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Message-ID: <CADVnQyn-R7ibSjVMp3jjBWn7S-Qear0DgEU4xnmMv6rP7q7M1Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:11:43 -0400
From: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To: Pengcheng Yang <yangpc@...gsu.com>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] tcp: ensure to use the most recently sent
skb when filling the rate sample
.
On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 9:48 PM Pengcheng Yang <yangpc@...gsu.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 10:00 PM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 2022-04-17 at 14:51 -0400, Neal Cardwell wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 5:20 AM Pengcheng Yang <yangpc@...gsu.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If an ACK (s)acks multiple skbs, we favor the information
> > > > from the most recently sent skb by choosing the skb with
> > > > the highest prior_delivered count. But in the interval
> > > > between receiving ACKs, we send multiple skbs with the same
> > > > prior_delivered, because the tp->delivered only changes
> > > > when we receive an ACK.
> > > >
> > > > We used RACK's solution, copying tcp_rack_sent_after() as
> > > > tcp_skb_sent_after() helper to determine "which packet was
> > > > sent last?". Later, we will use tcp_skb_sent_after() instead
> > > > in RACK.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Pengcheng Yang <yangpc@...gsu.com>
> > > > Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > include/net/tcp.h | 6 ++++++
> > > > net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c | 11 ++++++++---
> > > > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
> > > > index 6d50a66..fcd69fc 100644
> > > > --- a/include/net/tcp.h
> > > > +++ b/include/net/tcp.h
> > > > @@ -1042,6 +1042,7 @@ struct rate_sample {
> > > > int losses; /* number of packets marked lost upon ACK */
> > > > u32 acked_sacked; /* number of packets newly (S)ACKed upon ACK */
> > > > u32 prior_in_flight; /* in flight before this ACK */
> > > > + u32 last_end_seq; /* end_seq of most recently ACKed packet */
> > > > 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? */
> > > > @@ -1158,6 +1159,11 @@ void tcp_rate_gen(struct sock *sk, u32 delivered, u32 lost,
> > > > bool is_sack_reneg, struct rate_sample *rs);
> > > > void tcp_rate_check_app_limited(struct sock *sk);
> > > >
> > > > +static inline bool tcp_skb_sent_after(u64 t1, u64 t2, u32 seq1, u32 seq2)
> > > > +{
> > > > + return t1 > t2 || (t1 == t2 && after(seq1, seq2));
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > /* These functions determine how the current flow behaves in respect of SACK
> > > > * handling. SACK is negotiated with the peer, and therefore it can vary
> > > > * between different flows.
> > > > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c
> > > > index 617b818..a8f6d9d 100644
> > > > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c
> > > > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c
> > > > @@ -74,27 +74,32 @@ void tcp_rate_skb_sent(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
> > > > *
> > > > * If an ACK (s)acks multiple skbs (e.g., stretched-acks), this function is
> > > > * called multiple times. We favor the information from the most recently
> > > > - * sent skb, i.e., the skb with the highest prior_delivered count.
> > > > + * sent skb, i.e., the skb with the most recently sent time and the highest
> > > > + * sequence.
> > > > */
> > > > void tcp_rate_skb_delivered(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
> > > > struct rate_sample *rs)
> > > > {
> > > > struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
> > > > struct tcp_skb_cb *scb = TCP_SKB_CB(skb);
> > > > + u64 tx_tstamp;
> > > >
> > > > if (!scb->tx.delivered_mstamp)
> > > > return;
> > > >
> > > > + tx_tstamp = tcp_skb_timestamp_us(skb);
> > > > if (!rs->prior_delivered ||
> > > > - after(scb->tx.delivered, rs->prior_delivered)) {
> > > > + tcp_skb_sent_after(tx_tstamp, tp->first_tx_mstamp,
> > > > + scb->end_seq, rs->last_end_seq)) {
> > > > rs->prior_delivered_ce = scb->tx.delivered_ce;
> > > > rs->prior_delivered = scb->tx.delivered;
> > > > rs->prior_mstamp = scb->tx.delivered_mstamp;
> > > > rs->is_app_limited = scb->tx.is_app_limited;
> > > > rs->is_retrans = scb->sacked & TCPCB_RETRANS;
> > > > + rs->last_end_seq = scb->end_seq;
> > > >
> > > > /* Record send time of most recently ACKed packet: */
> > > > - tp->first_tx_mstamp = tcp_skb_timestamp_us(skb);
> > > > + tp->first_tx_mstamp = tx_tstamp;
> > > > /* Find the duration of the "send phase" of this window: */
> > > > rs->interval_us = tcp_stamp_us_delta(tp->first_tx_mstamp,
> > > > scb->tx.first_tx_mstamp);
> > > > --
> > >
> > > Thanks for the patch! The change looks good to me, and it passes our
> > > team's packetdrill tests.
> > >
> > > One suggestion: currently this patch seems to be targeted to the
> > > net-next branch. However, since it's a bug fix my sense is that it
> > > would be best to target this to the net branch, so that it gets
> > > backported to stable releases.
> > >
> > > One complication is that the follow-on patch in this series ("tcp: use
> > > tcp_skb_sent_after() instead in RACK") is a pure re-factor/cleanup,
> > > which is more appropriate for net-next. So the plan I was trying to
> > > describe in the previous thread was that this series could be
> > > implemented as:
> > >
> > > (1) first, submit "tcp: ensure to use the most recently sent skb when
> > > filling the rate sample" to the net branch
> > > (2) wait for the fix in the net branch to be merged into the net-next branch
> > > (3) second, submit "tcp: use tcp_skb_sent_after() instead in RACK" to
> > > the net-next branch
> > >
> > > What do folks think?
> >
> > +1 for the above.
> >
> > @Pengcheng: please additionally provide a suitable 'fixes' tag for
> > patch 1/2.
>
> Fixes: b9f64820fb22 ("tcp: track data delivery rate for a TCP connection")
Thanks. That looks like the correct SHA1. However, I think there may
be a miscommunication. :-)
I think what Paolo and I are suggesting is:
(1) e-mail the patch "tcp: ensure to use the most recently sent skb
when filling the rate sample" as a submission to the net branch
("[PATCH net v3] tcp: ensure to use the most recently sent skb when
filling the rate sample"), with the "Fixes:" footer in the commit
message in the line above your "Signed-off-by:" footer.
(2) wait for the fix in the net branch to be merged into the net-next branch
(3) submit "tcp: use tcp_skb_sent_after() instead in RACK" to the
net-next branch
thanks,
neal
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