path: root/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/rack.go

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package tcp

import (
	"time"

	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/sleep"
	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip"
	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/seqnum"
)

// wcDelayedACKTimeout is the recommended maximum delayed ACK timer value as
// defined in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rack-08#section-7.5.
// It stands for worst case delayed ACK timer (WCDelAckT). When FlightSize is
// 1, PTO is inflated by WCDelAckT time to compensate for a potential long
// delayed ACK timer at the receiver.
const wcDelayedACKTimeout = 200 * time.Millisecond

// RACK is a loss detection algorithm used in TCP to detect packet loss and
// reordering using transmission timestamp of the packets instead of packet or
// sequence counts. To use RACK, SACK should be enabled on the connection.

// rackControl stores the rack related fields.
// See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rack-08#section-6.1
//
// +stateify savable
type rackControl struct {
	// dsackSeen indicates if the connection has seen a DSACK.
	dsackSeen bool

	// endSequence is the ending TCP sequence number of rackControl.seg.
	endSequence seqnum.Value

	// fack is the highest selectively or cumulatively acknowledged
	// sequence.
	fack seqnum.Value

	// minRTT is the estimated minimum RTT of the connection.
	minRTT time.Duration

	// rtt is the RTT of the most recently delivered packet on the
	// connection (either cumulatively acknowledged or selectively
	// acknowledged) that was not marked invalid as a possible spurious
	// retransmission.
	rtt time.Duration

	// reorderSeen indicates if reordering has been detected on this
	// connection.
	reorderSeen bool

	// xmitTime is the latest transmission timestamp of rackControl.seg.
	xmitTime time.Time `state:".(unixTime)"`

	// probeTimer and probeWaker are used to schedule PTO for RACK TLP algorithm.
	probeTimer timer       `state:"nosave"`
	probeWaker sleep.Waker `state:"nosave"`

	// tlpRxtOut indicates whether there is an unacknowledged
	// TLP retransmission.
	tlpRxtOut bool

	// tlpHighRxt the value of sender.sndNxt at the time of sending
	// a TLP retransmission.
	tlpHighRxt seqnum.Value
}

// init initializes RACK specific fields.
func (rc *rackControl) init() {
	rc.probeTimer.init(&rc.probeWaker)
}

// update will update the RACK related fields when an ACK has been received.
// See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rack-08#section-7.2
func (rc *rackControl) update(seg *segment, ackSeg *segment, offset uint32) {
	rtt := time.Now().Sub(seg.xmitTime)

	// If the ACK is for a retransmitted packet, do not update if it is a
	// spurious inference which is determined by below checks:
	// 1. When Timestamping option is available, if the TSVal is less than the
	// transmit time of the most recent retransmitted packet.
	// 2. When RTT calculated for the packet is less than the smoothed RTT
	// for the connection.
	// See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rack-08#section-7.2
	// step 2
	if seg.xmitCount > 1 {
		if ackSeg.parsedOptions.TS && ackSeg.parsedOptions.TSEcr != 0 {
			if ackSeg.parsedOptions.TSEcr < tcpTimeStamp(seg.xmitTime, offset) {
				return
			}
		}
		if rtt < rc.minRTT {
			return
		}
	}

	rc.rtt = rtt

	// The sender can either track a simple global minimum of all RTT
	// measurements from the connection, or a windowed min-filtered value
	// of recent RTT measurements. This implementation keeps track of the
	// simple global minimum of all RTTs for the connection.
	if rtt < rc.minRTT || rc.minRTT == 0 {
		rc.minRTT = rtt
	}

	// Update rc.xmitTime and rc.endSequence to the transmit time and
	// ending sequence number of the packet which has been acknowledged
	// most recently.
	endSeq := seg.sequenceNumber.Add(seqnum.Size(seg.data.Size()))
	if rc.xmitTime.Before(seg.xmitTime) || (seg.xmitTime.Equal(rc.xmitTime) && rc.endSequence.LessThan(endSeq)) {
		rc.xmitTime = seg.xmitTime
		rc.endSequence = endSeq
	}
}

// detectReorder detects if packet reordering has been observed.
// See: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rack-08#section-7.2
// * Step 3: Detect data segment reordering.
//   To detect reordering, the sender looks for original data segments being
//   delivered out of order. To detect such cases, the sender tracks the
//   highest sequence selectively or cumulatively acknowledged in the RACK.fack
//   variable. The name "fack" stands for the most "Forward ACK" (this term is
//   adopted from [FACK]). If a never retransmitted segment that's below
//   RACK.fack is (selectively or cumulatively) acknowledged, it has been
//   delivered out of order. The sender sets RACK.reord to TRUE if such segment
//   is identified.
func (rc *rackControl) detectReorder(seg *segment) {
	endSeq := seg.sequenceNumber.Add(seqnum.Size(seg.data.Size()))
	if rc.fack.LessThan(endSeq) {
		rc.fack = endSeq
		return
	}

	if endSeq.LessThan(rc.fack) && seg.xmitCount == 1 {
		rc.reorderSeen = true
	}
}

// setDSACKSeen updates rack control if duplicate SACK is seen by the connection.
func (rc *rackControl) setDSACKSeen() {
	rc.dsackSeen = true
}

