linux/net/ipv4/tcp_westwood.c

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/*
 * TCP Westwood+: end-to-end bandwidth estimation for TCP
 *
 *      Angelo Dell'Aera: author of the first version of TCP Westwood+ in Linux 2.4
 *
 * Support at http://c3lab.poliba.it/index.php/Westwood
 * Main references in literature:
 *
 * - Mascolo S, Casetti, M. Gerla et al.
 *   "TCP Westwood: bandwidth estimation for TCP" Proc. ACM Mobicom 2001
 *
 * - A. Grieco, s. Mascolo
 *   "Performance evaluation of New Reno, Vegas, Westwood+ TCP" ACM Computer
 *     Comm. Review, 2004
 *
 * - A. Dell'Aera, L. Grieco, S. Mascolo.
 *   "Linux 2.4 Implementation of Westwood+ TCP with Rate-Halving :
 *    A Performance Evaluation Over the Internet" (ICC 2004), Paris, June 2004
 *
 * Westwood+ employs end-to-end bandwidth measurement to set cwnd and
 * ssthresh after packet loss. The probing phase is as the original Reno.
 */

#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/inet_diag.h>
#include <net/tcp.h>

/* TCP Westwood structure */
struct westwood {};

/* TCP Westwood functions and constants */
#define TCP_WESTWOOD_RTT_MIN
#define TCP_WESTWOOD_INIT_RTT

/*
 * @tcp_westwood_create
 * This function initializes fields used in TCP Westwood+,
 * it is called after the initial SYN, so the sequence numbers
 * are correct but new passive connections we have no
 * information about RTTmin at this time so we simply set it to
 * TCP_WESTWOOD_INIT_RTT. This value was chosen to be too conservative
 * since in this way we're sure it will be updated in a consistent
 * way as soon as possible. It will reasonably happen within the first
 * RTT period of the connection lifetime.
 */
static void tcp_westwood_init(struct sock *sk)
{}

/*
 * @westwood_do_filter
 * Low-pass filter. Implemented using constant coefficients.
 */
static inline u32 westwood_do_filter(u32 a, u32 b)
{}

static void westwood_filter(struct westwood *w, u32 delta)
{}

/*
 * @westwood_pkts_acked
 * Called after processing group of packets.
 * but all westwood needs is the last sample of srtt.
 */
static void tcp_westwood_pkts_acked(struct sock *sk,
				    const struct ack_sample *sample)
{}

/*
 * @westwood_update_window
 * It updates RTT evaluation window if it is the right moment to do
 * it. If so it calls filter for evaluating bandwidth.
 */
static void westwood_update_window(struct sock *sk)
{}

static inline void update_rtt_min(struct westwood *w)
{}

/*
 * @westwood_fast_bw
 * It is called when we are in fast path. In particular it is called when
 * header prediction is successful. In such case in fact update is
 * straight forward and doesn't need any particular care.
 */
static inline void westwood_fast_bw(struct sock *sk)
{}

/*
 * @westwood_acked_count
 * This function evaluates cumul_ack for evaluating bk in case of
 * delayed or partial acks.
 */
static inline u32 westwood_acked_count(struct sock *sk)
{}

/*
 * TCP Westwood
 * Here limit is evaluated as Bw estimation*RTTmin (for obtaining it
 * in packets we use mss_cache). Rttmin is guaranteed to be >= 2
 * so avoids ever returning 0.
 */
static u32 tcp_westwood_bw_rttmin(const struct sock *sk)
{}

static void tcp_westwood_ack(struct sock *sk, u32 ack_flags)
{}

static void tcp_westwood_event(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_ca_event event)
{}

/* Extract info for Tcp socket info provided via netlink. */
static size_t tcp_westwood_info(struct sock *sk, u32 ext, int *attr,
				union tcp_cc_info *info)
{}

static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_westwood __read_mostly =;

static int __init tcp_westwood_register(void)
{}

static void __exit tcp_westwood_unregister(void)
{}

module_init();
module_exit(tcp_westwood_unregister);

MODULE_AUTHOR();
MODULE_LICENSE();
MODULE_DESCRIPTION();