Tune tcp keep-alives with new kernel timeout options (#9963)

For more deeper understanding https://blog.cloudflare.com/when-tcp-sockets-refuse-to-die/

cmd/http/dial_linux.go

@@ -23,29 +23,51 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
-)
 
-const (
-	// TCPFastOpenConnect sets the underlying socket to use
-	// the TCP fast open connect. This feature is supported
-	// since Linux 4.11.
-	TCPFastOpenConnect = 30
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+func setTCPParameters(c syscall.RawConn) error {
+	return c.Control(func(fdPtr uintptr) {
+		// got socket file descriptor to set parameters.
+		fd := int(fdPtr)
+
+		// Enable TCP fast connect
+		// TCPFastOpenConnect sets the underlying socket to use
+		// the TCP fast open connect. This feature is supported
+		// since Linux 4.11.
+		_ = syscall.SetsockoptInt(int(fd), syscall.IPPROTO_TCP, unix.TCP_FASTOPEN_CONNECT, 1)
+
+		// The time (in seconds) the connection needs to remain idle before
+		// TCP starts sending keepalive probes, set this to 5 secs
+		// system defaults to 7200 secs!!!
+		_ = syscall.SetsockoptInt(int(fd), syscall.IPPROTO_TCP, syscall.TCP_KEEPIDLE, 5)
+
+		// Number of probes.
+		// ~ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_probes (defaults to 9, we reduce it to 5)
+		// 9
+		_ = syscall.SetsockoptInt(int(fd), syscall.IPPROTO_TCP, syscall.TCP_KEEPCNT, 5)
+
+		// Wait time after successful probe in seconds.
+		// ~ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_intvl (defaults to 75 secs, we reduce it to 2 secs)
+		// 75
+		_ = syscall.SetsockoptInt(int(fd), syscall.IPPROTO_TCP, syscall.TCP_KEEPINTVL, 2)
+
+		// Set TCP_USER_TIMEOUT to TCP_KEEPIDLE + TCP_KEEPINTVL * TCP_KEEPCNT.
+		_ = syscall.SetsockoptInt(int(fd), syscall.IPPROTO_TCP, unix.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, 15)
+	})
+}
+
 // DialContext is a function to make custom Dial for internode communications
 type DialContext func(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error)
 
 // NewCustomDialContext setups a custom dialer for internode communications
-func NewCustomDialContext(dialTimeout, dialKeepAlive time.Duration) DialContext {
+func NewCustomDialContext(dialTimeout time.Duration) DialContext {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
 		dialer := &net.Dialer{
-			Timeout:   dialTimeout,
-			KeepAlive: dialKeepAlive,
+			Timeout: dialTimeout,
 			Control: func(network, address string, c syscall.RawConn) error {
-				return c.Control(func(fd uintptr) {
-					// Enable TCP fast connect
-					_ = syscall.SetsockoptInt(int(fd), syscall.IPPROTO_TCP, TCPFastOpenConnect, 1)
-				})
+				return setTCPParameters(c)
 			},
 		}
 		return dialer.DialContext(ctx, network, addr)

cmd/http/dial_others.go

@@ -21,18 +21,23 @@ package http
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 )
 
+// TODO: if possible implement for non-linux platforms, not a priority at the moment
+func setTCPParameters(c syscall.RawConn) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // DialContext is a function to make custom Dial for internode communications
 type DialContext func(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error)
 
 // NewCustomDialContext configures a custom dialer for internode communications
-func NewCustomDialContext(dialTimeout, dialKeepAlive time.Duration) DialContext {
+func NewCustomDialContext(dialTimeout time.Duration) DialContext {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
 		dialer := &net.Dialer{
-			Timeout:   dialTimeout,
-			KeepAlive: dialKeepAlive,
+			Timeout: dialTimeout,
 		}
 		return dialer.DialContext(ctx, network, addr)
 	}

cmd/http/listener.go

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
-	"time"
 )
 
