linux/net
Yuchung Cheng 20b654dfe1 tcp: support DUPACK threshold in RACK
This patch adds support for the classic DUPACK threshold rule
(#DupThresh) in RACK.

When the number of packets SACKed is greater or equal to the
threshold, RACK sets the reordering window to zero which would
immediately mark all the unsacked packets below the highest SACKed
sequence lost. Since this approach is known to not work well with
reordering, RACK only uses it if no reordering has been observed.

The DUPACK threshold rule is a particularly useful extension to the
fast recoveries triggered by RACK reordering timer. For example
data-center transfers where the RTT is much smaller than a timer
tick, or high RTT path where the default RTT/4 may take too long.

Note that this patch differs slightly from RFC6675. RFC6675
considers a packet lost when at least #DupThresh higher-sequence
packets are SACKed.

With RACK, for connections that have seen reordering, RACK
continues to use a dynamically-adaptive time-based reordering
window to detect losses. But for connections on which we have not
yet seen reordering, this patch considers a packet lost when at
least one higher sequence packet is SACKed and the total number
of SACKed packets is at least DupThresh. For example, suppose a
connection has not seen reordering, and sends 10 packets, and
packets 3, 5, 7 are SACKed. RFC6675 considers packets 1 and 2
lost. RACK considers packets 1, 2, 4, 6 lost.

There is some small risk of spurious retransmits here due to
reordering. However, this is mostly limited to the first flight of
a connection on which the sender receives SACKs from reordering.
And RFC 6675 and FACK loss detection have a similar risk on the
first flight with reordering (it's just that the risk of spurious
retransmits from reordering was slightly narrower for those older
algorithms due to the margin of 3*MSS).

Also the minimum reordering window is reduced from 1 msec to 0
to recover quicker on short RTT transfers. Therefore RACK is more
aggressive in marking packets lost during recovery to reduce the
reordering window timeouts.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Priyaranjan Jha <priyarjha@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-05-17 15:41:28 -04:00
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6lowpan
9p Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-11 20:53:22 -04:00
802
8021q vlan: correct the file path in vlan_dev_change_flags() comment 2018-05-07 23:37:30 -04:00
appletalk net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
atm net: atm: Fix potential Spectre v1 2018-05-04 12:52:47 -04:00
ax25 net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
batman-adv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-04-01 19:49:34 -04:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'for-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth 2018-04-08 17:19:15 -04:00
bpf bpf: making bpf_prog_test run aware of possible data_end ptr change 2018-04-18 23:34:16 +02:00
bridge net: bridge: Allow bridge master in br_vlan_get_info() 2018-05-10 17:50:51 -04:00
caif net: caif: fix spelling mistake "UKNOWN" -> "UNKNOWN" 2018-04-19 13:37:10 -04:00
can net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
ceph libceph: add osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_bvecs() 2018-05-10 10:15:05 +02:00
core Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-05-16 22:47:11 -04:00
dcb
dccp dccp: fix tasklet usage 2018-05-03 15:14:57 -04:00
decnet net: fib_rules: add extack support 2018-04-23 10:21:24 -04:00
dns_resolver KEYS: DNS: limit the length of option strings 2018-04-17 15:17:41 -04:00
dsa net: dsa: Plug in PHYLINK support 2018-05-11 12:03:06 -04:00
ethernet net: core: rework basic flow dissection helper 2018-05-08 00:02:36 -04:00
hsr
ieee802154 net: ieee802154: 6lowpan: fix frag reassembly 2018-04-23 20:56:24 +02:00
ife net: sched: ife: check on metadata length 2018-04-22 21:12:00 -04:00
ipv4 tcp: support DUPACK threshold in RACK 2018-05-17 15:41:28 -04:00
ipv6 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-05-16 22:47:11 -04:00
iucv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-03-23 11:31:58 -04:00
kcm net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
key af_key: Always verify length of provided sadb_key 2018-04-09 07:06:38 +02:00
l2tp l2tp: consistent reference counting in procfs and debufs 2018-04-27 11:06:35 -04:00
l3mdev
lapb
llc llc: better deal with too small mtu 2018-05-08 00:11:40 -04:00
mac80211 mac80211: use timeout from the AddBA response instead of the request 2018-05-07 20:35:15 +02:00
mac802154 net/mac802154: disambiguate mac80215 vs mac802154 trace events 2018-03-28 22:55:18 +02:00
mpls net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
ncsi net/ncsi: Refactor MAC, VLAN filters 2018-04-17 13:50:58 -04:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next 2018-05-06 21:51:37 -04:00
netlabel netlabel: If PF_INET6, check sk_buff ip header version 2018-02-14 14:01:41 -05:00
netlink net/netlink: make sure the headers line up actual value output 2018-05-04 13:00:57 -04:00
netrom net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
nfc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-02-19 18:46:11 -05:00
nsh nsh: fix infinite loop 2018-05-04 12:54:38 -04:00
openvswitch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-11 20:53:22 -04:00
packet dev: packet: make packet_direct_xmit a common function 2018-05-03 15:55:24 -07:00
phonet net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00
psample
qrtr net: qrtr: Expose tunneling endpoint to user space 2018-04-27 15:06:10 -04:00
rds rds: do not leak kernel memory to user land 2018-05-03 11:26:14 -04:00
rfkill rfkill: gpio: fix memory leak in probe error path 2018-05-07 15:01:40 +02:00
rose net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Trace UDP transmission failure 2018-05-10 23:26:01 +01:00
sched pfifo_fast: drop unneeded additional lock on dequeue 2018-05-17 12:46:54 -04:00
sctp sctp: checkpatch fixups 2018-05-14 23:15:27 -04:00
smc net/smc: check for pending termination 2018-05-16 11:49:20 -04:00
strparser strparser: Do not call mod_delayed_work with a timeout of LONG_MAX 2018-04-22 21:09:16 -04:00
sunrpc NFS client fixes for Linux 4.17-rc4 2018-05-11 13:56:43 -07:00
switchdev
tipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-11 20:53:22 -04:00
tls Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-11 20:53:22 -04:00
unix af_unix: remove redundant lockdep class 2018-04-04 11:13:40 -04:00
vmw_vsock VSOCK: make af_vsock.ko removable again 2018-04-17 09:44:30 -04:00
wimax
wireless nl80211: Free connkeys on external authentication failure 2018-04-20 09:58:03 +02:00
x25 net: Use octal not symbolic permissions 2018-03-26 12:07:48 -04:00
xdp xsk: fix 64-bit division 2018-05-09 18:12:21 +02:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-05-11 20:53:22 -04:00
compat.c net: support compat 64-bit time in {s,g}etsockopt 2018-04-27 19:46:06 -04:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-05-07 23:35:08 -04:00
Makefile xsk: add user memory registration support sockopt 2018-05-03 15:55:23 -07:00
socket.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2018-04-05 11:56:35 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: Drop pernet_operations::async 2018-03-27 13:18:09 -04:00