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<title>linux.git/net/dccp/ccids, branch v2.6.32</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<title>net-next-2.6 [PATCH 1/1] dccp: ccids whitespace-cleanup / CodingStyle</title>
<updated>2009-09-15T00:02:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2009-09-12T07:47:01+00:00</published>
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No code change, cosmetical changes only:

 * whitespace cleanup via scripts/cleanfile,
 * remove self-references to filename at top of files,
 * fix coding style (extraneous brackets),
 * fix documentation style (kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO).

Thanks are due to Ivo Augusto Calado who raised these issues by
submitting good-quality patches.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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No code change, cosmetical changes only:

 * whitespace cleanup via scripts/cleanfile,
 * remove self-references to filename at top of files,
 * fix coding style (extraneous brackets),
 * fix documentation style (kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO).

Thanks are due to Ivo Augusto Calado who raised these issues by
submitting good-quality patches.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: mark read-only arrays as const</title>
<updated>2009-08-05T17:42:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jan Engelhardt</name>
<email>jengelh@medozas.de</email>
</author>
<published>2009-08-05T17:42:58+00:00</published>
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String literals are constant, and usually, we can also tag the array
of pointers const too, moving it to the .rodata section.

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt &lt;jengelh@medozas.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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String literals are constant, and usually, we can also tag the array
of pointers const too, moving it to the .rodata section.

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt &lt;jengelh@medozas.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp ccid-3: Fix RFC reference</title>
<updated>2009-01-11T08:17:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2009-01-11T08:17:22+00:00</published>
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Thanks to Wei and Arnaldo for pointing out the correct
new reference for CCID-3.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Thanks to Wei and Arnaldo for pointing out the correct
new reference for CCID-3.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: fix section mismatch warnings in dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc.c</title>
<updated>2009-01-11T08:11:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leonardo Potenza</name>
<email>lpotenza@inwind.it</email>
</author>
<published>2009-01-10T07:06:28+00:00</published>
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Removed the __exit annotation of tfrc_lib_exit(), in order to suppress the following section mismatch messages:

WARNING: net/dccp/dccp.o(.text+0xd9): Section mismatch in reference from the function ccid_cleanup_builtins() to the function .exit.text:tfrc_lib_exit()
The function ccid_cleanup_builtins() references a function in an exit section.
Often the function tfrc_lib_exit() has valid usage outside the exit section
and the fix is to remove the __exit annotation of tfrc_lib_exit.

WARNING: net/dccp/dccp.o(.init.text+0x48): Section mismatch in reference from the function ccid_initialize_builtins() to the function .exit.text:tfrc_lib_exit()
The function __init ccid_initialize_builtins() references
a function __exit tfrc_lib_exit().
This is often seen when error handling in the init function
uses functionality in the exit path.
The fix is often to remove the __exit annotation of
tfrc_lib_exit() so it may be used outside an exit section.

Signed-off-by: Leonardo Potenza &lt;lpotenza@inwind.it&gt;
Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Removed the __exit annotation of tfrc_lib_exit(), in order to suppress the following section mismatch messages:

WARNING: net/dccp/dccp.o(.text+0xd9): Section mismatch in reference from the function ccid_cleanup_builtins() to the function .exit.text:tfrc_lib_exit()
The function ccid_cleanup_builtins() references a function in an exit section.
Often the function tfrc_lib_exit() has valid usage outside the exit section
and the fix is to remove the __exit annotation of tfrc_lib_exit.

WARNING: net/dccp/dccp.o(.init.text+0x48): Section mismatch in reference from the function ccid_initialize_builtins() to the function .exit.text:tfrc_lib_exit()
The function __init ccid_initialize_builtins() references
a function __exit tfrc_lib_exit().
This is often seen when error handling in the init function
uses functionality in the exit path.
The fix is often to remove the __exit annotation of
tfrc_lib_exit() so it may be used outside an exit section.

Signed-off-by: Leonardo Potenza &lt;lpotenza@inwind.it&gt;
Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp: Integrate the TFRC library with DCCP</title>
<updated>2009-01-05T05:45:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2009-01-05T05:45:33+00:00</published>
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This patch integrates the TFRC library, which is a dependency of CCID-3 (and
CCID-4), with the new use of CCIDs in the DCCP module.		

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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This patch integrates the TFRC library, which is a dependency of CCID-3 (and
CCID-4), with the new use of CCIDs in the DCCP module.		

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp: Lockless integration of CCID congestion-control plugins</title>
<updated>2009-01-05T05:42:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2009-01-05T05:42:53+00:00</published>
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Based on Arnaldo's earlier patch, this patch integrates the standardised
CCID congestion control plugins (CCID-2 and CCID-3) of DCCP with dccp.ko:

 * enables a faster connection path by eliminating the need to always go 
   through the CCID registration lock;

 * updates the implementation to use only a single array whose size equals
   the number of configured CCIDs instead of the maximum (256);

 * since the CCIDs are now fixed array elements, synchronization is no
   longer needed, simplifying use and implementation.

