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[TCP]: default congestion control menu

Change how default TCP congestion control is chosen. Don't just use
last installed module, instead allow selection during configuration,
and make sure and use the default regardless of load order.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Stephen Hemminger 18 years ago
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3 changed files with 47 additions and 6 deletions
  1. 40 5
      net/ipv4/Kconfig
  2. 6 0
      net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
  3. 1 1
      net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c

+ 40 - 5
net/ipv4/Kconfig

@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ config INET_TCP_DIAG
 	depends on INET_DIAG
 	depends on INET_DIAG
 	def_tristate INET_DIAG
 	def_tristate INET_DIAG
 
 
-config TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
+menuconfig TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
 	bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
 	bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
 	---help---
 	---help---
 	  Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
 	  Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
@@ -459,9 +459,7 @@ config TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
 
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
 
-# TCP Reno is builtin (required as fallback)
-menu "TCP congestion control"
-	depends on TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
+if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
 
 
 config TCP_CONG_BIC
 config TCP_CONG_BIC
 	tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
 	tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
@@ -574,12 +572,49 @@ config TCP_CONG_VENO
 	loss packets.
 	loss packets.
 	See http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home5/ZHOU0022/papers/CPFu03a.pdf
 	See http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home5/ZHOU0022/papers/CPFu03a.pdf
 
 
-endmenu
+choice
+	prompt "Default TCP congestion control"
+	default DEFAULT_BIC
+	help
+	  Select the TCP congestion control that will be used by default
+	  for all connections.
+
+	config DEFAULT_BIC
+		bool "Bic" if TCP_CONG_BIC=y
+
+	config DEFAULT_CUBIC
+		bool "Cubic" if TCP_CONG_CUBIC=y
+
+	config DEFAULT_HTCP
+		bool "Htcp" if TCP_CONG_HTCP=y
+
+	config DEFAULT_VEGAS
+		bool "Vegas" if TCP_CONG_VEGAS=y
+
+	config DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
+		bool "Westwood" if TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD=y
+
+	config DEFAULT_RENO
+		bool "Reno"
+
+endchoice
+
+endif
 
 
 config TCP_CONG_BIC
 config TCP_CONG_BIC
 	tristate
 	tristate
 	depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
 	depends on !TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
 	default y
 	default y
 
 
+config DEFAULT_TCP_CONG
+	string
+	default "bic" if DEFAULT_BIC
+	default "cubic" if DEFAULT_CUBIC
+	default "htcp" if DEFAULT_HTCP
+	default "vegas" if DEFAULT_VEGAS
+	default "westwood" if DEFAULT_WESTWOOD
+	default "reno" if DEFAULT_RENO
+	default "bic"
+
 source "net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig"
 source "net/ipv4/ipvs/Kconfig"
 
 

+ 6 - 0
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c

@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ static int sysctl_tcp_congestion_control(ctl_table *table, int __user *name,
 	return ret;
 	return ret;
 }
 }
 
 
+static int __init tcp_congestion_default(void)
+{
+	return tcp_set_default_congestion_control(CONFIG_DEFAULT_TCP_CONG);
+}
+
+late_initcall(tcp_congestion_default);
 
 
 ctl_table ipv4_table[] = {
 ctl_table ipv4_table[] = {
         {
         {

+ 1 - 1
net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int tcp_register_congestion_control(struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca)
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "TCP %s already registered\n", ca->name);
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "TCP %s already registered\n", ca->name);
 		ret = -EEXIST;
 		ret = -EEXIST;
 	} else {
 	} else {
-		list_add_rcu(&ca->list, &tcp_cong_list);
+		list_add_tail_rcu(&ca->list, &tcp_cong_list);
 		printk(KERN_INFO "TCP %s registered\n", ca->name);
 		printk(KERN_INFO "TCP %s registered\n", ca->name);
 	}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&tcp_cong_list_lock);