netdev - [PATCH net] tcp: avoid setting cwnd to invalid ssthresh after cwnd reduction states

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Date:   Tue,  1 Aug 2017 13:22:32 -0700
From:   Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, ncardwell@...gle.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] tcp: avoid setting cwnd to invalid ssthresh after cwnd reduction states

If the sender switches the congestion control during ECN-triggered
cwnd-reduction state (CA_CWR), upon exiting recovery cwnd is set to
the ssthresh value calculated by the previous congestion control. If
the previous congestion control is BBR that always keep ssthresh
to TCP_INIFINITE_SSTHRESH, cwnd ends up being infinite. The safe
step is to avoid assigning invalid ssthresh value when recovery ends.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 2920e0cb09f8..dad026fcfd09 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2520,8 +2520,8 @@ static inline void tcp_end_cwnd_reduction(struct sock *sk)
 		return;
 
 	/* Reset cwnd to ssthresh in CWR or Recovery (unless it's undone) */
-	if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_CWR ||
-	    (tp->undo_marker && tp->snd_ssthresh < TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH)) {
+	if (tp->snd_ssthresh < TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH &&
+	    (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_CWR || tp->undo_marker)) {
 		tp->snd_cwnd = tp->snd_ssthresh;
 		tp->snd_cwnd_stamp = tcp_jiffies32;
 	}
-- 
2.14.0.rc1.383.gd1ce394fe2-goog