sch_pie.c revision d56109020d93337545dd257a790cb429a70acfad
1/* Copyright (C) 2013 Cisco Systems, Inc, 2013.
2 *
3 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
4 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
5 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
6 * of the License.
7 *
8 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
11 * GNU General Public License for more details.
12 *
13 * Author: Vijay Subramanian <vijaynsu@cisco.com>
14 * Author: Mythili Prabhu <mysuryan@cisco.com>
15 *
16 * ECN support is added by Naeem Khademi <naeemk@ifi.uio.no>
17 * University of Oslo, Norway.
18 *
19 * References:
20 * IETF draft submission: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pan-aqm-pie-00
21 * IEEE  Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing 2013 :
22 * "PIE: A * Lightweight Control Scheme to Address the Bufferbloat Problem"
23 */
24
25#include <linux/module.h>
26#include <linux/slab.h>
27#include <linux/types.h>
28#include <linux/kernel.h>
29#include <linux/errno.h>
30#include <linux/skbuff.h>
31#include <net/pkt_sched.h>
32#include <net/inet_ecn.h>
33
34#define QUEUE_THRESHOLD 10000
35#define DQCOUNT_INVALID -1
36#define MAX_PROB  0xffffffff
37#define PIE_SCALE 8
38
39/* parameters used */
40struct pie_params {
41	psched_time_t target;	/* user specified target delay in pschedtime */
42	u32 tupdate;		/* timer frequency (in jiffies) */
43	u32 limit;		/* number of packets that can be enqueued */
44	u32 alpha;		/* alpha and beta are between 0 and 32 */
45	u32 beta;		/* and are used for shift relative to 1 */
46	bool ecn;		/* true if ecn is enabled */
47	bool bytemode;		/* to scale drop early prob based on pkt size */
48};
49
50/* variables used */
51struct pie_vars {
52	u32 prob;		/* probability but scaled by u32 limit. */
53	psched_time_t burst_time;
54	psched_time_t qdelay;
55	psched_time_t qdelay_old;
56	u64 dq_count;		/* measured in bytes */
57	psched_time_t dq_tstamp;	/* drain rate */
58	u32 avg_dq_rate;	/* bytes per pschedtime tick,scaled */
59	u32 qlen_old;		/* in bytes */
60};
61
62/* statistics gathering */
63struct pie_stats {
64	u32 packets_in;		/* total number of packets enqueued */
65	u32 dropped;		/* packets dropped due to pie_action */
66	u32 overlimit;		/* dropped due to lack of space in queue */
67	u32 maxq;		/* maximum queue size */
68	u32 ecn_mark;		/* packets marked with ECN */
69};
70
71/* private data for the Qdisc */
72struct pie_sched_data {
73	struct pie_params params;
74	struct pie_vars vars;
75	struct pie_stats stats;
76	struct timer_list adapt_timer;
77};
78
79static void pie_params_init(struct pie_params *params)
80{
81	params->alpha = 2;
82	params->beta = 20;
83	params->tupdate = usecs_to_jiffies(30 * USEC_PER_MSEC);	/* 30 ms */
84	params->limit = 1000;	/* default of 1000 packets */
85	params->target = PSCHED_NS2TICKS(20 * NSEC_PER_MSEC);	/* 20 ms */
86	params->ecn = false;
87	params->bytemode = false;
88}
89
90static void pie_vars_init(struct pie_vars *vars)
91{
92	vars->dq_count = DQCOUNT_INVALID;
93	vars->avg_dq_rate = 0;
94	/* default of 100 ms in pschedtime */
95	vars->burst_time = PSCHED_NS2TICKS(100 * NSEC_PER_MSEC);
96}
97
98static bool drop_early(struct Qdisc *sch, u32 packet_size)
99{
100	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
101	u32 rnd;
102	u32 local_prob = q->vars.prob;
103	u32 mtu = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
104
105	/* If there is still burst allowance left skip random early drop */
106	if (q->vars.burst_time > 0)
107		return false;
108
109	/* If current delay is less than half of target, and
110	 * if drop prob is low already, disable early_drop
111	 */
112	if ((q->vars.qdelay < q->params.target / 2)
113	    && (q->vars.prob < MAX_PROB / 5))
114		return false;
115
116	/* If we have fewer than 2 mtu-sized packets, disable drop_early,
117	 * similar to min_th in RED
118	 */
119	if (sch->qstats.backlog < 2 * mtu)
120		return false;
121
