netdev - [RFC PATCH net-next 12/15] bpf: Adds support for setting initial cwnd

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:00:01 -0700
From:   Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@...com>
To:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>, Blake Matheny <bmatheny@...com>,
        "Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@...com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH net-next 12/15] bpf: Adds support for setting initial cwnd

Adds a new bpf_setsockopt for TCP sockets, TCP_BPF_IW, which sets the
initial congestion window. This can be used when the hosts are far
apart (large RTTs) and it is safe to start with a large inital cwnd.

Signed-off-by: Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@...com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/bpf.h |  2 ++
 net/core/filter.c        | 14 +++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index b86aacc..9895672 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -734,4 +734,6 @@ enum {
 					 */
 };
 
+#define TCP_BPF_IW		1001	/* Set TCP initial congestion window */
+
 #endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_BPF_H__ */
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 5e0cb4e..7b4458d 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -2705,7 +2705,19 @@ BPF_CALL_5(bpf_setsockopt, struct bpf_socket_ops_kern *, bpf_socket,
 				tcp_reinit_congestion_control(sk,
 					inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_ops);
 		} else {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+			struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+
+			val = *((int *)optval);
+			switch (optname) {
+			case TCP_BPF_IW:
+				if (val <= 0 || tp->data_segs_out > 0)
+					ret = -EINVAL;
+				else
+					tp->snd_cwnd = val;
+				break;
+			default:
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-- 
2.9.3