Demonstrations of tcprtt, the Linux eBPF/bcc version.


This program traces TCP RTT(round-trip time) to analyze the quality of
network, then help us to distinguish the network latency trouble is from
user process or physical network.

For example, wrk show the http request latency distribution:
# wrk -d 30 -c 10 --latency http://192.168.122.100/index.html
Running 30s test @ http://192.168.122.100/index.html
  2 threads and 10 connections
  Thread Stats   Avg      Stdev     Max   +/- Stdev
    Latency    86.75ms  153.76ms   1.54s    90.85%
    Req/Sec   160.91     76.07   424.00     67.06%
  Latency Distribution
     50%   14.55ms
     75%  119.21ms
     90%  230.22ms
     99%  726.90ms
  9523 requests in 30.02s, 69.62MB read
  Socket errors: connect 0, read 0, write 0, timeout 1

During wrk testing, run tcprtt:
# ./tcprtt -i 1 -d 10 -m
Tracing TCP RTT... Hit Ctrl-C to end.
     msecs               : count     distribution
         0 -> 1          : 4        |                                        |
         2 -> 3          : 0        |                                        |
         4 -> 7          : 1055     |****************************************|
         8 -> 15         : 26       |                                        |
        16 -> 31         : 0        |                                        |
        32 -> 63         : 0        |                                        |
        64 -> 127        : 18       |                                        |
       128 -> 255        : 14       |                                        |
       256 -> 511        : 14       |                                        |
       512 -> 1023       : 12       |                                        |

The wrk output shows that the latency of web service is not stable, and tcprtt
also shows unstable TCP RTT. So in this situation, we need to make sure the
quality of network is good or not firstly.


Use filter for address and(or) port. Ex, only collect local address 192.168.122.200
and remote address 192.168.122.100 and remote port 80.
# ./tcprtt -i 1 -d 10 -m -a 192.168.122.200 -A 192.168.122.100 -P 80


Tracing at server side, show each clients with its own histogram.
For example, run tcprtt on a storage node to show initiators' rtt histogram:
# ./tcprtt -i 1 --lport 3260 --byraddr -e
Tracing TCP RTT... Hit Ctrl-C to end.


Remote Address = 10.194.87.206 [AVG 170]
     usecs               : count     distribution
         0 -> 1          : 0        |                                        |
         2 -> 3          : 0        |                                        |
         4 -> 7          : 0        |                                        |
         8 -> 15         : 0        |                                        |
        16 -> 31         : 0        |                                        |
        32 -> 63         : 31       |                                        |
        64 -> 127        : 5150     |*******************                     |
       128 -> 255        : 10327    |****************************************|
       256 -> 511        : 1014     |***                                     |
       512 -> 1023       : 10       |                                        |
      1024 -> 2047       : 7        |                                        |
      2048 -> 4095       : 14       |                                        |
      4096 -> 8191       : 10       |                                        |

Remote Address = 10.194.87.197 [AVG 4293]
     usecs               : count     distribution
         0 -> 1          : 0        |                                        |
         2 -> 3          : 0        |                                        |
         4 -> 7          : 0        |                                        |
         8 -> 15         : 0        |                                        |
        16 -> 31         : 0        |                                        |
        32 -> 63         : 0        |                                        |
        64 -> 127        : 0        |                                        |
       128 -> 255        : 0        |                                        |
       256 -> 511        : 0        |                                        |
       512 -> 1023       : 0        |                                        |
      1024 -> 2047       : 3        |********                                |
      2048 -> 4095       : 12       |**********************************      |
      4096 -> 8191       : 14       |****************************************|

Remote Address = 10.194.88.148 [AVG 6215]
     usecs               : count     distribution
         0 -> 1          : 0        |                                        |
         2 -> 3          : 0        |                                        |
         4 -> 7          : 0        |                                        |
         8 -> 15         : 0        |                                        |
        16 -> 31         : 0        |                                        |
        32 -> 63         : 0        |                                        |
        64 -> 127        : 0        |                                        |
       128 -> 255        : 0        |                                        |
       256 -> 511        : 0        |                                        |
       512 -> 1023       : 0        |                                        |
      1024 -> 2047       : 0        |                                        |
      2048 -> 4095       : 0        |                                        |
      4096 -> 8191       : 2        |****************************************|

Remote Address = 10.194.87.90 [AVG 2188]
     usecs               : count     distribution
         0 -> 1          : 0        |                                        |
         2 -> 3          : 0        |                                        |
         4 -> 7          : 0        |                                        |
         8 -> 15         : 0        |                                        |
        16 -> 31         : 0        |                                        |
        32 -> 63         : 0        |                                        |
        64 -> 127        : 0        |                                        |
       128 -> 255        : 0        |                                        |
       256 -> 511        : 15       |*********                               |
       512 -> 1023       : 30       |******************                      |
      1024 -> 2047       : 50       |******************************          |
      2048 -> 4095       : 65       |****************************************|
      4096 -> 8191       : 22       |*************                           |

....


Use -e(--extension) to show extension RTT:
# ./tcprtt -i 1 -e

All Addresses = ******* [AVG 324]
     usecs               : count     distribution
         0 -> 1          : 0        |                                        |
         2 -> 3          : 0        |                                        |
         4 -> 7          : 0        |                                        |
         8 -> 15         : 0        |                                        |
        16 -> 31         : 0        |                                        |
        32 -> 63         : 0        |                                        |
        64 -> 127        : 5360     |********                                |
       128 -> 255        : 23834    |****************************************|
       256 -> 511        : 11276    |******************                      |
       512 -> 1023       : 700      |*                                       |
      1024 -> 2047       : 434      |                                        |
      2048 -> 4095       : 356      |                                        |
      4096 -> 8191       : 328      |                                        |
      8192 -> 16383      : 91       |                                        |


Full USAGE:

# ./tcprtt -h
usage: tcprtt [-h] [-i INTERVAL] [-d DURATION] [-T] [-m] [-p LPORT]
              [-P RPORT] [-a LADDR] [-A RADDR] [-b] [-B] [-e] [-D]
              [-4 | -6]

Summarize TCP RTT as a histogram

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i INTERVAL, --interval INTERVAL
                        summary interval, seconds
  -d DURATION, --duration DURATION
                        total duration of trace, seconds
  -T, --timestamp       include timestamp on output
  -m, --milliseconds    millisecond histogram
  -p LPORT, --lport LPORT
                        filter for local port
  -P RPORT, --rport RPORT
                        filter for remote port
  -a LADDR, --laddr LADDR
                        filter for local address
  -A RADDR, --raddr RADDR
                        filter for remote address
  -b, --byladdr         show sockets histogram by local address
  -B, --byraddr         show sockets histogram by remote address
  -e, --extension       show extension summary(average)
  -D, --debug           print BPF program before starting (for debugging
                        purposes)
  -4, --ipv4            trace IPv4 family only
  -6, --ipv6            trace IPv6 family only

examples:
    ./tcprtt            # summarize TCP RTT
    ./tcprtt -i 1 -d 10 # print 1 second summaries, 10 times
    ./tcprtt -m -T      # summarize in millisecond, and timestamps
    ./tcprtt -p         # filter for local port
    ./tcprtt -P         # filter for remote port
    ./tcprtt -a         # filter for local address
    ./tcprtt -A         # filter for remote address
    ./tcprtt -b         # show sockets histogram by local address
    ./tcprtt -B         # show sockets histogram by remote address
    ./tcprtt -D         # show debug bpf text
    ./tcprtt -e         # show extension summary(average)
    ./tcprtt -4         # trace IPv4 family only
    ./tcprtt -6         # trace IPv6 family only