122	/* If bytemode is turned on, use packet size to compute new
123	 * probablity. Smaller packets will have lower drop prob in this case
124	 */
125	if (q->params.bytemode && packet_size <= mtu)
126		local_prob = (local_prob / mtu) * packet_size;
127	else
128		local_prob = q->vars.prob;
129
130	rnd = prandom_u32();
131	if (rnd < local_prob)
132		return true;
133
134	return false;
135}
136
137static int pie_qdisc_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch)
138{
139	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
140	bool enqueue = false;
141
142	if (unlikely(qdisc_qlen(sch) >= sch->limit)) {
143		q->stats.overlimit++;
144		goto out;
145	}
146
147	if (!drop_early(sch, skb->len)) {
148		enqueue = true;
149	} else if (q->params.ecn && (q->vars.prob <= MAX_PROB / 10) &&
150		   INET_ECN_set_ce(skb)) {
151		/* If packet is ecn capable, mark it if drop probability
152		 * is lower than 10%, else drop it.
153		 */
154		q->stats.ecn_mark++;
155		enqueue = true;
156	}
157
158	/* we can enqueue the packet */
159	if (enqueue) {
160		q->stats.packets_in++;
161		if (qdisc_qlen(sch) > q->stats.maxq)
162			q->stats.maxq = qdisc_qlen(sch);
163
164		return qdisc_enqueue_tail(skb, sch);
165	}
166
167out:
168	q->stats.dropped++;
169	return qdisc_drop(skb, sch);
170}
171
172static const struct nla_policy pie_policy[TCA_PIE_MAX + 1] = {
173	[TCA_PIE_TARGET] = {.type = NLA_U32},
174	[TCA_PIE_LIMIT] = {.type = NLA_U32},
175	[TCA_PIE_TUPDATE] = {.type = NLA_U32},
176	[TCA_PIE_ALPHA] = {.type = NLA_U32},
177	[TCA_PIE_BETA] = {.type = NLA_U32},
178	[TCA_PIE_ECN] = {.type = NLA_U32},
179	[TCA_PIE_BYTEMODE] = {.type = NLA_U32},
180};
181
182static int pie_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
183{
184	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
185	struct nlattr *tb[TCA_PIE_MAX + 1];
186	unsigned int qlen;
187	int err;
188
189	if (!opt)
190		return -EINVAL;
191
192	err = nla_parse_nested(tb, TCA_PIE_MAX, opt, pie_policy);
193	if (err < 0)
194		return err;
195
196	sch_tree_lock(sch);
197
198	/* convert from microseconds to pschedtime */
199	if (tb[TCA_PIE_TARGET]) {
200		/* target is in us */
201		u32 target = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_TARGET]);
202
203		/* convert to pschedtime */
204		q->params.target = PSCHED_NS2TICKS((u64)target * NSEC_PER_USEC);
205	}
206
207	/* tupdate is in jiffies */
208	if (tb[TCA_PIE_TUPDATE])
209		q->params.tupdate = usecs_to_jiffies(nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_TUPDATE]));
210
211	if (tb[TCA_PIE_LIMIT]) {
212		u32 limit = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_LIMIT]);
213
214		q->params.limit = limit;
215		sch->limit = limit;
216	}
217
218	if (tb[TCA_PIE_ALPHA])
219		q->params.alpha = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_ALPHA]);
220
221	if (tb[TCA_PIE_BETA])
222		q->params.beta = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_BETA]);
223
224	if (tb[TCA_PIE_ECN])
225		q->params.ecn = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_ECN]);
226
227	if (tb[TCA_PIE_BYTEMODE])
228		q->params.bytemode = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_BYTEMODE]);
229
230	/* Drop excess packets if new limit is lower */
231	qlen = sch->q.qlen;
232	while (sch->q.qlen > sch->limit) {
233		struct sk_buff *skb = __skb_dequeue(&sch->q);
234
235		qdisc_qstats_backlog_dec(sch, skb);
236		qdisc_drop(skb, sch);
237	}
238	qdisc_tree_decrease_qlen(sch, qlen - sch->q.qlen);
239
240	sch_tree_unlock(sch);
241	return 0;
242}
243
244static void pie_process_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch, struct sk_buff *skb)
245{
246
247	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
248	int qlen = sch->qstats.backlog;	/* current queue size in bytes */
249
250	/* If current queue is about 10 packets or more and dq_count is unset
251	 * we have enough packets to calculate the drain rate. Save
252	 * current time as dq_tstamp and start measurement cycle.
