Merge branch 'tcp_bbr-Improving-TCP-BBR-performance-for-WiFi-and-cellular-networks'
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 25 Jan 2019 06:27:27 +0000 (22:27 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 25 Jan 2019 06:27:27 +0000 (22:27 -0800)
commit58e0b4abf54cedbfccb34add28e3b1c5427b1998
treeb430fc70530fcd2a655932664bfa5e42a29ca1d1
parenta1ead2ec3c098d2f94b8de8bb3f1929d27e9e7d5
parent78dc70ebaa38aa303274e333be6c98eef87619e2
Merge branch 'tcp_bbr-Improving-TCP-BBR-performance-for-WiFi-and-cellular-networks'

Priyaranjan Jha says:

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tcp_bbr: Improving TCP BBR performance for WiFi and cellular networks

Ack aggregation is quite prevalent with wifi, cellular and cable modem
link tchnologies, ACK decimation in middleboxes, and common offloading
techniques such as TSO and GRO, at end hosts. Previously, BBR was often
cwnd-limited in the presence of severe ACK aggregation, which resulted in
low throughput due to insufficient data in flight.

To achieve good throughput for wifi and other paths with aggregation, this
patch series implements an ACK aggregation estimator for BBR, which
estimates the maximum recent degree of ACK aggregation and adapts cwnd
based on it. The algorithm is further described by the following
presentation:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/101/materials/slides-101-iccrg-an-update-on-bbr-work-at-google-00

(1) A preparatory patch, which refactors bbr_target_cwnd for generic
    inflight provisioning.

(2) Implements BBR ack aggregation estimator and adapts cwnd based
    on measured degree of ACK aggregation.
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Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>