linux/net/ipv4
Sébastien Barré 08abdffa1c tcp: avoid reducing cwnd when ACK+DSACK is received
With TLP, the peer may reply to a probe with an
ACK+D-SACK, with ack value set to tlp_high_seq. In the current code,
such ACK+DSACK will be missed and only at next, higher ack will the TLP
episode be considered done. Since the DSACK is not present anymore,
this will cost a cwnd reduction.

This patch ensures that this scenario does not cause a cwnd reduction, since
receiving an ACK+DSACK indicates that both the initial segment and the probe
have been received by the peer.

The following packetdrill test, from Neal Cardwell, validates this patch:

// Establish a connection.
0     socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
+0     setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
+0    bind(3, ..., ...) = 0
+0    listen(3, 1) = 0

+0    < S 0:0(0) win 32792 <mss 1000,sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 7>
+0    > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK,nop,wscale 6>
+.020 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257
+0    accept(3, ..., ...) = 4

// Send 1 packet.
+0    write(4, ..., 1000) = 1000
+0    > P. 1:1001(1000) ack 1

// Loss probe retransmission.
// packets_out == 1 => schedule PTO in max(2*RTT, 1.5*RTT + 200ms)
// In this case, this means: 1.5*RTT + 200ms = 230ms
+.230 > P. 1:1001(1000) ack 1
+0    %{ assert tcpi_snd_cwnd == 10 }%

// Receiver ACKs at tlp_high_seq with a DSACK,
// indicating they received the original packet and probe.
+.020 < . 1:1(0) ack 1001 win 257 <sack 1:1001,nop,nop>
+0    %{ assert tcpi_snd_cwnd == 10 }%

// Send another packet.
+0    write(4, ..., 1000) = 1000
+0    > P. 1001:2001(1000) ack 1

// Receiver ACKs above tlp_high_seq, which should end the TLP episode
// if we haven't already. We should not reduce cwnd.
+.020 < . 1:1(0) ack 2001 win 257
+0    %{ assert tcpi_snd_cwnd == 10, tcpi_snd_cwnd }%

Credits:
-Gregory helped in finding that tcp_process_tlp_ack was where the cwnd
got reduced in our MPTCP tests.
-Neal wrote the packetdrill test above
-Yuchung reworked the patch to make it more readable.

