netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] tcp: invoke pkts

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Date:	Fri, 1 May 2015 00:20:32 +0200
From:	Kenneth Klette Jonassen <kennetkl@....uio.no>
To:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] tcp: invoke pkts_acked hook on every ACK

> There might be congestion control that assumes pkts_acked > 0 or data
> is cumulatively when this is called. Did you audit that?

HTCP, Illinois, Yeah:
These modules save the pkts_acked count internally and use it to grow
snd_cwnd_cnt in cong_avoid.
This patch ensures they grow by the same count that is passed to cong_avoid().

BIC:
Works well with pkts_acked = 0.

These modules have pkts_acked functions for RTT, but are not using the
acked count:
Cubic, LP, Vegas, Veno, Westwood.

PS on BIC:
Impossibly high counts can potentially overflow ca->delayed_ack to 0
and cause division by zero, e.g. (u32) -30.
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