CCID-2 is suggested as minimum for a basic DCCP implementation (RFC 4340, 10);
CCID-3 is a standards-track CCID supported by RFC 4342 and RFC 5348.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Based on Arnaldo's earlier patch, this patch integrates the standardised
CCID congestion control plugins (CCID-2 and CCID-3) of DCCP with dccp.ko:

 * enables a faster connection path by eliminating the need to always go 
   through the CCID registration lock;

 * updates the implementation to use only a single array whose size equals
   the number of configured CCIDs instead of the maximum (256);

 * since the CCIDs are now fixed array elements, synchronization is no
   longer needed, simplifying use and implementation.

CCID-2 is suggested as minimum for a basic DCCP implementation (RFC 4340, 10);
CCID-3 is a standards-track CCID supported by RFC 4342 and RFC 5348.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp: Registration routines for changing feature values</title>
<updated>2008-11-12T08:43:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-11-12T08:43:40+00:00</published>
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Two registration routines, for SP and NN features, are provided by this patch,
replacing a previous routine which was used for both feature types.

These are internal-only routines and therefore start with `__feat_register'.

It further exports the known limits of Sequence Window and Ack Ratio as symbolic
constants.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Ian McDonald &lt;ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Two registration routines, for SP and NN features, are provided by this patch,
replacing a previous routine which was used for both feature types.

These are internal-only routines and therefore start with `__feat_register'.

It further exports the known limits of Sequence Window and Ack Ratio as symbolic
constants.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Ian McDonald &lt;ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>This reverts "Merge branch 'dccp' of git://eden-feed.erg.abdn.ac.uk/dccp_exp"</title>
<updated>2008-09-09T11:27:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-09T11:27:22+00:00</published>
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as it accentally contained the wrong set of patches. These will be
submitted separately.
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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as it accentally contained the wrong set of patches. These will be
submitted separately.
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp ccid-3: Preventing Oscillations</title>
<updated>2008-09-04T05:45:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-04T05:30:19+00:00</published>
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This implements [RFC 3448, 4.5], which performs congestion avoidance behaviour
by reducing the transmit rate as the queueing delay (measured in terms of
long-term RTT) increases.

Oscillation can be turned on/off via a module option (do_osc_prev) and via sysfs
(using mode 0644), the default is off.

Overflow analysis:
------------------
 * oscillation prevention is done after update_x(), so that t_ipi &lt;= 64000;
 * hence the multiplication "t_ipi * sqrt(R_sample)" needs 64 bits;
 * done using u64 for sqrt_sample and explicit typecast of t_ipi;
 * the divisor, R_sqmean, is non-zero because oscillation prevention is first
   called when receiving the second feedback packet, and tfrc_scaled_rtt() &gt; 0.

A detailed discussion of the algorithm (with plots) is on
http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gerrit/dccp/notes/ccid3/sender_notes/oscillation_prevention/

The algorithm has negative side effects:
  * when allowing to decrease t_ipi (leads to a large RTT) and
  * when using it during slow-start;
both uses are therefore disabled.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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This implements [RFC 3448, 4.5], which performs congestion avoidance behaviour
by reducing the transmit rate as the queueing delay (measured in terms of
long-term RTT) increases.

Oscillation can be turned on/off via a module option (do_osc_prev) and via sysfs
(using mode 0644), the default is off.

Overflow analysis:
------------------
 * oscillation prevention is done after update_x(), so that t_ipi &lt;= 64000;
 * hence the multiplication "t_ipi * sqrt(R_sample)" needs 64 bits;
 * done using u64 for sqrt_sample and explicit typecast of t_ipi;
 * the divisor, R_sqmean, is non-zero because oscillation prevention is first
   called when receiving the second feedback packet, and tfrc_scaled_rtt() &gt; 0.

A detailed discussion of the algorithm (with plots) is on
http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gerrit/dccp/notes/ccid3/sender_notes/oscillation_prevention/

The algorithm has negative side effects:
  * when allowing to decrease t_ipi (leads to a large RTT) and
  * when using it during slow-start;
both uses are therefore disabled.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp ccid-3: Simplify computing and range-checking of t_ipi</title>
<updated>2008-09-04T05:45:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-04T05:30:19+00:00</published>
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This patch simplifies the computation of t_ipi, avoiding expensive computations
to enforce the minimum sending rate.

Both RFC 3448 and rfc3448bis (revision #06), as well as RFC 4342 sec 5., require
at various stages that at least one packet must be sent per t_mbi = 64 seconds.
This requires frequent divisions of the type X_min = s/t_mbi, which are later
converted back into an inter-packet-interval t_ipi_max = s/X_min = t_mbi.

The patch removes the expensive indirection; in the unlikely case of having
a sending rate less than one packet per 64 seconds, it also re-adjusts X.

