1 /* Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT (BBR) congestion control
3 * BBR congestion control computes the sending rate based on the delivery
4 * rate (throughput) estimated from ACKs. In a nutshell:
6 * On each ACK, update our model of the network path:
7 * bottleneck_bandwidth = windowed_max(delivered / elapsed, 10 round trips)
8 * min_rtt = windowed_min(rtt, 10 seconds)
9 * pacing_rate = pacing_gain * bottleneck_bandwidth
10 * cwnd = max(cwnd_gain * bottleneck_bandwidth * min_rtt, 4)
12 * The core algorithm does not react directly to packet losses or delays,
13 * although BBR may adjust the size of next send per ACK when loss is
14 * observed, or adjust the sending rate if it estimates there is a
15 * traffic policer, in order to keep the drop rate reasonable.
17 * Here is a state transition diagram for BBR:
27 * +---> PROBE_BW ----+
32 * +---- PROBE_RTT <--+
34 * A BBR flow starts in STARTUP, and ramps up its sending rate quickly.
35 * When it estimates the pipe is full, it enters DRAIN to drain the queue.
36 * In steady state a BBR flow only uses PROBE_BW and PROBE_RTT.
37 * A long-lived BBR flow spends the vast majority of its time remaining
38 * (repeatedly) in PROBE_BW, fully probing and utilizing the pipe's bandwidth
39 * in a fair manner, with a small, bounded queue. *If* a flow has been
40 * continuously sending for the entire min_rtt window, and hasn't seen an RTT
41 * sample that matches or decreases its min_rtt estimate for 10 seconds, then
42 * it briefly enters PROBE_RTT to cut inflight to a minimum value to re-probe
43 * the path's two-way propagation delay (min_rtt). When exiting PROBE_RTT, if
44 * we estimated that we reached the full bw of the pipe then we enter PROBE_BW;
45 * otherwise we enter STARTUP to try to fill the pipe.
47 * BBR is described in detail in:
48 * "BBR: Congestion-Based Congestion Control",
49 * Neal Cardwell, Yuchung Cheng, C. Stephen Gunn, Soheil Hassas Yeganeh,
50 * Van Jacobson. ACM Queue, Vol. 14 No. 5, September-October 2016.
52 * There is a public e-mail list for discussing BBR development and testing:
53 * https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bbr-dev
55 * NOTE: BBR might be used with the fq qdisc ("man tc-fq") with pacing enabled,
56 * otherwise TCP stack falls back to an internal pacing using one high
57 * resolution timer per TCP socket and may use more resources.
59 #include <linux/module.h>
61 #include <linux/inet_diag.h>
62 #include <linux/inet.h>
63 #include <linux/random.h>
64 #include <linux/win_minmax.h>
66 /* Scale factor for rate in pkt/uSec unit to avoid truncation in bandwidth
67 * estimation. The rate unit ~= (1500 bytes / 1 usec / 2^24) ~= 715 bps.
68 * This handles bandwidths from 0.06pps (715bps) to 256Mpps (3Tbps) in a u32.
69 * Since the minimum window is >=4 packets, the lower bound isn't
70 * an issue. The upper bound isn't an issue with existing technologies.
73 #define BW_UNIT (1 << BW_SCALE)
75 #define BBR_SCALE 8 /* scaling factor for fractions in BBR (e.g. gains) */
76 #define BBR_UNIT (1 << BBR_SCALE)
78 /* BBR has the following modes for deciding how fast to send: */
80 BBR_STARTUP, /* ramp up sending rate rapidly to fill pipe */
81 BBR_DRAIN, /* drain any queue created during startup */
82 BBR_PROBE_BW, /* discover, share bw: pace around estimated bw */
83 BBR_PROBE_RTT, /* cut inflight to min to probe min_rtt */
86 /* BBR congestion control block */
88 u32 min_rtt_us; /* min RTT in min_rtt_win_sec window */
89 u32 min_rtt_stamp; /* timestamp of min_rtt_us */
90 u32 probe_rtt_done_stamp; /* end time for BBR_PROBE_RTT mode */
91 struct minmax bw; /* Max recent delivery rate in pkts/uS << 24 */
92 u32 rtt_cnt; /* count of packet-timed rounds elapsed */
93 u32 next_rtt_delivered; /* scb->tx.delivered at end of round */
94 u64 cycle_mstamp; /* time of this cycle phase start */
95 u32 mode:3, /* current bbr_mode in state machine */
96 prev_ca_state:3, /* CA state on previous ACK */
97 packet_conservation:1, /* use packet conservation? */
98 round_start:1, /* start of packet-timed tx->ack round? */
99 idle_restart:1, /* restarting after idle? */
100 probe_rtt_round_done:1, /* a BBR_PROBE_RTT round at 4 pkts? */
102 lt_is_sampling:1, /* taking long-term ("LT") samples now? */
103 lt_rtt_cnt:7, /* round trips in long-term interval */
104 lt_use_bw:1; /* use lt_bw as our bw estimate? */
105 u32 lt_bw; /* LT est delivery rate in pkts/uS << 24 */
106 u32 lt_last_delivered; /* LT intvl start: tp->delivered */
107 u32 lt_last_stamp; /* LT intvl start: tp->delivered_mstamp */
108 u32 lt_last_lost; /* LT intvl start: tp->lost */
109 u32 pacing_gain:10, /* current gain for setting pacing rate */
110 cwnd_gain:10, /* current gain for setting cwnd */
111 full_bw_reached:1, /* reached full bw in Startup? */
112 full_bw_cnt:2, /* number of rounds without large bw gains */
113 cycle_idx:3, /* current index in pacing_gain cycle array */
114 has_seen_rtt:1, /* have we seen an RTT sample yet? */
116 u32 prior_cwnd; /* prior cwnd upon entering loss recovery */
117 u32 full_bw; /* recent bw, to estimate if pipe is full */
