freebsd-dev/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h
Matthew Dillon 701bec5a38 Introduce two new sysctl's:
net.inet.tcp.rexmit_min (default 3 ticks equiv)

    This sysctl is the retransmit timer RTO minimum,
    specified in milliseconds.  This value is
    designed for algorithmic stability only.

net.inet.tcp.rexmit_slop (default 200ms)

    This sysctl is the retransmit timer RTO slop
    which is added to every retransmit timeout and
    is designed to handle protocol stack overheads
    and delayed ack issues.

Note that the *original* code applied a 1-second
RTO minimum but never applied real slop to the RTO
calculation, so any RTO calculation over one second
would have no slop and thus not account for
protocol stack overheads (TCP timestamps are not
a measure of protocol turnaround!).  Essentially,
the original code made the RTO calculation almost
completely irrelevant.

Please note that the 200ms slop is debateable.
This commit is not meant to be a line in the sand,
and if the community winds up deciding that increasing
it is the correct solution then it's easy to do.
Note that larger values will destroy performance
on lossy networks while smaller values may result in
a greater number of unnecessary retransmits.
2002-07-18 19:06:12 +00:00

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#ifndef _NETINET_TCP_TIMER_H_
#define _NETINET_TCP_TIMER_H_
/*
* The TCPT_REXMT timer is used to force retransmissions.
* The TCP has the TCPT_REXMT timer set whenever segments
* have been sent for which ACKs are expected but not yet
* received. If an ACK is received which advances tp->snd_una,
* then the retransmit timer is cleared (if there are no more
* outstanding segments) or reset to the base value (if there
* are more ACKs expected). Whenever the retransmit timer goes off,
* we retransmit one unacknowledged segment, and do a backoff
* on the retransmit timer.
*
* The TCPT_PERSIST timer is used to keep window size information
* flowing even if the window goes shut. If all previous transmissions
* have been acknowledged (so that there are no retransmissions in progress),
* and the window is too small to bother sending anything, then we start
* the TCPT_PERSIST timer. When it expires, if the window is nonzero,
* we go to transmit state. Otherwise, at intervals send a single byte
* into the peer's window to force him to update our window information.
* We do this at most as often as TCPT_PERSMIN time intervals,
* but no more frequently than the current estimate of round-trip
* packet time. The TCPT_PERSIST timer is cleared whenever we receive
* a window update from the peer.
*
* The TCPT_KEEP timer is used to keep connections alive. If an
* connection is idle (no segments received) for TCPTV_KEEP_INIT amount of time,
* but not yet established, then we drop the connection. Once the connection
* is established, if the connection is idle for TCPTV_KEEP_IDLE time
* (and keepalives have been enabled on the socket), we begin to probe
* the connection. We force the peer to send us a segment by sending:
* <SEQ=SND.UNA-1><ACK=RCV.NXT><CTL=ACK>
* This segment is (deliberately) outside the window, and should elicit
* an ack segment in response from the peer. If, despite the TCPT_KEEP
* initiated segments we cannot elicit a response from a peer in TCPT_MAXIDLE
* amount of time probing, then we drop the connection.
*/
/*
* Time constants.
*/
#define TCPTV_MSL ( 30*hz) /* max seg lifetime (hah!) */
#define TCPTV_SRTTBASE 0 /* base roundtrip time;
if 0, no idea yet */
#define TCPTV_RTOBASE ( 3*hz) /* assumed RTO if no info */
#define TCPTV_SRTTDFLT ( 3*hz) /* assumed RTT if no info */
#define TCPTV_PERSMIN ( 5*hz) /* retransmit persistence */
#define TCPTV_PERSMAX ( 60*hz) /* maximum persist interval */
#define TCPTV_KEEP_INIT ( 75*hz) /* initial connect keepalive */
#define TCPTV_KEEP_IDLE (120*60*hz) /* dflt time before probing */
#define TCPTV_KEEPINTVL ( 75*hz) /* default probe interval */
#define TCPTV_KEEPCNT 8 /* max probes before drop */
/*
* Minimum retransmit timer is 3 ticks, for algorithmic stability.
* TCPT_RANGESET() will add another TCPTV_CPU_VAR to deal with
* the expected worst-case processing variances by the kernels
* representing the end points. Such variances do not always show
* up in the srtt because the timestamp is often calculated at
* the interface rather then at the TCP layer. This value is
* typically 50ms. However, it is also possible that delayed
* acks (typically 100ms) could create issues so we set the slop
* to 200ms to try to cover it. Note that, properly speaking,
* delayed-acks should not create a major issue for interactive
* environments which 'P'ush the last segment, at least as
* long as implementations do the required 'at least one ack
* for every two packets' for the non-interactive streaming case.
* (maybe the RTO calculation should use 2*RTT instead of RTT
* to handle the ack-every-other-packet case).
*
* The prior minimum of 1*hz (1 second) badly breaks throughput on any
* networks faster then a modem that has minor (e.g. 1%) packet loss.
*/
#define TCPTV_MIN ( 3 ) /* minimum allowable value */
#define TCPTV_CPU_VAR ( hz/5 ) /* cpu variance allowed (200ms) */
#define TCPTV_REXMTMAX ( 64*hz) /* max allowable REXMT value */
#define TCPTV_TWTRUNC 8 /* RTO factor to truncate TW */
#define TCP_LINGERTIME 120 /* linger at most 2 minutes */
#define TCP_MAXRXTSHIFT 12 /* maximum retransmits */
#define TCPTV_DELACK (hz / PR_FASTHZ / 2) /* 100ms timeout */
#ifdef TCPTIMERS
static char *tcptimers[] =
{ "REXMT", "PERSIST", "KEEP", "2MSL" };
#endif
/*
* Force a time value to be in a certain range.
*/
#define TCPT_RANGESET(tv, value, tvmin, tvmax) do { \
(tv) = (value) + tcp_rexmit_slop; \
if ((u_long)(tv) < (u_long)(tvmin)) \
(tv) = (tvmin); \
else if ((u_long)(tv) > (u_long)(tvmax)) \
(tv) = (tvmax); \
} while(0)
#ifdef _KERNEL
extern int tcp_keepinit; /* time to establish connection */
extern int tcp_keepidle; /* time before keepalive probes begin */
extern int tcp_keepintvl; /* time between keepalive probes */
extern int tcp_maxidle; /* time to drop after starting probes */
extern int tcp_delacktime; /* time before sending a delayed ACK */
extern int tcp_maxpersistidle;
extern int tcp_rexmit_min;
extern int tcp_rexmit_slop;
extern int tcp_msl;
extern int tcp_ttl; /* time to live for TCP segs */
extern int tcp_backoff[];
void tcp_timer_2msl(void *xtp);
void tcp_timer_keep(void *xtp);
void tcp_timer_persist(void *xtp);
void tcp_timer_rexmt(void *xtp);
void tcp_timer_delack(void *xtp);
#endif /* _KERNEL */
#endif /* !_NETINET_TCP_TIMER_H_ */