2 * H-TCP congestion control. The algorithm is detailed in:
3 * R.N.Shorten, D.J.Leith:
4 * "H-TCP: TCP for high-speed and long-distance networks"
5 * Proc. PFLDnet, Argonne, 2004.
6 * http://www.hamilton.ie/net/htcp3.pdf
10 #include <linux/module.h>
13 #define ALPHA_BASE (1<<7) /* 1.0 with shift << 7 */
14 #define BETA_MIN (1<<6) /* 0.5 with shift << 7 */
15 #define BETA_MAX 102 /* 0.8 with shift << 7 */
17 static int use_rtt_scaling = 1;
18 module_param(use_rtt_scaling, int, 0644);
19 MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_rtt_scaling, "turn on/off RTT scaling");
21 static int use_bandwidth_switch = 1;
22 module_param(use_bandwidth_switch, int, 0644);
23 MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_bandwidth_switch, "turn on/off bandwidth switcher");
26 u16 alpha; /* Fixed point arith, << 7 */
27 u8 beta; /* Fixed point arith, << 7 */
28 u8 modeswitch; /* Delay modeswitch until we had at least one congestion event */
29 u32 last_cong; /* Time since last congestion event end */
39 /* Bandwidth estimation */
47 static inline u32 htcp_cong_time(struct htcp *ca)
49 return jiffies - ca->last_cong;
52 static inline u32 htcp_ccount(struct htcp *ca)
54 return htcp_cong_time(ca)/ca->minRTT;
57 static inline void htcp_reset(struct htcp *ca)
59 ca->undo_last_cong = ca->last_cong;
60 ca->undo_maxRTT = ca->maxRTT;
61 ca->undo_old_maxB = ca->old_maxB;
63 ca->last_cong = jiffies;
66 static u32 htcp_cwnd_undo(struct sock *sk)
68 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
69 struct htcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
70 ca->last_cong = ca->undo_last_cong;
71 ca->maxRTT = ca->undo_maxRTT;
72 ca->old_maxB = ca->undo_old_maxB;
73 return max(tp->snd_cwnd, (tp->snd_ssthresh<<7)/ca->beta);
76 static inline void measure_rtt(struct sock *sk)
78 const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
79 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
80 struct htcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
81 u32 srtt = tp->srtt>>3;
83 /* keep track of minimum RTT seen so far, minRTT is zero at first */
84 if (ca->minRTT > srtt || !ca->minRTT)
88 if (icsk->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_Open && tp->snd_ssthresh < 0xFFFF && htcp_ccount(ca) > 3) {
89 if (ca->maxRTT < ca->minRTT)
90 ca->maxRTT = ca->minRTT;
91 if (ca->maxRTT < srtt && srtt <= ca->maxRTT+msecs_to_jiffies(20))
96 static void measure_achieved_throughput(struct sock *sk, u32 pkts_acked)
98 const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
99 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
100 struct htcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
101 u32 now = tcp_time_stamp;
103 if (icsk->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_Open)
104 ca->pkts_acked = pkts_acked;
106 if (!use_bandwidth_switch)
109 /* achieved throughput calculations */
110 if (icsk->icsk_ca_state != TCP_CA_Open &&
111 icsk->icsk_ca_state != TCP_CA_Disorder) {
117 ca->packetcount += pkts_acked;
119 if (ca->packetcount >= tp->snd_cwnd - (ca->alpha>>7? : 1)
120 && now - ca->lasttime >= ca->minRTT
122 __u32 cur_Bi = ca->packetcount*HZ/(now - ca->lasttime);
123 if (htcp_ccount(ca) <= 3) {
124 /* just after backoff */
125 ca->minB = ca->maxB = ca->Bi = cur_Bi;
127 ca->Bi = (3*ca->Bi + cur_Bi)/4;
128 if (ca->Bi > ca->maxB)
130 if (ca->minB > ca->maxB)
138 static inline void htcp_beta_update(struct htcp *ca, u32 minRTT, u32 maxRTT)
140 if (use_bandwidth_switch) {
142 u32 old_maxB = ca->old_maxB;
143 ca->old_maxB = ca->maxB;
145 if (!between(5*maxB, 4*old_maxB, 6*old_maxB)) {