// shouldSchedulePTO dictates whether we should schedule a PTO or not.
// See https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rack-08#section-7.5.1.
func (s *sender) shouldSchedulePTO() bool {
	// Schedule PTO only if RACK loss detection is enabled.
	return s.ep.tcpRecovery&tcpip.TCPRACKLossDetection != 0 &&
		// The connection supports SACK.
		s.ep.sackPermitted &&
		// The connection is not in loss recovery.
		(s.state != tcpip.RTORecovery && s.state != tcpip.SACKRecovery) &&
		// The connection has no SACKed sequences in the SACK scoreboard.
		s.ep.scoreboard.Sacked() == 0
}

// schedulePTO schedules the probe timeout as defined in
// https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rack-08#section-7.5.1.
func (s *sender) schedulePTO() {
	pto := time.Second
	s.rtt.Lock()
	if s.rtt.srttInited && s.rtt.srtt > 0 {
		pto = s.rtt.srtt * 2
		if s.outstanding == 1 {
			pto += wcDelayedACKTimeout
		}
	}
	s.rtt.Unlock()

	now := time.Now()
	if s.resendTimer.enabled() {
		if now.Add(pto).After(s.resendTimer.target) {
			pto = s.resendTimer.target.Sub(now)
		}
		s.resendTimer.disable()
	}

	s.rc.probeTimer.enable(pto)
}

// probeTimerExpired is the same as TLP_send_probe() as defined in
// https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rack-08#section-7.5.2.
func (s *sender) probeTimerExpired() *tcpip.Error {
	if !s.rc.probeTimer.checkExpiration() {
		return nil
	}

	var dataSent bool
	if s.writeNext != nil && s.writeNext.xmitCount == 0 && s.outstanding < s.sndCwnd {
		dataSent = s.maybeSendSegment(s.writeNext, int(s.ep.scoreboard.SMSS()), s.sndUna.Add(s.sndWnd))
		if dataSent {
			s.outstanding += s.pCount(s.writeNext, s.maxPayloadSize)
			s.writeNext = s.writeNext.Next()
		}
	}

	if !dataSent && !s.rc.tlpRxtOut {
		var highestSeqXmit *segment
		for highestSeqXmit = s.writeList.Front(); highestSeqXmit != nil; highestSeqXmit = highestSeqXmit.Next() {
			if highestSeqXmit.xmitCount == 0 {
				// Nothing in writeList is transmitted, no need to send a probe.
				highestSeqXmit = nil
				break
			}
			if highestSeqXmit.Next() == nil || highestSeqXmit.Next().xmitCount == 0 {
				// Either everything in writeList has been transmitted or the next
				// sequence has not been transmitted. Either way this is the highest
				// sequence segment that was transmitted.
				break
			}
		}

		if highestSeqXmit != nil {
			dataSent = s.maybeSendSegment(highestSeqXmit, int(s.ep.scoreboard.SMSS()), s.sndUna.Add(s.sndWnd))
			if dataSent {
				s.rc.tlpRxtOut = true
				s.rc.tlpHighRxt = s.sndNxt
			}
		}
	}

	s.postXmit(dataSent)
	return nil
}

// detectTLPRecovery detects if recovery was accomplished by the loss probes
// and updates TLP state accordingly.
// See https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rack-08#section-7.6.3.
func (s *sender) detectTLPRecovery(ack seqnum.Value, rcvdSeg *segment) {
	if !(s.ep.sackPermitted && s.rc.tlpRxtOut) {
		return
	}

	// Step 1.
	if s.isDupAck(rcvdSeg) && ack == s.rc.tlpHighRxt {
		var sbAboveTLPHighRxt bool
		for _, sb := range rcvdSeg.parsedOptions.SACKBlocks {
			if s.rc.tlpHighRxt.LessThan(sb.End) {
				sbAboveTLPHighRxt = true
				break
			}
		}
		if !sbAboveTLPHighRxt {
			// TLP episode is complete.
			s.rc.tlpRxtOut = false
		}
	}

	if s.rc.tlpRxtOut && s.rc.tlpHighRxt.LessThanEq(ack) {
		// TLP episode is complete.
		s.rc.tlpRxtOut = false
		if !checkDSACK(rcvdSeg) {
			// Step 2. Either the original packet or the retransmission (in the
			// form of a probe) was lost. Invoke a congestion control response
			// equivalent to fast recovery.
			s.cc.HandleNDupAcks()
			s.enterRecovery()
			s.leaveRecovery()
		}
	}
}