linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.10 082/139] tcp: avoid setting cwnd to invalid ssthresh after cwnd reduction states

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Message-Id: <1509571600-4858-33-git-send-email-w@1wt.eu>
Date:   Wed,  1 Nov 2017 22:26:23 +0100
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        linux@...ck-us.net
Cc:     Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Subject: [PATCH 3.10 082/139] tcp: avoid setting cwnd to invalid ssthresh after cwnd reduction states

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

commit ed254971edea92c3ac5c67c6a05247a92aa6075e upstream.

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>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
---
 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 70f217c..828835c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2554,8 +2554,8 @@ static inline void tcp_end_cwnd_reduction(struct sock *sk)
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
 	/* 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_time_stamp;
 	}
-- 
2.8.0.rc2.1.gbe9624a