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tcp: early retransmit: delayed fast retransmit

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Implementing the advanced early retransmit (sysctl_tcp_early_retrans==2).
Delays the fast retransmit by an interval of RTT/4. We borrow the
RTO timer to implement the delay. If we receive another ACK or send
a new packet, the timer is cancelled and restored to original RTO
value offset by time elapsed.  When the delayed-ER timer fires,
we enter fast recovery and perform fast retransmit.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Yuchung Cheng
2012-05-02 13:30:04 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent eed530b6c6
commit 750ea2bafa
5 changed files with 74 additions and 11 deletions
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include/net/tcp.h
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@@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ extern void tcp_send_delayed_ack(struct sock *sk);
/* tcp_input.c */
extern void tcp_cwnd_application_limited(struct sock *sk);
extern void tcp_resume_early_retransmit(struct sock *sk);
extern void tcp_rearm_rto(struct sock *sk);
/* tcp_timer.c */
extern void tcp_init_xmit_timers(struct sock *);
@@ -805,6 +807,7 @@ static inline void tcp_enable_early_retrans(struct tcp_sock *tp)
{
tp->do_early_retrans = sysctl_tcp_early_retrans &&
!sysctl_tcp_thin_dupack && sysctl_tcp_reordering == 3;
tp->early_retrans_delayed = 0;
}
static inline void tcp_disable_early_retrans(struct tcp_sock *tp)