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tcp: detect loss above high_seq in recovery

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Correctly implement a loss detection heuristic: New sequences (above
high_seq) sent during the fast recovery are deemed lost when higher
sequences are SACKed.

Current code does not catch these losses, because tcp_mark_head_lost()
does not check packets beyond high_seq. The fix is straight-forward by
checking packets until the highest sacked packet. In addition, all the
FLAG_DATA_LOST logic are in-effective and redundant and can be removed.

Update the loss heuristic comments. The algorithm above is documented
as heuristic B, but it is redundant too because heuristic A already
covers B.

Note that this change only marks some forward-retransmitted packets LOST.
It does NOT forbid TCP performing further CWR on new losses. A potential
follow-up patch under preparation is to perform another CWR on "new"
losses such as
1) sequence above high_seq is lost (by resetting high_seq to snd_nxt)
2) retransmission is lost.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Yuchung Cheng 2012-01-19 14:42:21 +00:00 • committed by David S. Miller
commit 974c12360d
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@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ enum
LINUX_MIB_TCPPARTIALUNDO, /* TCPPartialUndo */
LINUX_MIB_TCPDSACKUNDO, /* TCPDSACKUndo */
LINUX_MIB_TCPLOSSUNDO, /* TCPLossUndo */
LINUX_MIB_TCPLOSS, /* TCPLoss */
LINUX_MIB_TCPLOSTRETRANSMIT, /* TCPLostRetransmit */
LINUX_MIB_TCPRENOFAILURES, /* TCPRenoFailures */
LINUX_MIB_TCPSACKFAILURES, /* TCPSackFailures */