[TCP]: Make snd_cwnd_cnt 32-bit
authorIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:59:43 +0000 (12:59 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:59:43 +0000 (12:59 -0700)
Very little point of having 32-bit snd_cnwd if this is not
32-bit as well, as a number of snd_cwnd incrementation formulas
assume that snd_cwnd_cnt can be at least as large as snd_cwnd.

Whether 32-bit is useful was discussed when e0ef57cc56c3c96
was made:
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=117218144409825&w=2

Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/linux/tcp.h

index c5b94c1a5ee288885e639182a34484aa090ceeb1..bac17c59b24ef8a0c24d93d1fc7e041c6e0b571c 100644 (file)
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ struct tcp_sock {
  */
        u32     snd_ssthresh;   /* Slow start size threshold            */
        u32     snd_cwnd;       /* Sending congestion window            */
-       u16     snd_cwnd_cnt;   /* Linear increase counter              */
+       u32     snd_cwnd_cnt;   /* Linear increase counter              */
        u32     snd_cwnd_clamp; /* Do not allow snd_cwnd to grow above this */
        u32     snd_cwnd_used;
        u32     snd_cwnd_stamp;