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* dccp ccid-3: Remove duplicate RX statesGerrit Renker2008-09-042-48/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | The only state information that the CCID-3 receiver keeps is whether initial feedback has been sent or not. Further, this overlaps with use of feedback: * state == TFRC_RSTATE_NO_DATA as long as no feedback has been sent; * state == TFRC_RSTATE_DATA as soon as the first feedback has been sent. This patch reduces the duplication, by memorising the type of the last feedback. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp tfrc: Let dccp_tfrc_lib do the sampling workGerrit Renker2008-09-044-34/+34
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This migrates more TFRC-related code into the dccp_tfrc_lib: * sampling of the packet size `s' (which is only needed until the first loss interval is computed (ccid3_first_li)); * updating the byte-counter `bytes_recvd' in between sending feedbacks. The result is a better separation of CCID-3 specific and TFRC specific code, which aids future integration with ECN and e.g. CCID-4. Further changes: ---------------- * replaced magic number of 536 with equivalent constant TCP_MIN_RCVMSS; (this constant is also used when no estimate for `s' is available). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp tfrc: Return type of update_i_mean is voidGerrit Renker2008-09-044-18/+17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This changes the return type of tfrc_lh_update_i_mean() to void, since that function returns always `false'. This is due to len = dccp_delta_seqno(cur->li_seqno, DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_seq) + 1; if (len - (s64)cur->li_length <= 0) /* duplicate or reordered */ return 0; which means that update_i_mean can only increase the length of the open loss interval I_0, and hence the value of I_tot0 (RFC 3448, 5.4). Consequently the test `i_mean < old_i_mean' at the end of the function always evaluates to false. There is no known way by which a loss interval can suddenly become shorter, therefore the return type of the function is changed to void. (That is, under the given circumstances step (3) in RFC 3448, 6.1 will not occur.) Further changes: ---------------- * the function is now called from tfrc_rx_handle_loss, which is equivalent to the previous way of calling from rx_packet_recv (it was called whenever there was no new or pending loss, now it is also updated when there is a pending loss - this increases the accuracy a bit); * added a FIXME to possibly consider NDP counting as per RFC 4342 (this is not implemented yet). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp tfrc: Perform early loss detectionGerrit Renker2008-09-042-9/+42
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This enables the TFRC code to begin loss detection (as soon as the module is loaded), using the latest updates from rfc3448bis-06, 6.3.1: * when the first data packet(s) are lost or marked, set * X_target = s/(2*R) => f(p) = s/(R * X_target) = 2, * corresponding to a loss rate of ~ 20.64%. The handle_loss() function is now called right at the begin of rx_packet_recv() and thus no longer protected against duplicates: hence a call to rx_duplicate() has been added. Such a call makes sense now, as the previous patch initialises the first entry with a sequence number of GSR. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp tfrc: Receiver history initialisation routineGerrit Renker2008-09-043-24/+32
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch 1) separates history allocation and initialisation, to facilitate early loss detection (implemented by a subsequent patch); 2) removes duplication by using the existing tfrc_rx_hist_purge() if the allocation fails. This is now possible, since the initialisation routine 3) zeroes out the entire history before using it. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp tfrc: Suppress unavoidable "below resolution" warningGerrit Renker2008-09-041-2/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In the congestion-avoidance phase a decay of p towards 0 is natural once fewer losses are encountered. Hence the warning message "p is below resolution" is not necessary, and thus turned into a debug message by this patch. The TFRC_SMALLEST_P is needed since in theory p never actually reaches 0. When no further losses are encountered, the loss interval I_0 grows in length, causing p to decrease towards 0, causing X_calc = s/(RTT * f(p)) to increase. With the given minimum-resolution this congestion avoidance phase stops at some fixed value, an approximation formula has been added to the documentation. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Simplified handling of TX statesGerrit Renker2008-09-042-44/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since CCIDs are only used during the established phase of a connection, they have very little internal state; this specifically reduces to: * "no packet sent" if and only if s == 0, for the TX packet size s; * when the first packet has been sent (i.e. `s' > 0), the question is whether or not feedback has been received: - if a feedback packet is received, "feedback = yes" is set, - if the nofeedback timer expires, "feedback = no" is set. Thus the CCID only needs to remember state about whether or not feedback has been received. This is now implemented using a boolean flag, which is toggled when a feedback packet arrives or the nofeedback timer expires. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Runtime verification of timer resolutionGerrit Renker2008-09-041-0/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The DCCP base time resolution is 10 microseconds (RFC 4340, 13.1 ... 