253	 */
254	if (qlen >= QUEUE_THRESHOLD && q->vars.dq_count == DQCOUNT_INVALID) {
255		q->vars.dq_tstamp = psched_get_time();
256		q->vars.dq_count = 0;
257	}
258
259	/* Calculate the average drain rate from this value.  If queue length
260	 * has receded to a small value viz., <= QUEUE_THRESHOLD bytes,reset
261	 * the dq_count to -1 as we don't have enough packets to calculate the
262	 * drain rate anymore The following if block is entered only when we
263	 * have a substantial queue built up (QUEUE_THRESHOLD bytes or more)
264	 * and we calculate the drain rate for the threshold here.  dq_count is
265	 * in bytes, time difference in psched_time, hence rate is in
266	 * bytes/psched_time.
267	 */
268	if (q->vars.dq_count != DQCOUNT_INVALID) {
269		q->vars.dq_count += skb->len;
270
271		if (q->vars.dq_count >= QUEUE_THRESHOLD) {
272			psched_time_t now = psched_get_time();
273			u32 dtime = now - q->vars.dq_tstamp;
274			u32 count = q->vars.dq_count << PIE_SCALE;
275
276			if (dtime == 0)
277				return;
278
279			count = count / dtime;
280
281			if (q->vars.avg_dq_rate == 0)
282				q->vars.avg_dq_rate = count;
283			else
284				q->vars.avg_dq_rate =
285				    (q->vars.avg_dq_rate -
286				     (q->vars.avg_dq_rate >> 3)) + (count >> 3);
287
288			/* If the queue has receded below the threshold, we hold
289			 * on to the last drain rate calculated, else we reset
290			 * dq_count to 0 to re-enter the if block when the next
291			 * packet is dequeued
292			 */
293			if (qlen < QUEUE_THRESHOLD)
294				q->vars.dq_count = DQCOUNT_INVALID;
295			else {
296				q->vars.dq_count = 0;
297				q->vars.dq_tstamp = psched_get_time();
298			}
299
300			if (q->vars.burst_time > 0) {
301				if (q->vars.burst_time > dtime)
302					q->vars.burst_time -= dtime;
303				else
304					q->vars.burst_time = 0;
305			}
306		}
307	}
308}
309
310static void calculate_probability(struct Qdisc *sch)
311{
312	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
313	u32 qlen = sch->qstats.backlog;	/* queue size in bytes */
314	psched_time_t qdelay = 0;	/* in pschedtime */
315	psched_time_t qdelay_old = q->vars.qdelay;	/* in pschedtime */
316	s32 delta = 0;		/* determines the change in probability */
317	u32 oldprob;
318	u32 alpha, beta;
319	bool update_prob = true;
320
321	q->vars.qdelay_old = q->vars.qdelay;
322
323	if (q->vars.avg_dq_rate > 0)
324		qdelay = (qlen << PIE_SCALE) / q->vars.avg_dq_rate;
325	else
326		qdelay = 0;
327
328	/* If qdelay is zero and qlen is not, it means qlen is very small, less
329	 * than dequeue_rate, so we do not update probabilty in this round
330	 */
331	if (qdelay == 0 && qlen != 0)
332		update_prob = false;
333
334	/* In the algorithm, alpha and beta are between 0 and 2 with typical
335	 * value for alpha as 0.125. In this implementation, we use values 0-32
336	 * passed from user space to represent this. Also, alpha and beta have
337	 * unit of HZ and need to be scaled before they can used to update
338	 * probability. alpha/beta are updated locally below by 1) scaling them
339	 * appropriately 2) scaling down by 16 to come to 0-2 range.
