tcp_bbr: fix pacing_gain to always be unity when using lt_bw

This commit fixes the pacing_gain to remain at BBR_UNIT (1.0) when
using lt_bw and returning from the PROBE_RTT state to PROBE_BW.

Previously, when using lt_bw, upon exiting PROBE_RTT and entering
PROBE_BW the bbr_reset_probe_bw_mode() code could sometimes randomly
end up with a cycle_idx of 0 and hence have bbr_advance_cycle_phase()
set a pacing gain above 1.0. In such cases this would result in a
pacing rate that is 1.25x higher than intended, potentially resulting
in a high loss rate for a little while until we stop using the lt_bw a
bit later.

This commit is a stable candidate for kernels back as far as 4.9.

Fixes: 0f8782ea1497 ("tcp_bbr: add BBR congestion control")
Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Reported-by: Beyers Cronje <bcronje@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
index 785712be5b0dd0fde4bdbbf564d5fda4da25d80e..a471f696e13c82cddd11633fd4bfdbc6d84f4bcc 100644 (file)
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
@@ -481,7 +481,8 @@ static void bbr_advance_cycle_phase(struct sock *sk)
 
        bbr->cycle_idx = (bbr->cycle_idx + 1) & (CYCLE_LEN - 1);
        bbr->cycle_mstamp = tp->delivered_mstamp;
-       bbr->pacing_gain = bbr_pacing_gain[bbr->cycle_idx];
+       bbr->pacing_gain = bbr->lt_use_bw ? BBR_UNIT :
+                                           bbr_pacing_gain[bbr->cycle_idx];
 }
 
 /* Gain cycling: cycle pacing gain to converge to fair share of available bw. */
@@ -490,8 +491,7 @@ static void bbr_update_cycle_phase(struct sock *sk,
 {
        struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 
-       if ((bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_BW) && !bbr->lt_use_bw &&
-           bbr_is_next_cycle_phase(sk, rs))
+       if (bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_BW && bbr_is_next_cycle_phase(sk, rs))
                bbr_advance_cycle_phase(sk);
 }