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-rw-r--r--include/linux/tcp.h1
-rw-r--r--include/net/tcp.h22
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c20
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_output.c21
4 files changed, 36 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
index 239946868142..4e37c71ecd74 100644
--- a/include/linux/tcp.h
+++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ struct tcp_sock {
u32 snd_cwnd_clamp; /* Do not allow snd_cwnd to grow above this */
u32 snd_cwnd_used;
u32 snd_cwnd_stamp;
+ u32 lsnd_pending; /* packets inflight or unsent since last xmit */
u32 prior_cwnd; /* Congestion window at start of Recovery. */
u32 prr_delivered; /* Number of newly delivered packets to
* receiver in Recovery. */
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 163d2b467d78..a9fe7bc4f4bb 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -974,7 +974,27 @@ static inline u32 tcp_wnd_end(const struct tcp_sock *tp)
{
return tp->snd_una + tp->snd_wnd;
}
-bool tcp_is_cwnd_limited(const struct sock *sk, u32 in_flight);
+
+/* We follow the spirit of RFC2861 to validate cwnd but implement a more
+ * flexible approach. The RFC suggests cwnd should not be raised unless
+ * it was fully used previously. But we allow cwnd to grow as long as the
+ * application has used half the cwnd.
+ * Example :
+ * cwnd is 10 (IW10), but application sends 9 frames.
+ * We allow cwnd to reach 18 when all frames are ACKed.
+ * This check is safe because it's as aggressive as slow start which already
+ * risks 100% overshoot. The advantage is that we discourage application to
+ * either send more filler packets or data to artificially blow up the cwnd
+ * usage, and allow application-limited process to probe bw more aggressively.
+ *
+ * TODO: remove in_flight once we can fix all callers, and their callers...
+ */
+static inline bool tcp_is_cwnd_limited(const struct sock *sk, u32 in_flight)
+{
+ const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+
+ return tp->snd_cwnd < 2 * tp->lsnd_pending;
+}
static inline void tcp_check_probe_timer(struct sock *sk)
{
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index 2b9464c93b88..a93b41ba05ff 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -276,26 +276,6 @@ int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name)
return err;
}
-/* RFC2861 Check whether we are limited by application or congestion window
- * This is the inverse of cwnd check in tcp_tso_should_defer
- */
-bool tcp_is_cwnd_limited(const struct sock *sk, u32 in_flight)
-{
- const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
- u32 left;
-
- if (in_flight >= tp->snd_cwnd)
- return true;
-
- left = tp->snd_cwnd - in_flight;
- if (sk_can_gso(sk) &&
- left * sysctl_tcp_tso_win_divisor < tp->snd_cwnd &&
- left < tp->xmit_size_goal_segs)
- return true;
- return left <= tcp_max_tso_deferred_mss(tp);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_is_cwnd_limited);
-
/* Slow start is used when congestion window is no greater than the slow start
* threshold. We base on RFC2581 and also handle stretch ACKs properly.
* We do not implement RFC3465 Appropriate Byte Counting (ABC) per se but
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 20847de991ea..f9181a133462 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1402,12 +1402,13 @@ static void tcp_cwnd_application_limited(struct sock *sk)
tp->snd_cwnd_stamp = tcp_time_stamp;
}
-/* Congestion window validation. (RFC2861) */
-static void tcp_cwnd_validate(struct sock *sk)
+static void tcp_cwnd_validate(struct sock *sk, u32 unsent_segs)
{
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
- if (tp->packets_out >= tp->snd_cwnd) {
+ tp->lsnd_pending = tp->packets_out + unsent_segs;
+
+ if (tcp_is_cwnd_limited(sk, 0)) {
/* Network is feed fully. */
tp->snd_cwnd_used = 0;
tp->snd_cwnd_stamp = tcp_time_stamp;
@@ -1880,7 +1881,7 @@ static bool tcp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, unsigned int mss_now, int nonagle,
{
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
struct sk_buff *skb;
- unsigned int tso_segs, sent_pkts;
+ unsigned int tso_segs, sent_pkts, unsent_segs = 0;
int cwnd_quota;
int result;
@@ -1924,7 +1925,7 @@ static bool tcp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, unsigned int mss_now, int nonagle,
break;
} else {
if (!push_one && tcp_tso_should_defer(sk, skb))
- break;
+ goto compute_unsent_segs;
}
/* TCP Small Queues :
@@ -1949,8 +1950,14 @@ static bool tcp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, unsigned int mss_now, int nonagle,
* there is no smp_mb__after_set_bit() yet
*/
smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
- if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > limit)
+ if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > limit) {
+ u32 unsent_bytes;
+
+compute_unsent_segs:
+ unsent_bytes = tp->write_seq - tp->snd_nxt;
+ unsent_segs = DIV_ROUND_UP(unsent_bytes, mss_now);
break;
+ }
}
limit = mss_now;
@@ -1990,7 +1997,7 @@ repair:
/* Send one loss probe per tail loss episode. */
if (push_one != 2)
tcp_schedule_loss_probe(sk);
- tcp_cwnd_validate(sk);
+ tcp_cwnd_validate(sk, unsent_segs);
return false;
}
return (push_one == 2) || (!tp->packets_out && tcp_send_head(sk));