1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 * TCP Westwood+: end-to-end bandwidth estimation for TCP
5 * Angelo Dell'Aera: author of the first version of TCP Westwood+ in Linux 2.4
7 * Support at http://c3lab.poliba.it/index.php/Westwood
8 * Main references in literature:
10 * - Mascolo S, Casetti, M. Gerla et al.
11 * "TCP Westwood: bandwidth estimation for TCP" Proc. ACM Mobicom 2001
13 * - A. Grieco, s. Mascolo
14 * "Performance evaluation of New Reno, Vegas, Westwood+ TCP" ACM Computer
17 * - A. Dell'Aera, L. Grieco, S. Mascolo.
18 * "Linux 2.4 Implementation of Westwood+ TCP with Rate-Halving :
19 * A Performance Evaluation Over the Internet" (ICC 2004), Paris, June 2004
21 * Westwood+ employs end-to-end bandwidth measurement to set cwnd and
22 * ssthresh after packet loss. The probing phase is as the original Reno.
26 #include <linux/module.h>
27 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
28 #include <linux/inet_diag.h>
31 /* TCP Westwood structure */
33 u32 bw_ns_est; /* first bandwidth estimation..not too smoothed 8) */
34 u32 bw_est; /* bandwidth estimate */
35 u32 rtt_win_sx; /* here starts a new evaluation... */
37 u32 snd_una; /* used for evaluating the number of acked bytes */
41 u32 rtt_min; /* minimum observed RTT */
42 u8 first_ack; /* flag which infers that this is the first ack */
43 u8 reset_rtt_min; /* Reset RTT min to next RTT sample*/
46 /* TCP Westwood functions and constants */
47 #define TCP_WESTWOOD_RTT_MIN (HZ/20) /* 50ms */
48 #define TCP_WESTWOOD_INIT_RTT (20*HZ) /* maybe too conservative?! */
51 * @tcp_westwood_create
52 * This function initializes fields used in TCP Westwood+,
53 * it is called after the initial SYN, so the sequence numbers
54 * are correct but new passive connections we have no
55 * information about RTTmin at this time so we simply set it to
56 * TCP_WESTWOOD_INIT_RTT. This value was chosen to be too conservative
57 * since in this way we're sure it will be updated in a consistent
58 * way as soon as possible. It will reasonably happen within the first
59 * RTT period of the connection lifetime.
61 static void tcp_westwood_init(struct sock *sk)
63 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
71 w->rtt_min = w->rtt = TCP_WESTWOOD_INIT_RTT;
72 w->rtt_win_sx = tcp_jiffies32;
73 w->snd_una = tcp_sk(sk)->snd_una;
79 * Low-pass filter. Implemented using constant coefficients.
81 static inline u32 westwood_do_filter(u32 a, u32 b)
83 return ((7 * a) + b) >> 3;
86 static void westwood_filter(struct westwood *w, u32 delta)
88 /* If the filter is empty fill it with the first sample of bandwidth */
89 if (w->bw_ns_est == 0 && w->bw_est == 0) {
90 w->bw_ns_est = w->bk / delta;
91 w->bw_est = w->bw_ns_est;
93 w->bw_ns_est = westwood_do_filter(w->bw_ns_est, w->bk / delta);
94 w->bw_est = westwood_do_filter(w->bw_est, w->bw_ns_est);
99 * @westwood_pkts_acked
100 * Called after processing group of packets.
101 * but all westwood needs is the last sample of srtt.
103 static void tcp_westwood_pkts_acked(struct sock *sk,
104 const struct ack_sample *sample)
106 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
108 if (sample->rtt_us > 0)
109 w->rtt = usecs_to_jiffies(sample->rtt_us);
113 * @westwood_update_window
114 * It updates RTT evaluation window if it is the right moment to do
115 * it. If so it calls filter for evaluating bandwidth.
117 static void westwood_update_window(struct sock *sk)
119 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
120 s32 delta = tcp_jiffies32 - w->rtt_win_sx;
122 /* Initialize w->snd_una with the first acked sequence number in order
123 * to fix mismatch between tp->snd_una and w->snd_una for the first
127 w->snd_una = tcp_sk(sk)->snd_una;
132 * See if a RTT-window has passed.
133 * Be careful since if RTT is less than
134 * 50ms we don't filter but we continue 'building the sample'.
135 * This minimum limit was chosen since an estimation on small
136 * time intervals is better to avoid...
