tcp: improve latencies of timer triggered events

Modern TCP stack highly depends on tcp_write_timer() having a small
latency, but current implementation doesn't exactly meet the
expectations.

When a timer fires but finds the socket is owned by the user, it rearms
itself for an additional delay hoping next run will be more
successful.

tcp_write_timer() for example uses a 50ms delay for next try, and it
defeats many attempts to get predictable TCP behavior in term of
latencies.

Use the recently introduced tcp_release_cb(), so that the user owning
the socket will call various handlers right before socket release.

This will permit us to post a followup patch to address the
tcp_tso_should_defer() syndrome (some deferred packets have to wait
RTO timer to be transmitted, while cwnd should allow us to send them
sooner)

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Cc: Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@google.com>
Cc: H.K. Jerry Chu <hkchu@google.com>
Cc: John Heffner <johnwheffner@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

2 files changed, 66 insertions, 50 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 27a32acfdb6..950aebfd996 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -837,6 +837,13 @@ struct tsq_tasklet {
 };
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tsq_tasklet, tsq_tasklet);
 
+static void tcp_tsq_handler(struct sock *sk)
+{
+        if ((1 << sk->sk_state) &
+            (TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_FIN_WAIT1 | TCPF_CLOSING |
+             TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT  | TCPF_LAST_ACK))
+                tcp_write_xmit(sk, tcp_current_mss(sk), 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
 /*
  * One tasklest per cpu tries to send more skbs.
  * We run in tasklet context but need to disable irqs when
@@ -864,16 +871,10 @@ static void tcp_tasklet_func(unsigned long data)
                 bh_lock_sock(sk);
 
                 if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
-                        if ((1 << sk->sk_state) &
-                            (TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_FIN_WAIT1 |
-                             TCPF_CLOSING | TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT | TCPF_LAST_ACK))
-                                tcp_write_xmit(sk,
-                                               tcp_current_mss(sk),
-                                               0, 0,
-                                               GFP_ATOMIC);
+                        tcp_tsq_handler(sk);
                 } else {
                         /* defer the work to tcp_release_cb() */
-                        set_bit(TSQ_OWNED, &tp->tsq_flags);
+                        set_bit(TCP_TSQ_DEFERRED, &tp->tsq_flags);
                 }
                 bh_unlock_sock(sk);
 
@@ -882,6 +883,9 @@ static void tcp_tasklet_func(unsigned long data)
         }
 }
 
+#define TCP_DEFERRED_ALL ((1UL << TCP_TSQ_DEFERRED) |           \
+                          (1UL << TCP_WRITE_TIMER_DEFERRED) |   \
+                          (1UL << TCP_DELACK_TIMER_DEFERRED))
 /**
  * tcp_release_cb - tcp release_sock() callback
  * @sk: socket
@@ -892,16 +896,24 @@ static void tcp_tasklet_func(unsigned long data)
 void tcp_release_cb(struct sock *sk)
 {
         struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+        unsigned long flags, nflags;
 
-        if (test_and_clear_bit(TSQ_OWNED, &tp->tsq_flags)) {
-                if ((1 << sk->sk_state) &
-                    (TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_FIN_WAIT1 |
-                     TCPF_CLOSING | TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT | TCPF_LAST_ACK))
-                        tcp_write_xmit(sk,
-                                       tcp_current_mss(sk),
-                                       0, 0,
-                                       GFP_ATOMIC);
-        }
+        /* perform an atomic operation only if at least one flag is set */
+        do {
+                flags = tp->tsq_flags;
+                if (!(flags & TCP_DEFERRED_ALL))
+                        return;
+                nflags = flags & ~TCP_DEFERRED_ALL;
+        } while (cmpxchg(&tp->tsq_flags, flags, nflags) != flags);
+
+        if (flags & (1UL << TCP_TSQ_DEFERRED))
+                tcp_tsq_handler(sk);
+
+        if (flags & (1UL << TCP_WRITE_TIMER_DEFERRED))
+                tcp_write_timer_handler(sk);
+
+        if (flags & (1UL << TCP_DELACK_TIMER_DEFERRED))
+                tcp_delack_timer_handler(sk);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_release_cb);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index e911e6c523e..6df36ad55a3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -32,17 +32,6 @@ int sysctl_tcp_retries2 __read_mostly = TCP_RETR2;
 int sysctl_tcp_orphan_retries __read_mostly;
 int sysctl_tcp_thin_linear_timeouts __read_mostly;
 
