netdev - [PATCH net] tcp: only take RTT from timestamps if new data is acked

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Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:55:25 -0700
From:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, ncardwell@...gle.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] tcp: only take RTT from timestamps if new data is acked

Patch ed08495c3 "tcp: use RTT from SACK for RTO" has a bug that
it does not check if the ACK acknowledge new data before taking
the RTT sample from TCP timestamps. This patch adds the check
back as required by the RFC.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 305cd05..6ffe41a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2856,7 +2856,8 @@ static inline bool tcp_ack_update_rtt(struct sock *sk, const int flag,
 	 * left edge of the send window.
 	 * See draft-ietf-tcplw-high-performance-00, section 3.3.
 	 */
-	if (seq_rtt < 0 && tp->rx_opt.saw_tstamp && tp->rx_opt.rcv_tsecr)
+	if (seq_rtt < 0 && tp->rx_opt.saw_tstamp && tp->rx_opt.rcv_tsecr &&
+	    flag & FLAG_ACKED)
 		seq_rtt = tcp_time_stamp - tp->rx_opt.rcv_tsecr;
 
 	if (seq_rtt < 0)
-- 
1.8.4.1

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