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tcp: autocork should not hold first packet in write queue

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Willem noticed a TCP_RR regression caused by TCP autocorking
on a Mellanox test bed. MLX4_EN_TX_COAL_TIME is 16 us, which can be
right above RTT between hosts.

We can receive a ACK for a packet still in NIC TX ring buffer or in a
softnet completion queue.

Fix this by always pushing the skb if it is at the head of write queue.

Also, as TX completion is lockless, it's safer to perform sk_wmem_alloc
test after setting TSQ_THROTTLED.

erd:~# MIB="MIN_LATENCY,MEAN_LATENCY,MAX_LATENCY,P99_LATENCY,STDDEV_LATENCY"
erd:~#  ./netperf -H remote -t TCP_RR -- -o $MIB | tail -n 1
(repeat 3 times)

Before patch :

18,1049.87,41004,39631,6295.47
17,239.52,40804,48,2912.79
18,348.40,40877,54,3573.39

After patch :

18,22.84,4606,38,16.39
17,21.56,2871,36,13.51
17,22.46,2705,37,11.83

Reported-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Fixes: f54b311142 ("tcp: auto corking")
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet 2013-12-17 09:58:30 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent a792866ad2
commit a181ceb501
1 changed files with 10 additions and 4 deletions
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@ -622,19 +622,21 @@ static inline void tcp_mark_urg(struct tcp_sock *tp, int flags)
}
/* If a not yet filled skb is pushed, do not send it if
* we have packets in Qdisc or NIC queues :
* we have data packets in Qdisc or NIC queues :
* Because TX completion will happen shortly, it gives a chance
* to coalesce future sendmsg() payload into this skb, without
* need for a timer, and with no latency trade off.
* As packets containing data payload have a bigger truesize
* than pure acks (dataless) packets, the last check prevents
* autocorking if we only have an ACK in Qdisc/NIC queues.
* than pure acks (dataless) packets, the last checks prevent
* autocorking if we only have an ACK in Qdisc/NIC queues,
* or if TX completion was delayed after we processed ACK packet.
*/
static bool tcp_should_autocork(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
int size_goal)
{
return skb->len < size_goal &&
sysctl_tcp_autocorking &&
skb != tcp_write_queue_head(sk) &&
atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > skb->truesize;
}
@ -660,7 +662,11 @@ static void tcp_push(struct sock *sk, int flags, int mss_now,
NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPAUTOCORKING);
set_bit(TSQ_THROTTLED, &tp->tsq_flags);
}
return;
/* It is possible TX completion already happened
* before we set TSQ_THROTTLED.
*/
if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > skb->truesize)
return;
}
if (flags & MSG_MORE)