 type acceptResult struct {
@@ -33,11 +32,10 @@ type acceptResult struct {
 
 // httpListener - HTTP listener capable of handling multiple server addresses.
 type httpListener struct {
-	mutex               sync.Mutex         // to guard Close() method.
-	tcpListeners        []*net.TCPListener // underlaying TCP listeners.
-	acceptCh            chan acceptResult  // channel where all TCP listeners write accepted connection.
-	doneCh              chan struct{}      // done channel for TCP listener goroutines.
-	tcpKeepAliveTimeout time.Duration
+	mutex        sync.Mutex         // to guard Close() method.
+	tcpListeners []*net.TCPListener // underlaying TCP listeners.
+	acceptCh     chan acceptResult  // channel where all TCP listeners write accepted connection.
+	doneCh       chan struct{}      // done channel for TCP listener goroutines.
 }
 
 // isRoutineNetErr returns true if error is due to a network timeout,
@@ -83,10 +81,10 @@ func (listener *httpListener) start() {
 
 	// Closure to handle single connection.
 	handleConn := func(tcpConn *net.TCPConn, doneCh <-chan struct{}) {
-		// Tune accepted TCP connection.
-		tcpConn.SetKeepAlive(true)
-		tcpConn.SetKeepAlivePeriod(listener.tcpKeepAliveTimeout)
-
+		rawConn, err := tcpConn.SyscallConn()
+		if err == nil {
+			setTCPParameters(rawConn)
+		}
 		send(acceptResult{tcpConn, nil}, doneCh)
 	}
 
@@ -167,8 +165,7 @@ func (listener *httpListener) Addrs() (addrs []net.Addr) {
 // httpListener is capable to
 // * listen to multiple addresses
 // * controls incoming connections only doing HTTP protocol
-func newHTTPListener(serverAddrs []string,
-	tcpKeepAliveTimeout time.Duration) (listener *httpListener, err error) {
+func newHTTPListener(serverAddrs []string) (listener *httpListener, err error) {
 
 	var tcpListeners []*net.TCPListener
 
@@ -201,8 +198,7 @@ func newHTTPListener(serverAddrs []string,
 	}
 
 	listener = &httpListener{
-		tcpListeners:        tcpListeners,
-		tcpKeepAliveTimeout: tcpKeepAliveTimeout,
+		tcpListeners: tcpListeners,
 	}
 	listener.start()
 

cmd/http/listener_test.go

@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ func TestNewHTTPListener(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
 		listener, err := newHTTPListener(
 			testCase.serverAddrs,
-			testCase.tcpKeepAliveTimeout,
 		)
 
 		if !testCase.expectedErr {
@@ -185,7 +184,6 @@ func TestHTTPListenerStartClose(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
 		listener, err := newHTTPListener(
 			testCase.serverAddrs,
-			time.Duration(0),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Test %d: error: expected = <nil>, got = %v", i+1, err)
@@ -225,7 +223,6 @@ func TestHTTPListenerAddr(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
 		listener, err := newHTTPListener(
 			testCase.serverAddrs,
-			time.Duration(0),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Test %d: error: expected = <nil>, got = %v", i+1, err)
@@ -262,7 +259,6 @@ func TestHTTPListenerAddrs(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
 		listener, err := newHTTPListener(
 			testCase.serverAddrs,
-			time.Duration(0),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Test %d: error: expected = <nil>, got = %v", i+1, err)

