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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_input.c63
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 125b4517f36..03f5ede8722 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2461,6 +2461,44 @@ static int tcp_time_to_recover(struct sock *sk)
return 0;
}
+/* New heuristics: it is possible only after we switched to restart timer
+ * each time when something is ACKed. Hence, we can detect timed out packets
+ * during fast retransmit without falling to slow start.
+ *
+ * Usefulness of this as is very questionable, since we should know which of
+ * the segments is the next to timeout which is relatively expensive to find
+ * in general case unless we add some data structure just for that. The
+ * current approach certainly won't find the right one too often and when it
+ * finally does find _something_ it usually marks large part of the window
+ * right away (because a retransmission with a larger timestamp blocks the
+ * loop from advancing). -ij
+ */
+static void tcp_timeout_skbs(struct sock *sk)
+{
+ struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ if (!tcp_is_fack(tp) || !tcp_head_timedout(sk))
+ return;
+
+ skb = tp->scoreboard_skb_hint;
+ if (tp->scoreboard_skb_hint == NULL)
+ skb = tcp_write_queue_head(sk);
+
+ tcp_for_write_queue_from(skb, sk) {
+ if (skb == tcp_send_head(sk))
+ break;
+ if (!tcp_skb_timedout(sk, skb))
+ break;
+
+ tcp_skb_mark_lost(tp, skb);
+ }
+
+ tp->scoreboard_skb_hint = skb;
+
+ tcp_verify_left_out(tp);
+}
+
/* Mark head of queue up as lost. With RFC3517 SACK, the packets is
* is against sacked "cnt", otherwise it's against facked "cnt"
*/
@@ -2533,30 +2571,7 @@ static void tcp_update_scoreboard(struct sock *sk, int fast_rexmit)
tcp_mark_head_lost(sk, sacked_upto);
}
- /* New heuristics: it is possible only after we switched
- * to restart timer each time when something is ACKed.
- * Hence, we can detect timed out packets during fast
- * retransmit without falling to slow start.
- */
- if (tcp_is_fack(tp) && tcp_head_timedout(sk)) {
- struct sk_buff *skb;
-
- skb = tp->scoreboard_skb_hint ? tp->scoreboard_skb_hint
- : tcp_write_queue_head(sk);
-
- tcp_for_write_queue_from(skb, sk) {
- if (skb == tcp_send_head(sk))
- break;
- if (!tcp_skb_timedout(sk, skb))
- break;
-
- tcp_skb_mark_lost(tp, skb);
- }
-
- tp->scoreboard_skb_hint = skb;
-
- tcp_verify_left_out(tp);
- }
+ tcp_timeout_skbs(sk);
}
/* CWND moderation, preventing bursts due to too big ACKs