-static void tcp_write_timer(unsigned long);
-static void tcp_delack_timer(unsigned long);
-static void tcp_keepalive_timer (unsigned long data);
-
-void tcp_init_xmit_timers(struct sock *sk)
-{
-        inet_csk_init_xmit_timers(sk, &tcp_write_timer, &tcp_delack_timer,
-                                  &tcp_keepalive_timer);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_init_xmit_timers);
-
 static void tcp_write_err(struct sock *sk)
 {
         sk->sk_err = sk->sk_err_soft ? : ETIMEDOUT;
@@ -205,21 +194,11 @@ static int tcp_write_timeout(struct sock *sk)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void tcp_delack_timer(unsigned long data)
+void tcp_delack_timer_handler(struct sock *sk)
 {
-        struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)data;
         struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
         struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 
-        bh_lock_sock(sk);
-        if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
-                /* Try again later. */
-                icsk->icsk_ack.blocked = 1;
-                NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_DELAYEDACKLOCKED);
-                sk_reset_timer(sk, &icsk->icsk_delack_timer, jiffies + TCP_DELACK_MIN);
-                goto out_unlock;
-        }
-
         sk_mem_reclaim_partial(sk);
 
         if (sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE || !(icsk->icsk_ack.pending & ICSK_ACK_TIMER))
@@ -260,7 +239,21 @@ static void tcp_delack_timer(unsigned long data)
 out:
         if (sk_under_memory_pressure(sk))
                 sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
-out_unlock:
+}
+
+static void tcp_delack_timer(unsigned long data)
+{
+        struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)data;
+
+        bh_lock_sock(sk);
+        if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
+                tcp_delack_timer_handler(sk);
+        } else {
+                inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ack.blocked = 1;
+                NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_DELAYEDACKLOCKED);
+                /* deleguate our work to tcp_release_cb() */
+                set_bit(TCP_WRITE_TIMER_DEFERRED, &tcp_sk(sk)->tsq_flags);
+        }
         bh_unlock_sock(sk);
         sock_put(sk);
 }
@@ -450,19 +443,11 @@ out_reset_timer:
 out:;
 }
 
-static void tcp_write_timer(unsigned long data)
+void tcp_write_timer_handler(struct sock *sk)
 {
-        struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)data;
         struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
         int event;
 
-        bh_lock_sock(sk);
-        if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
-                /* Try again later */
-                sk_reset_timer(sk, &icsk->icsk_retransmit_timer, jiffies + (HZ / 20));
-                goto out_unlock;
-        }
-
         if (sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE || !icsk->icsk_pending)
                 goto out;
 
@@ -485,7 +470,19 @@ static void tcp_write_timer(unsigned long data)
 
 out:
         sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
-out_unlock:
+}
+
+static void tcp_write_timer(unsigned long data)
+{
+        struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)data;
+
+        bh_lock_sock(sk);
+        if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
+                tcp_write_timer_handler(sk);
+        } else {
+                /* deleguate our work to tcp_release_cb() */
+                set_bit(TCP_WRITE_TIMER_DEFERRED, &tcp_sk(sk)->tsq_flags);
+        }
         bh_unlock_sock(sk);
         sock_put(sk);
 }
@@ -602,3 +599,10 @@ out:
         bh_unlock_sock(sk);
         sock_put(sk);
 }
+
+void tcp_init_xmit_timers(struct sock *sk)
+{
+        inet_csk_init_xmit_timers(sk, &tcp_write_timer, &tcp_delack_timer,
+                                  &tcp_keepalive_timer);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_init_xmit_timers);