119 /* For tracking ACK aggregation: */
120 u64 ack_epoch_mstamp; /* start of ACK sampling epoch */
121 u16 extra_acked[2]; /* max excess data ACKed in epoch */
122 u32 ack_epoch_acked:20, /* packets (S)ACKed in sampling epoch */
123 extra_acked_win_rtts:5, /* age of extra_acked, in round trips */
124 extra_acked_win_idx:1, /* current index in extra_acked array */
128 #define CYCLE_LEN 8 /* number of phases in a pacing gain cycle */
130 /* Window length of bw filter (in rounds): */
131 static const int bbr_bw_rtts = CYCLE_LEN + 2;
132 /* Window length of min_rtt filter (in sec): */
133 static const u32 bbr_min_rtt_win_sec = 10;
134 /* Minimum time (in ms) spent at bbr_cwnd_min_target in BBR_PROBE_RTT mode: */
135 static const u32 bbr_probe_rtt_mode_ms = 200;
136 /* Skip TSO below the following bandwidth (bits/sec): */
137 static const int bbr_min_tso_rate = 1200000;
139 /* We use a high_gain value of 2/ln(2) because it's the smallest pacing gain
140 * that will allow a smoothly increasing pacing rate that will double each RTT
141 * and send the same number of packets per RTT that an un-paced, slow-starting
142 * Reno or CUBIC flow would:
144 static const int bbr_high_gain = BBR_UNIT * 2885 / 1000 + 1;
145 /* The pacing gain of 1/high_gain in BBR_DRAIN is calculated to typically drain
146 * the queue created in BBR_STARTUP in a single round:
148 static const int bbr_drain_gain = BBR_UNIT * 1000 / 2885;
149 /* The gain for deriving steady-state cwnd tolerates delayed/stretched ACKs: */
150 static const int bbr_cwnd_gain = BBR_UNIT * 2;
151 /* The pacing_gain values for the PROBE_BW gain cycle, to discover/share bw: */
152 static const int bbr_pacing_gain[] = {
153 BBR_UNIT * 5 / 4, /* probe for more available bw */
154 BBR_UNIT * 3 / 4, /* drain queue and/or yield bw to other flows */
155 BBR_UNIT, BBR_UNIT, BBR_UNIT, /* cruise at 1.0*bw to utilize pipe, */
156 BBR_UNIT, BBR_UNIT, BBR_UNIT /* without creating excess queue... */
158 /* Randomize the starting gain cycling phase over N phases: */
159 static const u32 bbr_cycle_rand = 7;
161 /* Try to keep at least this many packets in flight, if things go smoothly. For
162 * smooth functioning, a sliding window protocol ACKing every other packet
163 * needs at least 4 packets in flight:
165 static const u32 bbr_cwnd_min_target = 4;
167 /* To estimate if BBR_STARTUP mode (i.e. high_gain) has filled pipe... */
168 /* If bw has increased significantly (1.25x), there may be more bw available: */
169 static const u32 bbr_full_bw_thresh = BBR_UNIT * 5 / 4;
170 /* But after 3 rounds w/o significant bw growth, estimate pipe is full: */
171 static const u32 bbr_full_bw_cnt = 3;
173 /* "long-term" ("LT") bandwidth estimator parameters... */
174 /* The minimum number of rounds in an LT bw sampling interval: */
175 static const u32 bbr_lt_intvl_min_rtts = 4;
176 /* If lost/delivered ratio > 20%, interval is "lossy" and we may be policed: */
177 static const u32 bbr_lt_loss_thresh = 50;
178 /* If 2 intervals have a bw ratio <= 1/8, their bw is "consistent": */
179 static const u32 bbr_lt_bw_ratio = BBR_UNIT / 8;
180 /* If 2 intervals have a bw diff <= 4 Kbit/sec their bw is "consistent": */
181 static const u32 bbr_lt_bw_diff = 4000 / 8;
182 /* If we estimate we're policed, use lt_bw for this many round trips: */
183 static const u32 bbr_lt_bw_max_rtts = 48;
185 /* Gain factor for adding extra_acked to target cwnd: */
186 static const int bbr_extra_acked_gain = BBR_UNIT;
187 /* Window length of extra_acked window. */
188 static const u32 bbr_extra_acked_win_rtts = 5;
189 /* Max allowed val for ack_epoch_acked, after which sampling epoch is reset */
190 static const u32 bbr_ack_epoch_acked_reset_thresh = 1U << 20;
191 /* Time period for clamping cwnd increment due to ack aggregation */
192 static const u32 bbr_extra_acked_max_us = 100 * 1000;
194 static void bbr_check_probe_rtt_done(struct sock *sk);
196 /* Do we estimate that STARTUP filled the pipe? */
197 static bool bbr_full_bw_reached(const struct sock *sk)
199 const struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
201 return bbr->full_bw_reached;
204 /* Return the windowed max recent bandwidth sample, in pkts/uS << BW_SCALE. */
205 static u32 bbr_max_bw(const struct sock *sk)
207 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
209 return minmax_get(&bbr->bw);
212 /* Return the estimated bandwidth of the path, in pkts/uS << BW_SCALE. */
213 static u32 bbr_bw(const struct sock *sk)
215 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
217 return bbr->lt_use_bw ? bbr->lt_bw : bbr_max_bw(sk);
220 /* Return maximum extra acked in past k-2k round trips,
221 * where k = bbr_extra_acked_win_rtts.
223 static u16 bbr_extra_acked(const struct sock *sk)
225 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
227 return max(bbr->extra_acked[0], bbr->extra_acked[1]);
230 /* Return rate in bytes per second, optionally with a gain.
231 * The order here is chosen carefully to avoid overflow of u64. This should
232 * work for input rates of up to 2.9Tbit/sec and gain of 2.89x.
