[TCP]: Add pluggable congestion control algorithm infrastructure.

Allow TCP to have multiple pluggable congestion control algorithms.
Algorithms are defined by a set of operations and can be built in
or modules.  The legacy "new RENO" algorithm is used as a starting
point and fallback.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 195 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..665394a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
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+/*
+ * Plugable TCP congestion control support and newReno
+ * congestion control.
+ * Based on ideas from I/O scheduler suport and Web100.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
+
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tcp_cong_list_lock);
+static LIST_HEAD(tcp_cong_list);
+
+/* Simple linear search, don't expect many entries! */
+static struct tcp_congestion_ops *tcp_ca_find(const char *name)
+{
+	struct tcp_congestion_ops *e;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(e, &tcp_cong_list, list) {
+		if (strcmp(e->name, name) == 0)
+			return e;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attach new congestion control algorthim to the list
+ * of available options.
+ */
+int tcp_register_congestion_control(struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/* all algorithms must implement ssthresh and cong_avoid ops */
+	if (!ca->ssthresh || !ca->cong_avoid || !ca->min_cwnd) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "TCP %s does not implement required ops\n",
+		       ca->name);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+	if (tcp_ca_find(ca->name)) {
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "TCP %s already registered\n", ca->name);
+		ret = -EEXIST;
+	} else {
+		list_add_rcu(&ca->list, &tcp_cong_list);
+		printk(KERN_INFO "TCP %s registered\n", ca->name);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_register_congestion_control);
+
+/*
+ * Remove congestion control algorithm, called from
+ * the module's remove function.  Module ref counts are used
+ * to ensure that this can't be done till all sockets using
+ * that method are closed.
+ */
+void tcp_unregister_congestion_control(struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca)
+{
+	spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+	list_del_rcu(&ca->list);
+	spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_unregister_congestion_control);
+
+/* Assign choice of congestion control. */
+void tcp_init_congestion_control(struct tcp_sock *tp)
+{
+	struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ca, &tcp_cong_list, list) {
+		if (try_module_get(ca->owner)) {
+			tp->ca_ops = ca;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (tp->ca_ops->init)
+		tp->ca_ops->init(tp);
+}
+
+/* Manage refcounts on socket close. */
+void tcp_cleanup_congestion_control(struct tcp_sock *tp)
+{
+	if (tp->ca_ops->release)
+		tp->ca_ops->release(tp);
+	module_put(tp->ca_ops->owner);
+}
+
+/* Used by sysctl to change default congestion control */
+int tcp_set_default_congestion_control(const char *name)
+{
+	struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
+	int ret = -ENOENT;
+
+	spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+	ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
+	if (!ca) {
+		spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+
+		request_module("tcp_%s", name);
+		spin_lock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+		ca = tcp_ca_find(name);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	if (ca) {
+		list_move(&ca->list, &tcp_cong_list);
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Get current default congestion control */
+void tcp_get_default_congestion_control(char *name)
+{
+	struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca;
+	/* We will always have reno... */
+	BUG_ON(list_empty(&tcp_cong_list));
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	ca = list_entry(tcp_cong_list.next, struct tcp_congestion_ops, list);
+	strncpy(name, ca->name, TCP_CA_NAME_MAX);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+/*
+ * TCP Reno congestion control
+ * This is special case used for fallback as well.
+ */
+/* This is Jacobson's slow start and congestion avoidance.
+ * SIGCOMM '88, p. 328.
+ */
+void tcp_reno_cong_avoid(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 ack, u32 rtt, u32 in_flight,
+			 int flag)
+{
+	if (in_flight < tp->snd_cwnd)
+		return;
+
+        if (tp->snd_cwnd <= tp->snd_ssthresh) {
+                /* In "safe" area, increase. */
+		if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp)
+			tp->snd_cwnd++;
+	} else {
+                /* In dangerous area, increase slowly.
+		 * In theory this is tp->snd_cwnd += 1 / tp->snd_cwnd
+		 */
+		if (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt >= tp->snd_cwnd) {
+			if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp)
+				tp->snd_cwnd++;
+			tp->snd_cwnd_cnt = 0;
+		} else
+			tp->snd_cwnd_cnt++;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_reno_cong_avoid);
+
+/* Slow start threshold is half the congestion window (min 2) */
+u32 tcp_reno_ssthresh(struct tcp_sock *tp)
+{
+	return max(tp->snd_cwnd >> 1U, 2U);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_reno_ssthresh);
+
+/* Lower bound on congestion window. */
+u32 tcp_reno_min_cwnd(struct tcp_sock *tp)
+{
+	return tp->snd_ssthresh/2;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_reno_min_cwnd);
+
+struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_reno = {
+	.name		= "reno",
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.ssthresh	= tcp_reno_ssthresh,
+	.cong_avoid	= tcp_reno_cong_avoid,
+	.min_cwnd	= tcp_reno_min_cwnd,
+};
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_reno);