Re: [PATCH 1/2] kvm tools: Respect guest tcp window size

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On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Asias He <asias.hejun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Respect guest tcp window size and stop sending tcp segments to guest
> if guest's receive window is closed.
>
> This fixes the TCP hang I'm seeing where guest and host are transferring
> big chuck of data.

Awesome!

> This problem was not triggered when guest and external host
> communicates, probably because guest to external host communication
> walks through real network and is much slower than guest and host
> communication. Thus, guest's receive window has little chance to be
> closed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Asias He <asias.hejun@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/kvm/include/kvm/uip.h |  1 +
>  tools/kvm/net/uip/tcp.c     | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/uip.h b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/uip.h
> index 4497f6a..191029b 100644
> --- a/tools/kvm/include/kvm/uip.h
> +++ b/tools/kvm/include/kvm/uip.h
> @@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct uip_tcp_socket {
>         pthread_t thread;
>         u32 dport, sport;
>         u32 guest_acked;
> +       u16 window_size;
>         /*
>          * Initial Sequence Number
>          */
> diff --git a/tools/kvm/net/uip/tcp.c b/tools/kvm/net/uip/tcp.c
> index 586a45c..cf46bac 100644
> --- a/tools/kvm/net/uip/tcp.c
> +++ b/tools/kvm/net/uip/tcp.c
> @@ -167,25 +167,38 @@ static int uip_tcp_payload_send(struct uip_tcp_socket *sk, u8 flag, u16 payload_
>  static void *uip_tcp_socket_thread(void *p)
>  {
>         struct uip_tcp_socket *sk;
> -       u8 *payload;
> -       int ret;
> +       u8 *payload, *pos;
> +       int len, left, ret;
>
>         sk = p;
>
>         payload = malloc(UIP_MAX_TCP_PAYLOAD);
> -       sk->payload = payload;
> -       if (!sk->payload)
> +       if (!payload)
>                 goto out;
>
>         while (1) {
> +               pos = payload;
>
>                 ret = read(sk->fd, payload, UIP_MAX_TCP_PAYLOAD);
>
>                 if (ret <= 0 || ret > UIP_MAX_TCP_PAYLOAD)
>                         goto out;
>
> -               uip_tcp_payload_send(sk, UIP_TCP_FLAG_ACK, ret);
> +               left = ret;
> +
> +               while (left > 0) {
> +                       while ((len = sk->guest_acked + sk->window_size - sk->seq_server) <= 0)
> +                               usleep(100);

So what exactly is this piece of code trying to accomplish? Surely
there's some more reasonable way to handle it?

> +                       sk->payload = pos;
> +                       if (len > left)
> +                               len = left;
> +                       if (len > UIP_MAX_TCP_PAYLOAD)
> +                               len = UIP_MAX_TCP_PAYLOAD;
> +                       left -= len;
>
> +                       pos += len;
> +                       uip_tcp_payload_send(sk, UIP_TCP_FLAG_ACK, len);
> +               }
>         }
>
>  out:
> @@ -199,7 +212,7 @@ out:
>
>         sk->read_done = 1;
>
> -       free(sk->payload);
> +       free(payload);
>         pthread_exit(NULL);
>
>         return NULL;
> @@ -250,6 +263,8 @@ int uip_tx_do_ipv4_tcp(struct uip_tx_arg *arg)
>                 if (!sk)
>                         return -1;
>
> +               sk->window_size = ntohs(tcp->win);
> +
>                 /*
>                  * Setup ISN number
>                  */
> @@ -276,6 +291,7 @@ int uip_tx_do_ipv4_tcp(struct uip_tx_arg *arg)
>         if (!sk)
>                 return -1;
>
> +       sk->window_size = ntohs(tcp->win);
>         sk->guest_acked = ntohl(tcp->ack);
>
>         if (uip_tcp_is_fin(tcp)) {
> --
> 1.7.11.4
>
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