234 static u64 bbr_rate_bytes_per_sec(struct sock *sk, u64 rate, int gain)
236 unsigned int mss = tcp_sk(sk)->mss_cache;
238 if (!tcp_needs_internal_pacing(sk))
239 mss = tcp_mss_to_mtu(sk, mss);
243 rate *= USEC_PER_SEC;
244 return rate >> BW_SCALE;
247 /* Convert a BBR bw and gain factor to a pacing rate in bytes per second. */
248 static u32 bbr_bw_to_pacing_rate(struct sock *sk, u32 bw, int gain)
252 rate = bbr_rate_bytes_per_sec(sk, rate, gain);
253 rate = min_t(u64, rate, sk->sk_max_pacing_rate);
257 /* Initialize pacing rate to: high_gain * init_cwnd / RTT. */
258 static void bbr_init_pacing_rate_from_rtt(struct sock *sk)
260 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
261 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
265 if (tp->srtt_us) { /* any RTT sample yet? */
266 rtt_us = max(tp->srtt_us >> 3, 1U);
267 bbr->has_seen_rtt = 1;
268 } else { /* no RTT sample yet */
269 rtt_us = USEC_PER_MSEC; /* use nominal default RTT */
271 bw = (u64)tp->snd_cwnd * BW_UNIT;
273 sk->sk_pacing_rate = bbr_bw_to_pacing_rate(sk, bw, bbr_high_gain);
276 /* Pace using current bw estimate and a gain factor. In order to help drive the
277 * network toward lower queues while maintaining high utilization and low
278 * latency, the average pacing rate aims to be slightly (~1%) lower than the
279 * estimated bandwidth. This is an important aspect of the design. In this
280 * implementation this slightly lower pacing rate is achieved implicitly by not
281 * including link-layer headers in the packet size used for the pacing rate.
283 static void bbr_set_pacing_rate(struct sock *sk, u32 bw, int gain)
285 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
286 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
287 u32 rate = bbr_bw_to_pacing_rate(sk, bw, gain);
289 if (unlikely(!bbr->has_seen_rtt && tp->srtt_us))
290 bbr_init_pacing_rate_from_rtt(sk);
291 if (bbr_full_bw_reached(sk) || rate > sk->sk_pacing_rate)
292 sk->sk_pacing_rate = rate;
295 /* override sysctl_tcp_min_tso_segs */
296 static u32 bbr_min_tso_segs(struct sock *sk)
298 return sk->sk_pacing_rate < (bbr_min_tso_rate >> 3) ? 1 : 2;
301 static u32 bbr_tso_segs_goal(struct sock *sk)
303 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
306 /* Sort of tcp_tso_autosize() but ignoring
307 * driver provided sk_gso_max_size.
309 bytes = min_t(u32, sk->sk_pacing_rate >> sk->sk_pacing_shift,
310 GSO_MAX_SIZE - 1 - MAX_TCP_HEADER);
311 segs = max_t(u32, bytes / tp->mss_cache, bbr_min_tso_segs(sk));
313 return min(segs, 0x7FU);
316 /* Save "last known good" cwnd so we can restore it after losses or PROBE_RTT */
317 static void bbr_save_cwnd(struct sock *sk)
319 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
320 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
322 if (bbr->prev_ca_state < TCP_CA_Recovery && bbr->mode != BBR_PROBE_RTT)
323 bbr->prior_cwnd = tp->snd_cwnd; /* this cwnd is good enough */
324 else /* loss recovery or BBR_PROBE_RTT have temporarily cut cwnd */
325 bbr->prior_cwnd = max(bbr->prior_cwnd, tp->snd_cwnd);
328 static void bbr_cwnd_event(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_ca_event event)
330 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
331 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
333 if (event == CA_EVENT_TX_START && tp->app_limited) {
334 bbr->idle_restart = 1;
335 bbr->ack_epoch_mstamp = tp->tcp_mstamp;
336 bbr->ack_epoch_acked = 0;
337 /* Avoid pointless buffer overflows: pace at est. bw if we don't
338 * need more speed (we're restarting from idle and app-limited).
340 if (bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_BW)
341 bbr_set_pacing_rate(sk, bbr_bw(sk), BBR_UNIT);
342 else if (bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_RTT)
343 bbr_check_probe_rtt_done(sk);
347 /* Calculate bdp based on min RTT and the estimated bottleneck bandwidth:
349 * bdp = bw * min_rtt * gain
351 * The key factor, gain, controls the amount of queue. While a small gain
352 * builds a smaller queue, it becomes more vulnerable to noise in RTT
353 * measurements (e.g., delayed ACKs or other ACK compression effects). This
354 * noise may cause BBR to under-estimate the rate.
356 static u32 bbr_bdp(struct sock *sk, u32 bw, int gain)
358 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
362 /* If we've never had a valid RTT sample, cap cwnd at the initial
363 * default. This should only happen when the connection is not using TCP
364 * timestamps and has retransmitted all of the SYN/SYNACK/data packets
365 * ACKed so far. In this case, an RTO can cut cwnd to 1, in which
366 * case we need to slow-start up toward something safe: TCP_INIT_CWND.
368 if (unlikely(bbr->min_rtt_us == ~0U)) /* no valid RTT samples yet? */
369 return TCP_INIT_CWND; /* be safe: cap at default initial cwnd*/
371 w = (u64)bw * bbr->min_rtt_us;
373 /* Apply a gain to the given value, then remove the BW_SCALE shift. */
374 bdp = (((w * gain) >> BBR_SCALE) + BW_UNIT - 1) / BW_UNIT;
379 /* To achieve full performance in high-speed paths, we budget enough cwnd to
380 * fit full-sized skbs in-flight on both end hosts to fully utilize the path:
381 * - one skb in sending host Qdisc,
382 * - one skb in sending host TSO/GSO engine
383 * - one skb being received by receiver host LRO/GRO/delayed-ACK engine
384 * Don't worry, at low rates (bbr_min_tso_rate) this won't bloat cwnd because
385 * in such cases tso_segs_goal is 1. The minimum cwnd is 4 packets,
386 * which allows 2 outstanding 2-packet sequences, to try to keep pipe
387 * full even with ACK-every-other-packet delayed ACKs.
