netdev - [PATCH 7/18] [TCP] FRTO: Ignore some uninteresting ACKs

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Date:	Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:38:01 +0200
From:	"Ilpo JÃ¤rvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Pasi Sarolahti <pasi.sarolahti@...ia.com>
Subject: [PATCH 7/18] [TCP] FRTO: Ignore some uninteresting ACKs

Handles RFC4138 shortcoming (in step 2); it should also have case
c) which ignores ACKs that are not duplicates nor advance window
(opposite dir data, winupdate).

Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c |   13 ++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index d1e731f..5831daa 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2495,9 +2495,9 @@ static void tcp_conservative_spur_to_res
 
 /* F-RTO spurious RTO detection algorithm (RFC4138)
  *
- * F-RTO affects during two new ACKs following RTO. State (ACK number) is kept
- * in frto_counter. When ACK advances window (but not to or beyond highest
- * sequence sent before RTO):
+ * F-RTO affects during two new ACKs following RTO (well, almost, see inline
+ * comments). State (ACK number) is kept in frto_counter. When ACK advances
+ * window (but not to or beyond highest sequence sent before RTO):
  *   On First ACK,  send two new segments out.
  *   On Second ACK, RTO was likely spurious. Do spurious response (response
  *                  algorithm is not part of the F-RTO detection algorithm
@@ -2527,6 +2527,13 @@ static void tcp_process_frto(struct sock
 	if (flag&FLAG_DATA_ACKED)
 		inet_csk(sk)->icsk_retransmits = 0;
 
+	/* RFC4138 shortcoming in step 2; should also have case c): ACK isn't
+	 * duplicate nor advances window, e.g., opposite dir data, winupdate
+	 */
+	if ((tp->snd_una == prior_snd_una) && (flag&FLAG_NOT_DUP) &&
+	    !(flag&FLAG_FORWARD_PROGRESS))
+		return;
+
 	if (tp->snd_una == prior_snd_una ||
 	    !before(tp->snd_una, tp->frto_highmark)) {
 		tcp_enter_frto_loss(sk);
-- 
1.4.2

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