2 * TCP Westwood+: end-to-end bandwidth estimation for TCP
4 * Angelo Dell'Aera: author of the first version of TCP Westwood+ in Linux 2.4
6 * Support at http://c3lab.poliba.it/index.php/Westwood
7 * Main references in literature:
9 * - Mascolo S, Casetti, M. Gerla et al.
10 * "TCP Westwood: bandwidth estimation for TCP" Proc. ACM Mobicom 2001
12 * - A. Grieco, s. Mascolo
13 * "Performance evaluation of New Reno, Vegas, Westwood+ TCP" ACM Computer
16 * - A. Dell'Aera, L. Grieco, S. Mascolo.
17 * "Linux 2.4 Implementation of Westwood+ TCP with Rate-Halving :
18 * A Performance Evaluation Over the Internet" (ICC 2004), Paris, June 2004
20 * Westwood+ employs end-to-end bandwidth measurement to set cwnd and
21 * ssthresh after packet loss. The probing phase is as the original Reno.
25 #include <linux/module.h>
26 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
27 #include <linux/inet_diag.h>
30 /* TCP Westwood structure */
32 u32 bw_ns_est; /* first bandwidth estimation..not too smoothed 8) */
33 u32 bw_est; /* bandwidth estimate */
34 u32 rtt_win_sx; /* here starts a new evaluation... */
36 u32 snd_una; /* used for evaluating the number of acked bytes */
40 u32 rtt_min; /* minimum observed RTT */
41 u8 first_ack; /* flag which infers that this is the first ack */
42 u8 reset_rtt_min; /* Reset RTT min to next RTT sample*/
45 /* TCP Westwood functions and constants */
46 #define TCP_WESTWOOD_RTT_MIN (HZ/20) /* 50ms */
47 #define TCP_WESTWOOD_INIT_RTT (20*HZ) /* maybe too conservative?! */
50 * @tcp_westwood_create
51 * This function initializes fields used in TCP Westwood+,
52 * it is called after the initial SYN, so the sequence numbers
53 * are correct but new passive connections we have no
54 * information about RTTmin at this time so we simply set it to
55 * TCP_WESTWOOD_INIT_RTT. This value was chosen to be too conservative
56 * since in this way we're sure it will be updated in a consistent
57 * way as soon as possible. It will reasonably happen within the first
58 * RTT period of the connection lifetime.
60 static void tcp_westwood_init(struct sock *sk)
62 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
70 w->rtt_min = w->rtt = TCP_WESTWOOD_INIT_RTT;
71 w->rtt_win_sx = tcp_time_stamp;
72 w->snd_una = tcp_sk(sk)->snd_una;
78 * Low-pass filter. Implemented using constant coefficients.
80 static inline u32 westwood_do_filter(u32 a, u32 b)
82 return ((7 * a) + b) >> 3;
85 static void westwood_filter(struct westwood *w, u32 delta)
87 /* If the filter is empty fill it with the first sample of bandwidth */
88 if (w->bw_ns_est == 0 && w->bw_est == 0) {
89 w->bw_ns_est = w->bk / delta;
90 w->bw_est = w->bw_ns_est;
92 w->bw_ns_est = westwood_do_filter(w->bw_ns_est, w->bk / delta);
93 w->bw_est = westwood_do_filter(w->bw_est, w->bw_ns_est);
98 * @westwood_pkts_acked
99 * Called after processing group of packets.
100 * but all westwood needs is the last sample of srtt.
102 static void tcp_westwood_pkts_acked(struct sock *sk, u32 cnt, s32 rtt)
104 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
107 w->rtt = usecs_to_jiffies(rtt);
111 * @westwood_update_window
112 * It updates RTT evaluation window if it is the right moment to do
113 * it. If so it calls filter for evaluating bandwidth.
115 static void westwood_update_window(struct sock *sk)
117 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
118 s32 delta = tcp_time_stamp - w->rtt_win_sx;
120 /* Initialize w->snd_una with the first acked sequence number in order
121 * to fix mismatch between tp->snd_una and w->snd_una for the first
125 w->snd_una = tcp_sk(sk)->snd_una;
130 * See if a RTT-window has passed.
131 * Be careful since if RTT is less than
132 * 50ms we don't filter but we continue 'building the sample'.