152 if (ca->modeswitch && minRTT > msecs_to_jiffies(10) && maxRTT) {
153 ca->beta = (minRTT<<7)/maxRTT;
154 if (ca->beta < BETA_MIN)
156 else if (ca->beta > BETA_MAX)
164 static inline void htcp_alpha_update(struct htcp *ca)
166 u32 minRTT = ca->minRTT;
168 u32 diff = htcp_cong_time(ca);
172 factor = 1+ ( 10*diff + ((diff/2)*(diff/2)/HZ) )/HZ;
175 if (use_rtt_scaling && minRTT) {
176 u32 scale = (HZ<<3)/(10*minRTT);
177 scale = min(max(scale, 1U<<2), 10U<<3); /* clamping ratio to interval [0.5,10]<<3 */
178 factor = (factor<<3)/scale;
183 ca->alpha = 2*factor*((1<<7)-ca->beta);
185 ca->alpha = ALPHA_BASE;
188 /* After we have the rtt data to calculate beta, we'd still prefer to wait one
189 * rtt before we adjust our beta to ensure we are working from a consistent
192 * This function should be called when we hit a congestion event since only at
193 * that point do we really have a real sense of maxRTT (the queues en route
194 * were getting just too full now).
196 static void htcp_param_update(struct sock *sk)
198 struct htcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
199 u32 minRTT = ca->minRTT;
200 u32 maxRTT = ca->maxRTT;
202 htcp_beta_update(ca, minRTT, maxRTT);
203 htcp_alpha_update(ca);
205 /* add slowly fading memory for maxRTT to accommodate routing changes etc */
206 if (minRTT > 0 && maxRTT > minRTT)
207 ca->maxRTT = minRTT + ((maxRTT-minRTT)*95)/100;
210 static u32 htcp_recalc_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
212 const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
213 const struct htcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
214 htcp_param_update(sk);
215 return max((tp->snd_cwnd * ca->beta) >> 7, 2U);
218 static void htcp_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 rtt,
219 u32 in_flight, int data_acked)
221 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
222 struct htcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
224 if (!tcp_is_cwnd_limited(sk, in_flight))
227 if (tp->snd_cwnd <= tp->snd_ssthresh)
233 /* In dangerous area, increase slowly.
234 * In theory this is tp->snd_cwnd += alpha / tp->snd_cwnd
236 if ((tp->snd_cwnd_cnt * ca->alpha)>>7 >= tp->snd_cwnd) {
237 if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp)
239 tp->snd_cwnd_cnt = 0;
240 htcp_alpha_update(ca);
242 tp->snd_cwnd_cnt += ca->pkts_acked;
248 static void htcp_init(struct sock *sk)
250 struct htcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
252 memset(ca, 0, sizeof(struct htcp));
253 ca->alpha = ALPHA_BASE;
256 ca->last_cong = jiffies;
259 static void htcp_state(struct sock *sk, u8 new_state)
264 struct htcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
265 ca->last_cong = jiffies;
269 case TCP_CA_Recovery:
271 htcp_reset(inet_csk_ca(sk));
276 static struct tcp_congestion_ops htcp = {
278 .ssthresh = htcp_recalc_ssthresh,
279 .cong_avoid = htcp_cong_avoid,
280 .set_state = htcp_state,
281 .undo_cwnd = htcp_cwnd_undo,
282 .pkts_acked = measure_achieved_throughput,
283 .owner = THIS_MODULE,
287 static int __init htcp_register(void)
289 BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct htcp) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
290 BUILD_BUG_ON(BETA_MIN >= BETA_MAX);
291 return tcp_register_congestion_control(&htcp);
294 static void __exit htcp_unregister(void)
296 tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&htcp);
299 module_init(htcp_register);
300 module_exit(htcp_unregister);
302 MODULE_AUTHOR("Baruch Even");
303 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
304 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("H-TCP");