13.3). Using a timer with a lower resolution was found to trigger the following bug warnings/problems on high-speed networks (e.g. local loopback): * RTT samples are rounded down to 0 if below resolution; * in some cases, negative RTT samples were observed; * the CCID-3 feedback timer complains that the feedback interval is 0, since the feedback interval is in the order of 1 RTT or less and RTT measurement rounded this down to 0; On an Intel computer this will for instance happen when using a boot-time parameter of "clocksource=jiffies". The following system log messages were observed: 11:24:00 kernel: BUG: delta (0) <= 0 at ccid3_hc_rx_send_feedback() 11:26:12 kernel: BUG: delta (0) <= 0 at ccid3_hc_rx_send_feedback() 11:26:30 kernel: dccp_sample_rtt: unusable RTT sample 0, using min 11:26:30 last message repeated 5 times This patch defines a global constant for the time resolution, adds this in timer.c, and checks the available clock resolution at CCID-3 module load time. When the resolution is worse than 10 microseconds, module loading exits with a message "socket type not supported". Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* tcp/dccp: Consolidate common code for RFC 3390 conversionGerrit Renker2008-09-041-6/+2
| | | | | | | | This patch consolidates the code common to TCP and CCID-2: * TCP uses RFC 3390 in a packet-oriented manner (tcp_input.c) and * CCID-2 uses RFC 3390 in packet-oriented manner (RFC 4341). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-2: Remove wrappers around sk_{reset,stop}_timer()Gerrit Renker2008-09-041-24/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This removes the wrappers around the sk timer functions as it makes the code clearer and not much is gained from using wrappers: the BUG_ON in start_rto_timer will never trigger since that function was called only when * the RTO timer expired (rto_expire, and then timer_pending() is false); * in tx_packet_sent only if !timer_pending() (BUG_ON is redundant here); * previously in new_ack, after stopping the timer (timer_pending() false). One further motive behind this patch is to replace the RTO timer with the icsk retransmission timer, as it is already part of the DCCP socket. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-2: Replace broken RTT estimator with better algorithmGerrit Renker2008-09-042-82/+107
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The current CCID-2 RTT estimator code is in parts broken and lags behind the suggestions in RFC2988 of using scaled variants for SRTT/RTTVAR. That code is replaced by the present patch, which reuses the Linux TCP RTT estimator code - reasons for this code duplication are given below. Further details: ---------------- 1. The minimum RTO of previously one second has been replaced with TCP's, since RFC4341, sec. 5 says that the minimum of 1 sec. (suggested in RFC2988, 2.4) is not necessary. Instead, the TCP_RTO_MIN is used, which agrees with DCCP's concept of a default RTT (RFC 4340, 3.4). 2. The maximum RTO has been set to DCCP_RTO_MAX (64 sec), which agrees with RFC2988, (2.5). 3. De-inlined the function ccid2_new_ack(). 4. Added a FIXME: the RTT is sampled several times per Ack Vector, which will give the wrong estimate. It should be replaced with one sample per Ack. However, at the moment this can not be resolved easily, since - it depends on TX history code (which also needs some work), - the cleanest solution is not to use the `sent' time at all (saves 4 bytes per entry) and use DCCP timestamps / elapsed time to estimated the RTT, which however is non-trivial to get right (but needs to be done). Reasons for reusing the Linux TCP estimator algorithm: ------------------------------------------------------ Some time was spent to find a better alternative, using basic RFC2988 as a first step. Further analysis and experimentation showed that the Linux TCP RTO estimator is superior to a basic RFC2988 implementation. A summary is on http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gerrit/dccp/notes/ccid2/rto_estimator/ In addition, this estimator fared well in a recent empirical evaluation: Rewaskar, Sushant, Jasleen Kaur and F. Donelson Smith. A Performance Study of Loss Detection/Recovery in Real-world TCP Implementations. Proceedings of 15th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP-07). 2007. Thus there is significant benefit in reusing the existing TCP code. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-2: Simplify dec_pipe and rearming of RTO timerGerrit Renker2008-09-041-19/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This removes the dec_pipe function and improves the way the RTO timer is rearmed when a new acknowledgment comes in. Details and justification for removal: -------------------------------------- 1) The BUG_ON in dec_pipe is never triggered: pipe is only decremented for TX history entries between tail and head, for which it had previously been incremented in tx_packet_sent; and it is not decremented twice for the same entry, since it is - either decremented when a corresponding Ack Vector cell in state 0 or 1 was received (and then ccid2s_acked==1), - or it is decremented when ccid2s_acked==0, as part of the loss detection in tx_packet_recv (and hence it can not have been decremented earlier). 2) Restarting the RTO timer happens for every single entry in each Ack Vector parsed by tx_packet_recv (according to RFC 4340, 11.4 this can happen up to 16192 times per Ack Vector). 3) The RTO timer should not be restarted when all outstanding data has been acknowledged. This is currently done similar to (2), in dec_pipe, when pipe has reached 0. The patch onsolidates the code which rearms the RTO timer, combining the segments from new_ack and dec_pipe. As a result, the code becomes clearer (compare with tcp_rearm_rto()). