linux/net
Eric Dumazet a9e050f4e7 net: tcp: GRO should be ECN friendly
While doing TCP ECN tests, I discovered GRO was reordering packets if it
receives one packet with CE set, while previous packets in same NAPI run
have ECT(0) for the same flow :

09:25:25.857620 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 64, id 27893, offset 0, flags
[DF], proto TCP (6), length 4396)
    172.30.42.19.54550 > 172.30.42.13.44139: Flags [.], seq
233801:238145, ack 1, win 115, options [nop,nop,TS val 3397779 ecr
1990627], length 4344

09:25:25.857626 IP (tos 0x3,CE, ttl 64, id 27892, offset 0, flags [DF],
proto TCP (6), length 1500)
    172.30.42.19.54550 > 172.30.42.13.44139: Flags [.], seq
232353:233801, ack 1, win 115, options [nop,nop,TS val 3397779 ecr
1990627], length 1448

09:25:25.857638 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 34581, offset 0, flags [DF],
proto TCP (6), length 64)
    172.30.42.13.44139 > 172.30.42.19.54550: Flags [.], cksum 0xac8f
(incorrect -> 0xca69), ack 232353, win 1271, options [nop,nop,TS val
1990627 ecr 3397779,nop,nop,sack 1 {233801:238145}], length 0

We have two problems here :

1) GRO reorders packets

  If NIC gave packet1, then packet2, which happen to be from "different
flows"  GRO feeds stack with packet2, then packet1. I have yet to
understand how to solve this problem.

2) GRO is not ECN friendly

Delivering packets out of order makes TCP stack not as fast as it could
be.

In this patch I suggest we make the tos test not part of the 'same_flow'
determination, but part of the 'should flush' logic

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-08-06 13:40:47 -07:00
..
9p net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
802 tokenring: delete all remaining driver support 2012-05-15 20:23:16 -04:00
8021q netpoll: move np->dev and np->dev_name init into __netpoll_setup() 2012-07-17 09:02:36 -07:00
appletalk net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
atm net: Remove casts to same type 2012-06-04 11:45:11 -04:00
ax25 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-19 11:17:30 -07:00
batman-adv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-10 23:56:33 -07:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-07-20 12:30:48 -04:00
bridge bridge: make port attributes const 2012-07-30 14:53:22 -07:00
caif netvm: prevent a stream-specific deadlock 2012-07-31 18:42:47 -07:00
can can: gw: Remove pointless casts 2012-07-10 22:36:17 +02:00
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2012-07-31 14:35:28 -07:00
core tcp: Apply device TSO segment limit earlier 2012-08-02 00:19:17 -07:00
dcb net: Fix non-kernel-doc comments with kernel-doc start marker 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
dccp ipv4: Prepare for change of rt->rt_iif encoding. 2012-07-23 16:36:26 -07:00
decnet ipv4: Restore old dst_free() behavior. 2012-07-31 14:41:38 -07:00
dns_resolver Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2012-05-21 20:27:36 -07:00
dsa dsa: Convert compare_ether_addr to ether_addr_equal 2012-05-09 20:49:19 -04:00
ethernet ipx: move peII functions 2012-07-19 10:48:00 -07:00
ieee802154 6lowpan: Change byte order when storing/accessing to len field 2012-07-16 22:52:02 -07:00
ipv4 net: tcp: GRO should be ECN friendly 2012-08-06 13:40:47 -07:00
ipv6 Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-07-31 19:25:39 -07:00
ipx ipx: move peII functions 2012-07-19 10:48:00 -07:00
irda irda: Fix typo in irda 2012-07-16 23:23:52 -07:00
iucv net: remove skb_orphan_try() 2012-06-15 15:30:15 -07:00
key
l2tp net: l2tp_eth: provide tx_dropped counter 2012-06-29 00:52:32 -07:00
lapb lapb: Neaten debugging 2012-05-17 18:45:20 -04:00
llc net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'for-john' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211 2012-08-02 13:49:38 -04:00
mac802154 mac802154: sparse warnings: make symbols static 2012-07-12 07:54:45 -07:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-19 11:17:30 -07:00
netlabel
netlink genetlink: define lockdep_genl_is_held() when CONFIG_LOCKDEP 2012-07-24 00:01:30 -07:00
netrom
nfc Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-07-20 12:30:48 -04:00
openvswitch Revert "openvswitch: potential NULL deref in sample()" 2012-07-27 13:45:51 -07:00
packet net: added support for 40GbE link. 2012-06-27 15:42:24 -07:00
phonet net: remove my future former mail address 2012-06-17 16:29:38 -07:00
rds rds: set correct msg_namelen 2012-07-23 01:01:44 -07:00
rfkill rfkill: Add the capability to switch all devices of all type in __rfkill_switch_all(). 2012-06-06 15:18:17 -04:00
rose
rxrpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-07-10 23:56:33 -07:00
sched net_sched: gact: Fix potential panic in tcf_gact(). 2012-08-03 16:47:24 -07:00
sctp netvm: prevent a stream-specific deadlock 2012-07-31 18:42:47 -07:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's patch-bomb) 2012-07-31 19:25:39 -07:00
tipc tipc: remove print_buf and deprecated log buffer code 2012-07-13 19:34:43 -04:00
unix Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2012-08-01 10:26:23 -07:00
wanrouter wanmain: comparing array with NULL 2012-07-24 13:55:21 -07:00
wimax
wireless cfg80211: Clear "beacon_found" on regulatory restore 2012-08-02 15:34:22 +02:00
x25 net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functions 2012-07-10 23:13:45 -07:00
xfrm Fix unexpected SA hard expiration after changing date 2012-08-02 00:19:17 -07:00
compat.c net: Fix references to out-of-scope variables in put_cmsg_compat() 2012-07-22 17:50:49 -07:00
Kconfig net: drop NET dependency from HAVE_BPF_JIT 2012-05-21 12:50:12 -07:00
Makefile econet: remove ancient bug ridden protocol 2012-05-18 01:35:08 -04:00
nonet.c
socket.c net: netprio_cgroup: rework update socket logic 2012-07-22 12:44:01 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: delete all instances of special processing for token ring 2012-05-15 20:14:35 -04:00