cmd/http/server.go

@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ const (
 	// DefaultShutdownTimeout - default shutdown timeout used for graceful http server shutdown.
 	DefaultShutdownTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 
-	// DefaultTCPKeepAliveTimeout - default TCP keep alive timeout for accepted connection.
-	DefaultTCPKeepAliveTimeout = 30 * time.Second
-
 	// DefaultMaxHeaderBytes - default maximum HTTP header size in bytes.
 	DefaultMaxHeaderBytes = 1 * humanize.MiByte
 )
@@ -48,13 +45,12 @@ const (
 // Server - extended http.Server supports multiple addresses to serve and enhanced connection handling.
 type Server struct {
 	http.Server
-	Addrs               []string      // addresses on which the server listens for new connection.
-	ShutdownTimeout     time.Duration // timeout used for graceful server shutdown.
-	TCPKeepAliveTimeout time.Duration // timeout used for underneath TCP connection.
-	listenerMutex       sync.Mutex    // to guard 'listener' field.
-	listener            *httpListener // HTTP listener for all 'Addrs' field.
-	inShutdown          uint32        // indicates whether the server is in shutdown or not
-	requestCount        int32         // counter holds no. of request in progress.
+	Addrs           []string      // addresses on which the server listens for new connection.
+	ShutdownTimeout time.Duration // timeout used for graceful server shutdown.
+	listenerMutex   sync.Mutex    // to guard 'listener' field.
+	listener        *httpListener // HTTP listener for all 'Addrs' field.
+	inShutdown      uint32        // indicates whether the server is in shutdown or not
+	requestCount    int32         // counter holds no. of request in progress.
 }
 
 // GetRequestCount - returns number of request in progress.
@@ -72,13 +68,11 @@ func (srv *Server) Start() (err error) {
 	handler := srv.Handler // if srv.Handler holds non-synced state -> possible data race
 
 	addrs := set.CreateStringSet(srv.Addrs...).ToSlice() // copy and remove duplicates
-	tcpKeepAliveTimeout := srv.TCPKeepAliveTimeout
 
 	// Create new HTTP listener.
 	var listener *httpListener
 	listener, err = newHTTPListener(
 		addrs,
-		tcpKeepAliveTimeout,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -204,9 +198,8 @@ func NewServer(addrs []string, handler http.Handler, getCert certs.GetCertificat
 	}
 
 	httpServer := &Server{
-		Addrs:               addrs,
-		ShutdownTimeout:     DefaultShutdownTimeout,
-		TCPKeepAliveTimeout: DefaultTCPKeepAliveTimeout,
+		Addrs:           addrs,
+		ShutdownTimeout: DefaultShutdownTimeout,
 	}
 	httpServer.Handler = handler
 	httpServer.TLSConfig = tlsConfig

cmd/http/server_test.go

@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ func TestNewServer(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("Case %v: server.ShutdownTimeout: expected: %v, got: %v", (i + 1), DefaultShutdownTimeout, server.ShutdownTimeout)
 		}
 
-		if server.TCPKeepAliveTimeout != DefaultTCPKeepAliveTimeout {
-			t.Fatalf("Case %v: server.TCPKeepAliveTimeout: expected: %v, got: %v", (i + 1), DefaultTCPKeepAliveTimeout, server.TCPKeepAliveTimeout)
-		}
-
 		if server.MaxHeaderBytes != DefaultMaxHeaderBytes {
 			t.Fatalf("Case %v: server.MaxHeaderBytes: expected: %v, got: %v", (i + 1), DefaultMaxHeaderBytes, server.MaxHeaderBytes)
 		}

cmd/update.go

@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ const updateTimeout = 10 * time.Second
 func getUpdateTransport(timeout time.Duration) http.RoundTripper {
 	var updateTransport http.RoundTripper = &http.Transport{
 		Proxy:                 http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
-		DialContext:           xhttp.NewCustomDialContext(timeout, timeout),
+		DialContext:           xhttp.NewCustomDialContext(timeout),
 		IdleConnTimeout:       timeout,
 		TLSHandshakeTimeout:   timeout,
 		ExpectContinueTimeout: timeout,

cmd/utils.go

@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ func newCustomHTTPTransport(tlsConfig *tls.Config, dialTimeout time.Duration) fu
 	// https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#Transport documentation
 	tr := &http.Transport{
 		Proxy:                 http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
-		DialContext:           xhttp.NewCustomDialContext(dialTimeout, 15*time.Second),
+		DialContext:           xhttp.NewCustomDialContext(dialTimeout),
 		MaxIdleConnsPerHost:   16,
 		MaxIdleConns:          16,
 		IdleConnTimeout:       1 * time.Minute,