netdev - [PATCH v7 net-next 04/13] tcp_cubic: make hystart_ack

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Date:   Fri, 13 May 2022 11:33:59 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@...com>,
        Coco Li <lixiaoyan@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 net-next 04/13] tcp_cubic: make hystart_ack_delay() aware of BIG TCP

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

hystart_ack_delay() had the assumption that a TSO packet
would not be bigger than GSO_MAX_SIZE.

This will no longer be true.

We should use sk->sk_gso_max_size instead.

This reduces chances of spurious Hystart ACK train detections.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@...com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c
index b0918839bee7cf0264ec3bbcdfc1417daa86d197..68178e7280ce24c26a48e48a51518d759e4d1718 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static void cubictcp_state(struct sock *sk, u8 new_state)
  * We apply another 100% factor because @rate is doubled at this point.
  * We cap the cushion to 1ms.
  */
-static u32 hystart_ack_delay(struct sock *sk)
+static u32 hystart_ack_delay(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	unsigned long rate;
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static u32 hystart_ack_delay(struct sock *sk)
 	if (!rate)
 		return 0;
 	return min_t(u64, USEC_PER_MSEC,
-		     div64_ul((u64)GSO_MAX_SIZE * 4 * USEC_PER_SEC, rate));
+		     div64_ul((u64)sk->sk_gso_max_size * 4 * USEC_PER_SEC, rate));
 }
 
 static void hystart_update(struct sock *sk, u32 delay)
-- 
2.36.0.550.gb090851708-goog