netdev - [PATCH net-next 3/7] rxrpc: Reduce ssthresh to peer's receive window

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Date:   Fri, 30 Sep 2016 22:40:32 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 3/7] rxrpc: Reduce ssthresh to peer's receive window

When we receive an ACK from the peer that tells us what the peer's receive
window (rwind) is, we should reduce ssthresh to rwind if rwind is smaller
than ssthresh.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 net/rxrpc/input.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/input.c b/net/rxrpc/input.c
index 21746f0f7ae0..7993473e56bb 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/input.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/input.c
@@ -658,6 +658,8 @@ static void rxrpc_input_ackinfo(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (rwind > RXRPC_RXTX_BUFF_SIZE - 1)
 		rwind = RXRPC_RXTX_BUFF_SIZE - 1;
 	call->tx_winsize = rwind;
+	if (call->cong_ssthresh > rwind)
+		call->cong_ssthresh = rwind;
 
 	mtu = min(ntohl(ackinfo->rxMTU), ntohl(ackinfo->maxMTU));