From: Eric Dumazet Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:46:00 +0000 (+0000) Subject: tcp: try to send bigger TSO packets X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8ee602c635206ed012f979370094015857c02359;p=linux.git tcp: try to send bigger TSO packets While investigating TCP performance, I found that TCP would sometimes send big skbs followed by a single MSS skb, in a 'locked' pattern. For instance, BIG TCP is enabled, MSS is set to have 4096 bytes of payload per segment. gso_max_size is set to 181000. This means that an optimal TCP packet size should contain 44 * 4096 = 180224 bytes of payload, However, I was seeing packets sizes interleaved in this pattern: 172032, 8192, 172032, 8192, 172032, 8192, tcp_tso_should_defer() heuristic is defeated, because after a split of a packet in write queue for whatever reason (this might be a too small CWND or a small enough pacing_rate), the leftover packet in the queue is smaller than the optimal size. It is time to try to make 'leftover packets' bigger so that tcp_tso_should_defer() can give its full potential. After this patch, we can see the following output: 14:13:34.009273 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4048380:4098360, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678144 ecr 1561784500], length 49980 14:13:34.010272 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4098360:4148340, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678145 ecr 1561784501], length 49980 14:13:34.011271 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4148340:4198320, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678146 ecr 1561784502], length 49980 14:13:34.012271 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4198320:4248300, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678147 ecr 1561784503], length 49980 14:13:34.013272 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4248300:4298280, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678148 ecr 1561784504], length 49980 14:13:34.014271 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4298280:4348260, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678149 ecr 1561784505], length 49980 14:13:34.015272 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4348260:4398240, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678150 ecr 1561784506], length 49980 14:13:34.016270 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4398240:4448220, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678151 ecr 1561784507], length 49980 14:13:34.017269 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4448220:4498200, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678152 ecr 1561784508], length 49980 14:13:34.018276 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4498200:4548180, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678153 ecr 1561784509], length 49980 14:13:34.019259 IP6 sender > receiver: Flags [P.], seq 4548180:4598160, ack 1, win 256, options [nop,nop,TS val 3425678154 ecr 1561784510], length 49980 With 200 concurrent flows on a 100Gbit NIC, we can see a reduction of TSO packets (and ACK packets) of about 30 %. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240418214600.1291486-4-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c index 5e8665241f934..99a1d88f7f47b 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c @@ -2683,6 +2683,36 @@ void tcp_chrono_stop(struct sock *sk, const enum tcp_chrono type) tcp_chrono_set(tp, TCP_CHRONO_BUSY); } +/* First skb in the write queue is smaller than ideal packet size. + * Check if we can move payload from the second skb in the queue. + */ +static void tcp_grow_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int amount) +{ + struct sk_buff *next_skb = skb->next; + unsigned int nlen; + + if (tcp_skb_is_last(sk, skb)) + return; + + if (!tcp_skb_can_collapse(skb, next_skb)) + return; + + nlen = min_t(u32, amount, next_skb->len); + if (!nlen || !skb_shift(skb, next_skb, nlen)) + return; + + TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq += nlen; + TCP_SKB_CB(next_skb)->seq += nlen; + + if (!next_skb->len) { + TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq = TCP_SKB_CB(next_skb)->end_seq; + TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->eor = TCP_SKB_CB(next_skb)->eor; + TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags |= TCP_SKB_CB(next_skb)->tcp_flags; + tcp_unlink_write_queue(next_skb, sk); + tcp_wmem_free_skb(sk, next_skb); + } +} + /* This routine writes packets to the network. It advances the * send_head. This happens as incoming acks open up the remote * window for us. @@ -2723,6 +2753,7 @@ static bool tcp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, unsigned int mss_now, int nonagle, max_segs = tcp_tso_segs(sk, mss_now); while ((skb = tcp_send_head(sk))) { unsigned int limit; + int missing_bytes; if (unlikely(tp->repair) && tp->repair_queue == TCP_SEND_QUEUE) { /* "skb_mstamp_ns" is used as a start point for the retransmit timer */ @@ -2744,6 +2775,10 @@ static bool tcp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, unsigned int mss_now, int nonagle, else break; } + cwnd_quota = min(cwnd_quota, max_segs); + missing_bytes = cwnd_quota * mss_now - skb->len; + if (missing_bytes > 0) + tcp_grow_skb(sk, skb, missing_bytes); tso_segs = tcp_set_skb_tso_segs(skb, mss_now); @@ -2767,8 +2802,7 @@ static bool tcp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, unsigned int mss_now, int nonagle, limit = mss_now; if (tso_segs > 1 && !tcp_urg_mode(tp)) limit = tcp_mss_split_point(sk, skb, mss_now, - min(cwnd_quota, - max_segs), + cwnd_quota, nonagle); if (skb->len > limit &&