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-2: Remove redundant sanity testsGerrit Renker2008-09-041-51/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This removes the ccid2_hc_tx_check_sanity function: it is redundant. Details: ======== The tx_check_sanity function performs three tests: 1) it checks that the circular TX list is sorted - in ascending order of sequence number (ccid2s_seq) - and time (ccid2s_sent), - in the direction from `tail' (hctx_seqt) to `head' (hctx_seqh); 2) it ensures that the entire list has the length seqbufc * CCID2_SEQBUF_LEN; 3) it ensures that pipe equals the number of packets that were not marked `acked' (ccid2s_acked) between `tail' and `head'. The following argues that each of these tests is redundant, this can be verified by going through the code. (1) is not necessary, since both time and GSS increase from one packet to the next, so that subsequent insertions in tx_packet_sent (which advance the `head' pointer) will be in ascending order of time and sequence number. In (2), the length of the list is always equal to seqbufc times CCID2_SEQBUF_LEN (set to 1024) unless allocation caused an earlier failure, because: * at initialisation (tx_init), there is one chunk of size 1024 and seqbufc=1; * subsequent calls to tx_alloc_seq take place whenever head->next == tail in tx_packet_sent; then a new chunk of size 1024 is inserted between head and tail, and seqbufc is incremented by one. To show that (3) is redundant requires looking at two cases. The `pipe' variable of the TX socket is incremented only in tx_packet_sent, and decremented in tx_packet_recv. When head == tail (TX history empty) then pipe should be 0, which is the case directly after initialisation and after a retransmission timeout has occurred (ccid2_hc_tx_rto_expire). The first case involves parsing Ack Vectors for packets recorded in the live portion of the buffer, between tail and head. For each packet marked by the receiver as received (state 0) or ECN-marked (state 1), pipe is decremented by one, so for all such packets the BUG_ON in tx_check_sanity will not trigger. The second case is the loss detection in the second half of tx_packet_recv, below the comment "Check for NUMDUPACK". The first while-loop here ensures that the sequence number of `seqp' is either above or equal to `high_ack', or otherwise equal to the highest sequence number sent so far (of the entry head->prev, as head points to the next unsent entry). The next while-loop ("while (1)") counts the number of acked packets starting from that position of seqp, going backwards in the direction from head->prev to tail. If NUMDUPACK=3 such packets were counted within this loop, `seqp' points to the last acknowledged packet of these, and the "if (done == NUMDUPACK)" block is entered next. The while-loop contained within that block in turn traverses the list backwards, from head to tail; the position of `seqp' is saved in the variable `last_acked'. For each packet not marked as `acked', a congestion event is triggered within the loop, and pipe is decremented. The loop terminates when `seqp' has reached `tail', whereupon tail is set to the position previously stored in `last_acked'. Thus, between `last_acked' and the previous position of `tail', - pipe has been decremented earlier if the packet was marked as state 0 or 1; - pipe was decremented if the packet was not marked as acked. That is, pipe has been decremented by the number of packets between `last_acked' and the previous position of `tail'. As a consequence, pipe now again reflects the number of packets which have not (yet) been acked between the new position of tail (at `last_acked') and head->prev, or 0 if head==tail. The result is that the BUG_ON condition in check_sanity will also not be triggered, hence the test (3) is also redundant. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-2: Stop pollingGerrit Renker2008-09-042-8/+18
| | | | | | | This updates CCID2 to use the CCID dequeuing mechanism, converting from previous constant-polling to a now event-driven mechanism. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp: Return-value convention of hc_tx_send_packet()Gerrit Renker2008-09-041-6/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch reorganises the return value convention of the CCID TX sending function, to permit more flexible schemes, as required by subsequent patches. Currently the convention is * values < 0 mean error, * a value == 0 means "send now", and * a value x > 0 means "send in x milliseconds". The patch provides symbolic constants and a function to interpret return values. In addition, it caps the maximum positive return value to 0xFFFF milliseconds, corresponding to 65.535 seconds. This is possible since in CCID-3 the maximum inter-packet gap is t_mbi = 64 sec. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-2: Separate option parsing from CCID processingGerrit Renker2008-09-042-93/+44
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch replaces an almost identical replication of code: large parts of dccp_parse_options() re-appeared as ccid2_ackvector() in ccid2.c. Apart from the duplication, this caused two more problems: 1. CCIDs should not need to be concerned with parsing header options; 2. one can not assume that Ack Vectors appear as a contiguous area within an skb, it is legal to insert other options and/or padding in between. The current code would throw an error and stop reading in such a case. The patch provides a new data structure and associated list housekeeping. Only small changes were necessary to integrate with CCID-2: data structure initialisation, adapt list traversal routine, and add call to the provided cleanup routine. The latter also lead to fixing the following BUG: CCID-2 so far ignored Ack Vectors on all packets other than Ack/DataAck, which is incorrect, since Ack Vectors can be present on any packet that has an Ack field. Details: -------- * received Ack Vectors are parsed by dccp_parse_options() alone, which passes the result on to the CCID-specific routine ccid_hc_tx_parse_options(); * CCIDs interested in using/decoding Ack Vector information will add code to fetch parsed Ack Vectors via this interface; * a data structure, `struct dccp_ackvec_parsed' is provided as interface; * this structure arranges Ack Vectors of the same skb into a FIFO order; * a doubly-linked list is used to keep the required FIFO code small. