ipv4: Create probe timer for tcp PMTU as per RFC4821

As per RFC4821 7.3.  Selecting Probe Size, a probe timer should
be armed once probing has converged. Once this timer expired,
probing again to take advantage of any path PMTU change. The
recommended probing interval is 10 minutes per RFC1981. Probing
interval could be sysctled by sysctl_tcp_probe_interval.

Eric Dumazet suggested to implement pseudo timer based on 32bits
jiffies tcp_time_stamp instead of using classic timer for such
rare event.

Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

4 files changed, 45 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index d3c09c12ee81..fdf899163d44 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -890,6 +890,13 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "tcp_probe_interval",
+		.data		= &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_probe_interval,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 35790d977a2b..f0c6fc32bfa8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -2461,6 +2461,7 @@ static int __net_init tcp_sk_init(struct net *net)
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_ecn = 2;
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_base_mss = TCP_BASE_MSS;
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold = TCP_PROBE_THRESHOLD;
+	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_probe_interval = TCP_PROBE_INTERVAL;
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index ed024cbb097f..5a73ad5afaf7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1354,6 +1354,8 @@ void tcp_mtup_init(struct sock *sk)
 			       icsk->icsk_af_ops->net_header_len;
 	icsk->icsk_mtup.search_low = tcp_mss_to_mtu(sk, net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_base_mss);
 	icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_size = 0;
+	if (icsk->icsk_mtup.enabled)
+		icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_timestamp = tcp_time_stamp;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_mtup_init);
 
@@ -1828,6 +1830,31 @@ send_now:
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline void tcp_mtu_check_reprobe(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
+	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
+	u32 interval;
+	s32 delta;
+
+	interval = net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_probe_interval;
+	delta = tcp_time_stamp - icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_timestamp;
+	if (unlikely(delta >= interval * HZ)) {
+		int mss = tcp_current_mss(sk);
+
+		/* Update current search range */
+		icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_size = 0;
+		icsk->icsk_mtup.search_high = tp->rx_opt.mss_clamp +
+			sizeof(struct tcphdr) +
+			icsk->icsk_af_ops->net_header_len;
+		icsk->icsk_mtup.search_low = tcp_mss_to_mtu(sk, mss);
+
+		/* Update probe time stamp */
+		icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_timestamp = tcp_time_stamp;
+	}
+}
+
 /* Create a new MTU probe if we are ready.
  * MTU probe is regularly attempting to increase the path MTU by
  * deliberately sending larger packets.  This discovers routing
@@ -1870,9 +1897,16 @@ static int tcp_mtu_probe(struct sock *sk)
 				    icsk->icsk_mtup.search_low) >> 1);
 	size_needed = probe_size + (tp->reordering + 1) * tp->mss_cache;
 	interval = icsk->icsk_mtup.search_high - icsk->icsk_mtup.search_low;
+	/* When misfortune happens, we are reprobing actively,
+	 * and then reprobe timer has expired. We stick with current
+	 * probing process by not resetting search range to its orignal.
+	 */
 	if (probe_size > tcp_mtu_to_mss(sk, icsk->icsk_mtup.search_high) ||
-	    interval < max(1, net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold)) {
-		/* TODO: set timer for probe_converge_event */
+		interval < net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold) {
+		/* Check whether enough time has elaplased for
+		 * another round of probing.
+		 */
+		tcp_mtu_check_reprobe(sk);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 0732b787904e..15505936511d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static void tcp_mtu_probing(struct inet_connection_sock *icsk, struct sock *sk)
 	if (net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_mtu_probing) {
 		if (!icsk->icsk_mtup.enabled) {
 			icsk->icsk_mtup.enabled = 1;
+			icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_timestamp = tcp_time_stamp;
 			tcp_sync_mss(sk, icsk->icsk_pmtu_cookie);
 		} else {
 			struct net *net = sock_net(sk);