From c5ed63d66f24fd4f7089b5a6e087b0ce7202aa8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:02:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] tcp: fix three tcp sysctls tuning As discovered by Anton Blanchard, current code to autotune tcp_death_row.sysctl_max_tw_buckets, sysctl_tcp_max_orphans and sysctl_max_syn_backlog makes little sense. The bigger a page is, the less tcp_max_orphans is : 4096 on a 512GB machine in Anton's case. (tcp_hashinfo.bhash_size * sizeof(struct inet_bind_hashbucket)) is much bigger if spinlock debugging is on. Its wrong to select bigger limits in this case (where kernel structures are also bigger) bhash_size max is 65536, and we get this value even for small machines. A better ground is to use size of ehash table, this also makes code shorter and more obvious. Based on a patch from Anton, and another from David. Reported-and-tested-by: Anton Blanchard Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv4/tcp.c | 24 +++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c index 197b9b77fa3e..e2add5ff9cb1 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c @@ -3209,7 +3209,7 @@ void __init tcp_init(void) { struct sk_buff *skb = NULL; unsigned long nr_pages, limit; - int order, i, max_share; + int i, max_share, cnt; unsigned long jiffy = jiffies; BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct tcp_skb_cb) > sizeof(skb->cb)); @@ -3258,22 +3258,12 @@ void __init tcp_init(void) INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&tcp_hashinfo.bhash[i].chain); } - /* Try to be a bit smarter and adjust defaults depending - * on available memory. - */ - for (order = 0; ((1 << order) << PAGE_SHIFT) < - (tcp_hashinfo.bhash_size * sizeof(struct inet_bind_hashbucket)); - order++) - ; - if (order >= 4) { - tcp_death_row.sysctl_max_tw_buckets = 180000; - sysctl_tcp_max_orphans = 4096 << (order - 4); - sysctl_max_syn_backlog = 1024; - } else if (order < 3) { - tcp_death_row.sysctl_max_tw_buckets >>= (3 - order); - sysctl_tcp_max_orphans >>= (3 - order); - sysctl_max_syn_backlog = 128; - } + + cnt = tcp_hashinfo.ehash_mask + 1; + + tcp_death_row.sysctl_max_tw_buckets = cnt / 2; + sysctl_tcp_max_orphans = cnt / 2; + sysctl_max_syn_backlog = max(128, cnt / 256); /* Set the pressure threshold to be a fraction of global memory that * is up to 1/2 at 256 MB, decreasing toward zero with the amount of