2 * Binary Increase Congestion control for TCP
4 * This is from the implementation of BICTCP in
5 * Lison-Xu, Kahaled Harfoush, and Injong Rhee.
6 * "Binary Increase Congestion Control for Fast, Long Distance
7 * Networks" in InfoComm 2004
9 * http://www.csc.ncsu.edu/faculty/rhee/export/bitcp.pdf
11 * Unless BIC is enabled and congestion window is large
12 * this behaves the same as the original Reno.
16 #include <linux/module.h>
20 #define BICTCP_BETA_SCALE 1024 /* Scale factor beta calculation
21 * max_cwnd = snd_cwnd * beta
25 * go to point (max+min)/N
28 static int fast_convergence = 1;
29 static int max_increment = 16;
30 static int low_window = 14;
31 static int beta = 819; /* = 819/1024 (BICTCP_BETA_SCALE) */
32 static int initial_ssthresh;
33 static int smooth_part = 20;
35 module_param(fast_convergence, int, 0644);
36 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fast_convergence, "turn on/off fast convergence");
37 module_param(max_increment, int, 0644);
38 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_increment, "Limit on increment allowed during binary search");
39 module_param(low_window, int, 0644);
40 MODULE_PARM_DESC(low_window, "lower bound on congestion window (for TCP friendliness)");
41 module_param(beta, int, 0644);
42 MODULE_PARM_DESC(beta, "beta for multiplicative increase");
43 module_param(initial_ssthresh, int, 0644);
44 MODULE_PARM_DESC(initial_ssthresh, "initial value of slow start threshold");
45 module_param(smooth_part, int, 0644);
46 MODULE_PARM_DESC(smooth_part, "log(B/(B*Smin))/log(B/(B-1))+B, # of RTT from Wmax-B to Wmax");
49 /* BIC TCP Parameters */
51 u32 cnt; /* increase cwnd by 1 after ACKs */
52 u32 last_max_cwnd; /* last maximum snd_cwnd */
53 u32 loss_cwnd; /* congestion window at last loss */
54 u32 last_cwnd; /* the last snd_cwnd */
55 u32 last_time; /* time when updated last_cwnd */
56 u32 epoch_start; /* beginning of an epoch */
57 #define ACK_RATIO_SHIFT 4
58 u32 delayed_ack; /* estimate the ratio of Packets/ACKs << 4 */
61 static inline void bictcp_reset(struct bictcp *ca)
64 ca->last_max_cwnd = 0;
69 ca->delayed_ack = 2 << ACK_RATIO_SHIFT;
72 static void bictcp_init(struct sock *sk)
74 bictcp_reset(inet_csk_ca(sk));
76 tcp_sk(sk)->snd_ssthresh = initial_ssthresh;
80 * Compute congestion window to use.
82 static inline void bictcp_update(struct bictcp *ca, u32 cwnd)
84 if (ca->last_cwnd == cwnd &&
85 (s32)(tcp_time_stamp - ca->last_time) <= HZ / 32)
89 ca->last_time = tcp_time_stamp;
91 if (ca->epoch_start == 0) /* record the beginning of an epoch */
92 ca->epoch_start = tcp_time_stamp;
94 /* start off normal */
95 if (cwnd <= low_window) {
100 /* binary increase */
101 if (cwnd < ca->last_max_cwnd) {
102 __u32 dist = (ca->last_max_cwnd - cwnd)
105 if (dist > max_increment)
106 /* linear increase */
107 ca->cnt = cwnd / max_increment;
109 /* binary search increase */
110 ca->cnt = (cwnd * smooth_part) / BICTCP_B;
112 /* binary search increase */
113 ca->cnt = cwnd / dist;
115 /* slow start AMD linear increase */
116 if (cwnd < ca->last_max_cwnd + BICTCP_B)
118 ca->cnt = (cwnd * smooth_part) / BICTCP_B;
119 else if (cwnd < ca->last_max_cwnd + max_increment*(BICTCP_B-1))
121 ca->cnt = (cwnd * (BICTCP_B-1))
122 / (cwnd - ca->last_max_cwnd);
124 /* linear increase */
125 ca->cnt = cwnd / max_increment;
128 /* if in slow start or link utilization is very low */
129 if (ca->loss_cwnd == 0) {
130 if (ca->cnt > 20) /* increase cwnd 5% per RTT */
134 ca->cnt = (ca->cnt << ACK_RATIO_SHIFT) / ca->delayed_ack;
135 if (ca->cnt == 0) /* cannot be zero */
139 static void bictcp_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 in_flight)
141 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
142 struct bictcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
144 if (!tcp_is_cwnd_limited(sk, in_flight))
147 if (tp->snd_cwnd <= tp->snd_ssthresh)
150 bictcp_update(ca, tp->snd_cwnd);
152 /* In dangerous area, increase slowly.
153 * In theory this is tp->snd_cwnd += 1 / tp->snd_cwnd
155 if (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt >= ca->cnt) {
156 if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp)
158 tp->snd_cwnd_cnt = 0;
166 * behave like Reno until low_window is reached,
167 * then increase congestion window slowly
169 static u32 bictcp_recalc_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
171 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
172 struct bictcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
174 ca->epoch_start = 0; /* end of epoch */
176 /* Wmax and fast convergence */
177 if (tp->snd_cwnd < ca->last_max_cwnd && fast_convergence)
178 ca->last_max_cwnd = (tp->snd_cwnd * (BICTCP_BETA_SCALE + beta))
179 / (2 * BICTCP_BETA_SCALE);
181 ca->last_max_cwnd = tp->snd_cwnd;
183 ca->loss_cwnd = tp->snd_cwnd;
186 if (tp->snd_cwnd <= low_window)
187 return max(tp->snd_cwnd >> 1U, 2U);
189 return max((tp->snd_cwnd * beta) / BICTCP_BETA_SCALE, 2U);
192 static u32 bictcp_undo_cwnd(struct sock *sk)
194 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
195 const struct bictcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
196 return max(tp->snd_cwnd, ca->last_max_cwnd);
199 static void bictcp_state(struct sock *sk, u8 new_state)
201 if (new_state == TCP_CA_Loss)
202 bictcp_reset(inet_csk_ca(sk));
205 /* Track delayed acknowledgment ratio using sliding window
206 * ratio = (15*ratio + sample) / 16
208 static void bictcp_acked(struct sock *sk, u32 cnt, s32 rtt)
210 const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
212 if (icsk->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_Open) {
213 struct bictcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
214 cnt -= ca->delayed_ack >> ACK_RATIO_SHIFT;
215 ca->delayed_ack += cnt;
220 static struct tcp_congestion_ops bictcp = {
222 .ssthresh = bictcp_recalc_ssthresh,
223 .cong_avoid = bictcp_cong_avoid,
224 .set_state = bictcp_state,
225 .undo_cwnd = bictcp_undo_cwnd,
226 .pkts_acked = bictcp_acked,
227 .owner = THIS_MODULE,
231 static int __init bictcp_register(void)
233 BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct bictcp) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
234 return tcp_register_congestion_control(&bictcp);
237 static void __exit bictcp_unregister(void)
239 tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&bictcp);
242 module_init(bictcp_register);
243 module_exit(bictcp_unregister);
245 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stephen Hemminger");
246 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
247 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("BIC TCP");