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-2: Remove old infrastructureGerrit Renker2008-09-041-1/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This removes * functions for which updates have been provided in the preceding patches and * the @av_vec_len field - it is no longer necessary since the buffer length is now always computed dynamically; * conditional debugging code (CONFIG_IP_DCCP_ACKVEC). The reason for removing the conditional debugging code is that Ack Vectors are an almost inevitable necessity - RFC 4341 says that for CCID-2, Ack Vectors must be used. Furthermore, the code would be only interesting for coding - after some extensive testing with this patch set, having the debug code around is no longer of real help. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-2: Ack Vector interface clean-upGerrit Renker2008-09-041-8/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch brings the Ack Vector interface up to date. Its main purpose is to lay the basis for the subsequent patches of this set, which will use the new data structure fields and routines. There are no real algorithmic changes, rather an adaptation: (1) Replaced the static Ack Vector size (2) with a #define so that it can be adapted (with low loss / Ack Ratio, a value of 1 works, so 2 seems to be sufficient for the moment) and added a solution so that computing the ECN nonce will continue to work - even with larger Ack Vectors. (2) Replaced the #defines for Ack Vector states with a complete enum. (3) Replaced #defines to compute Ack Vector length and state with general purpose routines (inlines), and updated code to use these. (4) Added a `tail' field (conversion to circular buffer in subsequent patch). (5) Updated the (outdated) documentation for Ack Vector struct. (6) All sequence number containers now trimmed to 48 bits. (7) Removal of unused bits: * removed dccpav_ack_nonce from struct dccp_ackvec, since this is already redundantly stored in the `dccpavr_ack_nonce' (of Ack Vector record); * removed Elapsed Time for Ack Vectors (it was nowhere used); * replaced semantics of dccpavr_sent_len with dccpavr_ack_runlen, since the code needs to be able to remember the old run length; * reduced the de-/allocation routines (redundant / duplicate tests). Justification for removing Elapsed Time information [can be removed]: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Elapsed Time information for Ack Vectors was nowhere used in the code. 2. DCCP does not implement rate-based pacing of acknowledgments. The only recommendation for always including Elapsed Time is in section 11.3 of RFC 4340: "Receivers that rate-pace acknowledgements SHOULD [...] include Elapsed Time options". But such is not the case here. 3. It does not really improve estimation accuracy. The Elapsed Time field only records the time between the arrival of the last acknowledgeable packet and the time the Ack Vector is sent out. Since Linux does not (yet) implement delayed Acks, the time difference will typically be small, since often the arrival of a data packet triggers sending feedback at the HC-receiver. Justification for changes in de-/allocation routines [can be removed]: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * INIT_LIST_HEAD in dccp_ackvec_record_new was redundant, since the list pointers were later overwritten when the node was added via list_add(); * dccp_ackvec_record_new() was called in a single place only; * calls to list_del_init() before calling dccp_ackvec_record_delete() were redundant, since subsequently the entire element was k-freed; * since all calls to dccp_ackvec_record_delete() were preceded to a call to list_del_init(), the WARN_ON test would never evaluate to true; * since all calls to dccp_ackvec_record_delete() were made from within list_for_each_entry_safe(), the test for avr == NULL was redundant; * list_empty() in ackvec_free was redundant, since the same condition is embedded in the loop condition of the subsequent list_for_each_entry_safe(). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Remove dead statesGerrit Renker2008-09-042-30/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch is thanks to an investigation by Leandro Sales de Melo and his colleagues. They worked out two state diagrams which highlight the fact that the xxx_TERM states in CCID-3/4 are in fact not necessary. And this can be confirmed by in turn looking at the code: the xxx_TERM states are only ever set in ccid3_hc_{rx,tx}_exit(). These two functions are part of the following call chain: * ccid_hc_{tx,rx}_exit() are called from ccid_delete() only; * ccid_delete() invokes ccid_hc_{tx,rx}_exit() in the way of a destructor: after calling ccid_hc_{tx,rx}_exit(), the CCID is released from memory; * ccid_delete() is in turn called only by ccid_hc_{tx,rx}_delete(); * ccid_hc_{tx,rx}_delete() is called only if - feature negotiation failed (dccp_feat_activate_values()), - when changing the RX/TX CCID (to eject the current CCID), - when destroying the socket (in dccp_destroy_sock()). In other words, when CCID-3 sets the state to xxx_TERM, it is at a time where no more processing should be going on, hence it is not necessary to introduce a dedicated exit state - this is implicit when unloading the CCID. The patch removes this state, one switch-statement collapses as a result. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Remove duplicate documentationGerrit Renker2008-09-041-4/+0
