linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 26/92] tcp_bbr: fix pacing_gain to always be unity when using lt

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Date:   Fri,  9 Feb 2018 14:38:55 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>,
        Beyers Cronje <bcronje@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 26/92] tcp_bbr: fix pacing_gain to always be unity when using lt_bw

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>


[ Upstream commit 3aff3b4b986e51bcf4ab249e5d48d39596e0df6a ]

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@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>
Reported-by: Beyers Cronje <bcronje@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
@@ -452,7 +452,8 @@ static void bbr_advance_cycle_phase(stru
 
 	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. */
@@ -461,8 +462,7 @@ static void bbr_update_cycle_phase(struc
 {
 	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);
 }