tree 17116c15ee8030175ac6164f5072025ec9f6b635
parent bfae23249955819a42aa6c23d93708c818eff5c9
author Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> 1397504717 +0200
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1397507208 -0400

Revert "net: sctp: Fix a_rwnd/rwnd management to reflect real state of the receiver's buffer"

This reverts commit ef2820a735f7 ("net: sctp: Fix a_rwnd/rwnd management
to reflect real state of the receiver's buffer") as it introduced a
serious performance regression on SCTP over IPv4 and IPv6, though a not
as dramatic on the latter. Measurements are on 10Gbit/s with ixgbe NICs.

Current state:

[root@Lab200slot2 ~]# iperf3 --sctp -4 -c 192.168.241.3 -V -l 1452 -t 60
iperf version 3.0.1 (10 January 2014)
Linux Lab200slot2 3.14.0 #1 SMP Thu Apr 3 23:18:29 EDT 2014 x86_64
Time: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:56:21 GMT
Connecting to host 192.168.241.3, port 5201
      Cookie: Lab200slot2.1397238981.812898.548918
[  4] local 192.168.241.2 port 38616 connected to 192.168.241.3 port 5201
Starting Test: protocol: SCTP, 1 streams, 1452 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.09   sec  20.8 MBytes   161 Mbits/sec
[  4]   1.09-2.13   sec  10.8 MBytes  86.8 Mbits/sec
[  4]   2.13-3.15   sec  3.57 MBytes  29.5 Mbits/sec
[  4]   3.15-4.16   sec  4.33 MBytes  35.7 Mbits/sec
[  4]   4.16-6.21   sec  10.4 MBytes  42.7 Mbits/sec
[  4]   6.21-6.21   sec  0.00 Bytes    0.00 bits/sec
[  4]   6.21-7.35   sec  34.6 MBytes   253 Mbits/sec
[  4]   7.35-11.45  sec  22.0 MBytes  45.0 Mbits/sec
[  4]  11.45-11.45  sec  0.00 Bytes    0.00 bits/sec
[  4]  11.45-11.45  sec  0.00 Bytes    0.00 bits/sec
[  4]  11.45-11.45  sec  0.00 Bytes    0.00 bits/sec
[  4]  11.45-12.51  sec  16.0 MBytes   126 Mbits/sec
[  4]  12.51-13.59  sec  20.3 MBytes   158 Mbits/sec
[  4]  13.59-14.65  sec  13.4 MBytes   107 Mbits/sec
[  4]  14.65-16.79  sec  33.3 MBytes   130 Mbits/sec
[  4]  16.79-16.79  sec  0.00 Bytes    0.00 bits/sec
[  4]  16.79-17.82  sec  5.94 MBytes  48.7 Mbits/sec
(etc)

[root@Lab200slot2 ~]#  iperf3 --sctp -6 -c 2001:db8:0:f101::1 -V -l 1400 -t 60
iperf version 3.0.1 (10 January 2014)
Linux Lab200slot2 3.14.0 #1 SMP Thu Apr 3 23:18:29 EDT 2014 x86_64
Time: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:08:41 GMT
Connecting to host 2001:db8:0:f101::1, port 5201
      Cookie: Lab200slot2.1397243321.714295.2b3f7c
[  4] local 2001:db8:0:f101::2 port 55804 connected to 2001:db8:0:f101::1 port 5201
Starting Test: protocol: SCTP, 1 streams, 1400 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   169 MBytes  1.42 Gbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   201 MBytes  1.69 Gbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   188 MBytes  1.58 Gbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   174 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   165 MBytes  1.39 Gbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   199 MBytes  1.67 Gbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   163 MBytes  1.36 Gbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   174 MBytes  1.46 Gbits/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   193 MBytes  1.62 Gbits/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   196 MBytes  1.65 Gbits/sec
[  4]  10.00-11.00  sec   157 MBytes  1.31 Gbits/sec
[  4]  11.00-12.00  sec   175 MBytes  1.47 Gbits/sec
[  4]  12.00-13.00  sec   192 MBytes  1.61 Gbits/sec
[  4]  13.00-14.00  sec   199 MBytes  1.67 Gbits/sec
(etc)

After patch:

[root@Lab200slot2 ~]#  iperf3 --sctp -4 -c 192.168.240.3 -V -l 1452 -t 60
iperf version 3.0.1 (10 January 2014)
Linux Lab200slot2 3.14.0+ #1 SMP Mon Apr 14 12:06:40 EDT 2014 x86_64
Time: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:40:48 GMT
Connecting to host 192.168.240.3, port 5201
      Cookie: Lab200slot2.1397493648.413274.65e131
[  4] local 192.168.240.2 port 50548 connected to 192.168.240.3 port 5201
Starting Test: protocol: SCTP, 1 streams, 1452 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   240 MBytes  2.02 Gbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   239 MBytes  2.01 Gbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   240 MBytes  2.01 Gbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   239 MBytes  2.00 Gbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   245 MBytes  2.05 Gbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   240 MBytes  2.01 Gbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   240 MBytes  2.02 Gbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   239 MBytes  2.01 Gbits/sec

With the reverted patch applied, the SCTP/IPv4 performance is back
to normal on latest upstream for IPv4 and IPv6 and has same throughput
as 3.4.2 test kernel, steady and interval reports are smooth again.

Fixes: ef2820a735f7 ("net: sctp: Fix a_rwnd/rwnd management to reflect real state of the receiver's buffer")
Reported-by: Peter Butler <pbutler@sonusnet.com>
Reported-by: Dongsheng Song <dongsheng.song@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Tested-by: Peter Butler <pbutler@sonusnet.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Cc: Matija Glavinic Pecotic <matija.glavinic-pecotic.ext@nsn.com>
Cc: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@nsn.com>
Cc: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>