@@ -603,9 +603,6 @@ tcp_limit_output_bytes - INTEGER
typical pfifo_fast qdiscs.
tcp_limit_output_bytes limits the number of bytes on qdisc
or device to reduce artificial RTT/cwnd and reduce bufferbloat.
- Note: For GSO/TSO enabled flows, we try to have at least two
- packets in flight. Reducing tcp_limit_output_bytes might also
- reduce the size of individual GSO packet (64KB being the max)
Default: 131072
tcp_challenge_ack_limit - INTEGER
@@ -814,12 +814,6 @@ static unsigned int tcp_xmit_size_goal(struct sock *sk, u32 mss_now,
xmit_size_goal = min_t(u32, gso_size,
sk->sk_gso_max_size - 1 - hlen);
- /* TSQ : try to have at least two segments in flight
- * (one in NIC TX ring, another in Qdisc)
- */
- xmit_size_goal = min_t(u32, xmit_size_goal,
- sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes >> 1);
-
xmit_size_goal = tcp_bound_to_half_wnd(tp, xmit_size_goal);
/* We try hard to avoid divides here */
@@ -2019,8 +2019,12 @@ static bool tcp_write_xmit(struct sock *sk, unsigned int mss_now, int nonagle,
* - better RTT estimation and ACK scheduling
* - faster recovery
* - high rates
+ * Alas, some drivers / subsystems require a fair amount
+ * of queued bytes to ensure line rate.
+ * One example is wifi aggregation (802.11 AMPDU)
*/
- limit = max(skb->truesize, sk->sk_pacing_rate >> 10);
+ limit = max_t(unsigned int, sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes,
+ sk->sk_pacing_rate >> 10);
if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > limit) {
set_bit(TSQ_THROTTLED, &tp->tsq_flags);
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled tcp: tsq: restore minimal amount of queueing to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.15. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ------ From dde211380cdff161da2fcba7e61ae71446786631 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 06:32:54 -0800 Subject: tcp: tsq: restore minimal amount of queueing [ Upstream commit 98e09386c0ef4dfd48af7ba60ff908f0d525cdee ] After commit c9eeec26e32e ("tcp: TSQ can use a dynamic limit"), several users reported throughput regressions, notably on mvneta and wifi adapters. 802.11 AMPDU requires a fair amount of queueing to be effective. This patch partially reverts the change done in tcp_write_xmit() so that the minimal amount is sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes. It also remove the use of this sysctl while building skb stored in write queue, as TSO autosizing does the right thing anyway. Users with well behaving NICS and correct qdisc (like sch_fq), can then lower the default sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes value from 128KB to 8KB. This new usage of sysctl_tcp_limit_output_bytes permits each driver authors to check how their driver performs when/if the value is set to a minimum of 4KB. Normally, line rate for a single TCP flow should be possible, but some drivers rely on timers to perform TX completion and too long TX completion delays prevent reaching full throughput. Fixes: c9eeec26e32e ("tcp: TSQ can use a dynamic limit") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Reported-by: Sujith Manoharan <sujith@msujith.org> Reported-by: Arnaud Ebalard <arno@natisbad.org> Tested-by: Sujith Manoharan <sujith@msujith.org> Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 3 --- net/ipv4/tcp.c | 6 ------ net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 6 +++++- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.2