[PATCH 4.17 21/66] tcp: helpers to send special DCTCP ack

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jul 27 2018 - 05:48:32 EST


4.17-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 2987babb6982306509380fc11b450227a844493b ]

Refactor and create helpers to send the special ACK in DCTCP.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1031,8 +1031,8 @@ static void tcp_update_skb_after_send(st
* We are working here with either a clone of the original
* SKB, or a fresh unique copy made by the retransmit engine.
*/
-static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
- gfp_t gfp_mask)
+static int __tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+ int clone_it, gfp_t gfp_mask, u32 rcv_nxt)
{
const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
struct inet_sock *inet;
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock
th->source = inet->inet_sport;
th->dest = inet->inet_dport;
th->seq = htonl(tcb->seq);
- th->ack_seq = htonl(tp->rcv_nxt);
+ th->ack_seq = htonl(rcv_nxt);
*(((__be16 *)th) + 6) = htons(((tcp_header_size >> 2) << 12) |
tcb->tcp_flags);

@@ -1186,6 +1186,13 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock
return err;
}

+static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
+ gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+ return __tcp_transmit_skb(sk, skb, clone_it, gfp_mask,
+ tcp_sk(sk)->rcv_nxt);
+}
+
/* This routine just queues the buffer for sending.
*
* NOTE: probe0 timer is not checked, do not forget tcp_push_pending_frames,
@@ -3583,7 +3590,7 @@ void tcp_send_delayed_ack(struct sock *s
}

/* This routine sends an ack and also updates the window. */
-void tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk)
+void __tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk, u32 rcv_nxt)
{
struct sk_buff *buff;

@@ -3618,7 +3625,12 @@ void tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk)
skb_set_tcp_pure_ack(buff);

/* Send it off, this clears delayed acks for us. */
- tcp_transmit_skb(sk, buff, 0, (__force gfp_t)0);
+ __tcp_transmit_skb(sk, buff, 0, (__force gfp_t)0, rcv_nxt);
+}
+
+void tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk)
+{
+ __tcp_send_ack(sk, tcp_sk(sk)->rcv_nxt);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_send_ack);