340	 * Please see paper for details.
341	 *
342	 * We scale alpha and beta differently depending on whether we are in
343	 * light, medium or high dropping mode.
344	 */
345	if (q->vars.prob < MAX_PROB / 100) {
346		alpha =
347		    (q->params.alpha * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 7;
348		beta =
349		    (q->params.beta * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 7;
350	} else if (q->vars.prob < MAX_PROB / 10) {
351		alpha =
352		    (q->params.alpha * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 5;
353		beta =
354		    (q->params.beta * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 5;
355	} else {
356		alpha =
357		    (q->params.alpha * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 4;
358		beta =
359		    (q->params.beta * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 4;
360	}
361
362	/* alpha and beta should be between 0 and 32, in multiples of 1/16 */
363	delta += alpha * ((qdelay - q->params.target));
364	delta += beta * ((qdelay - qdelay_old));
365
366	oldprob = q->vars.prob;
367
368	/* to ensure we increase probability in steps of no more than 2% */
369	if (delta > (s32) (MAX_PROB / (100 / 2)) &&
370	    q->vars.prob >= MAX_PROB / 10)
371		delta = (MAX_PROB / 100) * 2;
372
373	/* Non-linear drop:
374	 * Tune drop probability to increase quickly for high delays(>= 250ms)
375	 * 250ms is derived through experiments and provides error protection
376	 */
377
378	if (qdelay > (PSCHED_NS2TICKS(250 * NSEC_PER_MSEC)))
379		delta += MAX_PROB / (100 / 2);
380
381	q->vars.prob += delta;
382
383	if (delta > 0) {
384		/* prevent overflow */
385		if (q->vars.prob < oldprob) {
386			q->vars.prob = MAX_PROB;
387			/* Prevent normalization error. If probability is at
388			 * maximum value already, we normalize it here, and
389			 * skip the check to do a non-linear drop in the next
390			 * section.
391			 */
392			update_prob = false;
393		}
394	} else {
395		/* prevent underflow */
396		if (q->vars.prob > oldprob)
397			q->vars.prob = 0;
398	}
399
400	/* Non-linear drop in probability: Reduce drop probability quickly if
401	 * delay is 0 for 2 consecutive Tupdate periods.
402	 */
403
404	if ((qdelay == 0) && (qdelay_old == 0) && update_prob)
405		q->vars.prob = (q->vars.prob * 98) / 100;
406
407	q->vars.qdelay = qdelay;
408	q->vars.qlen_old = qlen;
409
410	/* We restart the measurement cycle if the following conditions are met
411	 * 1. If the delay has been low for 2 consecutive Tupdate periods
412	 * 2. Calculated drop probability is zero
413	 * 3. We have atleast one estimate for the avg_dq_rate ie.,
414	 *    is a non-zero value
415	 */
416	if ((q->vars.qdelay < q->params.target / 2) &&
417	    (q->vars.qdelay_old < q->params.target / 2) &&
418	    (q->vars.prob == 0) &&
419	    (q->vars.avg_dq_rate > 0))
420		pie_vars_init(&q->vars);
421}
422
423static void pie_timer(unsigned long arg)
424{
425	struct Qdisc *sch = (struct Qdisc *)arg;
426	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
427	spinlock_t *root_lock = qdisc_lock(qdisc_root_sleeping(sch));
428
429	spin_lock(root_lock);
430	calculate_probability(sch);
431
432	/* reset the timer to fire after 'tupdate'. tupdate is in jiffies. */
433	if (q->params.tupdate)
434		mod_timer(&q->adapt_timer, jiffies + q->params.tupdate);
435	spin_unlock(root_lock);
436
437}
438
439static int pie_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
440{
441	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
442
443	pie_params_init(&q->params);
444	pie_vars_init(&q->vars);
445	sch->limit = q->params.limit;
446
447	setup_timer(&q->adapt_timer, pie_timer, (unsigned long)sch);
