netdev - [PATCH] net-tcp: fix cwnd reduction for non-sack recovery

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Message-Id: <1345741517-30504-1-git-send-email-ycheng@google.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:05:17 -0700
From:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, ncardwell@...gle.com, nanditad@...gle.com
Cc:	mattmathis@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net-tcp: fix cwnd reduction for non-sack recovery

The cwnd reduction in fast recovery is based on the number of packets
newly delivered per ACK. For non-sack connections every DUPACK
signifies a packet has been delivered, but the sender mistakenly
skips counting them for cwnd reduction.

The fix is to compute newly_acked_sacked after DUPACKs are accounted
in sacked_out for non-sack connections.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c |   15 +++++++--------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index bcfccc5..ce4ffe9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2930,13 +2930,14 @@ static void tcp_enter_recovery(struct sock *sk, bool ece_ack)
  * tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue().
  */
 static void tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, int pkts_acked,
-				  int newly_acked_sacked, bool is_dupack,
+				  int prior_sacked, bool is_dupack,
 				  int flag)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	int do_lost = is_dupack || ((flag & FLAG_DATA_SACKED) &&
 				    (tcp_fackets_out(tp) > tp->reordering));
+	int newly_acked_sacked = 0;
 	int fast_rexmit = 0;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!tp->packets_out && tp->sacked_out))
@@ -2996,6 +2997,7 @@ static void tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, int pkts_acked,
 				tcp_add_reno_sack(sk);
 		} else
 			do_lost = tcp_try_undo_partial(sk, pkts_acked);
+		newly_acked_sacked = pkts_acked + tp->sacked_out - prior_sacked;
 		break;
 	case TCP_CA_Loss:
 		if (flag & FLAG_DATA_ACKED)
@@ -3017,6 +3019,7 @@ static void tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, int pkts_acked,
 			if (is_dupack)
 				tcp_add_reno_sack(sk);
 		}
+		newly_acked_sacked = pkts_acked + tp->sacked_out - prior_sacked;
 
 		if (icsk->icsk_ca_state <= TCP_CA_Disorder)
 			tcp_try_undo_dsack(sk);
@@ -3594,7 +3597,6 @@ static int tcp_ack(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, int flag)
 	int prior_packets;
 	int prior_sacked = tp->sacked_out;
 	int pkts_acked = 0;
-	int newly_acked_sacked = 0;
 	bool frto_cwnd = false;
 
 	/* If the ack is older than previous acks
@@ -3670,8 +3672,6 @@ static int tcp_ack(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, int flag)
 	flag |= tcp_clean_rtx_queue(sk, prior_fackets, prior_snd_una);
 
 	pkts_acked = prior_packets - tp->packets_out;
-	newly_acked_sacked = (prior_packets - prior_sacked) -
-			     (tp->packets_out - tp->sacked_out);
 
 	if (tp->frto_counter)
 		frto_cwnd = tcp_process_frto(sk, flag);
@@ -3685,7 +3685,7 @@ static int tcp_ack(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, int flag)
 		    tcp_may_raise_cwnd(sk, flag))
 			tcp_cong_avoid(sk, ack, prior_in_flight);
 		is_dupack = !(flag & (FLAG_SND_UNA_ADVANCED | FLAG_NOT_DUP));
-		tcp_fastretrans_alert(sk, pkts_acked, newly_acked_sacked,
+		tcp_fastretrans_alert(sk, pkts_acked, prior_sacked,
 				      is_dupack, flag);
 	} else {
 		if ((flag & FLAG_DATA_ACKED) && !frto_cwnd)
@@ -3702,7 +3702,7 @@ static int tcp_ack(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, int flag)
 no_queue:
 	/* If data was DSACKed, see if we can undo a cwnd reduction. */
 	if (flag & FLAG_DSACKING_ACK)
-		tcp_fastretrans_alert(sk, pkts_acked, newly_acked_sacked,
+		tcp_fastretrans_alert(sk, pkts_acked, prior_sacked,
 				      is_dupack, flag);
 	/* If this ack opens up a zero window, clear backoff.  It was
 	 * being used to time the probes, and is probably far higher than
@@ -3722,8 +3722,7 @@ old_ack:
 	 */
 	if (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked) {
 		flag |= tcp_sacktag_write_queue(sk, skb, prior_snd_una);
-		newly_acked_sacked = tp->sacked_out - prior_sacked;
-		tcp_fastretrans_alert(sk, pkts_acked, newly_acked_sacked,
+		tcp_fastretrans_alert(sk, pkts_acked, prior_sacked,
 				      is_dupack, flag);
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.7.3

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