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From: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
To: dccp@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
Subject: dccp-test-tree [PATCH 7/10] Extend the packet-history code to support ECN-marked-CE events
Date: Sun,  9 Aug 2009 21:48:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1249847327-6792-8-git-send-email-gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1249847327-6792-7-git-send-email-gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>

This extends the main accounting routine, tfrc_rx_congestion_event, to
also consider ECN-marks.

Loss and ECN-marks are treated separately: when there is already a loss
event, it is not necessary to also check for ECN marks (there will be at
most one new congestion event anyway).

Conversely, if there is an ECN-event, tracking a pending loss is disabled.
This is due to the fact that considering every possible combination of
loss_count with/-out ECN-marks creates a lot of complexity which does not
seem warranted -- comments added to point this out.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
---
 net/dccp/ccids/lib/packet_history.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

--- a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/packet_history.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/packet_history.c
@@ -360,6 +360,27 @@ bool tfrc_rx_congestion_event(struct tfrc_rx_hist *h,
 		 */
 		new_event = tfrc_lh_interval_add(lh, h, first_li, sk);
 		__three_after_loss(h);
+
+	} else if (dccp_data_packet(skb) && dccp_skb_is_ecn_ce(skb)) {
+		/*
+		 * We only test for ECN marks on data packets. This is the way
+		 * the RFC considers ECN marks - a future implementation may
+		 * find it useful to also check ECN marks on non-data packets.
+		 */
+		new_event = tfrc_lh_interval_add(lh, h, first_li, sk);
+		/*
+		 * Also combinations of loss and ECN-marks (as per the warning)
+		 * are not supported. The permutations of loss combined with or
+		 * without ECN-marks create a lot of complexity, which does not
+		 * seem warranted: ECN-marked packets immediately trigger con-
+		 * gestion events.
+		 * Testing is needed to see whether ignoring the loss_count in
+		 * light of an ECN-marked-CE event really has any disadvantages.
+		 */
+		if (new_event && h->loss_count) {
+			DCCP_WARN("Ignoring loss count due to ECN\n");
+			tfrc_rx_hist_resume_rtt_sampling(h);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
-- 
1.6.0.rc2


  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-09 19:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <dccp_test_tree_sending_ecn_for_review>
2009-08-09 19:48 ` [PATCH 0/10]: DCCPv4/6 support for ECN/ECT(0) Gerrit Renker
2009-08-09 19:48   ` dccp-test-tree [PATCH 1/10]: Put the ECN bits into the dccp_skb_cb Gerrit Renker
2009-08-09 19:48     ` dccp-test-tree [PATCH 2/10] Add sysctl to toggle the local support for ECN Gerrit Renker
2009-08-09 19:48       ` dccp-test-tree [PATCH 3/10] Add feature-negotiation handler for ECN-Incapable feature Gerrit Renker
2009-08-09 19:48         ` dccp-test-tree [PATCH 4/10] net: Hack to enable IPv6 ECN support Gerrit Renker
2009-08-09 19:48           ` dccp-test-tree [PATCH 5/10] net: Mask out ECN bits when setting TOS/TCLASS Gerrit Renker
2009-08-09 19:48             ` dccp-test-tree [PATCH 6/10] Extend the loss interval code to support ECN events Gerrit Renker
2009-08-09 19:48               ` Gerrit Renker [this message]
2009-08-09 19:48                 ` dccp-test-tree [PATCH 8/10] ccid-2: Ack Vector ECN support Gerrit Renker
2009-08-09 19:48                   ` dccp-test-tree [PATCH 9/10] Userspace support for modifying the ECN bits of Data/DataAck packets Gerrit Renker
2009-08-09 19:48                     ` dccp-test-tree [PATCH 10/10] Userspace support for reading ECN bits Gerrit Renker

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