tcp: refine pacing rate determination
When TCP pacing was added back in linux-3.12, we chose
to apply a fixed ratio of 200 % against current rate,
to allow probing for optimal throughput even during
slow start phase, where cwnd can be doubled every other gRTT.
At Google, we found it was better applying a different ratio
while in Congestion Avoidance phase.
This ratio was set to 120 %.
We've used the normal tcp_in_slow_start() helper for a while,
then tuned the condition to select the conservative ratio
as soon as cwnd >= ssthresh/2 :
- After cwnd reduction, it is safer to ramp up more slowly,
as we approach optimal cwnd.
- Initial ramp up (ssthresh == INFINITY) still allows doubling
cwnd every other RTT.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index 0330ab2..879bdc5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
static int zero;
static int one = 1;
static int four = 4;
+static int thousand = 1000;
static int gso_max_segs = GSO_MAX_SEGS;
static int tcp_retr1_max = 255;
static int ip_local_port_range_min[] = { 1, 1 };
@@ -712,6 +713,24 @@
.extra2 = &gso_max_segs,
},
{
+ .procname = "tcp_pacing_ss_ratio",
+ .data = &sysctl_tcp_pacing_ss_ratio,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .extra1 = &zero,
+ .extra2 = &thousand,
+ },
+ {
+ .procname = "tcp_pacing_ca_ratio",
+ .data = &sysctl_tcp_pacing_ca_ratio,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .extra1 = &zero,
+ .extra2 = &thousand,
+ },
+ {
.procname = "tcp_autocorking",
.data = &sysctl_tcp_autocorking,
.maxlen = sizeof(int),