From 299bcb55ecd1412f6df606e9dc0912d55610029e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neal Cardwell Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 22:57:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] tcp: fix cwnd-limited bug for TSO deferral where we send nothing When cwnd is not a multiple of the TSO skb size of N*MSS, we can get into persistent scenarios where we have the following sequence: (1) ACK for full-sized skb of N*MSS arrives -> tcp_write_xmit() transmit full-sized skb with N*MSS -> move pacing release time forward -> exit tcp_write_xmit() because pacing time is in the future (2) TSQ callback or TCP internal pacing timer fires -> try to transmit next skb, but TSO deferral finds remainder of available cwnd is not big enough to trigger an immediate send now, so we defer sending until the next ACK. (3) repeat... So we can get into a case where we never mark ourselves as cwnd-limited for many seconds at a time, even with bulk/infinite-backlog senders, because: o In case (1) above, every time in tcp_write_xmit() we have enough cwnd to send a full-sized skb, we are not fully using the cwnd (because cwnd is not a multiple of the TSO skb size). So every time we send data, we are not cwnd limited, and so in the cwnd-limited tracking code in tcp_cwnd_validate() we mark ourselves as not cwnd-limited. o In case (2) above, every time in tcp_write_xmit() that we try to transmit the "remainder" of the cwnd but defer, we set the local variable is_cwnd_limited to true, but we do not send any packets, so sent_pkts is zero, so we don't call the cwnd-limited logic to update tp->is_cwnd_limited. Fixes: ca8a22634381 ("tcp: make cwnd-limited checks measurement-based, and gentler") Reported-by: Ingemar Johansson Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201209035759.1225145-1-ncardwell.kernel@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c index bf48cd73e967..99011768c264 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c @@ -1880,7 +1880,8 @@ static void tcp_cwnd_validate(struct sock *sk, bool is_cwnd_limited) * window, and remember whether we were cwnd-limited then. */ if (!before(tp->snd_una, tp->max_packets_seq) || - tp->packets_out > tp->max_packets_out) { + tp->packets_out > tp->max_packets_out || + is_cwnd_limited) { tp->max_packets_out = tp->packets_out; tp->max_packets_seq = tp->snd_nxt; tp->is_cwnd_limited = is_cwnd_limited; @@ -2702,6 +2703,10 @@ repair: else tcp_chrono_stop(sk, TCP_CHRONO_RWND_LIMITED); + is_cwnd_limited |= (tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) >= tp->snd_cwnd); + if (likely(sent_pkts || is_cwnd_limited)) + tcp_cwnd_validate(sk, is_cwnd_limited); + if (likely(sent_pkts)) { if (tcp_in_cwnd_reduction(sk)) tp->prr_out += sent_pkts; @@ -2709,8 +2714,6 @@ repair: /* Send one loss probe per tail loss episode. */ if (push_one != 2) tcp_schedule_loss_probe(sk, false); - is_cwnd_limited |= (tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) >= tp->snd_cwnd); - tcp_cwnd_validate(sk, is_cwnd_limited); return false; } return !tp->packets_out && !tcp_write_queue_empty(sk);