bbrplus-5.18

Linux BBRplus Kernel 5.18 ported from BBRplus 4.14
(note that it does NOT based on 5.18 version of BBR, instead just simple ported the 4.14 version of BBRplus)

based on original version
https://github.com/cx9208/bbrplus

some improvements as Jun-2022

i) merged official tcp_bbr patches between 2018-2022 into bbrplus

ii) keep official tcp_bbr module, so may use either

net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bbrplus
net.core.default_qdisc = fq

or

net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = bbr
net.core.default_qdisc = fq

in the /etc/sysctl.conf file.    ( fq is the only recommended packet scheduler, do not use fq_codel fq_pie cake etc )

patch & build bbrplus kernel youself

(or you can use releases compiled by me in "Releases" section)

(build requirement to GCC is >= 4.9, so GCC upgrade is needed if use CentOS 7.x as builder)

1) get convert patch on this repository, use git or direct download

    (e.g., convert_official_linux-5.18.x_src_to_bbrplus.patch)

2) download officaial linux kernel

    say 5.18.7       
        wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-5.18.7.tar.xz

3) extract the tarball & cd extracted directory

    tar xvf linux-5.18.7.tar.xz && cd linux-5.18.7

4) copy convert patch to extracted kernel directory

    something like
        cp ../convert_official_linux-5.18.x_src_to_bbrplus.patch .

5) do the patch job

    patch -p1 < convert_official_linux-5.18.x_src_to_bbrplus.patch

(if no error or failed on previous step)

6) install dependencies for building kernels

CentOS
sudo yum groupinstall Development tools
sudo yum install ncurses-devel bc gcc gcc-c++ ncurses ncurses-devel cmake elfutils-libelf-devel openssl-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config asciidoc hmaccalc perl-ExtUtils-Embed xmlto audit-libs-devel binutils-devel elfutils-devel elfutils-libelf-devel newt-devel python-devel zlib-devel

press "y" key when asked

Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install build-essential libncurses5-dev
sudo apt build-dep linux

press "y" key when asked

7) config build parameters based on current kernel settings

    make oldconfig

(Note: If using CentOS 7.x with Xen Virtualization, ya have to set CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=y, otherwise VMs won't boot.)

press Enter key when asked (if dont know what is what)

8) disable debug info & module signing

    scripts/config --disable SECURITY_LOCKDOWN_LSM
    scripts/config --disable DEBUG_INFO
    scripts/config --disable MODULE_SIG

9) build kernel

CentOS
make rpm-pkg LOCALVERSION=-bbrplus 2>&1 | tee build.log

Debian/Ubuntu
make deb-pkg LOCALVERSION=-bbrplus 2>&1 | tee build.log

if anything goes wrong check the "build.log" file

(if not failed on previous step)

10) collect kernel package files, do test on some other Linux machine

CentOS files
located in
/"user home dir"/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/

Debian/Ubuntu files
located in
parent directory