389 static u32 bbr_quantization_budget(struct sock *sk, u32 cwnd, int gain)
391 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
393 /* Allow enough full-sized skbs in flight to utilize end systems. */
394 cwnd += 3 * bbr_tso_segs_goal(sk);
396 /* Reduce delayed ACKs by rounding up cwnd to the next even number. */
397 cwnd = (cwnd + 1) & ~1U;
399 /* Ensure gain cycling gets inflight above BDP even for small BDPs. */
400 if (bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_BW && gain > BBR_UNIT)
406 /* Find inflight based on min RTT and the estimated bottleneck bandwidth. */
407 static u32 bbr_inflight(struct sock *sk, u32 bw, int gain)
411 inflight = bbr_bdp(sk, bw, gain);
412 inflight = bbr_quantization_budget(sk, inflight, gain);
417 /* Find the cwnd increment based on estimate of ack aggregation */
418 static u32 bbr_ack_aggregation_cwnd(struct sock *sk)
420 u32 max_aggr_cwnd, aggr_cwnd = 0;
422 if (bbr_extra_acked_gain && bbr_full_bw_reached(sk)) {
423 max_aggr_cwnd = ((u64)bbr_bw(sk) * bbr_extra_acked_max_us)
425 aggr_cwnd = (bbr_extra_acked_gain * bbr_extra_acked(sk))
427 aggr_cwnd = min(aggr_cwnd, max_aggr_cwnd);
433 /* An optimization in BBR to reduce losses: On the first round of recovery, we
434 * follow the packet conservation principle: send P packets per P packets acked.
435 * After that, we slow-start and send at most 2*P packets per P packets acked.
436 * After recovery finishes, or upon undo, we restore the cwnd we had when
437 * recovery started (capped by the target cwnd based on estimated BDP).
439 * TODO(ycheng/ncardwell): implement a rate-based approach.
441 static bool bbr_set_cwnd_to_recover_or_restore(
442 struct sock *sk, const struct rate_sample *rs, u32 acked, u32 *new_cwnd)
444 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
445 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
446 u8 prev_state = bbr->prev_ca_state, state = inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_state;
447 u32 cwnd = tp->snd_cwnd;
449 /* An ACK for P pkts should release at most 2*P packets. We do this
450 * in two steps. First, here we deduct the number of lost packets.
451 * Then, in bbr_set_cwnd() we slow start up toward the target cwnd.
454 cwnd = max_t(s32, cwnd - rs->losses, 1);
456 if (state == TCP_CA_Recovery && prev_state != TCP_CA_Recovery) {
457 /* Starting 1st round of Recovery, so do packet conservation. */
458 bbr->packet_conservation = 1;
459 bbr->next_rtt_delivered = tp->delivered; /* start round now */
460 /* Cut unused cwnd from app behavior, TSQ, or TSO deferral: */
461 cwnd = tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) + acked;
462 } else if (prev_state >= TCP_CA_Recovery && state < TCP_CA_Recovery) {
463 /* Exiting loss recovery; restore cwnd saved before recovery. */
464 cwnd = max(cwnd, bbr->prior_cwnd);
465 bbr->packet_conservation = 0;
467 bbr->prev_ca_state = state;
469 if (bbr->packet_conservation) {
470 *new_cwnd = max(cwnd, tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) + acked);
471 return true; /* yes, using packet conservation */
477 /* Slow-start up toward target cwnd (if bw estimate is growing, or packet loss
478 * has drawn us down below target), or snap down to target if we're above it.
480 static void bbr_set_cwnd(struct sock *sk, const struct rate_sample *rs,
481 u32 acked, u32 bw, int gain)
483 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
484 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
485 u32 cwnd = tp->snd_cwnd, target_cwnd = 0;
488 goto done; /* no packet fully ACKed; just apply caps */
490 if (bbr_set_cwnd_to_recover_or_restore(sk, rs, acked, &cwnd))
493 target_cwnd = bbr_bdp(sk, bw, gain);
495 /* Increment the cwnd to account for excess ACKed data that seems
496 * due to aggregation (of data and/or ACKs) visible in the ACK stream.
498 target_cwnd += bbr_ack_aggregation_cwnd(sk);
499 target_cwnd = bbr_quantization_budget(sk, target_cwnd, gain);
501 /* If we're below target cwnd, slow start cwnd toward target cwnd. */
502 if (bbr_full_bw_reached(sk)) /* only cut cwnd if we filled the pipe */
503 cwnd = min(cwnd + acked, target_cwnd);
504 else if (cwnd < target_cwnd || tp->delivered < TCP_INIT_CWND)
506 cwnd = max(cwnd, bbr_cwnd_min_target);
509 tp->snd_cwnd = min(cwnd, tp->snd_cwnd_clamp); /* apply global cap */
510 if (bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_RTT) /* drain queue, refresh min_rtt */
511 tp->snd_cwnd = min(tp->snd_cwnd, bbr_cwnd_min_target);
514 /* End cycle phase if it's time and/or we hit the phase's in-flight target. */
515 static bool bbr_is_next_cycle_phase(struct sock *sk,
516 const struct rate_sample *rs)
518 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
519 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
520 bool is_full_length =
521 tcp_stamp_us_delta(tp->delivered_mstamp, bbr->cycle_mstamp) >
525 /* The pacing_gain of 1.0 paces at the estimated bw to try to fully
526 * use the pipe without increasing the queue.
