tcp: Prevent overzealous packetization by SWS logic. (01f83d69) · Commits · 戴 / test

If peer uses tiny MSS (say, 75 bytes) and similarly tiny advertised window, the SWS logic will packetize to half the MSS unnecessarily. This causes problems with some embedded devices. However for large MSS devices we do want to half-MSS packetize otherwise we never get enough packets into the pipe for things like fast retransmit and recovery to work. Be careful also to handle the case where MSS > window, otherwise we'll never send until the probe timer. Reported-by:

ツ Leandro Melo de Sales <leandroal@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:

David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

include/net/tcp.h

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		@@ -475,8 +475,22 @@ extern unsigned int tcp_current_mss(struct sock *sk);
		/* Bound MSS / TSO packet size with the half of the window */
		static inline int tcp_bound_to_half_wnd(struct tcp_sock *tp, int pktsize)
		{
		if (tp->max_window && pktsize > (tp->max_window >> 1))
		return max(tp->max_window >> 1, 68U - tp->tcp_header_len);
		int cutoff;

		/* When peer uses tiny windows, there is no use in packetizing
		* to sub-MSS pieces for the sake of SWS or making sure there
		* are enough packets in the pipe for fast recovery.
		*
		* On the other hand, for extremely large MSS devices, handling
		* smaller than MSS windows in this way does make sense.
		*/
		if (tp->max_window >= 512)
		cutoff = (tp->max_window >> 1);
		else
		cutoff = tp->max_window;

		if (cutoff && pktsize > cutoff)
		return max_t(int, cutoff, 68U - tp->tcp_header_len);
		else
		return pktsize;
		}

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