Re: [PATCH net-next] bonding: correct rr balancing during link failure

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 02 Dec 2020 20:55:57 +0000 Lars Everbrand wrote:
> This patch updates the sending algorithm for roundrobin to avoid
> over-subscribing interface(s) when one or more interfaces in the bond is
> not able to send packets. This happened when order was not random and
> more than 2 interfaces were used.
> 
> Previously the algorithm would find the next available interface
> when an interface failed to send by, this means that most often it is
> current_interface + 1. The problem is that when the next packet is to be
> sent and the "normal" algorithm then continues with interface++ which
> then hits that same interface again.
> 
> This patch updates the resending algorithm to update the global counter
> of the next interface to use.
> 
> Example (prior to patch):
> 
> Consider 6 x 100 Mbit/s interfaces in a rr bond. The normal order of links
> being used to send would look like:
> 1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6 ...
> 
> If, for instance, interface 2 where unable to send the order would have been:
> 1 3 3 4 5 6  1 3 3 4 5 6  1 3 3 4 5 6 ...
> 
> The resulting speed (for TCP) would then become:
> 50 + 0 + 100 + 50 + 50 + 50 = 300 Mbit/s
> instead of the expected 500 Mbit/s.
> 
> If interface 3 also would fail the resulting speed would be half of the
> expected 400 Mbit/s (33 + 0 + 0 + 100 + 33 + 33).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lars Everbrand <lars.everbrand@protonmail.com>

Thanks for the patch!

Looking at the code in question it feels a little like we're breaking
abstractions if we bump the counter directly in get_slave_by_id.

For one thing when the function is called for IGMP packets the counter
should not be incremented at all. But also if packets_per_slave is not
1 we'd still be hitting the same leg multiple times (packets_per_slave
/ 2). So it seems like we should round the counter up somehow?

For IGMP maybe we don't have to call bond_get_slave_by_id() at all,
IMHO, just find first leg that can TX. Then we can restructure
bond_get_slave_by_id() appropriately for the non-IGMP case.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> index e0880a3840d7..e02d9c6d40ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
> @@ -4107,6 +4107,7 @@ static struct slave *bond_get_slave_by_id(struct bonding *bond,
>  		if (--i < 0) {
>  			if (bond_slave_can_tx(slave))
>  				return slave;
> +			bond->rr_tx_counter++;
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> @@ -4117,6 +4118,7 @@ static struct slave *bond_get_slave_by_id(struct bonding *bond,
>  			break;
>  		if (bond_slave_can_tx(slave))
>  			return slave;
> +		bond->rr_tx_counter++;
>  	}
>  	/* no slave that can tx has been found */
>  	return NULL;