[PATCH v2] net: tftp: Add client support for RFC 7440

Ramon Fried rfried.dev at gmail.com
Sat May 16 21:49:50 CEST 2020


Add support for RFC 7440: "TFTP Windowsize Option".

This optional feature allows the client and server
to negotiate a window size of consecutive blocks to send as an
alternative for replacing the single-block lockstep schema.

windowsize can be defined statically during compilation by
setting CONFIG_TFTP_WINDOWSIZE, or defined in runtime by
setting an environment variable: "tftpwindowsize"
If not defined, the windowsize is set to 1, meaning that it
behaves as it was never defined.

Choosing the appropriate windowsize depends on the specific
network topology, underlying NIC.
You should test various windowsize scenarios and see which
best work for you.

Setting a windowsize too big can actually decreases performance.

Signed-off-by: Ramon Fried <rfried.dev at gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
---
v2:
 * Don't send windowsize option on tftpput, as it's not implemented yet.
 * Don't send NACK for every out of order block that arrives, one nack
   is enough.

 README     |  5 ++++
 net/tftp.c | 71 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index be9e6391d6..b85b44201f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3522,6 +3522,11 @@ List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
 		  downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
 		  unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
 
+  tftpwindowsize	- if this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
+		  window size as described by RFC 7440.
+		  This means that count of blocks we can receive before
+		  sending ack to server.
+
   vlan		- When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
 		  Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
 		  VLAN tagged frames.
diff --git a/net/tftp.c b/net/tftp.c
index be24e63075..e2c005da6e 100644
--- a/net/tftp.c
+++ b/net/tftp.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * Copyright 2011 Comelit Group SpA,
  *                Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli at comelit.it>
  */
-
 #include <common.h>
 #include <command.h>
 #include <efi_loader.h>
@@ -95,6 +94,12 @@ static int	tftp_tsize;
 /* The number of hashes we printed */
 static short	tftp_tsize_num_hash;
 #endif
+/* The window size neogiciated */
+static ushort	tftp_windowsize;
+/* Next block to send ack to */
+static ushort	tftp_next_ack;
+/* Last nack block we send */
+static ushort	tftp_last_nack;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT
 /* 1 if writing, else 0 */
 static int	tftp_put_active;
@@ -134,8 +139,19 @@ static char tftp_filename[MAX_LEN];
  * (but those using CONFIG_IP_DEFRAG may want to set a larger block in cfg file)
  */
 
+/* When windowsize is defined to 1,
+ * tftp behaves the same way as it was
+ * never declared
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_TFTP_WINDOWSIZE
+#define TFTP_WINDOWSIZE CONFIG_TFTP_WINDOWSIZE
+#else
+#define TFTP_WINDOWSIZE 1
+#endif
+
 static unsigned short tftp_block_size = TFTP_BLOCK_SIZE;
 static unsigned short tftp_block_size_option = CONFIG_TFTP_BLOCKSIZE;
+static unsigned short tftp_window_size_option = TFTP_WINDOWSIZE;
 
 static inline int store_block(int block, uchar *src, unsigned int len)
 {
@@ -348,6 +364,14 @@ static void tftp_send(void)
 		/* try for more effic. blk size */
 		pkt += sprintf((char *)pkt, "blksize%c%d%c",
 				0, tftp_block_size_option, 0);
+
+		/* try for more effic. window size.
+		 * Implemented only for tftp get.
+		 * Don't bother sending if it's 1
+		 */
+		if (tftp_state == STATE_SEND_RRQ && tftp_window_size_option > 1)
+			pkt += sprintf((char *)pkt, "windowsize%c%d%c",
+					0, tftp_window_size_option, 0);
 		len = pkt - xp;
 		break;
 
@@ -500,6 +524,15 @@ static void tftp_handler(uchar *pkt, unsigned dest, struct in_addr sip,
 				      (char *)pkt + i + 6, tftp_tsize);
 			}
 #endif
+			if (strcmp((char *)pkt + i,  "windowsize") == 0) {
+				tftp_windowsize =
+					simple_strtoul((char *)pkt + i + 11,
+						       NULL, 10);
+			    debug("windowsize = %s, %d\n",
+				  (char *)pkt + i + 11, tftp_windowsize);
+			}
+
+			tftp_next_ack = tftp_windowsize;
 		}
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT
 		if (tftp_put_active) {
@@ -514,6 +547,26 @@ static void tftp_handler(uchar *pkt, unsigned dest, struct in_addr sip,
 		if (len < 2)
 			return;
 		len -= 2;
+
+		if (ntohs(*(__be16 *)pkt) != (ushort)(tftp_cur_block + 1)) {
+			debug("Received unexpected block: %d, expected: %d\n",
+			      ntohs(*(__be16 *)pkt),
+			      (ushort)(tftp_cur_block + 1));
+			/*
+			 * If one packet is dropped most likely
+			 * all other buffers in the window
+			 * that will arrive will cause a sending NACK.
+			 * This just overwellms the server, let's just send one.
+			 */
+			if (tftp_last_nack != tftp_cur_block) {
+				tftp_send();
+				tftp_last_nack = tftp_cur_block;
+				tftp_next_ack = (ushort)(tftp_cur_block +
+							 tftp_windowsize);
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
 		tftp_cur_block = ntohs(*(__be16 *)pkt);
 
 		update_block_number();
@@ -557,7 +610,10 @@ static void tftp_handler(uchar *pkt, unsigned dest, struct in_addr sip,
 		 *	Acknowledge the block just received, which will prompt
 		 *	the remote for the next one.
 		 */
-		tftp_send();
+		if (tftp_cur_block == tftp_next_ack) {
+			tftp_send();
+			tftp_next_ack += tftp_windowsize;
+		}
 
 		if (len < tftp_block_size)
 			tftp_complete();
@@ -634,6 +690,10 @@ void tftp_start(enum proto_t protocol)
 	if (ep != NULL)
 		tftp_block_size_option = simple_strtol(ep, NULL, 10);
 
+	ep = env_get("tftpwindowsize");
+	if (ep != NULL)
+		tftp_window_size_option = simple_strtol(ep, NULL, 10);
+
 	ep = env_get("tftptimeout");
 	if (ep != NULL)
 		timeout_ms = simple_strtol(ep, NULL, 10);
@@ -655,8 +715,8 @@ void tftp_start(enum proto_t protocol)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	debug("TFTP blocksize = %i, timeout = %ld ms\n",
-	      tftp_block_size_option, timeout_ms);
+	debug("TFTP blocksize = %i, TFTP windowsize = %d timeout = %ld ms\n",
+	      tftp_block_size_option, tftp_window_size_option, timeout_ms);
 
 	tftp_remote_ip = net_server_ip;
 	if (!net_parse_bootfile(&tftp_remote_ip, tftp_filename, MAX_LEN)) {
@@ -752,7 +812,8 @@ void tftp_start(enum proto_t protocol)
 		tftp_our_port = simple_strtol(ep, NULL, 10);
 #endif
 	tftp_cur_block = 0;
-
+	tftp_windowsize = 1;
+	tftp_last_nack = 0;
 	/* zero out server ether in case the server ip has changed */
 	memset(net_server_ethaddr, 0, 6);
 	/* Revert tftp_block_size to dflt */
-- 
2.26.2



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