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  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			     struct sk_buff **to_free)
139{
140	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
141	bool enqueue = false;
142
143	if (unlikely(qdisc_qlen(sch) >= sch->limit)) {
144		q->stats.overlimit++;
145		goto out;
146	}
147
148	if (!drop_early(sch, skb->len)) {
149		enqueue = true;
150	} else if (q->params.ecn && (q->vars.prob <= MAX_PROB / 10) &&
151		   INET_ECN_set_ce(skb)) {
152		/* If packet is ecn capable, mark it if drop probability
153		 * is lower than 10%, else drop it.
154		 */
155		q->stats.ecn_mark++;
156		enqueue = true;
157	}
158
159	/* we can enqueue the packet */
160	if (enqueue) {
161		q->stats.packets_in++;
162		if (qdisc_qlen(sch) > q->stats.maxq)
163			q->stats.maxq = qdisc_qlen(sch);
164
165		return qdisc_enqueue_tail(skb, sch);
166	}
167
168out:
169	q->stats.dropped++;
170	return qdisc_drop(skb, sch, to_free);
171}
172
173static const struct nla_policy pie_policy[TCA_PIE_MAX + 1] = {
174	[TCA_PIE_TARGET] = {.type = NLA_U32},
175	[TCA_PIE_LIMIT] = {.type = NLA_U32},
176	[TCA_PIE_TUPDATE] = {.type = NLA_U32},
177	[TCA_PIE_ALPHA] = {.type = NLA_U32},
178	[TCA_PIE_BETA] = {.type = NLA_U32},
179	[TCA_PIE_ECN] = {.type = NLA_U32},
180	[TCA_PIE_BYTEMODE] = {.type = NLA_U32},
181};
182
183static int pie_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
184{
185	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
186	struct nlattr *tb[TCA_PIE_MAX + 1];
187	unsigned int qlen, dropped = 0;
188	int err;
189
190	if (!opt)
191		return -EINVAL;
192
193	err = nla_parse_nested(tb, TCA_PIE_MAX, opt, pie_policy);
194	if (err < 0)
195		return err;
196
197	sch_tree_lock(sch);
198
199	/* convert from microseconds to pschedtime */
200	if (tb[TCA_PIE_TARGET]) {
201		/* target is in us */
202		u32 target = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_TARGET]);
203
204		/* convert to pschedtime */
205		q->params.target = PSCHED_NS2TICKS((u64)target * NSEC_PER_USEC);
206	}
207
208	/* tupdate is in jiffies */
209	if (tb[TCA_PIE_TUPDATE])
210		q->params.tupdate = usecs_to_jiffies(nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_TUPDATE]));
211
212	if (tb[TCA_PIE_LIMIT]) {
213		u32 limit = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_LIMIT]);
214
215		q->params.limit = limit;
216		sch->limit = limit;
217	}
218
219	if (tb[TCA_PIE_ALPHA])
220		q->params.alpha = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_ALPHA]);
221
222	if (tb[TCA_PIE_BETA])
223		q->params.beta = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_BETA]);
224
225	if (tb[TCA_PIE_ECN])
226		q->params.ecn = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_ECN]);
227
228	if (tb[TCA_PIE_BYTEMODE])
229		q->params.bytemode = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_PIE_BYTEMODE]);
230
231	/* Drop excess packets if new limit is lower */
232	qlen = sch->q.qlen;
233	while (sch->q.qlen > sch->limit) {
234		struct sk_buff *skb = __qdisc_dequeue_head(&sch->q);
235
236		dropped += qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
237		qdisc_qstats_backlog_dec(sch, skb);
238		rtnl_qdisc_drop(skb, sch);
239	}
240	qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, qlen - sch->q.qlen, dropped);
241
242	sch_tree_unlock(sch);
243	return 0;
244}
245
246static void pie_process_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch, struct sk_buff *skb)
247{
248
249	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
250	int qlen = sch->qstats.backlog;	/* current queue size in bytes */
251
252	/* If current queue is about 10 packets or more and dq_count is unset
253	 * we have enough packets to calculate the drain rate. Save
254	 * current time as dq_tstamp and start measurement cycle.
