sctp: Correctly implement Fast Recovery cwnd manipulations.
authorVlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:38:43 +0000 (12:38 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:38:43 +0000 (12:38 -0700)
Correctly keep track of Fast Recovery state and do not reduce
congestion window multiple times during sucht state.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Tested-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/net/sctp/structs.h
net/sctp/transport.c

index 917d425f054268c8afe302d9d3a1a332f35bcabe..67592072a32e1c4a5c37e3f6e1f06016c74a7eb3 100644 (file)
@@ -902,7 +902,10 @@ struct sctp_transport {
         *              calculation completes (i.e. the DATA chunk
         *              is SACK'd) clear this flag.
         */
-       int rto_pending;
+       __u8 rto_pending;
+
+       /* Flag to track the current fast recovery state */
+       __u8 fast_recovery;
 
        /*
         * These are the congestion stats.
@@ -921,6 +924,9 @@ struct sctp_transport {
        /* Data that has been sent, but not acknowledged. */
        __u32 flight_size;
 
+       /* TSN marking the fast recovery exit point */
+       __u32 fast_recovery_exit;
+
        /* Destination */
        struct dst_entry *dst;
        /* Source address. */
index 62082e7b79723ef6a14af9baf3a9ab87d926bbd9..9647fb277221de50ac189b13590fa854bbb332ca 100644 (file)
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct sctp_transport *peer,
        peer->rttvar = 0;
        peer->srtt = 0;
        peer->rto_pending = 0;
+       peer->fast_recovery = 0;
 
        peer->last_time_heard = jiffies;
        peer->last_time_used = jiffies;
@@ -403,11 +404,16 @@ void sctp_transport_raise_cwnd(struct sctp_transport *transport,
        cwnd = transport->cwnd;
        flight_size = transport->flight_size;
 
+       /* See if we need to exit Fast Recovery first */
+       if (transport->fast_recovery &&
+           TSN_lte(transport->fast_recovery_exit, sack_ctsn))
+               transport->fast_recovery = 0;
+
        /* The appropriate cwnd increase algorithm is performed if, and only
-        * if the cumulative TSN has advanced and the congestion window is
+        * if the cumulative TSN whould advanced and the congestion window is
         * being fully utilized.
         */
-       if ((transport->asoc->ctsn_ack_point >= sack_ctsn) ||
+       if (TSN_lte(sack_ctsn, transport->asoc->ctsn_ack_point) ||
            (flight_size < cwnd))
                return;
 
@@ -416,17 +422,23 @@ void sctp_transport_raise_cwnd(struct sctp_transport *transport,
        pmtu = transport->asoc->pathmtu;
 
        if (cwnd <= ssthresh) {
-               /* RFC 2960 7.2.1, sctpimpguide-05 2.14.2 When cwnd is less
-                * than or equal to ssthresh an SCTP endpoint MUST use the
-                * slow start algorithm to increase cwnd only if the current
-                * congestion window is being fully utilized and an incoming
-                * SACK advances the Cumulative TSN Ack Point. Only when these
-                * two conditions are met can the cwnd be increased otherwise
-                * the cwnd MUST not be increased. If these conditions are met
-                * then cwnd MUST be increased by at most the lesser of
-                * 1) the total size of the previously outstanding DATA
-                * chunk(s) acknowledged, and 2) the destination's path MTU.
+               /* RFC 4960 7.2.1
+                * o  When cwnd is less than or equal to ssthresh, an SCTP
+                *    endpoint MUST use the slow-start algorithm to increase
+                *    cwnd only if the current congestion window is being fully
+                *    utilized, an incoming SACK advances the Cumulative TSN
+                *    Ack Point, and the data sender is not in Fast Recovery.
+                *    Only when these three conditions are met can the cwnd be
+                *    increased; otherwise, the cwnd MUST not be increased.
+                *    If these conditions are met, then cwnd MUST be increased
+                *    by, at most, the lesser of 1) the total size of the
+                *    previously outstanding DATA chunk(s) acknowledged, and
+                *    2) the destination's path MTU.  This upper bound protects
+                *    against the ACK-Splitting attack outlined in [SAVAGE99].
                 */
+               if (transport->fast_recovery)
+                       return;
+
                if (bytes_acked > pmtu)
                        cwnd += pmtu;
                else
@@ -502,6 +514,13 @@ void sctp_transport_lower_cwnd(struct sctp_transport *transport,
                 *      cwnd = ssthresh
                 *      partial_bytes_acked = 0
                 */
+               if (transport->fast_recovery)
+                       return;
+
+               /* Mark Fast recovery */
+               transport->fast_recovery = 1;
+               transport->fast_recovery_exit = transport->asoc->next_tsn - 1;
+
                transport->ssthresh = max(transport->cwnd/2,
                                          4*transport->asoc->pathmtu);
                transport->cwnd = transport->ssthresh;
@@ -586,6 +605,7 @@ void sctp_transport_reset(struct sctp_transport *t)
        t->flight_size = 0;
        t->error_count = 0;
        t->rto_pending = 0;
+       t->fast_recovery = 0;
 
        /* Initialize the state information for SFR-CACC */
        t->cacc.changeover_active = 0;