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H_ERTT(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual H_ERTT(4) NAME h_ertt -- Enhanced Round Trip Time Khelp module SYNOPSIS #include <netinet/khelp/h_ertt.h> DESCRIPTION The h_ertt Khelp module works within the khelp(9) framework to provide TCP with a per-connection, low noise estimate of the instantaneous RTT. The implementation attempts to be robust in the face of delayed acknowl- edgements, TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO), receivers who manipulate TCP timestamps and lack of the TCP timestamp option altogether. TCP receivers using delayed acknowledgements either acknowledge every second packet (reflecting the time stamp of the first) or use a timeout to trigger the acknowledgement if no second packet arrives. If the heuristic used by h_ertt determines that the receiver is using delayed acknowledgements, it measures the RTT using the second packet (the one that triggers the acknowledgement). It does not measure the RTT if the acknowledgement is for the first packet, since it cannot be accurately determined. When TSO is in use, h_ertt will momentarily disable TSO whilst marking a packet to use for a new measurement. The process has negligible impact on the connection. h_ertt associates the following struct with each connection's TCP control block: struct ertt { TAILQ_HEAD(txseginfo_head, txseginfo) txsegi_q; /* Private. */ long bytes_tx_in_rtt; /* Private. */ long bytes_tx_in_marked_rtt; unsigned long marked_snd_cwnd; int rtt; int maxrtt; int minrtt; int dlyack_rx; /* Private. */ int timestamp_errors; /* Private. */ int markedpkt_rtt; /* Private. */ uint32_t flags; }; The fields marked as private should not be manipulated by any code out- side of the h_ertt implementation. The non-private fields provide the following data: bytes_tx_in_marked_rtt The number of bytes transmitted in the markedpkt_rtt. marked_snd_cwnd The value of cwnd for the marked rtt mea- surement. rtt The most recent RTT measurement. maxrtt The longest RTT measurement that has been taken. minrtt The shortest RTT measurement that has been taken. flags The ERTT_NEW_MEASUREMENT flag will be set by the implementation when a new measure- ment is available. It is the responsibil- ity of h_ertt consumers to unset the flag if they wish to use it as a notification method for new measurements. SEE ALSO cc_chd(4), cc_hd(4), cc_vegas(4), mod_cc(4), hhook(9), khelp(9) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Development and testing of this software were made possible in part by grants from the FreeBSD Foundation and Cisco University Research Program Fund at Community Foundation Silicon Valley. HISTORY The h_ertt module first appeared in FreeBSD 9.0. The module was first released in 2010 by David Hayes whilst working on the NewTCP research project at Swinburne University of Technology's Cen- tre for Advanced Internet Architectures, Melbourne, Australia. More details are available at: http://caia.swin.edu.au/urp/newtcp/ AUTHORS The h_ertt Khelp module and this manual page were written by David Hayes <david.hayes@ieee.org>. BUGS The module maintains enhanced RTT estimates for all new TCP connections created after the time at which the module was loaded. It might be bene- ficial to see if it is possible to have the module only affect connec- tions which actually care about ERTT estimates. FreeBSD 11.1 January 18, 2012 FreeBSD 11.1
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