Cc: Gregory Detal <gregory.detal@uclouvain.be>
Cc: Nandita Dukkipati <nanditad@google.com>
Tested-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sébastien Barré <sebastien.barre@uclouvain.be>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-01-13 14:22:02 -05:00
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netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-12-11 14:27:06 -08:00
af_inet.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-11-29 20:47:48 -08:00
ah4.c ipsec: Remove obsolete MAX_AH_AUTH_LEN 2014-09-18 10:54:36 +02:00
arp.c neigh: remove dynamic neigh table registration support 2014-11-11 15:23:54 -05:00
cipso_ipv4.c cipso: remove NULL assignment on static 2014-11-04 15:09:52 -05:00
datagram.c net: Save TX flow hash in sock and set in skbuf on xmit 2014-07-07 21:14:21 -07:00
devinet.c ipv4: fail early when creating netdev named all or default 2014-07-29 11:43:50 -07:00
esp4.c net: esp: Convert NETDEBUG to pr_info 2014-11-06 15:11:10 -05:00
fib_frontend.c fib_trie: Push rcu_read_lock/unlock to callers 2014-12-31 18:25:54 -05:00
fib_lookup.h
fib_rules.c fib_trie: Push rcu_read_lock/unlock to callers 2014-12-31 18:25:54 -05:00
fib_semantics.c net: tcp: add RTAX_CC_ALGO fib handling 2015-01-05 22:55:24 -05:00
fib_trie.c fib_trie: Add tracking value for suffix length 2014-12-31 18:25:55 -05:00
fou.c ip: Move checksum convert defines to inet 2015-01-05 22:44:46 -05:00
geneve.c geneve: Check family when reusing sockets. 2015-01-04 22:21:33 -05:00
gre_demux.c net: Fix GRE RX to use skb_transport_header for GRE header offset 2014-09-08 15:23:05 -07:00
gre_offload.c gre: Set inner mac header in gro complete 2014-12-05 21:18:34 -08:00
icmp.c icmp: Remove some spurious dropped packet profile hits from the ICMP path 2014-11-18 15:28:28 -05:00
igmp.c ipv6: mld: fix add_grhead skb_over_panic for devs with large MTUs 2014-11-16 16:55:06 -05:00
inet_connection_sock.c ipv4: make ip_local_reserved_ports per netns 2014-05-14 15:31:45 -04:00
inet_diag.c
inet_fragment.c net: Convert LIMIT_NETDEBUG to net_dbg_ratelimited 2014-11-11 14:10:31 -05:00
inet_hashtables.c net: use reciprocal_scale() helper 2014-08-23 12:21:21 -07:00
inet_lro.c
inet_timewait_sock.c
inetpeer.c inet: remove dead inetpeer sequence code 2014-09-08 16:42:42 -07:00
ip_forward.c net: rename local_df to ignore_df 2014-05-12 14:03:41 -04:00
ip_fragment.c net: Convert LIMIT_NETDEBUG to net_dbg_ratelimited 2014-11-11 14:10:31 -05:00
ip_gre.c gre: allow live address change 2014-12-31 14:18:28 -05:00
ip_input.c
ip_options.c ipv4: rename ip_options_echo to __ip_options_echo() 2014-09-28 16:35:42 -04:00
ip_output.c put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
ip_sockglue.c ip: Add offset parameter to ip_cmsg_recv 2015-01-05 22:44:46 -05:00
ip_tunnel_core.c ipv4: fix a potential use after free in ip_tunnel_core.c 2014-10-17 23:45:26 -04:00
ip_tunnel.c ip_tunnel: Add missing validation of encap type to ip_tunnel_encap_setup() 2014-12-16 15:20:41 -05:00
ip_vti.c ip_tunnel: the lack of vti_link_ops' dellink() cause kernel panic 2014-11-23 21:11:17 -05:00
ipcomp.c
ipconfig.c ipv4: remove 0/NULL assignment on static 2014-11-04 15:09:52 -05:00
ipip.c fou: Fix typo in returning flags in netlink 2014-11-05 22:18:20 -05:00
ipmr.c net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev() 2014-07-15 16:12:48 -07:00
Kconfig net: Move fou_build_header into fou.c and refactor 2014-11-05 16:30:02 -05:00
Makefile net: Add Geneve tunneling protocol driver 2014-10-06 00:32:20 -04:00
netfilter.c
ping.c put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
proc.c tcp_cubic: add SNMP counters to track how effective is Hystart 2014-12-09 14:58:23 -05:00
protocol.c net: Export inet_offloads and inet6_offloads 2014-09-19 17:15:31 -04:00
raw.c put iov_iter into msghdr 2014-12-09 16:29:03 -05:00
route.c ipv4: Do not cache routing failures due to disabled forwarding. 2014-10-30 19:20:40 -04:00
syncookies.c net: allow setting ecn via routing table 2014-11-04 16:06:09 -05:00
sysctl_net_ipv4.c tcp: allow for bigger reordering level 2014-10-29 15:05:15 -04:00
tcp_bic.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_cong.c net: tcp: add key management to congestion control 2015-01-05 22:55:24 -05:00
tcp_cubic.c tcp_cubic: refine Hystart delay threshold 2014-12-09 14:58:23 -05:00
tcp_dctcp.c net: tcp: add DCTCP congestion control algorithm 2014-09-29 00:13:10 -04:00
tcp_diag.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_fastopen.c tcp: remove unnecessary assignment. 2014-09-29 12:31:12 -04:00
tcp_highspeed.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_htcp.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_hybla.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_illinois.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_input.c tcp: avoid reducing cwnd when ACK+DSACK is received 2015-01-13 14:22:02 -05:00
tcp_ipv4.c net: tcp: add per route congestion control 2015-01-05 22:55:24 -05:00
tcp_lp.c tcp: remove in_flight parameter from cong_avoid() methods 2014-05-03 19:23:07 -04:00
tcp_memcontrol.c mm: memcontrol: lockless page counters 2014-12-10 17:41:04 -08:00
tcp_metrics.c tcp: don't allow syn packets without timestamps to pass tcp_tw_recycle logic 2014-08-14 14:38:54 -07:00
tcp_minisocks.c net: tcp: add per route congestion control 2015-01-05 22:55:24 -05:00
tcp_offload.c net: Remove MPLS GSO feature. 2014-11-05 23:52:33 -08:00
tcp_output.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-01-06 22:29:20 -05:00
tcp_probe.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_scalable.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_timer.c net: Convert LIMIT_NETDEBUG to net_dbg_ratelimited 2014-11-11 14:10:31 -05:00
tcp_vegas.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_vegas.h
tcp_veno.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp_westwood.c net: tcp: split ack slow/fast events from cwnd_event 2014-09-29 00:13:10 -04:00
tcp_yeah.c tcp: whitespace fixes 2014-09-01 18:12:45 -07:00
tcp.c Merge branch 'for-davem-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-12-10 13:17:23 -05:00
tunnel4.c
udp_diag.c
udp_impl.h
udp_offload.c net: Remove MPLS GSO feature. 2014-11-05 23:52:33 -08:00
udp_tunnel.c ip: Move checksum convert defines to inet 2015-01-05 22:44:46 -05:00
udp.c ip: Add offset parameter to ip_cmsg_recv 2015-01-05 22:44:46 -05:00
udplite.c net: Eliminate no_check from protosw 2014-05-23 16:28:53 -04:00
xfrm4_input.c
xfrm4_mode_beet.c
xfrm4_mode_transport.c
xfrm4_mode_tunnel.c inetpeer: get rid of ip_id_count 2014-06-02 11:00:41 -07:00
xfrm4_output.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-05-24 00:32:30 -04:00
xfrm4_policy.c xfrm: Introduce xfrm_input_afinfo to access the the callbacks properly 2014-03-14 07:28:07 +01:00
xfrm4_protocol.c xfrm4: Remove duplicate semicolon 2014-06-30 07:49:47 +02:00
xfrm4_state.c
xfrm4_tunnel.c