[Cake] dual-src/dsthost unfairness, only with bi-directional traffic

George Amanakis gamanakis at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 22:34:30 EST 2019


A better version of the patch for testing.

Setup:
IP{1,2}(flent) <----> Router <----> Server(netserver)

Router:
tc qdisc add dev enp1s0 root cake bandwidth 100mbit dual-srchost besteffort
tc qdisc add dev enp4s0 root cake bandwidth 100mbit dual-dsthost besteffort

IP1:
Data file written to ./tcp_8down-2019-01-15T222742.358874.flent.gz.
Summary of tcp_8down test run at 2019-01-16 03:27:42.358874:

                             avg       median          # data pts
 Ping (ms) ICMP   :         0.86         0.78 ms              342
 TCP download avg :         6.16         5.86 Mbits/s         301
 TCP download sum :        49.28        46.90 Mbits/s         301
 TCP download::1  :         6.23         5.86 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::2  :         6.16         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::3  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::4  :         6.14         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::5  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::6  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::7  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::8  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         297

Data file written to ./tcp_1up-2019-01-15T222743.387906.flent.gz.
Summary of tcp_1up test run at 2019-01-16 03:27:43.387906:

                           avg       median          # data pts
 Ping (ms) ICMP :         0.87         0.80 ms              343
 TCP upload     :        47.02        46.20 Mbits/s         265


IP2:
Data file written to ./tcp_1up-2019-01-15T222744.371050.flent.gz.
Summary of tcp_1up test run at 2019-01-16 03:27:44.371050:

                           avg       median          # data pts
 Ping (ms) ICMP :         0.89         0.77 ms              342
 TCP upload     :        46.89        46.36 Mbits/s         293
Data file written to ./tcp_8down-2019-01-15T222745.382941.flent.gz.
Summary of tcp_8down test run at 2019-01-16 03:27:45.382941:

                             avg       median          # data pts
 Ping (ms) ICMP   :         0.90         0.81 ms              343
 TCP download avg :         6.15         5.86 Mbits/s         301
 TCP download sum :        49.23        46.91 Mbits/s         301
 TCP download::1  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::2  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::3  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         296
 TCP download::4  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::5  :         6.15         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::6  :         6.16         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::7  :         6.16         5.87 Mbits/s         297
 TCP download::8  :         6.16         5.87 Mbits/s         297



---
 sch_cake.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sch_cake.c b/sch_cake.c
index d434ae0..962a090 100644
--- a/sch_cake.c
+++ b/sch_cake.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ struct cake_host {
 	u32 dsthost_tag;
 	u16 srchost_refcnt;
 	u16 dsthost_refcnt;
+	u16 bulk_flow_count;
 };
 
 struct cake_heap_entry {
@@ -1921,12 +1922,22 @@ static s32 cake_enqueue(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *sch,
 		flow->deficit = (b->flow_quantum *
 				 quantum_div[host_load]) >> 16;
 	} else if (flow->set == CAKE_SET_SPARSE_WAIT) {
+		struct cake_host *srchost = &b->hosts[flow->srchost];
+		struct cake_host *dsthost = &b->hosts[flow->dsthost];
+
 		/* this flow was empty, accounted as a sparse flow, but actually
 		 * in the bulk rotation.
 		 */
 		flow->set = CAKE_SET_BULK;
 		b->sparse_flow_count--;
 		b->bulk_flow_count++;
+
+		if (cake_dsrc(q->flow_mode))
+			srchost->bulk_flow_count++;
+
+		if (cake_ddst(q->flow_mode))
+			dsthost->bulk_flow_count++;
+
 	}
 
 	if (q->buffer_used > q->buffer_max_used)
@@ -2097,23 +2108,8 @@ retry:
 	dsthost = &b->hosts[flow->dsthost];
 	host_load = 1;
 
-	if (cake_dsrc(q->flow_mode))
-		host_load = max(host_load, srchost->srchost_refcnt);
-
-	if (cake_ddst(q->flow_mode))
-		host_load = max(host_load, dsthost->dsthost_refcnt);
-
-	WARN_ON(host_load > CAKE_QUEUES);
-
 	/* flow isolation (DRR++) */
 	if (flow->deficit <= 0) {
-		/* The shifted prandom_u32() is a way to apply dithering to
-		 * avoid accumulating roundoff errors
-		 */
-		flow->deficit += (b->flow_quantum * quantum_div[host_load] +
-				  (prandom_u32() >> 16)) >> 16;
-		list_move_tail(&flow->flowchain, &b->old_flows);
-
 		/* Keep all flows with deficits out of the sparse and decaying
 		 * rotations.  No non-empty flow can go into the decaying
 		 * rotation, so they can't get deficits
@@ -2122,6 +2118,13 @@ retry:
 			if (flow->head) {
 				b->sparse_flow_count--;
 				b->bulk_flow_count++;
+
+				if (cake_dsrc(q->flow_mode))
+					srchost->bulk_flow_count++;
+
+				if (cake_ddst(q->flow_mode))
+					dsthost->bulk_flow_count++;
+
 				flow->set = CAKE_SET_BULK;
 			} else {
 				/* we've moved it to the bulk rotation for
@@ -2131,6 +2134,22 @@ retry:
 				flow->set = CAKE_SET_SPARSE_WAIT;
 			}
 		}
+
+		if (cake_dsrc(q->flow_mode))
+			host_load = max(host_load, srchost->bulk_flow_count);
+
+		if (cake_ddst(q->flow_mode))
+			host_load = max(host_load, dsthost->bulk_flow_count);
+
+		WARN_ON(host_load > CAKE_QUEUES);
+
+		/* The shifted prandom_u32() is a way to apply dithering to
+		 * avoid accumulating roundoff errors
+		 */
+		flow->deficit += (b->flow_quantum * quantum_div[host_load] +
+				  (prandom_u32() >> 16)) >> 16;
+		list_move_tail(&flow->flowchain, &b->old_flows);
+
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
@@ -2151,6 +2170,13 @@ retry:
 					       &b->decaying_flows);
 				if (flow->set == CAKE_SET_BULK) {
 					b->bulk_flow_count--;
+
+					if (cake_dsrc(q->flow_mode))
+						srchost->bulk_flow_count--;
+
+					if (cake_ddst(q->flow_mode))
+						dsthost->bulk_flow_count--;
+
 					b->decaying_flow_count++;
 				} else if (flow->set == CAKE_SET_SPARSE ||
 					   flow->set == CAKE_SET_SPARSE_WAIT) {
@@ -2164,9 +2190,16 @@ retry:
 				if (flow->set == CAKE_SET_SPARSE ||
 				    flow->set == CAKE_SET_SPARSE_WAIT)
 					b->sparse_flow_count--;
-				else if (flow->set == CAKE_SET_BULK)
+				else if (flow->set == CAKE_SET_BULK) {
 					b->bulk_flow_count--;
-				else
+
+					if (cake_dsrc(q->flow_mode))
+						srchost->bulk_flow_count--;
+
+					if (cake_ddst(q->flow_mode))
+						dsthost->bulk_flow_count--;
+
+				} else
 					b->decaying_flow_count--;
 
 				flow->set = CAKE_SET_NONE;
-- 
2.20.1



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