From 20cbd3e120a0c20bebe420e1fed0e816730bb988 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerrit Renker Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:16:59 +0200 Subject: dccp ccid-3: A lower bound for the inter-packet scheduling algorithm 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. The algorithm from RFC 5348, 8.3 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; } Problem: -------- Rescheduling requires a conversion into milliseconds (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; This is unnecessarily large, a lower bound is t_delta' = max(t_delta, 1000). And it implies a further simplification: a) when HZ >= 500, then t_delta <= t_gran/2 = 10^6/(2*HZ) <= 1000, so that t_delta' = MAX(1000, t_delta) = 1000 (constant value); b) when HZ < 500, then t_delta = 1/2*MIN(rtt, t_ipi, t_gran) <= t_gran/2, so that 1000 <= t_delta' <= t_gran/2. The maximum error of using a constant t_delta in (b) is less than half a jiffy. Fix: ---- 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 --- net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.h | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.h') diff --git a/net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.h b/net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.h index b7e569c22f36..4a00174a97dd 100644 --- a/net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.h +++ b/net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.h @@ -45,12 +45,22 @@ /* Two seconds as per RFC 5348, 4.2 */ #define TFRC_INITIAL_TIMEOUT (2 * USEC_PER_SEC) -/* In usecs - half the scheduling granularity as per RFC3448 4.6 */ -#define TFRC_OPSYS_HALF_TIME_GRAN (USEC_PER_SEC / (2 * HZ)) - /* Parameter t_mbi from [RFC 3448, 4.3]: backoff interval in seconds */ #define TFRC_T_MBI 64 +/* + * The t_delta parameter (RFC 5348, 8.3): delays of less than %USEC_PER_MSEC are + * rounded down to 0, since sk_reset_timer() here uses millisecond granularity. + * Hence we can use a constant t_delta = %USEC_PER_MSEC when HZ >= 500. A coarse + * resolution of HZ < 500 means that the error is below one timer tick (t_gran) + * when using the constant t_delta = t_gran / 2 = %USEC_PER_SEC / (2 * HZ). + */ +#if (HZ >= 500) +# define TFRC_T_DELTA USEC_PER_MSEC +#else +# define TFRC_T_DELTA (USEC_PER_SEC / (2 * HZ)) +#endif + enum ccid3_options { TFRC_OPT_LOSS_EVENT_RATE = 192, TFRC_OPT_LOSS_INTERVALS = 193, @@ -90,7 +100,6 @@ enum ccid3_hc_tx_states { * @tx_no_feedback_timer: Handle to no feedback timer * @tx_t_ld: Time last doubled during slow start * @tx_t_nom: Nominal send time of next packet - * @tx_delta: Send timer delta (RFC 3448, 4.6) in usecs * @tx_hist: Packet history * @tx_options_received: Parsed set of retrieved options */ @@ -109,7 +118,6 @@ struct ccid3_hc_tx_sock { struct timer_list tx_no_feedback_timer; ktime_t tx_t_ld; ktime_t tx_t_nom; - u32 tx_delta; struct tfrc_tx_hist_entry *tx_hist; struct ccid3_options_received tx_options_received; }; -- cgit v1.2.3