528 if (bbr->pacing_gain == BBR_UNIT)
529 return is_full_length; /* just use wall clock time */
531 inflight = rs->prior_in_flight; /* what was in-flight before ACK? */
534 /* A pacing_gain > 1.0 probes for bw by trying to raise inflight to at
535 * least pacing_gain*BDP; this may take more than min_rtt if min_rtt is
536 * small (e.g. on a LAN). We do not persist if packets are lost, since
537 * a path with small buffers may not hold that much.
539 if (bbr->pacing_gain > BBR_UNIT)
540 return is_full_length &&
541 (rs->losses || /* perhaps pacing_gain*BDP won't fit */
542 inflight >= bbr_inflight(sk, bw, bbr->pacing_gain));
544 /* A pacing_gain < 1.0 tries to drain extra queue we added if bw
545 * probing didn't find more bw. If inflight falls to match BDP then we
546 * estimate queue is drained; persisting would underutilize the pipe.
548 return is_full_length ||
549 inflight <= bbr_inflight(sk, bw, BBR_UNIT);
552 static void bbr_advance_cycle_phase(struct sock *sk)
554 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
555 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
557 bbr->cycle_idx = (bbr->cycle_idx + 1) & (CYCLE_LEN - 1);
558 bbr->cycle_mstamp = tp->delivered_mstamp;
559 bbr->pacing_gain = bbr->lt_use_bw ? BBR_UNIT :
560 bbr_pacing_gain[bbr->cycle_idx];
563 /* Gain cycling: cycle pacing gain to converge to fair share of available bw. */
564 static void bbr_update_cycle_phase(struct sock *sk,
565 const struct rate_sample *rs)
567 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
569 if (bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_BW && bbr_is_next_cycle_phase(sk, rs))
570 bbr_advance_cycle_phase(sk);
573 static void bbr_reset_startup_mode(struct sock *sk)
575 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
577 bbr->mode = BBR_STARTUP;
578 bbr->pacing_gain = bbr_high_gain;
579 bbr->cwnd_gain = bbr_high_gain;
582 static void bbr_reset_probe_bw_mode(struct sock *sk)
584 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
586 bbr->mode = BBR_PROBE_BW;
587 bbr->pacing_gain = BBR_UNIT;
588 bbr->cwnd_gain = bbr_cwnd_gain;
589 bbr->cycle_idx = CYCLE_LEN - 1 - prandom_u32_max(bbr_cycle_rand);
590 bbr_advance_cycle_phase(sk); /* flip to next phase of gain cycle */
593 static void bbr_reset_mode(struct sock *sk)
595 if (!bbr_full_bw_reached(sk))
596 bbr_reset_startup_mode(sk);
598 bbr_reset_probe_bw_mode(sk);
601 /* Start a new long-term sampling interval. */
602 static void bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling_interval(struct sock *sk)
604 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
605 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
607 bbr->lt_last_stamp = div_u64(tp->delivered_mstamp, USEC_PER_MSEC);
608 bbr->lt_last_delivered = tp->delivered;
609 bbr->lt_last_lost = tp->lost;
613 /* Completely reset long-term bandwidth sampling. */
614 static void bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling(struct sock *sk)
616 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
620 bbr->lt_is_sampling = false;
621 bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling_interval(sk);
624 /* Long-term bw sampling interval is done. Estimate whether we're policed. */
625 static void bbr_lt_bw_interval_done(struct sock *sk, u32 bw)
627 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
630 if (bbr->lt_bw) { /* do we have bw from a previous interval? */
631 /* Is new bw close to the lt_bw from the previous interval? */
632 diff = abs(bw - bbr->lt_bw);
633 if ((diff * BBR_UNIT <= bbr_lt_bw_ratio * bbr->lt_bw) ||
634 (bbr_rate_bytes_per_sec(sk, diff, BBR_UNIT) <=
636 /* All criteria are met; estimate we're policed. */
637 bbr->lt_bw = (bw + bbr->lt_bw) >> 1; /* avg 2 intvls */
639 bbr->pacing_gain = BBR_UNIT; /* try to avoid drops */
645 bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling_interval(sk);
648 /* Token-bucket traffic policers are common (see "An Internet-Wide Analysis of
649 * Traffic Policing", SIGCOMM 2016). BBR detects token-bucket policers and
650 * explicitly models their policed rate, to reduce unnecessary losses. We
651 * estimate that we're policed if we see 2 consecutive sampling intervals with
652 * consistent throughput and high packet loss. If we think we're being policed,
653 * set lt_bw to the "long-term" average delivery rate from those 2 intervals.
655 static void bbr_lt_bw_sampling(struct sock *sk, const struct rate_sample *rs)
657 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
658 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
663 if (bbr->lt_use_bw) { /* already using long-term rate, lt_bw? */
664 if (bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_BW && bbr->round_start &&
665 ++bbr->lt_rtt_cnt >= bbr_lt_bw_max_rtts) {
666 bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling(sk); /* stop using lt_bw */
667 bbr_reset_probe_bw_mode(sk); /* restart gain cycling */
672 /* Wait for the first loss before sampling, to let the policer exhaust
673 * its tokens and estimate the steady-state rate allowed by the policer.
674 * Starting samples earlier includes bursts that over-estimate the bw.
676 if (!bbr->lt_is_sampling) {
679 bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling_interval(sk);
680 bbr->lt_is_sampling = true;
683 /* To avoid underestimates, reset sampling if we run out of data. */
684 if (rs->is_app_limited) {
685 bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling(sk);
689 if (bbr->round_start)
690 bbr->lt_rtt_cnt++; /* count round trips in this interval */
691 if (bbr->lt_rtt_cnt < bbr_lt_intvl_min_rtts)
692 return; /* sampling interval needs to be longer */
693 if (bbr->lt_rtt_cnt > 4 * bbr_lt_intvl_min_rtts) {
694 bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling(sk); /* interval is too long */
698 /* End sampling interval when a packet is lost, so we estimate the
699 * policer tokens were exhausted. Stopping the sampling before the
700 * tokens are exhausted under-estimates the policed rate.
