kernel.git/net/dccp/ccids, branch linux-2.6.27.y

dccp ccid-3: Length of loss intervals

2008-07-13T10:51:40Z

This corrects an error in the computation of the open loss interval I_0: * the interval length is (highest_seqno - start_seqno) + 1 * and not (highest_seqno - start_seqno). This condition was not fully clear in RFC 3448, but reflects the current revision state of rfc3448bis and is also consistent with RFC 4340, 6.1.1. Further changes: ---------------- * variable renamed due to line length constraints; * explicit typecast to `s64' to avoid implicit signed/unsigned casting. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker

dccp ccid-3: Fix a loss detection bug

2008-07-13T10:51:40Z

This fixes a bug in the logic of the TFRC loss detection: * new_loss_indicated() should not be called while a loss is pending; * but the code allows this; * thus, for two subsequent gaps in the sequence space, when loss_count has not yet reached NDUPACK=3, the loss_count is falsely reduced to 1. To avoid further and similar problems, all loss handling and loss detection is now done inside tfrc_rx_hist_handle_loss(), using an appropriate routine to track new losses. Further changes: ---------------- * added a reminder that no RX history operations should be performed when rx_handle_loss() has identified a (new) loss, since the function takes care of packet reordering during loss detection; * made tfrc_rx_hist_loss_pending() bool (thanks to an earlier suggestion by Arnaldo); * removed unused functions. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker

dccp: Upgrade NDP count from 3 to 6 bytes

2008-07-13T10:51:40Z

RFC 4340, 7.7 specifies up to 6 bytes for the NDP Count option, whereas the code is currently limited to up to 3 bytes. This seems to be a relict of an earlier draft version and is brought up to date by the patch. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker

dccp ccid-3: Fix error in loss detection

2008-07-13T10:51:40Z

The TFRC loss detection code used the wrong loss condition (RFC 4340, 7.7.1): * the difference between sequence numbers s1 and s2 instead of * the number of packets missing between s1 and s2 (one less than the distance). Since this condition appears in many places of the code, it has been put into a separate function, dccp_loss_free(). Further changes: ---------------- * tidied up incorrect typing (it was using `int' for u64/s64 types); * optimised conditional statements for common case of non-reordered packets; * rewrote comments/documentation to match the changes. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker

dccp ccid-3: X truncated due to type conversion

2008-06-11T10:19:10Z

This fixes a bug in computing the inter-packet-interval t_ipi = s/X: scaled_div32(a, b) uses u32 for b, but in "scaled_div32(s, X)" the type of the sending rate `X' is u64. Since X is scaled by 2^6, this truncates rates greater than 2^26 Bps (~537 Mbps). Using full 64-bit division now. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker

dccp ccid-3: TFRC reverse-lookup Bug-Fix

2008-06-11T10:19:10Z

This fixes a bug in the reverse lookup of p: given a value f(p), instead of p, the function returned the smallest tabulated value f(p). The smallest tabulated value of 10^6 * f(p) = sqrt(2*p/3) + 12 * sqrt(3*p/8) * (32 * p^3 + p) for p=0.0001 is 8172. Since this value is scaled by 10^6, the outcome of this bug is that a loss of 8172/10^6 = 0.8172% was reported whenever the input was below the table resolution of 0.01%. This means that the value was over 80 times too high, resulting in large spikes of the initial loss interval, thus unnecessarily reducing the throughput. Also corrected the printk format (%u for u32). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker

dccp: Fix sparse warnings

2008-06-11T10:19:09Z

This patch fixes the following sparse warnings: * nested min(max()) expression: net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c:91:21: warning: symbol '__x' shadows an earlier one net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c:91:21: warning: symbol '__y' shadows an earlier one * Declaration of function prototypes in .c instead of .h file, resulting in "should it be static?" warnings. * Declared "struct dccpw" static (local to dccp_probe). * Disabled dccp_delayed_ack() - not fully removed due to RFC 4340, 11.3 ("Receivers SHOULD implement delayed acknowledgement timers ..."). * Used a different local variable name to avoid net/dccp/ackvec.c:293:13: warning: symbol 'state' shadows an earlier one net/dccp/ackvec.c:238:33: originally declared here * Removed unused functions `dccp_ackvector_print' and `dccp_ackvec_print'. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker

dccp ccid-3: Bug-Fix - Zero RTT is possible

2008-06-11T10:19:09Z

In commit $(825de27d9e40b3117b29a79d412b7a4b78c5d815) (from 27th May, commit message `dccp ccid-3: Fix "t_ipi explosion" bug'), the CCID-3 window counter computation was fixed to cope with RTTs < 4 microseconds. Such RTTs can be found e.g. when running CCID-3 over loopback. The fix removed a check against RTT < 4, but introduced a divide-by-zero bug. All steady-state RTTs in DCCP are filtered using dccp_sample_rtt(), which ensures non-zero samples. However, a zero RTT is possible on initialisation, when there is no RTT sample from the Request/Response exchange. The fix is to use the fallback-RTT from RFC 4340, 3.4. This is also better than just fixing update_win_count() since it allows other parts of the code to always assume that the RTT is non-zero during the time that the CCID is used. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker

dccp ccid-3: Fix "t_ipi explosion" bug

2008-05-27T13:33:54Z

The identification of this bug is thanks to Cheng Wei and Tomasz Grobelny. To avoid divide-by-zero, the implementation previously ignored RTTs smaller than 4 microseconds when performing integer division RTT/4. When the RTT reached a value less than 4 microseconds (as observed on loopback), this prevented the Window Counter CCVal value from advancing. As a result, the receiver stopped sending feedback. This in turn caused non-ending expiries of the nofeedback timer at the sender, so that the sending rate was progressively reduced until reaching the minimum of one packet per 64 seconds. The patch fixes this bug by handling integer division more intelligently. Due to consistent use of dccp_sample_rtt(), divide-by-zero-RTT is avoided. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dccp: ccid2.c, ccid3.c use clamp(), clamp_t()

2008-05-02T23:44:07Z

Makes the intention of the nested min/max clear. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: David S. Miller