cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_input.c tcp_output.c tcp_usrreq.c tcp_var.h

[Andre Oppermann]

andre       2007-02-01 18:32:14 UTC

  FreeBSD src repository

  Modified files:
    sys/netinet          tcp_input.c tcp_output.c tcp_usrreq.c 
                         tcp_var.h 
  Log:
  Auto sizing TCP socket buffers.
  
  Normally the socket buffers are static (either derived from global
  defaults or set with setsockopt) and do not adapt to real network
  conditions. Two things happen: a) your socket buffers are too small
  and you can't reach the full potential of the network between both
  hosts; b) your socket buffers are too big and you waste a lot of
  kernel memory for data just sitting around.
  
  With automatic TCP send and receive socket buffers we can start with a
  small buffer and quickly grow it in parallel with the TCP congestion
  window to match real network conditions.
  
  FreeBSD has a default 32K send socket buffer. This supports a maximal
  transfer rate of only slightly more than 2Mbit/s on a 100ms RTT
  trans-continental link. Or at 200ms just above 1Mbit/s. With TCP send
  buffer auto scaling and the default values below it supports 20Mbit/s
  at 100ms and 10Mbit/s at 200ms. That's an improvement of factor 10, or
  1000%. For the receive side it looks slightly better with a default of
  64K buffer size.
  
  New sysctls are:
    net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_auto=1 (enabled)
    net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_inc=8192 (8K, step size)
    net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144 (256K, growth limit)
    net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_auto=1 (enabled)
    net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384 (16K, step size)
    net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144 (256K, growth limit)
  
  Tested by:      many (on HEAD and RELENG_6)
  Approved by:    re
  MFC after:      1 month
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.312     +81 -3     src/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
  1.122     +70 -4     src/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c
  1.144     +2 -0      src/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c
  1.138     +2 -0      src/sys/netinet/tcp_var.h