705 /* Calculate packets lost and delivered in sampling interval. */
706 lost = tp->lost - bbr->lt_last_lost;
707 delivered = tp->delivered - bbr->lt_last_delivered;
708 /* Is loss rate (lost/delivered) >= lt_loss_thresh? If not, wait. */
709 if (!delivered || (lost << BBR_SCALE) < bbr_lt_loss_thresh * delivered)
712 /* Find average delivery rate in this sampling interval. */
713 t = div_u64(tp->delivered_mstamp, USEC_PER_MSEC) - bbr->lt_last_stamp;
715 return; /* interval is less than one ms, so wait */
716 /* Check if can multiply without overflow */
717 if (t >= ~0U / USEC_PER_MSEC) {
718 bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling(sk); /* interval too long; reset */
722 bw = (u64)delivered * BW_UNIT;
724 bbr_lt_bw_interval_done(sk, bw);
727 /* Estimate the bandwidth based on how fast packets are delivered */
728 static void bbr_update_bw(struct sock *sk, const struct rate_sample *rs)
730 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
731 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
734 bbr->round_start = 0;
735 if (rs->delivered < 0 || rs->interval_us <= 0)
736 return; /* Not a valid observation */
738 /* See if we've reached the next RTT */
739 if (!before(rs->prior_delivered, bbr->next_rtt_delivered)) {
740 bbr->next_rtt_delivered = tp->delivered;
742 bbr->round_start = 1;
743 bbr->packet_conservation = 0;
746 bbr_lt_bw_sampling(sk, rs);
748 /* Divide delivered by the interval to find a (lower bound) bottleneck
749 * bandwidth sample. Delivered is in packets and interval_us in uS and
750 * ratio will be <<1 for most connections. So delivered is first scaled.
752 bw = div64_long((u64)rs->delivered * BW_UNIT, rs->interval_us);
754 /* If this sample is application-limited, it is likely to have a very
755 * low delivered count that represents application behavior rather than
756 * the available network rate. Such a sample could drag down estimated
757 * bw, causing needless slow-down. Thus, to continue to send at the
758 * last measured network rate, we filter out app-limited samples unless
759 * they describe the path bw at least as well as our bw model.
761 * So the goal during app-limited phase is to proceed with the best
762 * network rate no matter how long. We automatically leave this
763 * phase when app writes faster than the network can deliver :)
765 if (!rs->is_app_limited || bw >= bbr_max_bw(sk)) {
766 /* Incorporate new sample into our max bw filter. */
767 minmax_running_max(&bbr->bw, bbr_bw_rtts, bbr->rtt_cnt, bw);
771 /* Estimates the windowed max degree of ack aggregation.
772 * This is used to provision extra in-flight data to keep sending during
773 * inter-ACK silences.
775 * Degree of ack aggregation is estimated as extra data acked beyond expected.
777 * max_extra_acked = "maximum recent excess data ACKed beyond max_bw * interval"
778 * cwnd += max_extra_acked
780 * Max extra_acked is clamped by cwnd and bw * bbr_extra_acked_max_us (100 ms).
781 * Max filter is an approximate sliding window of 5-10 (packet timed) round
784 static void bbr_update_ack_aggregation(struct sock *sk,
785 const struct rate_sample *rs)
787 u32 epoch_us, expected_acked, extra_acked;
788 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
789 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
791 if (!bbr_extra_acked_gain || rs->acked_sacked <= 0 ||
792 rs->delivered < 0 || rs->interval_us <= 0)
795 if (bbr->round_start) {
796 bbr->extra_acked_win_rtts = min(0x1F,
797 bbr->extra_acked_win_rtts + 1);
798 if (bbr->extra_acked_win_rtts >= bbr_extra_acked_win_rtts) {
799 bbr->extra_acked_win_rtts = 0;
800 bbr->extra_acked_win_idx = bbr->extra_acked_win_idx ?
802 bbr->extra_acked[bbr->extra_acked_win_idx] = 0;
806 /* Compute how many packets we expected to be delivered over epoch. */
807 epoch_us = tcp_stamp_us_delta(tp->delivered_mstamp,
808 bbr->ack_epoch_mstamp);
809 expected_acked = ((u64)bbr_bw(sk) * epoch_us) / BW_UNIT;
811 /* Reset the aggregation epoch if ACK rate is below expected rate or
812 * significantly large no. of ack received since epoch (potentially
815 if (bbr->ack_epoch_acked <= expected_acked ||
816 (bbr->ack_epoch_acked + rs->acked_sacked >=
817 bbr_ack_epoch_acked_reset_thresh)) {
818 bbr->ack_epoch_acked = 0;
819 bbr->ack_epoch_mstamp = tp->delivered_mstamp;
823 /* Compute excess data delivered, beyond what was expected. */
824 bbr->ack_epoch_acked = min_t(u32, 0xFFFFF,
825 bbr->ack_epoch_acked + rs->acked_sacked);
826 extra_acked = bbr->ack_epoch_acked - expected_acked;
827 extra_acked = min(extra_acked, tp->snd_cwnd);
828 if (extra_acked > bbr->extra_acked[bbr->extra_acked_win_idx])
829 bbr->extra_acked[bbr->extra_acked_win_idx] = extra_acked;
832 /* Estimate when the pipe is full, using the change in delivery rate: BBR
833 * estimates that STARTUP filled the pipe if the estimated bw hasn't changed by
834 * at least bbr_full_bw_thresh (25%) after bbr_full_bw_cnt (3) non-app-limited
835 * rounds. Why 3 rounds: 1: rwin autotuning grows the rwin, 2: we fill the
836 * higher rwin, 3: we get higher delivery rate samples. Or transient
837 * cross-traffic or radio noise can go away. CUBIC Hystart shares a similar
838 * design goal, but uses delay and inter-ACK spacing instead of bandwidth.
