Handles RFC4138 shortcoming (in step 2); it should also have case c) which ignores ACKs that are not duplicates nor advance window (opposite dir data, winupdate).
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c index d1e731f..5831daa 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c @@ -2495,9 +2495,9 @@ static void tcp_conservative_spur_to_res /* F-RTO spurious RTO detection algorithm (RFC4138) * - * F-RTO affects during two new ACKs following RTO. State (ACK number) is kept - * in frto_counter. When ACK advances window (but not to or beyond highest - * sequence sent before RTO): + * F-RTO affects during two new ACKs following RTO (well, almost, see inline + * comments). State (ACK number) is kept in frto_counter. When ACK advances + * window (but not to or beyond highest sequence sent before RTO): * On First ACK, send two new segments out. * On Second ACK, RTO was likely spurious. Do spurious response (response * algorithm is not part of the F-RTO detection algorithm @@ -2527,6 +2527,13 @@ static void tcp_process_frto(struct sock if (flag&FLAG_DATA_ACKED) inet_csk(sk)->icsk_retransmits = 0; + /* RFC4138 shortcoming in step 2; should also have case c): ACK isn't + * duplicate nor advances window, e.g., opposite dir data, winupdate + */ + if ((tp->snd_una == prior_snd_una) && (flag&FLAG_NOT_DUP) && + !(flag&FLAG_FORWARD_PROGRESS)) + return; + if (tp->snd_una == prior_snd_una || !before(tp->snd_una, tp->frto_highmark)) { tcp_enter_frto_loss(sk); -- 1.4.2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html