| | | | | | This removes RX-socket documentation which is either duplicate or non-existent. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp: Unused argument in CCID tx functionGerrit Renker2008-09-042-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | This removes the argument `more' from ccid_hc_tx_packet_sent, since it was nowhere used in the entire code. (Anecdotally, this argument was not even used in the original KAME code where the function originally came from; compare the variable moreToSend in the freebsd61-dccp-kame-28.08.2006.patch now maintained by Emmanuel Lochin.) Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Remove redundant 'options_received' structGerrit Renker2008-09-042-23/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The `options_received' struct is redundant, since it re-duplicates the existing `p' and `x_recv' fields. This patch removes the sub-struct and migrates the format conversion operations (cf. below) to ccid3_hc_tx_parse_options(). Why the fields are redundant ---------------------------- The Loss Event Rate p and the Receive Rate x_recv are initially 0 when first loading CCID-3, as ccid_new() zeroes out the entire ccid3_hc_tx_sock. When Loss Event Rate or Receive Rate options are received, they are stored by ccid3_hc_tx_parse_options() into the fields `ccid3or_loss_event_rate' and `ccid3or_receive_rate' of the sub-struct `options_received' in ccid3_hc_tx_sock. After parsing (considering only the established state - dccp_rcv_established()), the packet is passed on to ccid_hc_tx_packet_recv(). This calls the CCID-3 specific routine ccid3_hc_tx_packet_recv(), which performs the following copy operations between fields of ccid3_hc_tx_sock: * hctx->options_received.ccid3or_receive_rate is copied into hctx->x_recv, after scaling it for fixpoint arithmetic, by 2^64; * hctx->options_received.ccid3or_loss_event_rate is copied into hctx->p, considering the above special cases; in addition, a value of 0 here needs to be mapped into p=0 (when no Loss Event Rate option has been received yet). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp tfrc/ccid-3: Computing Loss Rate from Loss Event RateGerrit Renker2008-09-043-7/+20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds a function to take care of the following cases occurring in the computation of the Loss Rate p: * 1/(2^32-1) is mapped into 0% as per RFC 4342, 8.5; * 1/0 is mapped into the maximum of 100%; * we want to avoid that p = 1/x is rounded down to 0 when x is very large, since this means accidentally re-entering slow-start (indicated by p==0). In the last case, the minimum-resolution value of p is returned. Furthermore, a bug in ccid3_hc_rx_getsockopt is fixed (1/0 was mapped into ~0U), which now allows to consistently print the scaled p-values as printf("Loss Event Rate = %u.%04u %%\n", rx_info.tfrcrx_p / 10000, rx_info.tfrcrx_p % 10000); Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp: Add packet type information to CCID-specific option parsingGerrit Renker2008-09-041-6/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch ... 1. adds packet type information to ccid_hc_{rx,tx}_parse_options(). This is necessary, since table 3 in RFC 4340, 5.8 leaves it to the CCIDs to state which options may (not) appear on what packet type. 2. adds such a check for CCID-3's {Loss Event, Receive} Rate as specified in RFC 4340 8.3 ("Receive Rate options MUST NOT be sent on DCCP-Data packets") and 8.5 ("Loss Event Rate options MUST NOT be sent on DCCP-Data packets"). 3. removes an unused argument `idx' from ccid_hc_{rx,tx}_parse_options(). This is also no longer necessary, since the CCID-specific option-parsing routines are passed every single parameter of the type-length-value option encoding. Also added documentation and made argument naming scheme consistent. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Simplify and consolidate tx_parse_optionsGerrit Renker2008-09-042-46/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This simplifies and consolidates the TX option-parsing code: 1. The Loss Intervals option is not currently used, so dead code related to this option is removed. I am aware of no plans to support the option, but if someone wants to implement it (e.g. for inter-op tests), it is better to start afresh than having to also update currently unused code. 2. The Loss Event and Receive Rate options have a lot of code in common (both are 32 bit, both have same length etc.), so this is consolidated. 3. The test against GSR is not necessary, because - on first loading CCID3, ccid_new() zeroes out all fields in the socket; - ccid3_hc_tx_packet_recv() treats 0 and ~0U equivalently, due to pinv = opt_recv->ccid3or_loss_event_rate; if (pinv == ~0U || pinv == 0) hctx->p = 0; - as a result, the sequence number field is removed from opt_recv. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Remove ugly RTT-sampling history lookupGerrit Renker2008-09-043-58/+38
