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authorJohn Heffner <jheffner@psc.edu>2005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2005-06-23 12:29:07 -0700
commit0e57976b6376f7fda6bef8b7dee2a3c8819ec9e9 (patch)
tree445642f773297a949674db45909542443e663263 /net/ipv4
parenta7868ea68d29eb2c037952aeb3b549cf05749a18 (diff)
[TCP]: Add Scalable TCP congestion control module.
This patch implements Tom Kelly's Scalable TCP congestion control algorithm for the modular framework. The algorithm has some nice scaling properties, and has been used a fair bit in research, though is known to have significant fairness issues, so it's not really suitable for general purpose use. Signed-off-by: John Heffner <jheffner@psc.edu> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/Kconfig9
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c68
3 files changed, 78 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
index 73a25b52bf7..690e88ba248 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -511,6 +511,15 @@ config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
+config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
+ tristate "Scalable TCP"
+ depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
+ MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
+ properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
+ See http://www-lce.eng.cam.ac.uk/~ctk21/scalable/
endmenu
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Makefile b/net/ipv4/Makefile
index e96ed17deb9..5718cdb3a61 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Makefile
+++ b/net/ipv4/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_HSTCP) += tcp_highspeed.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_HYBLA) += tcp_hybla.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_HTCP) += tcp_htcp.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_VEGAS) += tcp_vegas.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_SCALABLE) += tcp_scalable.o
obj-$(CONFIG_XFRM) += xfrm4_policy.o xfrm4_state.o xfrm4_input.o \
xfrm4_output.o
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70e108e15c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/* Tom Kelly's Scalable TCP
+ *
+ * See htt://www-lce.eng.cam.ac.uk/~ctk21/scalable/
+ *
+ * John Heffner <jheffner@sc.edu>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
+
+/* These factors derived from the recommended values in the aer:
+ * .01 and and 7/8. We use 50 instead of 100 to account for
+ * delayed ack.
+ */
+#define TCP_SCALABLE_AI_CNT 50U
+#define TCP_SCALABLE_MD_SCALE 3
+
+static void tcp_scalable_cong_avoid(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 ack, u32 rtt,
+ u32 in_flight, int flag)
+{
+ if (in_flight < tp->snd_cwnd)
+ return;
+
+ if (tp->snd_cwnd <= tp->snd_ssthresh) {
+ tp->snd_cwnd++;
+ } else {
+ tp->snd_cwnd_cnt++;
+ if (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt > min(tp->snd_cwnd, TCP_SCALABLE_AI_CNT)){
+ tp->snd_cwnd++;
+ tp->snd_cwnd_cnt = 0;
+ }
+ }
+ tp->snd_cwnd = min_t(u32, tp->snd_cwnd, tp->snd_cwnd_clamp);
+ tp->snd_cwnd_stamp = tcp_time_stamp;
+}
+
+static u32 tcp_scalable_ssthresh(struct tcp_sock *tp)
+{
+ return max(tp->snd_cwnd - (tp->snd_cwnd>>TCP_SCALABLE_MD_SCALE), 2U);
+}
+
+
+static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_scalable = {
+ .ssthresh = tcp_scalable_ssthresh,
+ .cong_avoid = tcp_scalable_cong_avoid,
+ .min_cwnd = tcp_reno_min_cwnd,
+
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .name = "scalable",
+};
+
+static int __init tcp_scalable_register(void)
+{
+ return tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcp_scalable);
+}
+
+static void __exit tcp_scalable_unregister(void)
+{
+ tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcp_scalable);
+}
+
+module_init(tcp_scalable_register);
+module_exit(tcp_scalable_unregister);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("John Heffner");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Scalable TCP");