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Fan Yu ad892e912b tcp: trace retransmit failures in tcp_retransmit_skb
Background
==========
When TCP retransmits a packet due to missing ACKs, the
retransmission may fail for various reasons (e.g., packets
stuck in driver queues, receiver zero windows, or routing issues).

The original tcp_retransmit_skb tracepoint:

  'commit e086101b15 ("tcp: add a tracepoint for tcp retransmission")'

lacks visibility into these failure causes, making production
diagnostics difficult.

Solution
========
Adds the retval("err") to the tcp_retransmit_skb tracepoint.
Enables users to know why some tcp retransmission failed and
users can filter retransmission failures by retval.

Compatibility description
=========================
This patch extends the tcp_retransmit_skb tracepoint
by adding a new "err" field at the end of its
existing structure (within TP_STRUCT__entry). The
compatibility implications are detailed as follows:

1) Structural compatibility for legacy user-space tools
Legacy tools/BPF programs accessing existing fields
(by offset or name) can still work without modification
or recompilation.The new field is appended to the end,
preserving original memory layout.

2) Note: semantic changes
The original tracepoint primarily only focused on
successfully retransmitted packets. With this patch,
the tracepoint now can figure out packets that may
terminate early due to specific reasons. For accurate
statistics, users should filter using "err" to
distinguish outcomes.

Before patched:
field:const void * skbaddr; offset:8; size:8; signed:0;
field:const void * skaddr; offset:16; size:8; signed:0;
field:int state; offset:24; size:4; signed:1;
field:__u16 sport; offset:28; size:2; signed:0;
field:__u16 dport; offset:30; size:2; signed:0;
field:__u16 family; offset:32; size:2; signed:0;
field:__u8 saddr[4]; offset:34; size:4; signed:0;
field:__u8 daddr[4]; offset:38; size:4; signed:0;
field:__u8 saddr_v6[16]; offset:42; size:16; signed:0;
field:__u8 daddr_v6[16]; offset:58; size:16; signed:0;

print fmt: "skbaddr=%p skaddr=%p family=%s sport=%hu dport=%hu saddr=%pI4 daddr=%pI4 saddrv6=%pI6c daddrv6=%pI6c state=%s"

After patched:
field:const void * skbaddr; offset:8; size:8; signed:0;
field:const void * skaddr; offset:16; size:8; signed:0;
field:int state; offset:24; size:4; signed:1;
field:__u16 sport; offset:28; size:2; signed:0;
field:__u16 dport; offset:30; size:2; signed:0;
field:__u16 family; offset:32; size:2; signed:0;
field:__u8 saddr[4]; offset:34; size:4; signed:0;
field:__u8 daddr[4]; offset:38; size:4; signed:0;
field:__u8 saddr_v6[16]; offset:42; size:16; signed:0;
field:__u8 daddr_v6[16]; offset:58; size:16; signed:0;
field:int err; offset:76; size:4; signed:1;

print fmt: "skbaddr=%p skaddr=%p family=%s sport=%hu dport=%hu saddr=%pI4 daddr=%pI4 saddrv6=%pI6c daddrv6=%pI6c state=%s err=%d"

Co-developed-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@zte.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: xu xin <xu.xin16@zte.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Fan Yu <fan.yu9@zte.com.cn>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250721111607626_BDnIJB0ywk6FghN63bor@zte.com.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-07-22 18:19:11 -07:00
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