255	 */
256	if (qlen >= QUEUE_THRESHOLD && q->vars.dq_count == DQCOUNT_INVALID) {
257		q->vars.dq_tstamp = psched_get_time();
258		q->vars.dq_count = 0;
259	}
260
261	/* Calculate the average drain rate from this value.  If queue length
262	 * has receded to a small value viz., <= QUEUE_THRESHOLD bytes,reset
263	 * the dq_count to -1 as we don't have enough packets to calculate the
264	 * drain rate anymore The following if block is entered only when we
265	 * have a substantial queue built up (QUEUE_THRESHOLD bytes or more)
266	 * and we calculate the drain rate for the threshold here.  dq_count is
267	 * in bytes, time difference in psched_time, hence rate is in
268	 * bytes/psched_time.
269	 */
270	if (q->vars.dq_count != DQCOUNT_INVALID) {
271		q->vars.dq_count += skb->len;
272
273		if (q->vars.dq_count >= QUEUE_THRESHOLD) {
274			psched_time_t now = psched_get_time();
275			u32 dtime = now - q->vars.dq_tstamp;
276			u32 count = q->vars.dq_count << PIE_SCALE;
277
278			if (dtime == 0)
279				return;
280
281			count = count / dtime;
282
283			if (q->vars.avg_dq_rate == 0)
284				q->vars.avg_dq_rate = count;
285			else
286				q->vars.avg_dq_rate =
287				    (q->vars.avg_dq_rate -
288				     (q->vars.avg_dq_rate >> 3)) + (count >> 3);
289
290			/* If the queue has receded below the threshold, we hold
291			 * on to the last drain rate calculated, else we reset
292			 * dq_count to 0 to re-enter the if block when the next
293			 * packet is dequeued
294			 */
295			if (qlen < QUEUE_THRESHOLD)
296				q->vars.dq_count = DQCOUNT_INVALID;
297			else {
298				q->vars.dq_count = 0;
299				q->vars.dq_tstamp = psched_get_time();
300			}
301
302			if (q->vars.burst_time > 0) {
303				if (q->vars.burst_time > dtime)
304					q->vars.burst_time -= dtime;
305				else
306					q->vars.burst_time = 0;
307			}
308		}
309	}
310}
311
312static void calculate_probability(struct Qdisc *sch)
313{
314	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
315	u32 qlen = sch->qstats.backlog;	/* queue size in bytes */
316	psched_time_t qdelay = 0;	/* in pschedtime */
317	psched_time_t qdelay_old = q->vars.qdelay;	/* in pschedtime */
318	s32 delta = 0;		/* determines the change in probability */
319	u32 oldprob;
320	u32 alpha, beta;
321	bool update_prob = true;
322
323	q->vars.qdelay_old = q->vars.qdelay;
324
325	if (q->vars.avg_dq_rate > 0)
326		qdelay = (qlen << PIE_SCALE) / q->vars.avg_dq_rate;
327	else
328		qdelay = 0;
329
330	/* If qdelay is zero and qlen is not, it means qlen is very small, less
331	 * than dequeue_rate, so we do not update probabilty in this round
332	 */
333	if (qdelay == 0 && qlen != 0)
334		update_prob = false;
335
336	/* In the algorithm, alpha and beta are between 0 and 2 with typical
337	 * value for alpha as 0.125. In this implementation, we use values 0-32
338	 * passed from user space to represent this. Also, alpha and beta have
339	 * unit of HZ and need to be scaled before they can used to update
340	 * probability. alpha/beta are updated locally below by 1) scaling them
341	 * appropriately 2) scaling down by 16 to come to 0-2 range.
342	 * Please see paper for details.
