From 6b58e0a5f32dedb609438bb9c9c82aa6e23381f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fan Du Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 11:18:23 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] ipv4: Use binary search to choose tcp PMTU probe_size Current probe_size is chosen by doubling mss_cache, the probing process will end shortly with a sub-optimal mss size, and the link mtu will not be taken full advantage of, in return, this will make user to tweak tcp_base_mss with care. Use binary search to choose probe_size in a fine granularity manner, an optimal mss will be found to boost performance as its maxmium. In addition, introduce a sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold to control when probing will stop in respect to the width of search range. Test env: Docker instance with vxlan encapuslation(82599EB) iperf -c 10.0.0.24 -t 60 before this patch: 1.26 Gbits/sec After this patch: increase 26% 1.59 Gbits/sec Signed-off-by: Fan Du Acked-by: John Heffner Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/net/netns/ipv4.h | 1 + include/net/tcp.h | 3 +++ net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 7 +++++++ net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 1 + net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h index 1085e12f940f..e051d399fa17 100644 --- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h +++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct netns_ipv4 { int sysctl_tcp_fwmark_accept; int sysctl_tcp_mtu_probing; int sysctl_tcp_base_mss; + int sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold; struct ping_group_range ping_group_range; diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h index 834089b0cffc..1ad82e334e27 100644 --- a/include/net/tcp.h +++ b/include/net/tcp.h @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ void tcp_time_wait(struct sock *sk, int state, int timeo); /* The least MTU to use for probing */ #define TCP_BASE_MSS 1024 +/* Specify interval when tcp mtu probing will stop */ +#define TCP_PROBE_THRESHOLD 8 + /* After receiving this amount of duplicate ACKs fast retransmit starts. */ #define TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH 3 diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c index d151539da8e6..d3c09c12ee81 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c @@ -883,6 +883,13 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = { .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = proc_dointvec, }, + { + .procname = "tcp_probe_threshold", + .data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold, + .maxlen = sizeof(int), + .mode = 0644, + .proc_handler = proc_dointvec, + }, { } }; diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c index 5a2dfed4783b..35790d977a2b 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c @@ -2460,6 +2460,7 @@ static int __net_init tcp_sk_init(struct net *net) } net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_ecn = 2; net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_base_mss = TCP_BASE_MSS; + net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold = TCP_PROBE_THRESHOLD; return 0; fail: diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c index 8bbd86cd81c8..ed024cbb097f 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c @@ -1842,11 +1842,13 @@ static int tcp_mtu_probe(struct sock *sk) struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk); struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk); struct sk_buff *skb, *nskb, *next; + struct net *net = sock_net(sk); int len; int probe_size; int size_needed; int copy; int mss_now; + int interval; /* Not currently probing/verifying, * not in recovery, @@ -1859,11 +1861,17 @@ static int tcp_mtu_probe(struct sock *sk) tp->rx_opt.num_sacks || tp->rx_opt.dsack) return -1; - /* Very simple search strategy: just double the MSS. */ + /* Use binary search for probe_size between tcp_mss_base, + * and current mss_clamp. if (search_high - search_low) + * smaller than a threshold, backoff from probing. + */ mss_now = tcp_current_mss(sk); - probe_size = 2 * tp->mss_cache; + probe_size = tcp_mtu_to_mss(sk, (icsk->icsk_mtup.search_high + + icsk->icsk_mtup.search_low) >> 1); size_needed = probe_size + (tp->reordering + 1) * tp->mss_cache; - if (probe_size > tcp_mtu_to_mss(sk, icsk->icsk_mtup.search_high)) { + interval = icsk->icsk_mtup.search_high - icsk->icsk_mtup.search_low; + if (probe_size > tcp_mtu_to_mss(sk, icsk->icsk_mtup.search_high) || + interval < max(1, net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold)) { /* TODO: set timer for probe_converge_event */ return -1; }