[PATCH 3.18 72/85] tcp: add one more quick ack after after ECN events

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-08-07T19:00:33Z

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

[ Upstream commit 15ecbe94a45ef88491ca459b26efdd02f91edb6d ]

Larry Brakmo proposal ( https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/935233/
tcp: force cwnd at least 2 in tcp_cwnd_reduction) made us rethink
about our recent patch removing ~16 quick acks after ECN events.

tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 1) makes sure one immediate ack is sent,
but in the case the sender cwnd was lowered to 1, we do not want
to have a delayed ack for the next packet we will receive.

Fixes: 522040ea5fdd ("tcp: do not aggressively quick ack after ECN events")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reported-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Cc: Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@fb.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static void __tcp_ecn_check_ce(struct so
* it is probably a retransmit.
*/
if (tp->ecn_flags & TCP_ECN_SEEN)
- tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 1);
+ tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 2);
break;
case INET_ECN_CE:
if (tcp_ca_needs_ecn(sk))
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static void __tcp_ecn_check_ce(struct so

if (!(tp->ecn_flags & TCP_ECN_DEMAND_CWR)) {
/* Better not delay acks, sender can have a very low cwnd */
- tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 1);
+ tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 2);
tp->ecn_flags |= TCP_ECN_DEMAND_CWR;
}
tp->ecn_flags |= TCP_ECN_SEEN;