// Copyright 2018 The gVisor Authors. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package tcp import ( "math" "time" ) // cubicState stores the variables related to TCP CUBIC congestion // control algorithm state. // // See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312. type cubicState struct { // wLastMax is the previous wMax value. wLastMax float64 // wMax is the value of the congestion window at the // time of last congestion event. wMax float64 // t denotes the time when the current congestion avoidance // was entered. t time.Time // numCongestionEvents tracks the number of congestion events since last // RTO. numCongestionEvents int // c is the cubic constant as specified in RFC8312. It's fixed at 0.4 as // per RFC. c float64 // k is the time period that the above function takes to increase the // current window size to W_max if there are no further congestion // events and is calculated using the following equation: // // K = cubic_root(W_max*(1-beta_cubic)/C) (Eq. 2) k float64 // beta is the CUBIC multiplication decrease factor. that is, when a // congestion event is detected, CUBIC reduces its cwnd to // W_cubic(0)=W_max*beta_cubic. beta float64 // wC is window computed by CUBIC at time t. It's calculated using the // formula: // // W_cubic(t) = C*(t-K)^3 + W_max (Eq. 1) wC float64 // wEst is the window computed by CUBIC at time t+RTT i.e // W_cubic(t+RTT). wEst float64 s *sender } // newCubicCC returns a partially initialized cubic state with the constants // beta and c set and t set to current time. func newCubicCC(s *sender) *cubicState { return &cubicState{ t: time.Now(), beta: 0.7, c: 0.4, s: s, } } // enterCongestionAvoidance is used to initialize cubic in cases where we exit // SlowStart without a real congestion event taking place. This can happen when // a connection goes back to slow start due to a retransmit and we exceed the // previously lowered ssThresh without experiencing packet loss. // // Refer: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4.8 func (c *cubicState) enterCongestionAvoidance() { // See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4.7 & // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4.8 if c.numCongestionEvents == 0 { c.k = 0 c.t = time.Now() c.wLastMax = c.wMax c.wMax = float64(c.s.sndCwnd) } } // updateSlowStart will update the congestion window as per the slow-start // algorithm used by NewReno. If after adjusting the congestion window we cross // the ssThresh then it will return the number of packets that must be consumed // in congestion avoidance mode. func (c *cubicState) updateSlowStart(packetsAcked int) int { // Don't let the congestion window cross into the congestion // avoidance range. newcwnd := c.s.sndCwnd + packetsAcked enterCA := false if newcwnd >= c.s.sndSsthresh { newcwnd = c.s.sndSsthresh c.s.sndCAAckCount = 0 enterCA = true } packetsAcked -= newcwnd - c.s.sndCwnd c.s.sndCwnd = newcwnd if enterCA { c.enterCongestionAvoidance() } return packetsAcked } // Update updates cubic's internal state variables. It must be called on every // ACK received. // Refer: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4 func (c *cubicState) Update(packetsAcked int) { if c.s.sndCwnd < c.s.sndSsthresh { packetsAcked = c.updateSlowStart(packetsAcked) if packetsAcked == 0 { return } } else { c.s.rtt.Lock() srtt := c.s.rtt.srtt c.s.rtt.Unlock() c.s.sndCwnd = c.getCwnd(packetsAcked, c.s.sndCwnd, srtt) } } // cubicCwnd computes the CUBIC congestion window after t seconds from last // congestion event. func (c *cubicState) cubicCwnd(t float64) float64 { return c.c*math.Pow(t, 3.0) + c.wMax } // getCwnd returns the current congestion window as computed by CUBIC. // Refer: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4 func (c *cubicState) getCwnd(packetsAcked, sndCwnd int, srtt time.Duration) int { elapsed := time.Since(c.t).Seconds() // Compute the window as per Cubic after 'elapsed' time // since last congestion event. c.wC = c.cubicCwnd(elapsed - c.k) // Compute the TCP friendly estimate of the congestion window. c.wEst = c.wMax*c.beta + (3.0*((1.0-c.beta)/(1.0+c.beta)))*(elapsed/srtt.Seconds()) // Make sure in the TCP friendly region CUBIC performs at least // as well as Reno. if c.wC < c.wEst && float64(sndCwnd) < c.wEst { // TCP Friendly region of cubic. return int(c.wEst) } // In Concave/Convex region of CUBIC, calculate what CUBIC window // will be after 1 RTT and use that to grow congestion window // for every ack. tEst := (time.Since(c.t) + srtt).Seconds() wtRtt := c.cubicCwnd(tEst - c.k) // As per 4.3 for each received ACK cwnd must be incremented // by (w_cubic(t+RTT) - cwnd/cwnd. cwnd := float64(sndCwnd) for i := 0; i < packetsAcked; i++ { // Concave/Convex regions of cubic have the same formulas. // See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4.3 cwnd += (wtRtt - cwnd) / cwnd } return int(cwnd) } // HandleNDupAcks implements congestionControl.HandleNDupAcks. func (c *cubicState) HandleNDupAcks() { // See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4.5 c.numCongestionEvents++ c.t = time.Now() c.wLastMax = c.wMax c.wMax = float64(c.s.sndCwnd) c.fastConvergence() c.reduceSlowStartThreshold() } // HandleRTOExpired implements congestionContrl.HandleRTOExpired. func (c *cubicState) HandleRTOExpired() { // See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4.6 c.t = time.Now() c.numCongestionEvents = 0 c.wLastMax = c.wMax c.wMax = float64(c.s.sndCwnd) c.fastConvergence() // We lost a packet, so reduce ssthresh. c.reduceSlowStartThreshold() // Reduce the congestion window to 1, i.e., enter slow-start. Per // RFC 5681, page 7, we must use 1 regardless of the value of the // initial congestion window. c.s.sndCwnd = 1 } // fastConvergence implements the logic for Fast Convergence algorithm as // described in https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4.6. func (c *cubicState) fastConvergence() { if c.wMax < c.wLastMax { c.wLastMax = c.wMax c.wMax = c.wMax * (1.0 + c.beta) / 2.0 } else { c.wLastMax = c.wMax } // Recompute k as wMax may have changed. c.k = math.Cbrt(c.wMax * (1 - c.beta) / c.c) } // PostRecovery implemements congestionControl.PostRecovery. func (c *cubicState) PostRecovery() { c.t = time.Now() } // reduceSlowStartThreshold returns new SsThresh as described in // https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8312#section-4.7. func (c *cubicState) reduceSlowStartThreshold() { c.s.sndSsthresh = int(math.Max(float64(c.s.sndCwnd)*c.beta, 2.0)) }