343	 *
344	 * We scale alpha and beta differently depending on whether we are in
345	 * light, medium or high dropping mode.
346	 */
347	if (q->vars.prob < MAX_PROB / 100) {
348		alpha =
349		    (q->params.alpha * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 7;
350		beta =
351		    (q->params.beta * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 7;
352	} else if (q->vars.prob < MAX_PROB / 10) {
353		alpha =
354		    (q->params.alpha * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 5;
355		beta =
356		    (q->params.beta * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 5;
357	} else {
358		alpha =
359		    (q->params.alpha * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 4;
360		beta =
361		    (q->params.beta * (MAX_PROB / PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC)) >> 4;
362	}
363
364	/* alpha and beta should be between 0 and 32, in multiples of 1/16 */
365	delta += alpha * ((qdelay - q->params.target));
366	delta += beta * ((qdelay - qdelay_old));
367
368	oldprob = q->vars.prob;
369
370	/* to ensure we increase probability in steps of no more than 2% */
371	if (delta > (s32) (MAX_PROB / (100 / 2)) &&
372	    q->vars.prob >= MAX_PROB / 10)
373		delta = (MAX_PROB / 100) * 2;
374
375	/* Non-linear drop:
376	 * Tune drop probability to increase quickly for high delays(>= 250ms)
377	 * 250ms is derived through experiments and provides error protection
378	 */
379
380	if (qdelay > (PSCHED_NS2TICKS(250 * NSEC_PER_MSEC)))
381		delta += MAX_PROB / (100 / 2);
382
383	q->vars.prob += delta;
384
385	if (delta > 0) {
386		/* prevent overflow */
387		if (q->vars.prob < oldprob) {
388			q->vars.prob = MAX_PROB;
389			/* Prevent normalization error. If probability is at
390			 * maximum value already, we normalize it here, and
391			 * skip the check to do a non-linear drop in the next
392			 * section.
393			 */
394			update_prob = false;
395		}
396	} else {
397		/* prevent underflow */
398		if (q->vars.prob > oldprob)
399			q->vars.prob = 0;
400	}
401
402	/* Non-linear drop in probability: Reduce drop probability quickly if
403	 * delay is 0 for 2 consecutive Tupdate periods.
404	 */
405
406	if ((qdelay == 0) && (qdelay_old == 0) && update_prob)
407		q->vars.prob = (q->vars.prob * 98) / 100;
408
409	q->vars.qdelay = qdelay;
410	q->vars.qlen_old = qlen;
411
412	/* We restart the measurement cycle if the following conditions are met
413	 * 1. If the delay has been low for 2 consecutive Tupdate periods
414	 * 2. Calculated drop probability is zero
415	 * 3. We have atleast one estimate for the avg_dq_rate ie.,
416	 *    is a non-zero value
417	 */
418	if ((q->vars.qdelay < q->params.target / 2) &&
419	    (q->vars.qdelay_old < q->params.target / 2) &&
420	    (q->vars.prob == 0) &&
421	    (q->vars.avg_dq_rate > 0))
422		pie_vars_init(&q->vars);
423}
424
425static void pie_timer(unsigned long arg)
426{
427	struct Qdisc *sch = (struct Qdisc *)arg;
428	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
429	spinlock_t *root_lock = qdisc_lock(qdisc_root_sleeping(sch));
430
431	spin_lock(root_lock);
432	calculate_probability(sch);
433
434	/* reset the timer to fire after 'tupdate'. tupdate is in jiffies. */
435	if (q->params.tupdate)
436		mod_timer(&q->adapt_timer, jiffies + q->params.tupdate);
437	spin_unlock(root_lock);
438
439}
440
441static int pie_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
442{
443	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
444
445	pie_params_init(&q->params);
446	pie_vars_init(&q->vars);
447	sch->limit = q->params.limit;
448
