user/sven/linux.git/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h, branch v3.14.79

tcp: auto corking

2013-12-06T17:51:41Z

With the introduction of TCP Small Queues, TSO auto sizing, and TCP pacing, we can implement Automatic Corking in the kernel, to help applications doing small write()/sendmsg() to TCP sockets. Idea is to change tcp_push() to check if the current skb payload is under skb optimal size (a multiple of MSS bytes) If under 'size_goal', and at least one packet is still in Qdisc or NIC TX queues, set the TCP Small Queue Throttled bit, so that the push will be delayed up to TX completion time. This delay might allow the application to coalesce more bytes in the skb in following write()/sendmsg()/sendfile() system calls. The exact duration of the delay is depending on the dynamics of the system, and might be zero if no packet for this flow is actually held in Qdisc or NIC TX ring. Using FQ/pacing is a way to increase the probability of autocorking being triggered. Add a new sysctl (/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_autocorking) to control this feature and default it to 1 (enabled) Add a new SNMP counter : nstat -a | grep TcpExtTCPAutoCorking This counter is incremented every time we detected skb was under used and its flush was deferred. Tested: Interesting effects when using line buffered commands under ssh. Excellent performance results in term of cpu usage and total throughput. lpq83:~# echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_autocorking lpq83:~# perf stat ./super_netperf 4 -t TCP_STREAM -H lpq84 -- -m 128 9410.39 Performance counter stats for './super_netperf 4 -t TCP_STREAM -H lpq84 -- -m 128': 35209.439626 task-clock # 2.901 CPUs utilized 2,294 context-switches # 0.065 K/sec 101 CPU-migrations # 0.003 K/sec 4,079 page-faults # 0.116 K/sec 97,923,241,298 cycles # 2.781 GHz [83.31%] 51,832,908,236 stalled-cycles-frontend # 52.93% frontend cycles idle [83.30%] 25,697,986,603 stalled-cycles-backend # 26.24% backend cycles idle [66.70%] 102,225,978,536 instructions # 1.04 insns per cycle # 0.51 stalled cycles per insn [83.38%] 18,657,696,819 branches # 529.906 M/sec [83.29%] 91,679,646 branch-misses # 0.49% of all branches [83.40%] 12.136204899 seconds time elapsed lpq83:~# echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_autocorking lpq83:~# perf stat ./super_netperf 4 -t TCP_STREAM -H lpq84 -- -m 128 6624.89 Performance counter stats for './super_netperf 4 -t TCP_STREAM -H lpq84 -- -m 128': 40045.864494 task-clock # 3.301 CPUs utilized 171 context-switches # 0.004 K/sec 53 CPU-migrations # 0.001 K/sec 4,080 page-faults # 0.102 K/sec 111,340,458,645 cycles # 2.780 GHz [83.34%] 61,778,039,277 stalled-cycles-frontend # 55.49% frontend cycles idle [83.31%] 29,295,522,759 stalled-cycles-backend # 26.31% backend cycles idle [66.67%] 108,654,349,355 instructions # 0.98 insns per cycle # 0.57 stalled cycles per insn [83.34%] 19,552,170,748 branches # 488.244 M/sec [83.34%] 157,875,417 branch-misses # 0.81% of all branches [83.34%] 12.130267788 seconds time elapsed Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

2013-08-16T22:37:26Z

net: rename busy poll MIB counter

2013-08-09T18:39:08Z

Rename mib counter from "low latency" to "busy poll" v1 also moved the counter to the ip MIB (suggested by Shawn Bohrer) Eric Dumazet suggested that the current location is better. So v2 just renames the counter to fit the new naming convention. Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: add SNMP counters tracking incoming ECN bits

