netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/5] tcp: fix delayed acks behavior for SO

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Date:   Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:33:36 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/5] tcp: fix delayed acks behavior for SO_RCVLOWAT

We should not delay acks if there are not enough bytes
in receive queue to satisfy SO_RCVLOWAT.

Since [E]POLLIN event is not going to be generated, there is little
hope for a delayed ack to be useful.

In fact, delaying ACK prevents sender from completing
the transfer.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 367def6ddeda950db841c0b9ccec98787e19e728..d854363a43875e98adbeea72c3434afb06f0f2b4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -5026,9 +5026,12 @@ static void __tcp_ack_snd_check(struct sock *sk, int ofo_possible)
 	    /* More than one full frame received... */
 	if (((tp->rcv_nxt - tp->rcv_wup) > inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ack.rcv_mss &&
 	     /* ... and right edge of window advances far enough.
-	      * (tcp_recvmsg() will send ACK otherwise). Or...
+	      * (tcp_recvmsg() will send ACK otherwise).
+	      * If application uses SO_RCVLOWAT, we want send ack now if
+	      * we have not received enough bytes to satisfy the condition.
 	      */
-	     __tcp_select_window(sk) >= tp->rcv_wnd) ||
+	    (tp->rcv_nxt - tp->copied_seq < sk->sk_rcvlowat ||
+	     __tcp_select_window(sk) >= tp->rcv_wnd)) ||
 	    /* We ACK each frame or... */
 	    tcp_in_quickack_mode(sk) ||
 	    /* We have out of order data. */
-- 
2.17.0.484.g0c8726318c-goog