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This removes the RTT-sampling function tfrc_tx_hist_rtt(), since 1. it suffered from complex passing of return values (the return value both indicated successful lookup while the value doubled as RTT sample); 2. when for some odd reason the sample value equalled 0, this triggered a bug warning about "bogus Ack", due to the ambiguity of the return value; 3. on a passive host which has not sent anything the TX history is empty and thus will lead to unwanted "bogus Ack" warnings such as ccid3_hc_tx_packet_recv: server(e7b7d518): DATAACK with bogus ACK-28197148 ccid3_hc_tx_packet_recv: server(e7b7d518): DATAACK with bogus ACK-26641606. The fix is to replace the implicit encoding by performing the steps manually. Furthermore, the "bogus Ack" warning has been removed, since it can actually be triggered due to several reasons (network reordering, old packet, (3) above), hence it is not very useful. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Bug fix for the inter-packet scheduling algorithmGerrit Renker2008-09-042-15/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes a subtle bug in the calculation of the inter-packet gap and shows that t_delta, as it is currently used, is not needed. And hence replaced. The algorithm from RFC 3448, 4.6 below continually computes a send time t_nom, which is initialised with the current time t_now; t_gran = 1E6 / HZ specifies the scheduling granularity, s the packet size, and X the sending rate: t_distance = t_nom - t_now; // in microseconds t_delta = min(t_ipi, t_gran) / 2; // `delta' parameter in microseconds if (t_distance >= t_delta) { reschedule after (t_distance / 1000) milliseconds; } else { t_ipi = s / X; // inter-packet interval in usec t_nom += t_ipi; // compute the next send time send packet now; } 1) Description of the bug ------------------------- Rescheduling requires a conversion into milliseconds, due to this call chain: * ccid3_hc_tx_send_packet() returns a timeout in milliseconds, * this value is converted by msecs_to_jiffies() in dccp_write_xmit(), * and finally used as jiffy-expires-value for sk_reset_timer(). The highest jiffy resolution with HZ=1000 is 1 millisecond, so using a higher granularity does not make much sense here. As a consequence, values of t_distance < 1000 are truncated to 0. This issue has so far been resolved by using instead if (t_distance >= t_delta + 1000) reschedule after (t_distance / 1000) milliseconds; The bug is in artificially inflating t_delta to t_delta' = t_delta + 1000. This is unnecessarily large, a more adequate value is t_delta' = max(t_delta, 1000). 2) Consequences of using the corrected t_delta' ----------------------------------------------- Since t_delta <= t_gran/2 = 10^6/(2*HZ), we have t_delta <= 1000 as long as HZ >= 500. This means that t_delta' = max(1000, t_delta) is constant at 1000. On the other hand, when using a coarse HZ value of HZ < 500, we have three sub-cases that can all be reduced to using another constant of t_gran/2. (a) The first case arises when t_ipi > t_gran. Here t_delta' is the constant t_delta' = max(1000, t_gran/2) = t_gran/2. (b) If t_ipi <= 2000 < t_gran = 10^6/HZ usec, then t_delta = t_ipi/2 <= 1000, so that t_delta' = max(1000, t_delta) = 1000 < t_gran/2. (c) If 2000 < t_ipi <= t_gran, we have t_delta' = max(t_delta, 1000) = t_ipi/2. In the second and third cases we have delay values less than t_gran/2, which is in the order of less than or equal to half a jiffy. How these are treated depends on how fractions of a jiffy are handled: they are either always rounded down to 0, or always rounded up to 1 jiffy (assuming non-zero values). In both cases the error is on average in the order of 50%. Thus we are not increasing the error when in the second/third case we replace a value less than t_gran/2 with 0, by setting t_delta' to the constant t_gran/2. 3) Summary ---------- Fixing (1) and considering (2), the patch replaces t_delta with a constant, whose value depends on CONFIG_HZ, changing the above algorithm to: if (t_distance >= t_delta') reschedule after (t_distance / 1000) milliseconds; where t_delta' = 10^6/(2*HZ) if HZ < 500, and t_delta' = 1000 otherwise. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: No more CCID control blocks in LISTEN stateGerrit Renker2008-09-041-33/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The CCIDs are activated as last of the features, at the end of the handshake, were the LISTEN state of the master socket is inherited into the server state of the child socket. Thus, the only states visible to CCIDs now are OPEN/PARTOPEN, and the closing states. This allows to remove tests which were previously necessary to protect against referencing a socket in the listening state (in CCID3), but which now have become redundant. As a further byproduct of enabling the CCIDs only after the connection has been fully established, several typecast-initialisations of ccid3_hc_{rx,tx}_sock can now be eliminated: * the CCID is loaded, so it is not necessary to test if it is NULL, * if it is possible to load a CCID and leave the private area NULL, then this is a bug, which should crash loudly - and earlier, * the test for state==OPEN || state==PARTOPEN now reduces only to the closing phase (e.g. when the node has received an unexpected Reset). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Acked-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz>
* dccp ccid-3: Remove ccid3hc{tx,rx}_ prefixesGerrit Renker2008-09-042-238/+218
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch does the same for CCID-3 as the previous patch for CCID-2: s#ccid3hctx_##g; s#ccid3hcrx_##g; plus manual editing to retain consistency. Please note: expanded the fields of the `struct tfrc_tx_info' in the hc_tx_sock, since using short #define identifiers is not a good idea. The only place where this embedded struct was used is ccid3_hc_tx_getsockopt(). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-2: Remove ccid2hc{tx,rx}_ prefixesGerrit Renker2008-09-042-163/+159
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes two problems caused by the ubiquitous long "hctx->ccid2htx_" and "hcrx->ccid2hcrx_" prefixes: * code becomes hard to read; * multiple-line statements are almost inevitable even for simple expressions; The prefixes are not really necessary (compare with "struct tcp_sock"). There had been previous discussion of this on dccp@vger, but so far this was not followed up (most people agreed that the prefixes are too long). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Leandro Melo de Sales <leandroal@gmail.com>
