From e42866031ff03c89a5bdd2056c76dd6cb41c3d35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yuchung Cheng Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:11:01 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] tcp: avoid min RTT bloat by skipping RTT from delayed-ACK in BBR A persistent connection may send tiny amount of data (e.g. health-check) for a long period of time. BBR's windowed min RTT filter may only see RTT samples from delayed ACKs causing BBR to grossly over-estimate the path delay depending how much the ACK was delayed at the receiver. This patch skips RTT samples that are likely coming from delayed ACKs. Note that it is possible the sender never obtains a valid measure to set the min RTT. In this case BBR will continue to set cwnd to initial window which seems fine because the connection is thin stream. Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng Acked-by: Neal Cardwell Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh Acked-by: Priyaranjan Jha Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/net/tcp.h | 1 + net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c | 3 ++- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h index 6939e69..5a1d26a 100644 --- a/include/net/tcp.h +++ b/include/net/tcp.h @@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ struct rate_sample { u32 prior_in_flight; /* in flight before this ACK */ bool is_app_limited; /* is sample from packet with bubble in pipe? */ bool is_retrans; /* is sample from retransmission? */ + bool is_ack_delayed; /* is this (likely) a delayed ACK? */ }; struct tcp_congestion_ops { diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c index 8322f26..785712b 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c @@ -766,7 +766,8 @@ static void bbr_update_min_rtt(struct sock *sk, const struct rate_sample *rs) filter_expired = after(tcp_jiffies32, bbr->min_rtt_stamp + bbr_min_rtt_win_sec * HZ); if (rs->rtt_us >= 0 && - (rs->rtt_us <= bbr->min_rtt_us || filter_expired)) { + (rs->rtt_us <= bbr->min_rtt_us || + (filter_expired && !rs->is_ack_delayed))) { bbr->min_rtt_us = rs->rtt_us; bbr->min_rtt_stamp = tcp_jiffies32; } diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c index 2c67971..cfa51cf 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c @@ -3633,6 +3633,7 @@ static int tcp_ack(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, int flag) delivered = tp->delivered - delivered; /* freshly ACKed or SACKed */ lost = tp->lost - lost; /* freshly marked lost */ + rs.is_ack_delayed = !!(flag & FLAG_ACK_MAYBE_DELAYED); tcp_rate_gen(sk, delivered, lost, is_sack_reneg, sack_state.rate); tcp_cong_control(sk, ack, delivered, flag, sack_state.rate); tcp_xmit_recovery(sk, rexmit); -- 2.7.4