tcp: refine pacing rate determination

When TCP pacing was added back in linux-3.12, we chose
to apply a fixed ratio of 200 % against current rate,
to allow probing for optimal throughput even during
slow start phase, where cwnd can be doubled every other gRTT.

At Google, we found it was better applying a different ratio
while in Congestion Avoidance phase.
This ratio was set to 120 %.

We've used the normal tcp_in_slow_start() helper for a while,
then tuned the condition to select the conservative ratio
as soon as cwnd >= ssthresh/2 :

- After cwnd reduction, it is safer to ramp up more slowly,
  as we approach optimal cwnd.
- Initial ramp up (ssthresh == INFINITY) still allows doubling
  cwnd every other RTT.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 309801f7eb82..4a7b03947a38 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ extern unsigned int sysctl_tcp_notsent_lowat;
 extern int sysctl_tcp_min_tso_segs;
 extern int sysctl_tcp_autocorking;
 extern int sysctl_tcp_invalid_ratelimit;
+extern int sysctl_tcp_pacing_ss_ratio;
+extern int sysctl_tcp_pacing_ca_ratio;
 
 extern atomic_long_t tcp_memory_allocated;
 extern struct percpu_counter tcp_sockets_allocated;