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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c index de7d1bf9114f..a17629b8912e 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ int sysctl_tcp_keepalive_intvl __read_mostly = TCP_KEEPALIVE_INTVL; int sysctl_tcp_retries1 __read_mostly = TCP_RETR1; int sysctl_tcp_retries2 __read_mostly = TCP_RETR2; int sysctl_tcp_orphan_retries __read_mostly; +int sysctl_tcp_thin_linear_timeouts __read_mostly; static void tcp_write_timer(unsigned long); static void tcp_delack_timer(unsigned long); @@ -415,7 +416,25 @@ void tcp_retransmit_timer(struct sock *sk) icsk->icsk_retransmits++; out_reset_timer: - icsk->icsk_rto = min(icsk->icsk_rto << 1, TCP_RTO_MAX); + /* If stream is thin, use linear timeouts. Since 'icsk_backoff' is + * used to reset timer, set to 0. Recalculate 'icsk_rto' as this + * might be increased if the stream oscillates between thin and thick, + * thus the old value might already be too high compared to the value + * set by 'tcp_set_rto' in tcp_input.c which resets the rto without + * backoff. Limit to TCP_THIN_LINEAR_RETRIES before initiating + * exponential backoff behaviour to avoid continue hammering + * linear-timeout retransmissions into a black hole + */ + if (sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED && + (tp->thin_lto || sysctl_tcp_thin_linear_timeouts) && + tcp_stream_is_thin(tp) && + icsk->icsk_retransmits <= TCP_THIN_LINEAR_RETRIES) { + icsk->icsk_backoff = 0; + icsk->icsk_rto = min(__tcp_set_rto(tp), TCP_RTO_MAX); + } else { + /* Use normal (exponential) backoff */ + icsk->icsk_rto = min(icsk->icsk_rto << 1, TCP_RTO_MAX); + } inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS, icsk->icsk_rto, TCP_RTO_MAX); if (retransmits_timed_out(sk, sysctl_tcp_retries1 + 1)) __sk_dst_reset(sk); |