netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: avoid setting cwnd to invalid ssthresh after cwnd reduction states

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Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2017 10:58:54 -0700
From:   Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: avoid setting cwnd to invalid ssthresh after
 cwnd reduction states

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 10:51 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
> Date: Tue,  1 Aug 2017 13:22:32 -0700
>
> > If the sender switches the congestion control during ECN-triggered
> > cwnd-reduction state (CA_CWR), upon exiting recovery cwnd is set to
> > the ssthresh value calculated by the previous congestion control. If
> > the previous congestion control is BBR that always keep ssthresh
> > to TCP_INIFINITE_SSTHRESH, cwnd ends up being infinite. The safe
> > step is to avoid assigning invalid ssthresh value when recovery ends.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
>
> Applied, thanks.
>
> Is this a -stable candidate?

Yes it is. Thanks!