We should be able to generate a packet drill script with BB logging
on and show a lost probe and how it either does not generate
a RTT estimate or it declares a confidence value of 0.
The following packet drill scripts can be used to generate the condition. You must
capture BB logging (by running tcplog_dumper) and then you can run this script
without the fix. You will find using read_bbrlog that all persists probe responses
show a conf=3 which means we are extremely confident in the probes.
If you apply the patch and leave the default setting, you will see the first
persist probe you will get the conf=3 and it will be correct. The subsequent
persist probe (after a loss) will not generate an RTT.
Now if you change the new misc. setting to allow it to still make the measurements, and
rerun the test, you will see the conf=0 in the second probe (not the first).
--ip_version=ipv4
+0.00 `sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.hostcache.purgenow=1`
+0.00 `sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.syncookies_only=0`
+0.00 `sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.syncookies=1`
+0.00 `sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=1`
+0.00 `sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.sack.enable=1`
+0.00 `sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.ecn.enable=2`
// Create a TCP endpoint in the ESTABLISHED state.
+0.00 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
+0.00 fcntl(3, F_GETFL) = 0x02 (flags O_RDWR)
+0.00 fcntl(3, F_SETFL, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK) = 0
+0.00 setsockopt(3, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_LOG, [4], 4) = 0
+0.00 connect(3, ..., ...) = -1 EINPROGRESS (Operation now in progress)
+0.00 > S 0:0(0) win 65535 <mss 1460,nop,wscale 8,sackOK,TS val 100 ecr 0>
+0.10 < S. 0:0(0) ack 1 win 10000 <mss 1440,sackOK,TS val 400 ecr 100>
+0.00 > . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 200 ecr 400>
// Change to rack_latest
+0.00 setsockopt(3, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0
+0.00 setsockopt(3, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_FUNCTION_BLK, {function_set_name="rack", pcbcnt=0}, 36) = 0
+0.00 send(3, ..., 1000, 0) = 1000
+0.00 > P. 1:1001(1000) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 250 ecr 400>
+.10 < . 1:1(0) ack 1001 win 10000 <nop, nop, TS val 500 ecr 250>
+0.00 send(3, ..., 1000, 0) = 1000
+0.00 > P. 1001:2001(1000) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 300 ecr 500>
+.10 < . 1:1(0) ack 2001 win 10000 <nop, nop, TS val 600 ecr 300>
+0.10 send(3, ..., 20000, 0) = 20000
* > . 2001:3429(1428) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 400 ecr 600>
* > . 3429:4857(1428) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 500 ecr 600>
* > . 4857:6285(1428) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 600 ecr 600>
* > . 6285:7713(1428) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 700 ecr 600>
* > . 7713:9141(1428) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 800 ecr 600>
* > . 9141:10569(1428) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 900 ecr 600>
* > . 10569:11997(1428) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 1000 ecr 600>
+.10 < . 1:1(0) ack 4857 win 7144 <nop, nop, TS val 700 ecr 500>
+.010 < . 1:1(0) ack 7713 win 4288 <nop, nop, TS val 800 ecr 700>
+.010 < . 1:1(0) ack 10569 win 1428 <nop, nop, TS val 900 ecr 900>
+.10 < . 1:1(0) ack 11997 win 0 <nop, nop, TS val 1000 ecr 1000>
* > . 11996:11996(0) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 1100 ecr 1000>
+.01 < . 1:1(0) ack 11997 win 0 <nop, nop, TS val 1100 ecr 1100>
* > . 11996:11996(0) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 1200 ecr 1100>
* > . 11996:11996(0) ack 1 win 65535 <nop,nop,TS val 1300 ecr 1100>
+.01 < . 1:1(0) ack 11997 win 0 <nop, nop, TS val 1200 ecr 1300>