133 * This minimum limit was chosen since an estimation on small
134 * time intervals is better to avoid...
135 * Obviously on a LAN we reasonably will always have
136 * right_bound = left_bound + WESTWOOD_RTT_MIN
138 if (w->rtt && delta > max_t(u32, w->rtt, TCP_WESTWOOD_RTT_MIN)) {
139 westwood_filter(w, delta);
142 w->rtt_win_sx = tcp_time_stamp;
146 static inline void update_rtt_min(struct westwood *w)
148 if (w->reset_rtt_min) {
150 w->reset_rtt_min = 0;
152 w->rtt_min = min(w->rtt, w->rtt_min);
157 * It is called when we are in fast path. In particular it is called when
158 * header prediction is successful. In such case in fact update is
159 * straight forward and doesn't need any particular care.
161 static inline void westwood_fast_bw(struct sock *sk)
163 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
164 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
166 westwood_update_window(sk);
168 w->bk += tp->snd_una - w->snd_una;
169 w->snd_una = tp->snd_una;
174 * @westwood_acked_count
175 * This function evaluates cumul_ack for evaluating bk in case of
176 * delayed or partial acks.
178 static inline u32 westwood_acked_count(struct sock *sk)
180 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
181 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
183 w->cumul_ack = tp->snd_una - w->snd_una;
185 /* If cumul_ack is 0 this is a dupack since it's not moving
189 w->accounted += tp->mss_cache;
190 w->cumul_ack = tp->mss_cache;
193 if (w->cumul_ack > tp->mss_cache) {
194 /* Partial or delayed ack */
195 if (w->accounted >= w->cumul_ack) {
196 w->accounted -= w->cumul_ack;
197 w->cumul_ack = tp->mss_cache;
199 w->cumul_ack -= w->accounted;
204 w->snd_una = tp->snd_una;
211 * Here limit is evaluated as Bw estimation*RTTmin (for obtaining it
212 * in packets we use mss_cache). Rttmin is guaranteed to be >= 2
213 * so avoids ever returning 0.
215 static u32 tcp_westwood_bw_rttmin(const struct sock *sk)
217 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
218 const struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
220 return max_t(u32, (w->bw_est * w->rtt_min) / tp->mss_cache, 2);
223 static void tcp_westwood_ack(struct sock *sk, u32 ack_flags)
225 if (ack_flags & CA_ACK_SLOWPATH) {
226 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
228 westwood_update_window(sk);
229 w->bk += westwood_acked_count(sk);
235 westwood_fast_bw(sk);
238 static void tcp_westwood_event(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_ca_event event)
240 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
241 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
244 case CA_EVENT_COMPLETE_CWR:
245 tp->snd_cwnd = tp->snd_ssthresh = tcp_westwood_bw_rttmin(sk);
248 tp->snd_ssthresh = tcp_westwood_bw_rttmin(sk);
249 /* Update RTT_min when next ack arrives */
250 w->reset_rtt_min = 1;
258 /* Extract info for Tcp socket info provided via netlink. */
259 static void tcp_westwood_info(struct sock *sk, u32 ext,
262 const struct westwood *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
264 if (ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO - 1))) {
265 struct tcpvegas_info info = {
267 .tcpv_rtt = jiffies_to_usecs(ca->rtt),
268 .tcpv_minrtt = jiffies_to_usecs(ca->rtt_min),
271 nla_put(skb, INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO, sizeof(info), &info);
275 static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_westwood __read_mostly = {
276 .init = tcp_westwood_init,
277 .ssthresh = tcp_reno_ssthresh,
278 .cong_avoid = tcp_reno_cong_avoid,
279 .cwnd_event = tcp_westwood_event,
280 .in_ack_event = tcp_westwood_ack,
281 .get_info = tcp_westwood_info,
282 .pkts_acked = tcp_westwood_pkts_acked,
284 .owner = THIS_MODULE,
288 static int __init tcp_westwood_register(void)
290 BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct westwood) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
291 return tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcp_westwood);
294 static void __exit tcp_westwood_unregister(void)
296 tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcp_westwood);
299 module_init(tcp_westwood_register);
300 module_exit(tcp_westwood_unregister);
302 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephen Hemminger, Angelo Dell'Aera");
303 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
304 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCP Westwood+");