Merge branch 'tcp-more-reliable-window-probes'

Eric Dumazet says:

====================
tcp: more reliable window probes

This series address a problem caused by small rto_min timers in DC,
leading to either timer storms or early flow terminations.

We also add two new SNMP counters for proper monitoring :
TCPWinProbe and TCPKeepAlive

v2: added TCPKeepAlive counter, as suggested by Yuchung & Neal
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

include/net/tcp.h

@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *, struct sk_buff *, u32, unsigned int, gfp_t);
 
 void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *);
 void tcp_send_partial(struct sock *);
-int tcp_write_wakeup(struct sock *);
+int tcp_write_wakeup(struct sock *, int mib);
 void tcp_send_fin(struct sock *sk);
 void tcp_send_active_reset(struct sock *sk, gfp_t priority);
 int tcp_send_synack(struct sock *);
@@ -1043,14 +1043,31 @@ static inline bool tcp_is_cwnd_limited(const struct sock *sk)
 	return tp->is_cwnd_limited;
 }
 
+/* Something is really bad, we could not queue an additional packet,
+ * because qdisc is full or receiver sent a 0 window.
+ * We do not want to add fuel to the fire, or abort too early,
+ * so make sure the timer we arm now is at least 200ms in the future,
+ * regardless of current icsk_rto value (as it could be ~2ms)
+ */
+static inline unsigned long tcp_probe0_base(const struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return max_t(unsigned long, inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto, TCP_RTO_MIN);
+}
+
+/* Variant of inet_csk_rto_backoff() used for zero window probes */
+static inline unsigned long tcp_probe0_when(const struct sock *sk,
+					    unsigned long max_when)
+{
+	u64 when = (u64)tcp_probe0_base(sk) << inet_csk(sk)->icsk_backoff;
+
+	return (unsigned long)min_t(u64, when, max_when);
+}
+
 static inline void tcp_check_probe_timer(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+	if (!tcp_sk(sk)->packets_out && !inet_csk(sk)->icsk_pending)
-	const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
-
-	if (!tp->packets_out && !icsk->icsk_pending)
 		inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_PROBE0,
-					  icsk->icsk_rto, TCP_RTO_MAX);
+					  tcp_probe0_base(sk), TCP_RTO_MAX);
 }
 
 static inline void tcp_init_wl(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 seq)

include/uapi/linux/snmp.h

@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ enum
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDFINWAIT2,	/* TCPACKSkippedFinWait2 */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDTIMEWAIT,	/* TCPACKSkippedTimeWait */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDCHALLENGE,	/* TCPACKSkippedChallenge */
+	LINUX_MIB_TCPWINPROBE,			/* TCPWinProbe */
+	LINUX_MIB_TCPKEEPALIVE,			/* TCPKeepAlive */
 	__LINUX_MIB_MAX
 };
 

net/ipv4/proc.c

@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ static const struct snmp_mib snmp4_net_list[] = {
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPACKSkippedFinWait2", LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDFINWAIT2),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPACKSkippedTimeWait", LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDTIMEWAIT),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPACKSkippedChallenge", LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDCHALLENGE),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPWinProbe", LINUX_MIB_TCPWINPROBE),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPKeepAlive", LINUX_MIB_TCPKEEPALIVE),
 	SNMP_MIB_SENTINEL
 };
 

net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

@@ -3233,7 +3233,7 @@ static void tcp_ack_probe(struct sock *sk)
 		 * This function is not for random using!
 		 */
 	} else {
-		unsigned long when = inet_csk_rto_backoff(icsk, TCP_RTO_MAX);
+		unsigned long when = tcp_probe0_when(sk, TCP_RTO_MAX);
 
 		inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_PROBE0,
 					  when, TCP_RTO_MAX);

net/ipv4/tcp_output.c

@@ -3382,7 +3382,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_send_ack);
  * one is with SEG.SEQ=SND.UNA to deliver urgent pointer, another is
  * out-of-date with SND.UNA-1 to probe window.
  */
-static int tcp_xmit_probe_skb(struct sock *sk, int urgent)
+static int tcp_xmit_probe_skb(struct sock *sk, int urgent, int mib)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -3400,6 +3400,7 @@ static int tcp_xmit_probe_skb(struct sock *sk, int urgent)
 	 */
 	tcp_init_nondata_skb(skb, tp->snd_una - !urgent, TCPHDR_ACK);
 	skb_mstamp_get(&skb->skb_mstamp);
+	NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), mib);
 	return tcp_transmit_skb(sk, skb, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
@@ -3407,12 +3408,12 @@ void tcp_send_window_probe(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED) {
 		tcp_sk(sk)->snd_wl1 = tcp_sk(sk)->rcv_nxt - 1;
-		tcp_xmit_probe_skb(sk, 0);
+		tcp_xmit_probe_skb(sk, 0, LINUX_MIB_TCPWINPROBE);
 	}
 }
 
 /* Initiate keepalive or window probe from timer. */
-int tcp_write_wakeup(struct sock *sk)
+int tcp_write_wakeup(struct sock *sk, int mib)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -3449,8 +3450,8 @@ int tcp_write_wakeup(struct sock *sk)
 		return err;
 	} else {
 		if (between(tp->snd_up, tp->snd_una + 1, tp->snd_una + 0xFFFF))
-			tcp_xmit_probe_skb(sk, 1);
+			tcp_xmit_probe_skb(sk, 1, mib);
-		return tcp_xmit_probe_skb(sk, 0);
+		return tcp_xmit_probe_skb(sk, 0, mib);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3464,7 +3465,7 @@ void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *sk)
 	unsigned long probe_max;
 	int err;
 
-	err = tcp_write_wakeup(sk);
+	err = tcp_write_wakeup(sk, LINUX_MIB_TCPWINPROBE);
 
 	if (tp->packets_out || !tcp_send_head(sk)) {
 		/* Cancel probe timer, if it is not required. */
@@ -3490,7 +3491,7 @@ void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *sk)
 		probe_max = TCP_RESOURCE_PROBE_INTERVAL;
 	}
 	inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_PROBE0,
-				  inet_csk_rto_backoff(icsk, probe_max),
+				  tcp_probe0_when(sk, probe_max),
 				  TCP_RTO_MAX);
 }
 

net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c

@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static void tcp_keepalive_timer (unsigned long data)
 			tcp_write_err(sk);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		if (tcp_write_wakeup(sk) <= 0) {
+		if (tcp_write_wakeup(sk, LINUX_MIB_TCPKEEPALIVE) <= 0) {
 			icsk->icsk_probes_out++;
 			elapsed = keepalive_intvl_when(tp);
 		} else {