448
449	if (opt) {
450		int err = pie_change(sch, opt);
451
452		if (err)
453			return err;
454	}
455
456	mod_timer(&q->adapt_timer, jiffies + HZ / 2);
457	return 0;
458}
459
460static int pie_dump(struct Qdisc *sch, struct sk_buff *skb)
461{
462	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
463	struct nlattr *opts;
464
465	opts = nla_nest_start(skb, TCA_OPTIONS);
466	if (opts == NULL)
467		goto nla_put_failure;
468
469	/* convert target from pschedtime to us */
470	if (nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_TARGET,
471			((u32) PSCHED_TICKS2NS(q->params.target)) /
472			NSEC_PER_USEC) ||
473	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_LIMIT, sch->limit) ||
474	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_TUPDATE, jiffies_to_usecs(q->params.tupdate)) ||
475	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_ALPHA, q->params.alpha) ||
476	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_BETA, q->params.beta) ||
477	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_ECN, q->params.ecn) ||
478	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_BYTEMODE, q->params.bytemode))
479		goto nla_put_failure;
480
481	return nla_nest_end(skb, opts);
482
483nla_put_failure:
484	nla_nest_cancel(skb, opts);
485	return -1;
486
487}
488
489static int pie_dump_stats(struct Qdisc *sch, struct gnet_dump *d)
490{
491	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
492	struct tc_pie_xstats st = {
493		.prob		= q->vars.prob,
494		.delay		= ((u32) PSCHED_TICKS2NS(q->vars.qdelay)) /
495				   NSEC_PER_USEC,
496		/* unscale and return dq_rate in bytes per sec */
497		.avg_dq_rate	= q->vars.avg_dq_rate *
498				  (PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC) >> PIE_SCALE,
499		.packets_in	= q->stats.packets_in,
500		.overlimit	= q->stats.overlimit,
501		.maxq		= q->stats.maxq,
502		.dropped	= q->stats.dropped,
503		.ecn_mark	= q->stats.ecn_mark,
504	};
505
506	return gnet_stats_copy_app(d, &st, sizeof(st));
507}
508
509static struct sk_buff *pie_qdisc_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
510{
511	struct sk_buff *skb;
512	skb = __qdisc_dequeue_head(sch, &sch->q);
513
514	if (!skb)
515		return NULL;
516
517	pie_process_dequeue(sch, skb);
518	return skb;
519}
520
521static void pie_reset(struct Qdisc *sch)
522{
523	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
524	qdisc_reset_queue(sch);
525	pie_vars_init(&q->vars);
526}
527
528static void pie_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
529{
530	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
531	q->params.tupdate = 0;
532	del_timer_sync(&q->adapt_timer);
533}
534
535static struct Qdisc_ops pie_qdisc_ops __read_mostly = {
536	.id = "pie",
537	.priv_size	= sizeof(struct pie_sched_data),
538	.enqueue	= pie_qdisc_enqueue,
539	.dequeue	= pie_qdisc_dequeue,
540	.peek		= qdisc_peek_dequeued,
541	.init		= pie_init,
542	.destroy	= pie_destroy,
543	.reset		= pie_reset,
544	.change		= pie_change,
545	.dump		= pie_dump,
546	.dump_stats	= pie_dump_stats,
547	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
548};
549
550static int __init pie_module_init(void)
551{
552	return register_qdisc(&pie_qdisc_ops);
553}
554
555static void __exit pie_module_exit(void)
556{
557	unregister_qdisc(&pie_qdisc_ops);
558}
559
560module_init(pie_module_init);
561module_exit(pie_module_exit);
562
563MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Proportional Integral controller Enhanced (PIE) scheduler");
564MODULE_AUTHOR("Vijay Subramanian");
565MODULE_AUTHOR("Mythili Prabhu");
566MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
567