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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/Kconfig9
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/Makefile1
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c68
3 files changed, 78 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
index 73a25b52bf7..690e88ba248 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -511,6 +511,15 @@ config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
+config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
+ tristate "Scalable TCP"
+ depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
+ MIMD congestion control algorithm which has some nice scaling
+ properties, though is known to have fairness issues.
+ See http://www-lce.eng.cam.ac.uk/~ctk21/scalable/
endmenu
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Makefile b/net/ipv4/Makefile
index e96ed17deb9..5718cdb3a61 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Makefile
+++ b/net/ipv4/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_HSTCP) += tcp_highspeed.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_HYBLA) += tcp_hybla.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_HTCP) += tcp_htcp.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_VEGAS) += tcp_vegas.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TCP_CONG_SCALABLE) += tcp_scalable.o
obj-$(CONFIG_XFRM) += xfrm4_policy.o xfrm4_state.o xfrm4_input.o \
xfrm4_output.o
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70e108e15c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/* Tom Kelly's Scalable TCP
+ *
+ * See htt://www-lce.eng.cam.ac.uk/~ctk21/scalable/
+ *
+ * John Heffner <jheffner@sc.edu>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
+
+/* These factors derived from the recommended values in the aer:
+ * .01 and and 7/8. We use 50 instead of 100 to account for
+ * delayed ack.
+ */
+#define TCP_SCALABLE_AI_CNT 50U
+#define TCP_SCALABLE_MD_SCALE 3
+
+static void tcp_scalable_cong_avoid(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 ack, u32 rtt,
+ u32 in_flight, int flag)
+{
+ if (in_flight < tp->snd_cwnd)
+ return;
+
+ if (tp->snd_cwnd <= tp->snd_ssthresh) {
+ tp->snd_cwnd++;
+ } else {
+ tp->snd_cwnd_cnt++;
+ if (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt > min(tp->snd_cwnd, TCP_SCALABLE_AI_CNT)){
+ tp->snd_cwnd++;
+ tp->snd_cwnd_cnt = 0;
+ }
+ }
+ tp->snd_cwnd = min_t(u32, tp->snd_cwnd, tp->snd_cwnd_clamp);
+ tp->snd_cwnd_stamp = tcp_time_stamp;
+}
+
+static u32 tcp_scalable_ssthresh(struct tcp_sock *tp)
+{
+ return max(tp->snd_cwnd - (tp->snd_cwnd>>TCP_SCALABLE_MD_SCALE), 2U);
+}
+
+
+static struct tcp_congestion_ops tcp_scalable = {
+ .ssthresh = tcp_scalable_ssthresh,
+ .cong_avoid = tcp_scalable_cong_avoid,
+ .min_cwnd = tcp_reno_min_cwnd,
+
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .name = "scalable",
+};
+
+static int __init tcp_scalable_register(void)
+{
+ return tcp_register_congestion_control(&tcp_scalable);
+}
+
+static void __exit tcp_scalable_unregister(void)
+{
+ tcp_unregister_congestion_control(&tcp_scalable);
+}
+
+module_init(tcp_scalable_register);
+module_exit(tcp_scalable_unregister);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("John Heffner");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Scalable TCP");