449	setup_timer(&q->adapt_timer, pie_timer, (unsigned long)sch);
450
451	if (opt) {
452		int err = pie_change(sch, opt);
453
454		if (err)
455			return err;
456	}
457
458	mod_timer(&q->adapt_timer, jiffies + HZ / 2);
459	return 0;
460}
461
462static int pie_dump(struct Qdisc *sch, struct sk_buff *skb)
463{
464	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
465	struct nlattr *opts;
466
467	opts = nla_nest_start(skb, TCA_OPTIONS);
468	if (opts == NULL)
469		goto nla_put_failure;
470
471	/* convert target from pschedtime to us */
472	if (nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_TARGET,
473			((u32) PSCHED_TICKS2NS(q->params.target)) /
474			NSEC_PER_USEC) ||
475	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_LIMIT, sch->limit) ||
476	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_TUPDATE, jiffies_to_usecs(q->params.tupdate)) ||
477	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_ALPHA, q->params.alpha) ||
478	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_BETA, q->params.beta) ||
479	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_ECN, q->params.ecn) ||
480	    nla_put_u32(skb, TCA_PIE_BYTEMODE, q->params.bytemode))
481		goto nla_put_failure;
482
483	return nla_nest_end(skb, opts);
484
485nla_put_failure:
486	nla_nest_cancel(skb, opts);
487	return -1;
488
489}
490
491static int pie_dump_stats(struct Qdisc *sch, struct gnet_dump *d)
492{
493	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
494	struct tc_pie_xstats st = {
495		.prob		= q->vars.prob,
496		.delay		= ((u32) PSCHED_TICKS2NS(q->vars.qdelay)) /
497				   NSEC_PER_USEC,
498		/* unscale and return dq_rate in bytes per sec */
499		.avg_dq_rate	= q->vars.avg_dq_rate *
500				  (PSCHED_TICKS_PER_SEC) >> PIE_SCALE,
501		.packets_in	= q->stats.packets_in,
502		.overlimit	= q->stats.overlimit,
503		.maxq		= q->stats.maxq,
504		.dropped	= q->stats.dropped,
505		.ecn_mark	= q->stats.ecn_mark,
506	};
507
508	return gnet_stats_copy_app(d, &st, sizeof(st));
509}
510
511static struct sk_buff *pie_qdisc_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
512{
513	struct sk_buff *skb;
514	skb = qdisc_dequeue_head(sch);
515
516	if (!skb)
517		return NULL;
518
519	pie_process_dequeue(sch, skb);
520	return skb;
521}
522
523static void pie_reset(struct Qdisc *sch)
524{
525	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
526	qdisc_reset_queue(sch);
527	pie_vars_init(&q->vars);
528}
529
530static void pie_destroy(struct Qdisc *sch)
531{
532	struct pie_sched_data *q = qdisc_priv(sch);
533	q->params.tupdate = 0;
534	del_timer_sync(&q->adapt_timer);
535}
536
537static struct Qdisc_ops pie_qdisc_ops __read_mostly = {
538	.id = "pie",
539	.priv_size	= sizeof(struct pie_sched_data),
540	.enqueue	= pie_qdisc_enqueue,
541	.dequeue	= pie_qdisc_dequeue,
542	.peek		= qdisc_peek_dequeued,
543	.init		= pie_init,
544	.destroy	= pie_destroy,
545	.reset		= pie_reset,
546	.change		= pie_change,
547	.dump		= pie_dump,
548	.dump_stats	= pie_dump_stats,
549	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
550};
551
552static int __init pie_module_init(void)
553{
554	return register_qdisc(&pie_qdisc_ops);
555}
556
557static void __exit pie_module_exit(void)
558{
559	unregister_qdisc(&pie_qdisc_ops);
560}
561
562module_init(pie_module_init);
563module_exit(pie_module_exit);
564
565MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Proportional Integral controller Enhanced (PIE) scheduler");
566MODULE_AUTHOR("Vijay Subramanian");
567MODULE_AUTHOR("Mythili Prabhu");
568MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");