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Commit 8e995bf1 authored by Kevin Yang's avatar Kevin Yang Committed by David S. Miller
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tcp_bbr: apply PROBE_RTT cwnd cap even if acked==0



This commit fixes a corner case where TCP BBR would enter PROBE_RTT
mode but not reduce its cwnd. If a TCP receiver ACKed less than one
full segment, the number of delivered/acked packets was 0, so that
bbr_set_cwnd() would short-circuit and exit early, without cutting
cwnd to the value we want for PROBE_RTT.

The fix is to instead make sure that even when 0 full packets are
ACKed, we do apply all the appropriate caps, including the cap that
applies in PROBE_RTT mode.

Fixes: 0f8782ea ("tcp_bbr: add BBR congestion control")
Signed-off-by: default avatarKevin Yang <yyd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarNeal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarYuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarSoheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 5490b32d
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