netdev - [PATCH net-next] tcp: add documentation for tcp_ca

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Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:59:47 -0400
From:   Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil.kdev@...il.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     edumazet@...gle.com, ycheng@...gle.com, ncardwell@...gle.com,
        Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>,
        Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini05@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] tcp: add documentation for tcp_ca_state

From: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>

Add documentation to the tcp_ca_state enum, since this enum is
exposed in uapi.

Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>
Cc: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini05@...il.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/tcp.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h b/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h
index 8bb6cc5f3235..b521464ea962 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h
@@ -160,15 +160,42 @@ enum {
 #define TCPI_OPT_ECN_SEEN	16 /* we received at least one packet with ECT */
 #define TCPI_OPT_SYN_DATA	32 /* SYN-ACK acked data in SYN sent or rcvd */
 
+/*
+ * Sender's congestion state indicating normal or abnormal situations
+ * in the last round of packets sent. The state is driven by the ACK
+ * information and timer events.
+ */
 enum tcp_ca_state {
+	/*
+	 * Nothing bad has been observed recently.
+	 * No apparent reordering, packet loss, or ECN marks.
+	 */
 	TCP_CA_Open = 0,
 #define TCPF_CA_Open	(1<<TCP_CA_Open)
+	/*
+	 * The sender enters disordered state when it has received DUPACKs or
+	 * SACKs in the last round of packets sent. This could be due to packet
+	 * loss or reordering but needs further information to confirm packets
+	 * have been lost.
+	 */
 	TCP_CA_Disorder = 1,
 #define TCPF_CA_Disorder (1<<TCP_CA_Disorder)
+	/*
+	 * The sender enters Congestion Window Reduction (CWR) state when it
+	 * has received ACKs with ECN-ECE marks, or has experienced congestion
+	 * or packet discard on the sender host (e.g. qdisc).
+	 */
 	TCP_CA_CWR = 2,
 #define TCPF_CA_CWR	(1<<TCP_CA_CWR)
+	/*
+	 * The sender is in fast recovery and retransmitting lost packets,
+	 * typically triggered by ACK events.
+	 */
 	TCP_CA_Recovery = 3,
 #define TCPF_CA_Recovery (1<<TCP_CA_Recovery)
+	/*
+	 * The sender is in loss recovery triggered by retransmission timeout.
+	 */
 	TCP_CA_Loss = 4
 #define TCPF_CA_Loss	(1<<TCP_CA_Loss)
 };
-- 
2.21.0.392.gf8f6787159e-goog