From: Sean Edmond <seanedm...@microsoft.com>
This patch introduces 3 improvements to align with RFC 951:
- retransmission backoff interval maximum is configurable
- initial retranmission backoff interval is configurable
- transaction ID is kept the same for each BOOTP/DHCPv4 request
In applications where thousands of nodes are serviced by a single DHCP
server, maximizing the retransmission backoff interval at 2 seconds (the
current u-boot default) exerts high pressure on the DHCP server and
network layer.
RFC 951 “7.2. Client Retransmission Strategy” states that the
retransmission backoff interval should maximize at 60 seconds. This
patch allows the interval to be configurable using the environment
variable "bootpretransmitperiodmax"
The initial retranmission backoff period defaults to 250ms, which is
also too small for these scenarios with many clients. This patch makes
the initial retransmission interval to be configurable using the
environment variable "bootpretransmitperiodinit".
Also, on a retransmission it is not expected for the transaction ID to
change (only the 'secs' field should be updated). Let's save the
transaction ID and use the same transaction ID for each BOOTP/DHCPv4
exchange.
Signed-off-by: Sean Edmond <seanedm...@microsoft.com>
---
net/bootp.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/bootp.c b/net/bootp.c
index 013d54c7ed..7248536cc4 100644
--- a/net/bootp.c
+++ b/net/bootp.c
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@
*/
#define TIMEOUT_MS ((3 + (CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT * 5)) * 1000)
+/*
+ * According to rfc951 : 7.2. Client Retransmission Strategy
+ * "After the 'average' backoff reaches about 60 seconds, it should be
+ * increased no further, but still randomized."
+ *
+ * U-Boot has saturated this backoff at 2 seconds for a long time.
+ * To modify, set the environment variable "bootpretransmitperiodmax"
+ */
+#define RETRANSMIT_PERIOD_MAX_MS 2000
+#define RETRANSMIT_PERIOD_INIT_MS 250
+
#define PORT_BOOTPS 67 /* BOOTP server UDP port */
#define PORT_BOOTPC 68 /* BOOTP client UDP port */
@@ -56,6 +67,7 @@
u32 bootp_ids[CFG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE];
unsigned int bootp_num_ids;
int bootp_try;
+u32 bootp_id;
ulong bootp_start;
ulong bootp_timeout;
char net_nis_domain[32] = {0,}; /* Our NIS domain */
@@ -63,6 +75,7 @@ char net_hostname[32] = {0,}; /* Our hostname */
char net_root_path[CONFIG_BOOTP_MAX_ROOT_PATH_LEN] = {0,}; /* Our bootpath */
static ulong time_taken_max;
+static u32 retransmit_period_max_ms;
#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_DHCP)
static dhcp_state_t dhcp_state = INIT;
@@ -417,8 +430,8 @@ static void bootp_timeout_handler(void)
}
} else {
bootp_timeout *= 2;
- if (bootp_timeout > 2000)
- bootp_timeout = 2000;
+ if (bootp_timeout > retransmit_period_max_ms)
+ bootp_timeout = retransmit_period_max_ms;
net_set_timeout_handler(bootp_timeout, bootp_timeout_handler);
bootp_request();
}
@@ -714,10 +727,18 @@ static int bootp_extended(u8 *e)
void bootp_reset(void)
{
+ char *ep; /* Environment pointer */
+
bootp_num_ids = 0;
bootp_try = 0;
bootp_start = get_timer(0);
- bootp_timeout = 250;
+
+ ep = env_get("bootpretransmitperiodinit");
+ if (ep)
+ bootp_timeout = dectoul(ep, NULL);
+ else
+ bootp_timeout = RETRANSMIT_PERIOD_INIT_MS;
+
