by
251 * the last ACK, however clamp the window increase
252 * to an upper limit "L".
254 * In congestion avoidance phase, open the window by
255 * one segment each time "bytes_acked" grows to be
256 * greater than or equal to the congestion window.
259 register u_int cw
= tp
->snd_cwnd
;
260 register u_int incr
= tp
->t_maxseg
;
263 acked
= th
->th_ack
- tp
->snd_una
;
264 tp
->t_bytes_acked
+= acked
;
265 if (cw
>= tp
->bg_ssthresh
) {
266 /* congestion-avoidance */
267 if (tp
->t_bytes_acked
< cw
) {
268 /* No need to increase yet. */
273 * If the user explicitly enables RFC3465
274 * use 2*SMSS for the "L" param. Otherwise
275 * use the more conservative 1*SMSS.
277 * (See RFC 3465 2.3 Choosing the Limit)
281 abc_lim
= (tcp_do_rfc3465_lim2
&&
282 tp
->snd_nxt
== tp
->snd_max
) ? incr
* 2 : incr
;
284 incr
= lmin(acked
, abc_lim
);
286 if (tp
->t_bytes_acked
>= cw
)
287 tp
->t_bytes_acked
-= cw
;
289 update_cwnd(tp
, incr
);
293 tcp_ledbat_pre_fr(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
) {
298 win
= min(tp
->snd_wnd
, tp
->snd_cwnd
) /
302 tp
->snd_ssthresh
= win
* tp
->t_maxseg
;
303 if (tp
->bg_ssthresh
> tp
->snd_ssthresh
)
304 tp
->bg_ssthresh
= tp
->snd_ssthresh
;
308 tcp_ledbat_post_fr(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
) {
311 ss
= tp
->snd_max
- th
->th_ack
;
314 * Complete ack. Inflate the congestion window to
315 * ssthresh and exit fast recovery.
317 * Window inflation should have left us with approx.
318 * snd_ssthresh outstanding data. But in case we
319 * would be inclined to send a burst, better to do
320 * it via the slow start mechanism.
322 if (ss
< (int32_t)tp
->snd_ssthresh
)
323 tp
->snd_cwnd
= ss
+ tp
->t_maxseg
;
325 tp
->snd_cwnd
= tp
->snd_ssthresh
;
326 tp
->t_bytes_acked
= 0;
330 * Function to handle connections that have been idle for
331 * some time. Slow start to get ack "clock" running again.
332 * Clear base history after idle time.
335 tcp_ledbat_after_idle(struct tcpcb
*tp
) {
336 int32_t n
= N_RTT_BASE
, i
= (N_RTT_BASE
- 1);
338 /* Decide how many base history entries have to be cleared
339 * based on how long the connection has been idle.
342 if (tp
->t_rttcur
> 0) {
343 int32_t nrtt
, idle_time
;
345 idle_time
= tcp_now
- tp
->t_rcvtime
;
346 nrtt
= idle_time
/ tp
->t_rttcur
;
347 n
= nrtt
/ rtt_samples_per_slot
;
351 for (i
= (N_RTT_BASE
- 1); n
> 0; --i
, --n
) {
354 for (n
= (N_RTT_BASE
- 1); i
>= 0; --i
, --n
) {
355 tp
->rtt_hist
[n
] = tp
->rtt_hist
[i
];
359 /* Reset the congestion window */
360 tp
->snd_cwnd
= tp
->t_maxseg
* bg_ss_fltsz
;
363 /* Function to change the congestion window when the retransmit
364 * timer fires. The behavior is the same as that for best-effort
365 * TCP, reduce congestion window to one segment and start probing
366 * the link using "slow start". The slow start threshold is set
367 * to half of the current window. Lower the background slow start
371 tcp_ledbat_after_timeout(struct tcpcb
*tp
) {
372 if (tp
->t_state
>= TCPS_ESTABLISHED
) {
373 u_int win
= min(tp
->snd_wnd
, tp
->snd_cwnd
) / 2 / tp
->t_maxseg
;
376 tp
->snd_cwnd
= tp
->t_maxseg
;
377 tp
->snd_ssthresh
= win
* tp
->t_maxseg
;
378 tp
->t_bytes_acked
= 0;
381 if (tp
->bg_ssthresh
> tp
->snd_ssthresh
)
382 tp
->bg_ssthresh
= tp
->snd_ssthresh
;
387 * Indicate whether this ack should be delayed.
388 * We can delay the ack if:
389 * - our last ack wasn't a 0-sized window.
390 * - the peer hasn't sent us a TH_PUSH data packet: if he did, take this
391 * as a clue that we need to ACK without any delay. This helps higher
392 * level protocols who won't send us more data even if the window is
393 * open because their last "segment" hasn't been ACKed
394 * Otherwise the receiver will ack every other full-sized segment or when the
395 * delayed ack timer fires. This will help to generate better rtt estimates for
396 * the other end if it is a ledbat sender.
401 tcp_ledbat_delay_ack(struct tcpcb
*tp
, struct tcphdr
*th
) {
402 if ((tp
->t_flags
& TF_RXWIN0SENT
) == 0 &&
403 (th
->th_flags
& TH_PUSH
) == 0 &&
404 (tp
->t_flags
& TF_DELACK
) == 0)
409 /* Change a connection to use ledbat. First, lower bg_ssthresh value
413 tcp_ledbat_switch_cc(struct tcpcb
*tp
, uint16_t old_cc_index
) {
414 #pragma unused(old_cc_index)
417 if (tp
->bg_ssthresh
== 0 || tp
->bg_ssthresh
> tp
->snd_ssthresh
)
418 tp
->bg_ssthresh
= tp
->snd_ssthresh
;
420 cwnd
= min(tp
->snd_wnd
, tp
->snd_cwnd
);
422 if (tp
->snd_cwnd
> tp
->bg_ssthresh
)
423 cwnd
= cwnd
/ tp
->t_maxseg
;
425 cwnd
= cwnd
/ 2 / tp
->t_maxseg
;
427 if (cwnd
< bg_ss_fltsz
)
430 tp
->snd_cwnd
= cwnd
* tp
->t_maxseg
;
431 tp
->t_bytes_acked
= 0;
433 OSIncrementAtomic((volatile SInt32
*)&tcp_cc_ledbat
.num_sockets
);