[PATH net 4/4] tcp: evaluate packet losses upon RTT change

[Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>]

RACK skips an ACK unless it advances the most recently delivered
TX timestamp (rack.mstamp). Since RACK also uses the most recent
RTT to decide if a packet is lost, RACK should still run the
loss detection whenever the most recent RTT changes. For example,
an ACK that does not advance the timestamp but triggers the cwnd
undo due to reordering, would then use the most recent (higher)
RTT measurement to detect further losses.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Priyaranjan Jha <priyarjha@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_recovery.c | 19 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_recovery.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_recovery.c
index 0c182303e62e..3a81720ac0c4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_recovery.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_recovery.c
@@ -117,13 +117,8 @@ void tcp_rack_advance(struct tcp_sock *tp, u8 sacked, u32 end_seq,
 {
 	u32 rtt_us;
 
-	if (tp->rack.mstamp &&
-	    !tcp_rack_sent_after(xmit_time, tp->rack.mstamp,
-				 end_seq, tp->rack.end_seq))
-		return;
-
 	rtt_us = tcp_stamp_us_delta(tp->tcp_mstamp, xmit_time);
-	if (sacked & TCPCB_RETRANS) {
+	if (rtt_us < tcp_min_rtt(tp) && (sacked & TCPCB_RETRANS)) {
 		/* If the sacked packet was retransmitted, it's ambiguous
 		 * whether the retransmission or the original (or the prior
 		 * retransmission) was sacked.
@@ -134,13 +129,15 @@ void tcp_rack_advance(struct tcp_sock *tp, u8 sacked, u32 end_seq,
 		 * so it's at least one RTT (i.e., retransmission is at least
 		 * an RTT later).
 		 */
-		if (rtt_us < tcp_min_rtt(tp))
-			return;
+		return;
 	}
-	tp->rack.rtt_us = rtt_us;
-	tp->rack.mstamp = xmit_time;
-	tp->rack.end_seq = end_seq;
 	tp->rack.advanced = 1;
+	tp->rack.rtt_us = rtt_us;
+	if (tcp_rack_sent_after(xmit_time, tp->rack.mstamp,
+				end_seq, tp->rack.end_seq)) {
+		tp->rack.mstamp = xmit_time;
+		tp->rack.end_seq = end_seq;
+	}
 }
 
 /* We have waited long enough to accommodate reordering. Mark the expired
-- 
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