d7626b5acf
As achieved through commit 9195948fbf34 ("tipc: improve TIPC throughput
by Gap ACK blocks"), we apply the same mechanism for the broadcast link
as well. The 'Gap ACK blocks' data field in a 'PROTOCOL/STATE_MSG' will
consist of two parts built for both the broadcast and unicast types:
31 16 15 0
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| bgack_cnt | ugack_cnt | len |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ -
| gap | ack | |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ > bc gacks
: : : |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ -
| gap | ack | |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ > uc gacks
: : : |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ -
which is "automatically" backward-compatible.
We also increase the max number of Gap ACK blocks to 128, allowing upto
64 blocks per type (total buffer size = 516 bytes).
Besides, the 'tipc_link_advance_transmq()' function is refactored which
is applicable for both the unicast and broadcast cases now, so some old
functions can be removed and the code is optimized.
With the patch, TIPC broadcast is more robust regardless of packet loss
or disorder, latency, ... in the underlying network. Its performance is
boost up significantly.
For example, experiment with a 5% packet loss rate results:
$ time tipc-pipe --mc --rdm --data_size 123 --data_num 1500000
real 0m 42.46s
user 0m 1.16s
sys 0m 17.67s
Without the patch:
$ time tipc-pipe --mc --rdm --data_size 123 --data_num 1500000
real 8m 27.94s
user 0m 0.55s
sys 0m 2.38s
Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien <tuong.t.lien@dektech.com.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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