* dccp: Registration routines for changing feature valuesGerrit Renker2008-09-041-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Two registration routines, for SP and NN features, are provided by this patch, replacing a previous routine which was used for both feature types. These are internal-only routines and therefore start with `__feat_register'. It further exports the known limits of Sequence Window and Ack Ratio as symbolic constants. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Acked-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz>
* dccp ccid-3: Replace lazy BUG_ON with conditionGerrit Renker2008-09-041-2/+4
| | | | | | | | The BUG_ON(w_tot == 0) only holds if there is no more than 1 loss interval in the loss history. If there is only a single loss interval, the calc_i_mean() routine need in fact not be called (RFC 3448, 6.3.1). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp: Toggle debug output without module unloadingGerrit Renker2008-09-043-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This sets the sysfs permissions so that root can toggle the `debug' parameter available for nearly every DCCP module. This is useful since there are various module inter-dependencies. The debug flag can now be toggled at runtime using echo 1 > /sys/module/dccp/parameters/dccp_debug echo 1 > /sys/module/dccp_ccid2/parameters/ccid2_debug echo 1 > /sys/module/dccp_ccid3/parameters/ccid3_debug echo 1 > /sys/module/dccp_tfrc_lib/parameters/tfrc_debug The last is not very useful yet, since no code at the moment calls the tfrc_debug() macro. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Length of loss intervalsGerrit Renker2008-07-131-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This corrects an error in the computation of the open loss interval I_0: * the interval length is (highest_seqno - start_seqno) + 1 * and not (highest_seqno - start_seqno). This condition was not fully clear in RFC 3448, but reflects the current revision state of rfc3448bis and is also consistent with RFC 4340, 6.1.1. Further changes: ---------------- * variable renamed due to line length constraints; * explicit typecast to `s64' to avoid implicit signed/unsigned casting. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Fix a loss detection bugGerrit Renker2008-07-133-33/+27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes a bug in the logic of the TFRC loss detection: * new_loss_indicated() should not be called while a loss is pending; * but the code allows this; * thus, for two subsequent gaps in the sequence space, when loss_count has not yet reached NDUPACK=3, the loss_count is falsely reduced to 1. To avoid further and similar problems, all loss handling and loss detection is now done inside tfrc_rx_hist_handle_loss(), using an appropriate routine to track new losses. Further changes: ---------------- * added a reminder that no RX history operations should be performed when rx_handle_loss() has identified a (new) loss, since the function takes care of packet reordering during loss detection; * made tfrc_rx_hist_loss_pending() bool (thanks to an earlier suggestion by Arnaldo); * removed unused functions. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp: Upgrade NDP count from 3 to 6 bytesGerrit Renker2008-07-133-7/+7
| | | | | | | | RFC 4340, 7.7 specifies up to 6 bytes for the NDP Count option, whereas the code is currently limited to up to 3 bytes. This seems to be a relict of an earlier draft version and is brought up to date by the patch. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Fix error in loss detectionGerrit Renker2008-07-131-45/+28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The TFRC loss detection code used the wrong loss condition (RFC 4340, 7.7.1): * the difference between sequence numbers s1 and s2 instead of * the number of packets missing between s1 and s2 (one less than the distance). Since this condition appears in many places of the code, it has been put into a separate function, dccp_loss_free(). Further changes: ---------------- * tidied up incorrect typing (it was using `int' for u64/s64 types); * optimised conditional statements for common case of non-reordered packets; * rewrote comments/documentation to match the changes. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: X truncated due to type conversionGerrit Renker2008-06-111-8/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes a bug in computing the inter-packet-interval t_ipi = s/X: scaled_div32(a, b) uses u32 for b, but in "scaled_div32(s, X)" the type of the sending rate `X' is u64. Since X is scaled by 2^6, this truncates rates greater than 2^26 Bps (~537 Mbps). Using full 64-bit division now. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: TFRC reverse-lookup Bug-FixGerrit Renker2008-06-111-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes a bug in the reverse lookup of p: given a value f(p), instead of p, the function returned the smallest tabulated value f(p). The smallest tabulated value of 10^6 * f(p) = sqrt(2*p/3) + 12 * sqrt(3*p/8) * (32 * p^3 + p) for p=0.0001 is 8172. Since this value is scaled by 10^6, the outcome of this bug is that a loss of 8172/10^6 = 0.8172% was reported whenever the input was below the table resolution of 0.01%. This means that the value was over 80 times too high, resulting in large spikes of the initial loss interval, thus unnecessarily reducing the throughput. Also corrected the printk format (%u for u32). