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authorGerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>2008-09-04 07:30:19 +0200
committerGerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>2008-09-04 07:45:32 +0200
commit51c7d4fa2675c106a980ddcdbe308b54b5151945 (patch)
tree0c1f2b1a3323582fb8629ba7826e08710271ed49 /Documentation/networking
parent09856c108956c99088ead9267ccbd1dab77f7043 (diff)
downloadlinux-51c7d4fa2675c106a980ddcdbe308b54b5151945.tar.gz
dccp: Implement both feature-local and feature-remote Sequence Window feature
This adds full support for local/remote Sequence Window feature, from which the 
  * sequence-number-validity (W) and 
  * acknowledgment-number-validity (W') windows 
derive as specified in RFC 4340, 7.5.3. 

Specifically, the following changes are introduced:
  * integrated new socket fields into dccp_sk;
  * updated the update_gsr/gss routines with regard to these fields;
  * updated handler code: the Sequence Window feature is located at the TX side,
    so the local feature is meant if the handler-rx flag is false;
  * the initialisation of `rcv_wnd' in reqsk is removed, since
    - rcv_wnd is not used by the code anywhere;
    - sequence number checks are not done in the LISTEN state (cf. 7.5.3);
    - dccp_check_req checks the Ack number validity more rigorously;
  * the `struct dccp_minisock' became empty and is now removed.

Until the handshake completes with activating negotiated values, the local/remote
Sequence-Window values are undefined and thus can not reliably be estimated.
This issue is addressed in a separate patch.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
Acked-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/dccp.txt3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
index 7a3bb1abb830..b132e4a3cf0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dccp.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ rx_ccid = 2
 	Default CCID for the receiver-sender half-connection; see tx_ccid.
 
 seq_window = 100
-	The initial sequence window (sec. 7.5.2).
+	The initial sequence window (sec. 7.5.2) of the sender. This influences
+	the local ackno validity and the remote seqno validity windows (7.5.1).
 
 tx_qlen = 5
 	The size of the transmit buffer in packets. A value of 0 corresponds