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Commit 1a91bb7c authored by Mubashir Adnan Qureshi's avatar Mubashir Adnan Qureshi Committed by David S. Miller
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tcp: add PLB functionality for TCP



Congestion control algorithms track PLB state and cause the connection
to trigger a path change when either of the 2 conditions is satisfied:

- No packets are in flight and (# consecutive congested rounds >=
  sysctl_tcp_plb_idle_rehash_rounds)
- (# consecutive congested rounds >= sysctl_tcp_plb_rehash_rounds)

A round (RTT) is marked as congested when congestion signal
(ECN ce_ratio) over an RTT is greater than sysctl_tcp_plb_cong_thresh.
In the event of RTO, PLB (via tcp_write_timeout()) triggers a path
change and disables congestion-triggered path changes for random time
between (sysctl_tcp_plb_suspend_rto_sec, 2*sysctl_tcp_plb_suspend_rto_sec)
to avoid hopping onto the "connectivity blackhole". RTO-triggered
path changes can still happen during this cool-off period.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMubashir Adnan Qureshi <mubashirq@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarYuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarNeal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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