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp: Fix sparse warningsGerrit Renker2008-06-113-12/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes the following sparse warnings: * nested min(max()) expression: net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c:91:21: warning: symbol '__x' shadows an earlier one net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c:91:21: warning: symbol '__y' shadows an earlier one * Declaration of function prototypes in .c instead of .h file, resulting in "should it be static?" warnings. * Declared "struct dccpw" static (local to dccp_probe). * Disabled dccp_delayed_ack() - not fully removed due to RFC 4340, 11.3 ("Receivers SHOULD implement delayed acknowledgement timers ..."). * Used a different local variable name to avoid net/dccp/ackvec.c:293:13: warning: symbol 'state' shadows an earlier one net/dccp/ackvec.c:238:33: originally declared here * Removed unused functions `dccp_ackvector_print' and `dccp_ackvec_print'. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Bug-Fix - Zero RTT is possibleGerrit Renker2008-06-111-2/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In commit $(825de27d9e40b3117b29a79d412b7a4b78c5d815) (from 27th May, commit message `dccp ccid-3: Fix "t_ipi explosion" bug'), the CCID-3 window counter computation was fixed to cope with RTTs < 4 microseconds. Such RTTs can be found e.g. when running CCID-3 over loopback. The fix removed a check against RTT < 4, but introduced a divide-by-zero bug. All steady-state RTTs in DCCP are filtered using dccp_sample_rtt(), which ensures non-zero samples. However, a zero RTT is possible on initialisation, when there is no RTT sample from the Request/Response exchange. The fix is to use the fallback-RTT from RFC 4340, 3.4. This is also better than just fixing update_win_count() since it allows other parts of the code to always assume that the RTT is non-zero during the time that the CCID is used. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
* dccp ccid-3: Fix "t_ipi explosion" bugGerrit Renker2008-05-271-9/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The identification of this bug is thanks to Cheng Wei and Tomasz Grobelny. To avoid divide-by-zero, the implementation previously ignored RTTs smaller than 4 microseconds when performing integer division RTT/4. When the RTT reached a value less than 4 microseconds (as observed on loopback), this prevented the Window Counter CCVal value from advancing. As a result, the receiver stopped sending feedback. This in turn caused non-ending expiries of the nofeedback timer at the sender, so that the sending rate was progressively reduced until reaching the minimum of one packet per 64 seconds. The patch fixes this bug by handling integer division more intelligently. Due to consistent use of dccp_sample_rtt(), divide-by-zero-RTT is avoided. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dccp: ccid2.c, ccid3.c use clamp(), clamp_t()Harvey Harrison2008-05-022-3/+3
| | | | | | | | Makes the intention of the nested min/max clear. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [CCID3]: Kill some bloatIlpo Järvinen2008-01-281-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Without a number of CONFIG.*DEBUG: net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c: ccid3_hc_tx_update_x | -170 ccid3_hc_tx_packet_sent | -175 ccid3_hc_tx_packet_recv | -169 ccid3_hc_tx_no_feedback_timer | -192 ccid3_hc_tx_send_packet | -144 5 functions changed, 850 bytes removed, diff: -850 net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c: ccid3_update_send_interval | +191 1 function changed, 191 bytes added, diff: +191 net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.o: 6 functions changed, 191 bytes added, 850 bytes removed, diff: -659 Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [CCID3]: Nofeedback timer according to rfc3448bisGerrit Renker2008-01-281-34/+29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This implements the changes to the nofeedback timer handling suggested in draft rfc3448bis00, section 4.4. In particular, these changes mean: * better handling of the lossless case (p == 0) * the timestamp for computing t_ld becomes obsolete * much more recent document (RFC 3448 is almost 5 years old) * concepts in rfc3448bis arose from a real, working implementation (cf. sec. 12) Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [CCID3]: Implement rfc3448bis changes to feedback receptionGerrit Renker2008-01-281-21/+26
| | | | | | | | | | This implements the algorithm to update the allowed sending rate X upon receiving feedback packets, as described in draft rfc3448bis, 4.2/4.3. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [CCID3]: Remove two irrelevant states in TX feedback handlingGerrit Renker2008-01-281-89/+84
| | | | | | | | | | | * the NO_SENT state is only triggered in bidirectional mode, costing unnecessary processing. * the TERM (terminating) state is irrelevant. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [CCID3]: Use a function to update p_inv, and p is never usedGerrit Renker2008-01-282-7/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch 1) concentrates previously scattered computation of p_inv into one function; 2) removes the `p' element of the CCID3 RX sock (it is redundant); 3) makes the tfrc_rx_info structure standalone, only used on demand. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [CCID]: More informative registrationGerrit Renker2008-01-282-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The patch makes the registration messages of CCID 2/3 a bit more informative: instead of repeating the CCID number as currently done, "CCID: Registered CCID 2 (ccid2)" or "CCID: Registered CCID 3 (ccid3)", the descriptive names of the CCID's (from RFCs) are now used: "CCID: Registered CCID 2 (TCP-like)" and "CCID: Registered CCID 3 (TCP-Friendly Rate Control)". To allow spaces in the name, the slab name string has been changed to refer to the numeric CCID identifier, using the same format as before. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [TFRC]: Remove previous loss intervals implementationGerrit Renker2008-01-282-275/+1
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>