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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
To: "Julian Shao Liu" <shaoliu@uiuc.edu>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: "'Lachlan Andrew'" <lachlan.andrew@gmail.com>,
	<shaoliu@Princeton.EDU>, "'Douglas Leith'" <doug.leith@nuim.ie>,
	"'Robert Shorten'" <robert.shorten@nuim.ie>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tcp-illinois: incorrect beta usage
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:47:25 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071128154725.29af2852@freepuppy.rosehill> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001001c83063$9adbc9d0$d5897e82@csp.uiuc.edu>

Lachlan Andrew observed that my TCP-Illinois implementation uses the
beta value incorrectly:
  The parameter  beta  in the paper specifies the amount to decrease
  *by*:  that is, on loss,
     W <-  W -  beta*W
  but in   tcp_illinois_ssthresh() uses  beta  as the amount
  to decrease  *to*: W <- beta*W

This bug makes the Linux TCP-Illinois get less-aggressive on uncongested network,
hurting performance. Note: since the base beta value is .5, it has no
impact on a congested network.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>

--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_illinois.c	2007-08-18 07:50:15.000000000 -0700
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_illinois.c	2007-11-28 15:39:04.000000000 -0800
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static u32 tcp_illinois_ssthresh(struct 
 	struct illinois *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 
 	/* Multiplicative decrease */
-	return max((tp->snd_cwnd * ca->beta) >> BETA_SHIFT, 2U);
+	return max(tp->snd_cwnd - ((tp->snd_cwnd * ca->beta) >> BETA_SHIFT), 2U);
 }
 
 

       reply	other threads:[~2007-11-28 23:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <aa7d2c6d0711261023m3d2dd850o76a8f44aef022f39@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <001001c83063$9adbc9d0$d5897e82@csp.uiuc.edu>
2007-11-28 23:47   ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2007-11-29  0:25     ` [PATCH] tcp-illinois: incorrect beta usage Lachlan Andrew
2007-11-29  0:43       ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-29  5:26         ` Shao Liu
2007-12-03 22:52           ` [RFC] TCP illinois max rtt aging Stephen Hemminger
2007-12-03 23:06             ` Lachlan Andrew
2007-12-03 23:59               ` Shao Liu
2007-12-04  0:32                 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-12-04  1:23                   ` Lachlan Andrew
2007-12-04  8:37                     ` Ilpo Järvinen
2007-12-07  3:27                       ` Lachlan Andrew
2007-12-07 11:05                         ` Ilpo Järvinen
2007-12-07 12:41                           ` David Miller
2007-12-07 13:05                             ` Ilpo Järvinen
2007-12-07 18:27                               ` Ilpo Järvinen
2007-12-08  1:32                               ` David Miller
2007-12-11 11:59                                 ` [RFC PATCH net-2.6.25 uncompilable] [TCP]: Avoid breaking GSOed skbs when SACKed one-by-one (Was: Re: [RFC] TCP illinois max rtt aging) Ilpo Järvinen
2007-12-11 12:32                                   ` [RFC PATCH net-2.6.25 uncompilable] [TCP]: Avoid breaking GSOed skbs when SACKed one-by-one David Miller
2007-12-12  0:14                                     ` Lachlan Andrew
2007-12-12 15:11                                       ` David Miller
2007-12-12 23:35                                         ` Lachlan Andrew
2007-12-12 23:38                                           ` David Miller
2007-12-13  0:00                                           ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-12-15  9:51                                     ` SACK scoreboard (Was: Re: [RFC PATCH net-2.6.25 uncompilable] [TCP]: Avoid breaking GSOed skbs when SACKed one-by-one) Ilpo Järvinen
2008-01-08  7:36                                       ` SACK scoreboard David Miller
2008-01-08 12:12                                         ` Ilpo Järvinen
2008-01-09  7:58                                           ` David Miller
2008-01-08 16:51                                         ` John Heffner
2008-01-08 22:44                                           ` David Miller
2008-01-09  1:34                                             ` Lachlan Andrew
2008-01-09  6:35                                               ` David Miller
2008-01-09  2:25                                             ` Andi Kleen
2008-01-09  4:27                                               ` John Heffner
2008-01-09  6:41                                                 ` David Miller
2008-01-09 14:56                                                   ` John Heffner
2008-01-09 18:14                                                     ` SANGTAE HA
2008-01-09 18:23                                                       ` John Heffner
2008-01-09 12:55                                                 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2008-01-09  6:39                                               ` David Miller
2008-01-09  7:03                                                 ` Andi Kleen
2008-01-09  7:16                                                   ` David Miller
2008-01-09  9:47                                                   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2008-01-09 14:02                                                     ` Andi Kleen
2007-11-29 14:12     ` [PATCH] tcp-illinois: incorrect beta usage Herbert Xu

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