[TCP]: htcp - use measured rtt
authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:50:28 +0000 (23:50 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:27:59 +0000 (02:27 -0700)
Change HTCP to use measured RTT rather than smooth RTT.
Srtt is computed using the TCP receive timestamp
options, so it is vulnerable to hostile receivers. To avoid any problems
this might cause use the measured RTT instead.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv4/tcp_htcp.c

index fa61663ace3b0ca80a6d2967f0e564d4732600ef..b66556c0a5bd057c97eece3c1be09ddbcc93a35f 100644 (file)
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@ static u32 htcp_cwnd_undo(struct sock *sk)
        return max(tp->snd_cwnd, (tp->snd_ssthresh << 7) / ca->beta);
 }
 
-static inline void measure_rtt(struct sock *sk)
+static inline void measure_rtt(struct sock *sk, u32 srtt)
 {
        const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
        const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
        struct htcp *ca = inet_csk_ca(sk);
-       u32 srtt = tp->srtt >> 3;
 
        /* keep track of minimum RTT seen so far, minRTT is zero at first */
        if (ca->minRTT > srtt || !ca->minRTT)
@@ -108,6 +107,9 @@ static void measure_achieved_throughput(struct sock *sk, u32 pkts_acked, s32 rtt
        if (icsk->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_Open)
                ca->pkts_acked = pkts_acked;
 
+       if (rtt > 0)
+               measure_rtt(sk, usecs_to_jiffies(rtt));
+
        if (!use_bandwidth_switch)
                return;
 
@@ -237,8 +239,6 @@ static void htcp_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack,
        if (tp->snd_cwnd <= tp->snd_ssthresh)
                tcp_slow_start(tp);
        else {
-               measure_rtt(sk);
-
                /* In dangerous area, increase slowly.
                 * In theory this is tp->snd_cwnd += alpha / tp->snd_cwnd
                 */