MINOR: quic: allow BBR testing without pacing

Pacing is activated per bind line via an optional boolean argument of
quic-cc-algo keyword. Contrary to the default usage, pacing is
automatically activated when BBR is chosen. This is because this
algorithm is expected to run on top of pacing, else its behavior is
undefined.

Previously, pacing argument was thus ignored when BBR was selected.
Change this to support explicit deactivation of pacing with it. This
could be useful to test BBR without pacing when debugging some issues.

This should be backported up to 3.1, after a period of observation.
This commit is contained in:
Amaury Denoyelle 2025-01-30 11:58:27 +01:00
parent 6acf391e89
commit d04e93bc2e
2 changed files with 11 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -17297,9 +17297,10 @@ quic-cc-algo { cubic | newreno | bbr | nocc }[(<args,...>)]
The purpose of pacing is to smooth emission of data to reduce network losses. The purpose of pacing is to smooth emission of data to reduce network losses.
In most scenario, it can significantly improve network throughput by avoiding In most scenario, it can significantly improve network throughput by avoiding
retransmissions. Pacing support is still experimental, as such it requires retransmissions. Pacing support is still experimental, as such it requires
"expose-experimental-directives". The BBR congestion control algorithm "expose-experimental-directives". Selecting BBR congestion algorithm will
depends on the pacing support which is in this case implicitly enabled by implicitly activate pacing as it relies on it to work as expected. Explicitly
choosing the "bbr" algorithm. Note that haproxy's BBR implementation is still disabling pacing in conjunction with BBR may cause slowdowns or high loss
rates during transfers. Also note that haproxy's BBR implementation is also
considered as experimental and cannot be enabled without considered as experimental and cannot be enabled without
"expose-experimental-directives". "expose-experimental-directives".
@ -17311,8 +17312,7 @@ quic-cc-algo { cubic | newreno | bbr | nocc }[(<args,...>)]
4g. By default "tune.quic.frontend.default-max-window-size" value is used. 4g. By default "tune.quic.frontend.default-max-window-size" value is used.
- pacing activation. By default, it is set to 0, which means pacing is not - pacing activation. By default, it is set to 0, which means pacing is not
used. To activate it, specify a positive value. Burst size will be used. To activate it, specify a positive value. Burst size will be
dynamically adjusted to adapt to the network conditions. This parameter is dynamically adjusted to adapt to the network conditions.
ignored by BBR as pacing is automatically activated for this algorithm.
Example: Example:
# newreno congestion control algorithm # newreno congestion control algorithm

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@ -191,11 +191,7 @@ static int bind_parse_quic_cc_algo(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *px,
if (pacing < 0) if (pacing < 0)
goto fail; goto fail;
if (!(cc_algo->flags & QUIC_CC_ALGO_FL_OPT_PACING)) { if (pacing) {
ha_warning("'%s' : pacing parameter ignored for '%s' congestion algorithm\n",
args[cur_arg], algo);
}
else if (pacing) {
if (!experimental_directives_allowed) { if (!experimental_directives_allowed) {
memprintf(err, "'%s' : support for pacing is experimental, must be allowed via a global " memprintf(err, "'%s' : support for pacing is experimental, must be allowed via a global "
"'expose-experimental-directives'\n", args[cur_arg]); "'expose-experimental-directives'\n", args[cur_arg]);
@ -204,6 +200,11 @@ static int bind_parse_quic_cc_algo(char **args, int cur_arg, struct proxy *px,
cc_algo->pacing_inter = quic_cc_default_pacing_inter; cc_algo->pacing_inter = quic_cc_default_pacing_inter;
} }
else if (!(cc_algo->flags & QUIC_CC_ALGO_FL_OPT_PACING)) {
ha_warning("'%s' : '%s' algorithm without pacing may cause slowdowns or high loss rates during transfers\n",
args[cur_arg], algo);
cc_algo->pacing_inter = NULL;
}
if (*end_opt == ')') { if (*end_opt == ')') {
goto out; goto out;