2013-08-09T05:24:59Z

With GRO/LRO processing, there is a problem because Ip[6]InReceives SNMP counters do not count the number of frames, but number of aggregated segments. Its probably too late to change this now. This patch adds four new counters, tracking number of frames, regardless of LRO/GRO, and on a per ECN status basis, for IPv4 and IPv6. Ip[6]NoECTPkts : Number of packets received with NOECT Ip[6]ECT1Pkts : Number of packets received with ECT(1) Ip[6]ECT0Pkts : Number of packets received with ECT(0) Ip[6]CEPkts : Number of packets received with Congestion Experienced lph37:~# nstat | egrep "Pkts|InReceive" IpInReceives 1634137 0.0 Ip6InReceives 3714107 0.0 Ip6InNoECTPkts 19205 0.0 Ip6InECT0Pkts 52651828 0.0 IpExtInNoECTPkts 33630 0.0 IpExtInECT0Pkts 15581379 0.0 IpExtInCEPkts 6 0.0 Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next

2013-06-26T20:23:13Z

Steffen Klassert says: ==================== Just one patch this time. 1) Drop packets when the matching SA is in larval state and add a statistic counter for that. From Fan Du. Please pull or let me know if there are problems. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: add low latency socket poll

2013-06-11T04:22:35Z

Adds an ndo_ll_poll method and the code that supports it. This method can be used by low latency applications to busy-poll Ethernet device queues directly from the socket code. sysctl_net_ll_poll controls how many microseconds to poll. Default is zero (disabled). Individual protocol support will be added by subsequent patches. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir Acked-by: Eric Dumazet Tested-by: Willem de Bruijn Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

xfrm: add LINUX_MIB_XFRMACQUIREERROR statistic counter

2013-06-06T04:45:55Z

When host ping its peer, ICMP echo request packet triggers IPsec policy, then host negotiates SA secret with its peer. After IKE installed SA for OUT direction, but before SA for IN direction installed, host get ICMP echo reply from its peer. At the time being, the SA state for IN direction could be XFRM_STATE_ACQ, then the received packet will be dropped after adding LINUX_MIB_XFRMINSTATEINVALID statistic. Adding a LINUX_MIB_XFRMACQUIREERROR statistic counter for such scenario when SA in larval state is much clearer for user than LINUX_MIB_XFRMINSTATEINVALID which indicates the SA is totally bad. Signed-off-by: Fan Du Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert

net: Add MIB counters for checksum errors

2013-04-29T19:14:03Z

Add MIB counters for checksum errors in IP layer, and TCP/UDP/ICMP layers, to help diagnose problems. $ nstat -a | grep Csum IcmpInCsumErrors 72 0.0 TcpInCsumErrors 382 0.0 UdpInCsumErrors 463221 0.0 Icmp6InCsumErrors 75 0.0 Udp6InCsumErrors 173442 0.0 IpExtInCsumErrors 10884 0.0 Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: introduce TCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues SNMP counter

2013-04-18T18:57:25Z

Host queues (Qdisc + NIC) can hold packets so long that TCP can eventually retransmit a packet before the first transmit even left the host. Its not clear right now if we could avoid this in the first place : - We could arm RTO timer not at the time we enqueue packets, but at the time we TX complete them (tcp_wfree()) - Cancel the sending of the new copy of the packet if prior one is still in queue. This patch adds instrumentation so that we can at least see how often this problem happens. TCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues SNMP counter is incremented every time we detect the fast clone is not yet freed in tcp_transmit_skb() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Yuchung Cheng Cc: Neal Cardwell Cc: Tom Herbert Cc: Willem de Bruijn Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: TLP loss detection.

2013-03-12T12:30:34Z

This is the second of the TLP patch series; it augments the basic TLP algorithm with a loss detection scheme. This patch implements a mechanism for loss detection when a Tail loss probe retransmission plugs a hole thereby masking packet loss from the sender. The loss detection algorithm relies on counting TLP dupacks as outlined in Sec. 3 of: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dukkipati-tcpm-tcp-loss-probe-01 The basic idea is: Sender keeps track of TLP "episode" upon retransmission of a TLP packet. An episode ends when the sender receives an ACK above the SND.NXT (tracked by tlp_high_seq) at the time of the episode. We want to make sure that before the episode ends the sender receives a "TLP dupack", indicating that the TLP retransmission was unnecessary, so there was no loss/hole that needed plugging. If the sender gets no TLP dupack before the end of the episode, then it reduces ssthresh and the congestion window, because the TLP packet arriving at the receiver probably plugged a hole. Signed-off-by: Nandita Dukkipati Acked-by: Neal Cardwell Signed-off-by: David S. Miller