This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
tcp: preserve ACK clocking in TSO
to the 3.0-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
tcp-preserve-ack-clocking-in-tso.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.0 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From be21fd47c74ce56ad8ca52f1e784f0d3727026b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:36:09 +0000
Subject: tcp: preserve ACK clocking in TSO
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit f4541d60a449afd40448b06496dcd510f505928e ]
A long standing problem with TSO is the fact that tcp_tso_should_defer()
rearms the deferred timer, while it should not.
Current code leads to following bad bursty behavior :
20:11:24.484333 IP A > B: . 297161:316921(19760) ack 1 win 119
20:11:24.484337 IP B > A: . ack 263721 win 1117
20:11:24.485086 IP B > A: . ack 265241 win 1117
20:11:24.485925 IP B > A: . ack 266761 win 1117
20:11:24.486759 IP B > A: . ack 268281 win 1117
20:11:24.487594 IP B > A: . ack 269801 win 1117
20:11:24.488430 IP B > A: . ack 271321 win 1117
20:11:24.489267 IP B > A: . ack 272841 win 1117
20:11:24.490104 IP B > A: . ack 274361 win 1117
20:11:24.490939 IP B > A: . ack 275881 win 1117
20:11:24.491775 IP B > A: . ack 277401 win 1117
20:11:24.491784 IP A > B: . 316921:332881(15960) ack 1 win 119
20:11:24.492620 IP B > A: . ack 278921 win 1117
20:11:24.493448 IP B > A: . ack 280441 win 1117
20:11:24.494286 IP B > A: . ack 281961 win 1117
20:11:24.495122 IP B > A: . ack 283481 win 1117
20:11:24.495958 IP B > A: . ack 285001 win 1117
20:11:24.496791 IP B > A: . ack 286521 win 1117
20:11:24.497628 IP B > A: . ack 288041 win 1117
20:11:24.498459 IP B > A: . ack 289561 win 1117
20:11:24.499296 IP B > A: . ack 291081 win 1117
20:11:24.500133 IP B > A: . ack 292601 win 1117
20:11:24.500970 IP B > A: . ack 294121 win 1117
20:11:24.501388 IP B > A: . ack 295641 win 1117
20:11:24.501398 IP A > B: . 332881:351881(19000) ack 1 win 119
While the expected behavior is more like :
20:19:49.259620 IP A > B: . 197601:202161(4560) ack 1 win 119
20:19:49.260446 IP B > A: . ack 154281 win 1212
20:19:49.261282 IP B > A: . ack 155801 win 1212
20:19:49.262125 IP B > A: . ack 157321 win 1212
20:19:49.262136 IP A > B: . 202161:206721(4560) ack 1 win 119
20:19:49.262958 IP B > A: . ack 158841 win 1212
20:19:49.263795 IP B > A: . ack 160361 win 1212
20:19:49.264628 IP B > A: . ack 161881 win 1212
20:19:49.264637 IP A > B: . 206721:211281(4560) ack 1 win 119
20:19:49.265465 IP B > A: . ack 163401 win 1212
20:19:49.265886 IP B > A: . ack 164921 win 1212
20:19:49.266722 IP B > A: . ack 166441 win 1212
20:19:49.266732 IP A > B: . 211281:215841(4560) ack 1 win 119
20:19:49.267559 IP B > A: . ack 167961 win 1212
20:19:49.268394 IP B > A: . ack 169481 win 1212
20:19:49.269232 IP B > A: . ack 171001 win 1212
20:19:49.269241 IP A > B: . 215841:221161(5320) ack 1 win 119
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Van Jacobson <vanj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1579,8 +1579,11 @@ static int tcp_tso_should_defer(struct s
goto send_now;
}
- /* Ok, it looks like it is advisable to defer. */
- tp->tso_deferred = 1 | (jiffies << 1);
+ /* Ok, it looks like it is advisable to defer.
+ * Do not rearm the timer if already set to not break TCP ACK clocking.
+ */
+ if (!tp->tso_deferred)
+ tp->tso_deferred = 1 | (jiffies << 1);
return 1;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.0/8021q-fix-a-potential-use-after-free.patch
queue-3.0/tcp-preserve-ack-clocking-in-tso.patch
queue-3.0/aoe-reserve-enough-headroom-on-skbs.patch
queue-3.0/net-add-a-synchronize_net-in-netdev_rx_handler_unregister.patch
queue-3.0/drivers-net-ethernet-davinci_emac-use-netif_wake_queue-while-restarting-tx-queue.patch
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