137 * Obviously on a LAN we reasonably will always have
138 * right_bound = left_bound + WESTWOOD_RTT_MIN
140 if (w->rtt && delta > max_t(u32, w->rtt, TCP_WESTWOOD_RTT_MIN)) {
141 westwood_filter(w, delta);
144 w->rtt_win_sx = tcp_jiffies32;
148 static inline void update_rtt_min(struct westwood *w)
150 if (w->reset_rtt_min) {
152 w->reset_rtt_min = 0;
154 w->rtt_min = min(w->rtt, w->rtt_min);
159 * It is called when we are in fast path. In particular it is called when
160 * header prediction is successful. In such case in fact update is
161 * straight forward and doesn't need any particular care.
163 static inline void westwood_fast_bw(struct sock *sk)
165 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
166 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
168 westwood_update_window(sk);
170 w->bk += tp->snd_una - w->snd_una;
171 w->snd_una = tp->snd_una;
176 * @westwood_acked_count
177 * This function evaluates cumul_ack for evaluating bk in case of
178 * delayed or partial acks.
180 static inline u32 westwood_acked_count(struct sock *sk)
182 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
183 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
185 w->cumul_ack = tp->snd_una - w->snd_una;
187 /* If cumul_ack is 0 this is a dupack since it's not moving
191 w->accounted += tp->mss_cache;
192 w->cumul_ack = tp->mss_cache;
195 if (w->cumul_ack > tp->mss_cache) {
196 /* Partial or delayed ack */
197 if (w->accounted >= w->cumul_ack) {
198 w->accounted -= w->cumul_ack;
199 w->cumul_ack = tp->mss_cache;
201 w->cumul_ack -= w->accounted;
206 w->snd_una = tp->snd_una;
213 * Here limit is evaluated as Bw estimation*RTTmin (for obtaining it
214 * in packets we use mss_cache). Rttmin is guaranteed to be >= 2
215 * so avoids ever returning 0.
217 static u32 tcp_westwood_bw_rttmin(const struct sock *sk)
219 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
220 const struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
222 return max_t(u32, (w->bw_est * w->rtt_min) / tp->mss_cache, 2);
225 static void tcp_westwood_ack(struct sock *sk, u32 ack_flags)
227 if (ack_flags & CA_ACK_SLOWPATH) {
228 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
230 westwood_update_window(sk);
231 w->bk += westwood_acked_count(sk);
237 westwood_fast_bw(sk);
240 static void tcp_westwood_event(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_ca_event event)
242 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
243 struct westwood *w = inet_csk_ca(sk);
246 case CA_EVENT_COMPLETE_CWR:
247 tp->snd_cwnd = tp->snd_ssthresh = tcp_westwood_bw_rttmin(sk);
250 tp->snd_ssthresh = tcp_westwood_bw_rttmin(sk);
251 /* Update RTT_min when next ack arrives */
252 w->reset_rtt_min = 1;
260 /* Extract info for Tcp socket info provided via netlink. */
261 static size_t tcp_westwood_info(struct sock *sk, u32 ext, int *attr,
262 union tcp_cc_info *info)
264 const struct westwood *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
266 if (ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO - 1))) {
267 info->vegas.tcpv_enabled = 1;
268 info->vegas.tcpv_rttcnt = 0;
269 info->vegas.tcpv_rtt = jiffies_to_usecs(ca->rtt);
270 info->vegas.tcpv_minrtt = jiffies_to_usecs(ca->rtt_min);
272 *attr = INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO;
273 return sizeof(struct tcpvegas_info);
278 static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_westwood __read_mostly = {
279 .init = tcp_westwood_init,
280 .ssthresh = tcp_reno_ssthresh,
281 .cong_avoid = tcp_reno_cong_avoid,
282 .undo_cwnd = tcp_reno_undo_cwnd,
283 .cwnd_event = tcp_westwood_event,
284 .in_ack_event = tcp_westwood_ack,
285 .get_info = tcp_westwood_info,
286 .pkts_acked = tcp_westwood_pkts_acked,
288 .owner = THIS_MODULE,
292 static int __init tcp_westwood_register(void)
294 BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct westwood) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
295 return tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcp_westwood);
298 static void __exit tcp_westwood_unregister(void)
300 tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcp_westwood);
303 module_init(tcp_westwood_register);
304 module_exit(tcp_westwood_unregister);
306 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephen Hemminger, Angelo Dell'Aera");
307 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
308 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCP Westwood+");