840 static void bbr_check_full_bw_reached(struct sock *sk,
841 const struct rate_sample *rs)
843 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
846 if (bbr_full_bw_reached(sk) || !bbr->round_start || rs->is_app_limited)
849 bw_thresh = (u64)bbr->full_bw * bbr_full_bw_thresh >> BBR_SCALE;
850 if (bbr_max_bw(sk) >= bw_thresh) {
851 bbr->full_bw = bbr_max_bw(sk);
852 bbr->full_bw_cnt = 0;
856 bbr->full_bw_reached = bbr->full_bw_cnt >= bbr_full_bw_cnt;
859 /* If pipe is probably full, drain the queue and then enter steady-state. */
860 static void bbr_check_drain(struct sock *sk, const struct rate_sample *rs)
862 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
864 if (bbr->mode == BBR_STARTUP && bbr_full_bw_reached(sk)) {
865 bbr->mode = BBR_DRAIN; /* drain queue we created */
866 bbr->pacing_gain = bbr_drain_gain; /* pace slow to drain */
867 bbr->cwnd_gain = bbr_high_gain; /* maintain cwnd */
868 tcp_sk(sk)->snd_ssthresh =
869 bbr_inflight(sk, bbr_max_bw(sk), BBR_UNIT);
870 } /* fall through to check if in-flight is already small: */
871 if (bbr->mode == BBR_DRAIN &&
872 tcp_packets_in_flight(tcp_sk(sk)) <=
873 bbr_inflight(sk, bbr_max_bw(sk), BBR_UNIT))
874 bbr_reset_probe_bw_mode(sk); /* we estimate queue is drained */
877 static void bbr_check_probe_rtt_done(struct sock *sk)
879 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
880 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
882 if (!(bbr->probe_rtt_done_stamp &&
883 after(tcp_jiffies32, bbr->probe_rtt_done_stamp)))
886 bbr->min_rtt_stamp = tcp_jiffies32; /* wait a while until PROBE_RTT */
887 tp->snd_cwnd = max(tp->snd_cwnd, bbr->prior_cwnd);
891 /* The goal of PROBE_RTT mode is to have BBR flows cooperatively and
892 * periodically drain the bottleneck queue, to converge to measure the true
893 * min_rtt (unloaded propagation delay). This allows the flows to keep queues
894 * small (reducing queuing delay and packet loss) and achieve fairness among
897 * The min_rtt filter window is 10 seconds. When the min_rtt estimate expires,
898 * we enter PROBE_RTT mode and cap the cwnd at bbr_cwnd_min_target=4 packets.
899 * After at least bbr_probe_rtt_mode_ms=200ms and at least one packet-timed
900 * round trip elapsed with that flight size <= 4, we leave PROBE_RTT mode and
901 * re-enter the previous mode. BBR uses 200ms to approximately bound the
902 * performance penalty of PROBE_RTT's cwnd capping to roughly 2% (200ms/10s).
904 * Note that flows need only pay 2% if they are busy sending over the last 10
905 * seconds. Interactive applications (e.g., Web, RPCs, video chunks) often have
906 * natural silences or low-rate periods within 10 seconds where the rate is low
907 * enough for long enough to drain its queue in the bottleneck. We pick up
908 * these min RTT measurements opportunistically with our min_rtt filter. :-)
910 static void bbr_update_min_rtt(struct sock *sk, const struct rate_sample *rs)
912 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
913 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
916 /* Track min RTT seen in the min_rtt_win_sec filter window: */
917 filter_expired = after(tcp_jiffies32,
918 bbr->min_rtt_stamp + bbr_min_rtt_win_sec * HZ);
919 if (rs->rtt_us >= 0 &&
920 (rs->rtt_us < bbr->min_rtt_us ||
921 (filter_expired && !rs->is_ack_delayed))) {
922 bbr->min_rtt_us = rs->rtt_us;
923 bbr->min_rtt_stamp = tcp_jiffies32;
926 if (bbr_probe_rtt_mode_ms > 0 && filter_expired &&
927 !bbr->idle_restart && bbr->mode != BBR_PROBE_RTT) {
928 bbr->mode = BBR_PROBE_RTT; /* dip, drain queue */
929 bbr->pacing_gain = BBR_UNIT;
930 bbr->cwnd_gain = BBR_UNIT;
931 bbr_save_cwnd(sk); /* note cwnd so we can restore it */
932 bbr->probe_rtt_done_stamp = 0;
935 if (bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_RTT) {
936 /* Ignore low rate samples during this mode. */
938 (tp->delivered + tcp_packets_in_flight(tp)) ? : 1;
939 /* Maintain min packets in flight for max(200 ms, 1 round). */
940 if (!bbr->probe_rtt_done_stamp &&
941 tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) <= bbr_cwnd_min_target) {
942 bbr->probe_rtt_done_stamp = tcp_jiffies32 +
943 msecs_to_jiffies(bbr_probe_rtt_mode_ms);
944 bbr->probe_rtt_round_done = 0;
945 bbr->next_rtt_delivered = tp->delivered;
946 } else if (bbr->probe_rtt_done_stamp) {
947 if (bbr->round_start)
948 bbr->probe_rtt_round_done = 1;
949 if (bbr->probe_rtt_round_done)
950 bbr_check_probe_rtt_done(sk);
953 /* Restart after idle ends only once we process a new S/ACK for data */
954 if (rs->delivered > 0)
955 bbr->idle_restart = 0;
958 static void bbr_update_model(struct sock *sk, const struct rate_sample *rs)
960 bbr_update_bw(sk, rs);
961 bbr_update_ack_aggregation(sk, rs);
