netdev - [PATCH net-next 5/6] tcp: make congestion control more robust against reordering

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Date:	Tue,  2 Feb 2016 10:33:08 -0800
From:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 5/6] tcp: make congestion control more robust against reordering

This change enables congestion control to update cwnd based on
not only packet cumulatively acked but also packets delivered
out-of-order. This makes congestion control robust against packet
reordering because it may raise cwnd as long as packets are being
delivered once reordering has been detected (i.e., it only cares
the amount of packets delivered, not the ordering among them).

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <ncardwell@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 2d6eaad..39c5326 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -3662,7 +3662,7 @@ static int tcp_ack(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, int flag)
 		tcp_cwnd_reduction(sk, acked_sacked, flag);
 	} else if (tcp_may_raise_cwnd(sk, flag)) {
 		/* Advance cwnd if state allows */
-		tcp_cong_avoid(sk, ack, acked);
+		tcp_cong_avoid(sk, ack, acked_sacked);
 	}
 
 	if ((flag & FLAG_FORWARD_PROGRESS) || !(flag & FLAG_NOT_DUP)) {
-- 
2.7.0.rc3.207.g0ac5344