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tipc: introduce Gap ACK blocks for broadcast link

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As achieved through commit 9195948fbf ("tipc: improve TIPC throughput
by Gap ACK blocks"), we apply the same mechanism for the broadcast link
as well. The 'Gap ACK blocks' data field in a 'PROTOCOL/STATE_MSG' will
consist of two parts built for both the broadcast and unicast types:

 31                       16 15                        0
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
|  bgack_cnt  |  ugack_cnt  |            len            |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+  -
|            gap            |            ack            |   |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+    > bc gacks
:                           :                           :   |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+  -
|            gap            |            ack            |   |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+    > uc gacks
:                           :                           :   |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+  -

which is "automatically" backward-compatible.

We also increase the max number of Gap ACK blocks to 128, allowing upto
64 blocks per type (total buffer size = 516 bytes).

Besides, the 'tipc_link_advance_transmq()' function is refactored which
is applicable for both the unicast and broadcast cases now, so some old
functions can be removed and the code is optimized.

With the patch, TIPC broadcast is more robust regardless of packet loss
or disorder, latency, ... in the underlying network. Its performance is
boost up significantly.
For example, experiment with a 5% packet loss rate results:

$ time tipc-pipe --mc --rdm --data_size 123 --data_num 1500000
real    0m 42.46s
user    0m 1.16s
sys     0m 17.67s

Without the patch:

$ time tipc-pipe --mc --rdm --data_size 123 --data_num 1500000
real    8m 27.94s
user    0m 0.55s
sys     0m 2.38s

Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien <tuong.t.lien@dektech.com.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Tuong Lien 2020-05-26 16:38:34 +07:00 • committed by David S. Miller
parent ff937b916e
commit d7626b5acf
5 changed files with 291 additions and 183 deletions
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net/tipc/link.h
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@ -143,8 +143,11 @@ int tipc_link_bc_peers(struct tipc_link *l);
void tipc_link_set_mtu(struct tipc_link *l, int mtu);
int tipc_link_mtu(struct tipc_link *l);
int tipc_link_mss(struct tipc_link *l);
void tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, u16 acked,
struct sk_buff_head *xmitq);
u16 tipc_get_gap_ack_blks(struct tipc_gap_ack_blks **ga, struct tipc_link *l,
struct tipc_msg *hdr, bool uc);
int tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, u16 acked, u16 gap,
struct tipc_gap_ack_blks *ga,
struct sk_buff_head *xmitq);
void tipc_link_build_bc_sync_msg(struct tipc_link *l,
struct sk_buff_head *xmitq);
void tipc_link_bc_init_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, struct tipc_msg *hdr);