The following cases document conformance with RFC 3448  / rfc3448bis-06:
 1) Time until receiving the first feedback packet:
   * if the sender has no initial RTT sample then X = s/1 Bps &gt; s/t_mbi;
   * if the sender has an initial RTT sample or when the first feedback
     packet is received, X = W_init/R &gt; s/t_mbi.

 2) Slow-start (p == 0 and feedback packets come in):
   * RFC 3448  (current code) enforces a minimum of s/R &gt; s/t_mbi;
   * rfc3448bis (future code) enforces an even higher minimum of W_init/R.

 3) Congestion avoidance with no absence of feedback (p &gt; 0):
   * when X_calc or X_recv/2 are too low, the minimum of X_min = s/t_mbi
     is enforced in update_x() when calling update_send_interval();
   * update_send_interval() is, as before, only called when X changes
     (i.e. either when increasing or decreasing, not when in equilibrium).

 4) Reduction of X without prior feedback or during slow-start (p==0):
   * both RFC 3448 and rfc3448bis here halve X directly;
   * the associated constraint X &gt;= s/t_mbi is nforced here by send_interval().

 5) Reduction of X when p &gt; 0:
   * X is modified indirectly via X_recv (RFC 3448) or X_recv_set (rfc3448bis);
   * in both cases, control goes back to section 4.3 (in both documents);
   * since p &gt; 0, both documents use X = max(min(...), s/t_mbi), which is
     enforced in this patch by calling send_interval() from update_x().

I think that this analysis is exhaustive. Should I have forgotten a case,
the worst-case consideration arises when X sinks below s/t_mbi, and is then
increased back up to this minimum value. Even under this assumption, the
behaviour is correct, since all lower limits of X in RFC 3448 / rfc3448bis
are either equal to or greater than s/t_mbi.

Note on the condition X &gt;= s/t_mbi  &lt;==&gt; t_ipi = s/X &lt;= t_mbi: since X is
scaled by 64, and all time units are in microseconds, the coded condition is:

    t_ipi = s * 64 * 10^6 usec / X &lt;= 64 * 10^6 usec

This simplifies to s / X &lt;= 1 second &lt;==&gt; X * 1 second &gt;= s &gt; 0.
(A zero `s' is not allowed by the CCID-3 code).	

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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This patch simplifies the computation of t_ipi, avoiding expensive computations
to enforce the minimum sending rate.

Both RFC 3448 and rfc3448bis (revision #06), as well as RFC 4342 sec 5., require
at various stages that at least one packet must be sent per t_mbi = 64 seconds.
This requires frequent divisions of the type X_min = s/t_mbi, which are later
converted back into an inter-packet-interval t_ipi_max = s/X_min = t_mbi.

The patch removes the expensive indirection; in the unlikely case of having
a sending rate less than one packet per 64 seconds, it also re-adjusts X.

The following cases document conformance with RFC 3448  / rfc3448bis-06:
 1) Time until receiving the first feedback packet:
   * if the sender has no initial RTT sample then X = s/1 Bps &gt; s/t_mbi;
   * if the sender has an initial RTT sample or when the first feedback
     packet is received, X = W_init/R &gt; s/t_mbi.

 2) Slow-start (p == 0 and feedback packets come in):
   * RFC 3448  (current code) enforces a minimum of s/R &gt; s/t_mbi;
   * rfc3448bis (future code) enforces an even higher minimum of W_init/R.

 3) Congestion avoidance with no absence of feedback (p &gt; 0):
   * when X_calc or X_recv/2 are too low, the minimum of X_min = s/t_mbi
     is enforced in update_x() when calling update_send_interval();
   * update_send_interval() is, as before, only called when X changes
     (i.e. either when increasing or decreasing, not when in equilibrium).

 4) Reduction of X without prior feedback or during slow-start (p==0):
   * both RFC 3448 and rfc3448bis here halve X directly;
   * the associated constraint X &gt;= s/t_mbi is nforced here by send_interval().

 5) Reduction of X when p &gt; 0:
   * X is modified indirectly via X_recv (RFC 3448) or X_recv_set (rfc3448bis);
   * in both cases, control goes back to section 4.3 (in both documents);
   * since p &gt; 0, both documents use X = max(min(...), s/t_mbi), which is
     enforced in this patch by calling send_interval() from update_x().

I think that this analysis is exhaustive. Should I have forgotten a case,
the worst-case consideration arises when X sinks below s/t_mbi, and is then
increased back up to this minimum value. Even under this assumption, the
behaviour is correct, since all lower limits of X in RFC 3448 / rfc3448bis
are either equal to or greater than s/t_mbi.

Note on the condition X &gt;= s/t_mbi  &lt;==&gt; t_ipi = s/X &lt;= t_mbi: since X is
scaled by 64, and all time units are in microseconds, the coded condition is:

    t_ipi = s * 64 * 10^6 usec / X &lt;= 64 * 10^6 usec

This simplifies to s / X &lt;= 1 second &lt;==&gt; X * 1 second &gt;= s &gt; 0.
(A zero `s' is not allowed by the CCID-3 code).	

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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