962 bbr_update_cycle_phase(sk, rs);
963 bbr_check_full_bw_reached(sk, rs);
964 bbr_check_drain(sk, rs);
965 bbr_update_min_rtt(sk, rs);
968 static void bbr_main(struct sock *sk, const struct rate_sample *rs)
970 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
973 bbr_update_model(sk, rs);
976 bbr_set_pacing_rate(sk, bw, bbr->pacing_gain);
977 bbr_set_cwnd(sk, rs, rs->acked_sacked, bw, bbr->cwnd_gain);
980 static void bbr_init(struct sock *sk)
982 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
983 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
986 tp->snd_ssthresh = TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH;
988 bbr->next_rtt_delivered = tp->delivered;
989 bbr->prev_ca_state = TCP_CA_Open;
990 bbr->packet_conservation = 0;
992 bbr->probe_rtt_done_stamp = 0;
993 bbr->probe_rtt_round_done = 0;
994 bbr->min_rtt_us = tcp_min_rtt(tp);
995 bbr->min_rtt_stamp = tcp_jiffies32;
997 minmax_reset(&bbr->bw, bbr->rtt_cnt, 0); /* init max bw to 0 */
999 bbr->has_seen_rtt = 0;
1000 bbr_init_pacing_rate_from_rtt(sk);
1002 bbr->round_start = 0;
1003 bbr->idle_restart = 0;
1004 bbr->full_bw_reached = 0;
1006 bbr->full_bw_cnt = 0;
1007 bbr->cycle_mstamp = 0;
1009 bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling(sk);
1010 bbr_reset_startup_mode(sk);
1012 bbr->ack_epoch_mstamp = tp->tcp_mstamp;
1013 bbr->ack_epoch_acked = 0;
1014 bbr->extra_acked_win_rtts = 0;
1015 bbr->extra_acked_win_idx = 0;
1016 bbr->extra_acked[0] = 0;
1017 bbr->extra_acked[1] = 0;
1019 cmpxchg(&sk->sk_pacing_status, SK_PACING_NONE, SK_PACING_NEEDED);
1022 static u32 bbr_sndbuf_expand(struct sock *sk)
1024 /* Provision 3 * cwnd since BBR may slow-start even during recovery. */
1028 /* In theory BBR does not need to undo the cwnd since it does not
1029 * always reduce cwnd on losses (see bbr_main()). Keep it for now.
1031 static u32 bbr_undo_cwnd(struct sock *sk)
1033 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
1035 bbr->full_bw = 0; /* spurious slow-down; reset full pipe detection */
1036 bbr->full_bw_cnt = 0;
1037 bbr_reset_lt_bw_sampling(sk);
1038 return tcp_sk(sk)->snd_cwnd;
1041 /* Entering loss recovery, so save cwnd for when we exit or undo recovery. */
1042 static u32 bbr_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
1045 return tcp_sk(sk)->snd_ssthresh;
1048 static size_t bbr_get_info(struct sock *sk, u32 ext, int *attr,
1049 union tcp_cc_info *info)
1051 if (ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_BBRINFO - 1)) ||
1052 ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_VEGASINFO - 1))) {
1053 struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
1054 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
1055 u64 bw = bbr_bw(sk);
1057 bw = bw * tp->mss_cache * USEC_PER_SEC >> BW_SCALE;
1058 memset(&info->bbr, 0, sizeof(info->bbr));
1059 info->bbr.bbr_bw_lo = (u32)bw;
1060 info->bbr.bbr_bw_hi = (u32)(bw >> 32);
1061 info->bbr.bbr_min_rtt = bbr->min_rtt_us;
1062 info->bbr.bbr_pacing_gain = bbr->pacing_gain;
1063 info->bbr.bbr_cwnd_gain = bbr->cwnd_gain;
1064 *attr = INET_DIAG_BBRINFO;
1065 return sizeof(info->bbr);
1070 static void bbr_set_state(struct sock *sk, u8 new_state)
1072 struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk);
1074 if (new_state == TCP_CA_Loss) {
1075 struct rate_sample rs = { .losses = 1 };
1077 bbr->prev_ca_state = TCP_CA_Loss;
1079 bbr->round_start = 1; /* treat RTO like end of a round */
1080 bbr_lt_bw_sampling(sk, &rs);
1084 static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_bbr_cong_ops __read_mostly = {
1085 .flags = TCP_CONG_NON_RESTRICTED,
1087 .owner = THIS_MODULE,
1089 .cong_control = bbr_main,
1090 .sndbuf_expand = bbr_sndbuf_expand,
1091 .undo_cwnd = bbr_undo_cwnd,
1092 .cwnd_event = bbr_cwnd_event,
1093 .ssthresh = bbr_ssthresh,
1094 .min_tso_segs = bbr_min_tso_segs,
1095 .get_info = bbr_get_info,
1096 .set_state = bbr_set_state,
1099 static int __init bbr_register(void)
1101 BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct bbr) > ICSK_CA_PRIV_SIZE);
1102 return tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcp_bbr_cong_ops);
1105 static void __exit bbr_unregister(void)
1107 tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcp_bbr_cong_ops);
1110 module_init(bbr_register);
1111 module_exit(bbr_unregister);
1113 MODULE_AUTHOR("Van Jacobson <vanj@google.com>");
1114 MODULE_AUTHOR("Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>");
1115 MODULE_AUTHOR("Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>");
1116 MODULE_AUTHOR("Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>");
1117 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
1118 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TCP BBR (Bottleneck Bandwidth and RTT)");