On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM Breno Leitao <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Add a tracepoint to monitor TCP congestion window adjustments through the
> tcp_cwnd_reduction() function. This tracepoint helps track:
>   - TCP window size fluctuations
>   - Active socket behavior
>   - Congestion window reduction events
>
> Meta has been using BPF programs to monitor this function for years. By
> adding a proper tracepoint, we provide a stable API for all users who
> need to monitor TCP congestion window behavior.
>
> The tracepoint captures:
>   - Socket source and destination IPs
>   - Number of newly acknowledged packets
>   - Number of newly lost packets
>   - Packets in flight
>
> Here is an example of a tracepoint when viewed in the trace buffer:
>
> tcp_cwnd_reduction: src=[2401:db00:3021:10e1:face:0:32a:0]:45904 
> dest=[2401:db00:3021:1fb:face:0:23:0]:5201 newly_lost=0 newly_acked_sacked=27 
> in_flight=34
>
> CC: Yonghong Song <[email protected]>
> CC: Song Liu <[email protected]>
> CC: Martin KaFai Lau <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <[email protected]>
> ---
>  include/trace/events/tcp.h | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/ipv4/tcp_input.c       |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/tcp.h b/include/trace/events/tcp.h
> index 
> a27c4b619dffd7dcc72fffa71bf0fd5e34fe6681..b3a636658b39721cca843c0000eaa573cf4d09d5
>  100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/tcp.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/tcp.h
> @@ -259,6 +259,40 @@ TRACE_EVENT(tcp_retransmit_synack,
>                   __entry->saddr_v6, __entry->daddr_v6)
>  );
>
> +TRACE_EVENT(tcp_cwnd_reduction,
> +
> +       TP_PROTO(const struct sock *sk, const int newly_acked_sacked,
> +                const int newly_lost, const int flag),
> +
> +       TP_ARGS(sk, newly_acked_sacked, newly_lost, flag),
> +
> +       TP_STRUCT__entry(
> +               __array(__u8, saddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6))
> +               __array(__u8, daddr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6))
> +               __field(int, in_flight)
> +
> +               __field(int, newly_acked_sacked)
> +               __field(int, newly_lost)
> +       ),
> +
> +       TP_fast_assign(
> +               const struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
> +               const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
> +
> +               memset(__entry->saddr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
> +               memset(__entry->daddr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6));
> +
> +               TP_STORE_ADDR_PORTS(__entry, inet, sk);
> +               __entry->in_flight = tcp_packets_in_flight(tp);
> +               __entry->newly_lost = newly_lost;
> +               __entry->newly_acked_sacked = newly_acked_sacked;
> +       ),
> +
> +       TP_printk("src=%pISpc dest=%pISpc newly_lost=%d newly_acked_sacked=%d 
> in_flight=%d",
> +                 __entry->saddr, __entry->daddr, __entry->newly_lost,
> +                 __entry->newly_acked_sacked, __entry->in_flight)
> +);
> +
>  #include <trace/events/net_probe_common.h>
>
>  TRACE_EVENT(tcp_probe,
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> index 
> 4811727b8a02258ec6fa1fd129beecf7cbb0f90e..fc88c511e81bc12ec57e8dc3e9185a920d1bd079
>  100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> @@ -2710,6 +2710,8 @@ void tcp_cwnd_reduction(struct sock *sk, int 
> newly_acked_sacked, int newly_lost,
>         if (newly_acked_sacked <= 0 || WARN_ON_ONCE(!tp->prior_cwnd))
>                 return;
>
> +       trace_tcp_cwnd_reduction(sk, newly_acked_sacked, newly_lost, flag);
> +

Are there any other reasons why introducing a new tracepoint here?
AFAIK, it can be easily replaced by a bpf related program or script to
monitor in the above position.

Thanks,
Jason

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