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2012-08-10codel: refine one condition to avoid a nul rec_inv_sqrtEric Dumazet
One condition before codel_Newton_step() was not good if we never left the dropping state for a flow. As a result rec_inv_sqrt was 0, instead of the ~0 initial value. codel control law was then set to a very aggressive mode, dropping many packets before reaching 'target' and recovering from this problem. To keep codel_vars_init() as efficient as possible, refine the condition to make sure rec_inv_sqrt initial value is correct Many thanks to Anton Mich for discovering the issue and suggesting a fix. Reported-by: Anton Mich <lp2s1h@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-05-16fq_codel: should use qdisc backlog as thresholdEric Dumazet
codel_should_drop() logic allows a packet being not dropped if queue size is under max packet size. In fq_codel, we have two possible backlogs : The qdisc global one, and the flow local one. The meaningful one for codel_should_drop() should be the global backlog, not the per flow one, so that thin flows can have a non zero drop/mark probability. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Dave Taht <dave.taht@bufferbloat.net> Cc: Kathleen Nichols <nichols@pollere.com> Cc: Van Jacobson <van@pollere.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-05-14codel: use u16 field instead of 31bits for rec_inv_sqrtEric Dumazet
David pointed out gcc might generate poor code with 31bit fields. Using u16 is more than enough and permits a better code output. Also make the code intent more readable using constants, fixed point arithmetic not being trivial for everybody. Suggested-by: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-05-12codel: use Newton method instead of sqrt() and dividesEric Dumazet
As Van pointed out, interval/sqrt(count) can be implemented using multiplies only. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_computing_square_roots#Iterative_methods_for_reciprocal_square_roots This patch implements the Newton method and reciprocal divide. Total cost is 15 cycles instead of 120 on my Corei5 machine (64bit kernel). There is a small 'error' for count values < 5, but we don't really care. I reuse a hole in struct codel_vars : - pack the dropping boolean into one bit - use 31bit to store the reciprocal value of sqrt(count). Suggested-by: Van Jacobson <van@pollere.net> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Dave Taht <dave.taht@bufferbloat.net> Cc: Kathleen Nichols <nichols@pollere.com> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Cc: Matt Mathis <mattmathis@google.com> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Cc: Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@google.com> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-05-10codel: Controlled Delay AQMEric Dumazet
An implementation of CoDel AQM, from Kathleen Nichols and Van Jacobson. http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2209336 This AQM main input is no longer queue size in bytes or packets, but the delay packets stay in (FIFO) queue. As we don't have infinite memory, we still can drop packets in enqueue() in case of massive load, but mean of CoDel is to drop packets in dequeue(), using a control law based on two simple parameters : target : target sojourn time (default 5ms) interval : width of moving time window (default 100ms) Based on initial work from Dave Taht. Refactored to help future codel inclusion as a plugin for other linux qdisc (FQ_CODEL, ...), like RED. include/net/codel.h contains codel algorithm as close as possible than Kathleen reference. net/sched/sch_codel.c contains the linux qdisc specific glue. Separate structures permit a memory efficient implementation of fq_codel (to be sent as a separate work) : Each flow has its own struct codel_vars. timestamps are taken at enqueue() time with 1024 ns precision, allowing a range of 2199 seconds in queue, and 100Gb links support. iproute2 uses usec as base unit. Selected packets are dropped, unless ECN is enabled and packets can get ECN mark instead. Tested from 2Mb to 10Gb speeds with no particular problems, on ixgbe and tg3 drivers (BQL enabled). Usage: tc qdisc ... codel [ limit PACKETS ] [ target TIME ] [ interval TIME ] [ ecn ] qdisc codel 10: parent 1:1 limit 2000p target 3.0ms interval 60.0ms ecn Sent 13347099587 bytes 8815805 pkt (dropped 0, overlimits 0 requeues 0) rate 202365Kbit 16708pps backlog 113550b 75p requeues 0 count 116 lastcount 98 ldelay 4.3ms dropping drop_next 816us maxpacket 1514 ecn_mark 84399 drop_overlimit 0 CoDel must be seen as a base module, and should be used keeping in mind there is still a FIFO queue. So a typical setup will probably need a hierarchy of several qdiscs and packet classifiers to be able to meet whatever constraints a user might have. One possible example would be to use fq_codel, which combines Fair Queueing and CoDel, in replacement of sfq / sfq_red. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Taht <dave.taht@bufferbloat.net> Cc: Kathleen Nichols <nichols@pollere.com> Cc: Van Jacobson <van@pollere.net> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Cc: Matt Mathis <mattmathis@google.com> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>