linux-kernel - [ 18/53] tcp: fix infinite cwnd in tcp_complete

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Message-Id: <20120518023256.772790399@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 18 May 2012 03:33:12 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [ 18/53] tcp: fix infinite cwnd in tcp_complete_cwr()

3.2.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>

[ Upstream commit 1cebce36d660c83bd1353e41f3e66abd4686f215 ]

When the cwnd reduction is done, ssthresh may be infinite
if TCP enters CWR via ECN or F-RTO. If cwnd is not undone, i.e.,
undo_marker is set, tcp_complete_cwr() falsely set cwnd to the
infinite ssthresh value. The correct operation is to keep cwnd
intact because it has been updated in ECN or F-RTO.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index e4d1e4a..b9c6567 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2864,11 +2864,14 @@ static inline void tcp_complete_cwr(struct sock *sk)
 
 	/* Do not moderate cwnd if it's already undone in cwr or recovery. */
 	if (tp->undo_marker) {
-		if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_CWR)
+		if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_CWR) {
 			tp->snd_cwnd = min(tp->snd_cwnd, tp->snd_ssthresh);
-		else /* PRR */
+			tp->snd_cwnd_stamp = tcp_time_stamp;
+		} else if (tp->snd_ssthresh < TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH) {
+			/* PRR algorithm. */
 			tp->snd_cwnd = tp->snd_ssthresh;
-		tp->snd_cwnd_stamp = tcp_time_stamp;
+			tp->snd_cwnd_stamp = tcp_time_stamp;
+		}
 	}
 	tcp_ca_event(sk, CA_EVENT_COMPLETE_CWR);
 }
-- 
1.7.10.1




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