netdev - [PATCH net-next 2/2] tcp: add TCPWinProbe SNMP counter

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Message-Id: <1430916734-5051-3-git-send-email-edumazet@google.com>
Date:	Wed,  6 May 2015 05:52:14 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
	Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@...gle.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] tcp: add TCPWinProbe SNMP counter

Diagnosing problems related to Window Probes has been hard because
we lacked a counter.

TCPWinProbe counts the number of ACK packets a sender has to transmit
at regular intervals to make sure a reverse ACK packet opening back
a zero window had not been lost.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/snmp.h | 1 +
 net/ipv4/proc.c           | 1 +
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c     | 1 +
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h b/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
index 6a6fb747c78d..05a1b92dc7d8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ enum
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDFINWAIT2,	/* TCPACKSkippedFinWait2 */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDTIMEWAIT,	/* TCPACKSkippedTimeWait */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDCHALLENGE,	/* TCPACKSkippedChallenge */
+	LINUX_MIB_TCPWINPROBE,			/* TCPWinProbe */
 	__LINUX_MIB_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/proc.c b/net/ipv4/proc.c
index e1f3b911dd1e..0ce5c7797d01 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/proc.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/proc.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ static const struct snmp_mib snmp4_net_list[] = {
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPACKSkippedFinWait2", LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDFINWAIT2),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPACKSkippedTimeWait", LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDTIMEWAIT),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPACKSkippedChallenge", LINUX_MIB_TCPACKSKIPPEDCHALLENGE),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPWinProbe", LINUX_MIB_TCPWINPROBE),
 	SNMP_MIB_SENTINEL
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index b76c719e1979..18a9a44c8761 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3400,6 +3400,7 @@ static int tcp_xmit_probe_skb(struct sock *sk, int urgent)
 	 */
 	tcp_init_nondata_skb(skb, tp->snd_una - !urgent, TCPHDR_ACK);
 	skb_mstamp_get(&skb->skb_mstamp);
+	NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPWINPROBE);
 	return tcp_transmit_skb(sk, skb, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
-- 
2.2.0.rc0.207.ga3a616c

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