linux-stable.git/include/net/tcp.h, branch linux-3.8.y

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next

2012-12-13T02:07:07+00:00

Pull networking changes from David Miller:

1) Allow to dump, monitor, and change the bridge multicast database
   using netlink.  From Cong Wang.

2) RFC 5961 TCP blind data injection attack mitigation, from Eric
   Dumazet.

3) Networking user namespace support from Eric W. Biederman.

4) tuntap/virtio-net multiqueue support by Jason Wang.

5) Support for checksum offload of encapsulated packets (basically,
   tunneled traffic can still be checksummed by HW).  From Joseph
   Gasparakis.

6) Allow BPF filter access to VLAN tags, from Eric Dumazet and
   Daniel Borkmann.

7) Bridge port parameters over netlink and BPDU blocking support
   from Stephen Hemminger.

8) Improve data access patterns during inet socket demux by rearranging
   socket layout, from Eric Dumazet.

9) TIPC protocol updates and cleanups from Ying Xue, Paul Gortmaker, and
   Jon Maloy.

10) Update TCP socket hash sizing to be more in line with current day
    realities.  The existing heurstics were choosen a decade ago.
    From Eric Dumazet.

11) Fix races, queue bloat, and excessive wakeups in ATM and
    associated drivers, from Krzysztof Mazur and David Woodhouse.

12) Support DOVE (Distributed Overlay Virtual Ethernet) extensions
    in VXLAN driver, from David Stevens.

13) Add "oops_only" mode to netconsole, from Amerigo Wang.

14) Support set and query of VEB/VEPA bridge mode via PF_BRIDGE, also
    allow DCB netlink to work on namespaces other than the initial
    namespace.  From John Fastabend.

15) Support PTP in the Tigon3 driver, from Matt Carlson.

16) tun/vhost zero copy fixes and improvements, plus turn it on
    by default, from Michael S. Tsirkin.

17) Support per-association statistics in SCTP, from Michele
    Baldessari.

And many, many, driver updates, cleanups, and improvements.  Too
numerous to mention individually.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1722 commits)
  net/mlx4_en: Add support for destination MAC in steering rules
  net/mlx4_en: Use generic etherdevice.h functions.
  net: ethtool: Add destination MAC address to flow steering API
  bridge: add support of adding and deleting mdb entries
  bridge: notify mdb changes via netlink
  ndisc: Unexport ndisc_{build,send}_skb().
  uapi: add missing netconf.h to export list
  pkt_sched: avoid requeues if possible
  solos-pci: fix double-free of TX skb in DMA mode
  bnx2: Fix accidental reversions.
  bna: Driver Version Updated to 3.1.2.1
  bna: Firmware update
  bna: Add RX State
  bna: Rx Page Based Allocation
  bna: TX Intr Coalescing Fix
  bna: Tx and Rx Optimizations
  bna: Code Cleanup and Enhancements
  ath9k: check pdata variable before dereferencing it
  ath5k: RX timestamp is reported at end of frame
  ath9k_htc: RX timestamp is reported at end of frame
  ...

tcp: bug fix Fast Open client retransmission

2012-12-07T19:39:28+00:00

If SYN-ACK partially acks SYN-data, the client retransmits the
remaining data by tcp_retransmit_skb(). This increments lost recovery
state variables like tp->retrans_out in Open state. If loss recovery
happens before the retransmission is acked, it triggers the WARN_ON
check in tcp_fastretrans_alert(). For example: the client sends
SYN-data, gets SYN-ACK acking only ISN, retransmits data, sends
another 4 data packets and get 3 dupacks.

Since the retransmission is not caused by network drop it should not
update the recovery state variables. Further the server may return a
smaller MSS than the cached MSS used for SYN-data, so the retranmission
needs a loop. Otherwise some data will not be retransmitted until timeout
or other loss recovery events.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng 
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: remove dead prototype for tcp_v4_get_peer()

2012-11-23T19:10:31+00:00

This function no longer exists.

Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: TCP Fast Open Server - take SYNACK RTT after completing 3WHS

2012-09-22T19:47:10+00:00

When taking SYNACK RTT samples for servers using TCP Fast Open, fix
the code to ensure that we only call tcp_valid_rtt_meas() after we
receive the ACK that completes the 3-way handshake.

Previously we were always taking an RTT sample in
tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(). However, for TCP Fast Open connections
tcp_v4_conn_req_fastopen() calls tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() at the time we
receive the SYN. So for TFO we must wait until tcp_rcv_state_process()
to take the RTT sample.

To fix this, we wait until after TFO calls tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock()
before we set the snt_synack timestamp, since tcp_synack_rtt_meas()
already ensures that we only take a SYNACK RTT sample if snt_synack is
non-zero. To be careful, we only take a snt_synack timestamp when
a SYNACK transmit or retransmit succeeds.

Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: extract code to compute SYNACK RTT

2012-09-22T19:47:10+00:00

In preparation for adding another spot where we compute the SYNACK
RTT, extract this code so that it can be shared.

Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: use PRR to reduce cwin in CWR state

2012-09-03T18:34:02+00:00

Use proportional rate reduction (PRR) algorithm to reduce cwnd in CWR state,
in addition to Recovery state. Retire the current rate-halving in CWR.
When losses are detected via ACKs in CWR state, the sender enters Recovery
state but the cwnd reduction continues and does not restart.

Rename and refactor cwnd reduction functions since both CWR and Recovery
use the same algorithm:
tcp_init_cwnd_reduction() is new and initiates reduction state variables.
tcp_cwnd_reduction() is previously tcp_update_cwnd_in_recovery().
tcp_ends_cwnd_reduction() is previously  tcp_complete_cwr().

The rate halving functions and logic such as tcp_cwnd_down(), tcp_min_cwnd(),
and the cwnd moderation inside tcp_enter_cwr() are removed. The unused
parameter, flag, in tcp_cwnd_reduction() is also removed.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng 
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: TCP Fast Open Server - support TFO listeners

2012-09-01T00:02:19+00:00

This patch builds on top of the previous patch to add the support
for TFO listeners. This includes -

1. allocating, properly initializing, and managing the per listener
fastopen_queue structure when TFO is enabled

2. changes to the inet_csk_accept code to support TFO. E.g., the
request_sock can no longer be freed upon accept(), not until 3WHS
finishes

3. allowing a TCP_SYN_RECV socket to properly poll() and sendmsg()
if it's a TFO socket

4. properly closing a TFO listener, and a TFO socket before 3WHS
finishes

5. supporting TCP_FASTOPEN socket option

6. modifying tcp_check_req() to use to check a TFO socket as well
as request_sock

7. supporting TCP's TFO cookie option

8. adding a new SYN-ACK retransmit handler to use the timer directly
off the TFO socket rather than the listener socket. Note that TFO
server side will not retransmit anything other than SYN-ACK until
the 3WHS is completed.

The patch also contains an important function
"reqsk_fastopen_remove()" to manage the somewhat complex relation
between a listener, its request_sock, and the corresponding child
socket. See the comment above the function for the detail.

Signed-off-by: H.K. Jerry Chu 
Cc: Yuchung Cheng 
Cc: Neal Cardwell 
Cc: Eric Dumazet 
Cc: Tom Herbert 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: TCP Fast Open Server - header & support functions

2012-09-01T00:02:18+00:00

This patch adds all the necessary data structure and support
functions to implement TFO server side. It also documents a number
of flags for the sysctl_tcp_fastopen knob, and adds a few Linux
extension MIBs.

In addition, it includes the following:

1. a new TCP_FASTOPEN socket option an application must call to
supply a max backlog allowed in order to enable TFO on its listener.

2. A number of key data structures:
"fastopen_rsk" in tcp_sock - for a big socket to access its
request_sock for retransmission and ack processing purpose. It is
non-NULL iff 3WHS not completed.

"fastopenq" in request_sock_queue - points to a per Fast Open
listener data structure "fastopen_queue" to keep track of qlen (# of
outstanding Fast Open requests) and max_qlen, among other things.

"listener" in tcp_request_sock - to point to the original listener
for book-keeping purpose, i.e., to maintain qlen against max_qlen
as part of defense against IP spoofing attack.

3. various data structure and functions, many in tcp_fastopen.c, to
support server side Fast Open cookie operations, including
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen_key to allow manual rekeying.

Signed-off-by: H.K. Jerry Chu 
Cc: Yuchung Cheng 
Cc: Neal Cardwell 
Cc: Eric Dumazet 
Cc: Tom Herbert 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: Increase timeout for SYN segments

2012-08-31T19:42:10+00:00

Commit 9ad7c049 ("tcp: RFC2988bis + taking RTT sample from 3WHS for
the passive open side") changed the initRTO from 3secs to 1sec in
accordance to RFC6298 (former RFC2988bis). This reduced the time till
the last SYN retransmission packet gets sent from 93secs to 31secs.

RFC1122 is stating that the retransmission should be done for at least 3
minutes, but this seems to be quite high.

  "However, the values of R1 and R2 may be different for SYN
  and data segments.  In particular, R2 for a SYN segment MUST
  be set large enough to provide retransmission of the segment
  for at least 3 minutes.  The application can close the
  connection (i.e., give up on the open attempt) sooner, of
  course."

This patch increases the value of TCP_SYN_RETRIES to the value of 6,
providing a retransmission window of 63secs.

The comments for SYN and SYNACK retries have also been updated to
describe the current settings. The same goes for the documentation file
"Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt".

Signed-off-by: Alexander Bergmann 
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace

2012-08-24T22:54:37+00:00

This is an initial merge in of Eric Biederman's work to start adding
user namespace support to the networking.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller