linux-stable/net
Yuchung Cheng 7268586baa tcp: pause Fast Open globally after third consecutive timeout
Prior to this patch, active Fast Open is paused on a specific
destination IP address if the previous connections to the
IP address have experienced recurring timeouts . But recent
experiments by Microsoft (https://goo.gl/cykmn7) and Mozilla
browsers indicate the isssue is often caused by broken middle-boxes
sitting close to the client. Therefore it is much better user
experience if Fast Open is disabled out-right globally to avoid
experiencing further timeouts on connections toward other
destinations.

This patch changes the destination-IP disablement to global
disablement if a connection experiencing recurring timeouts
or aborts due to timeout.  Repeated incidents would still
exponentially increase the pause time, starting from an hour.
This is extremely conservative but an unfortunate compromise to
minimize bad experience due to broken middle-boxes.

Reported-by: Dragana Damjanovic <ddamjanovic@mozilla.com>
Reported-by: Patrick McManus <mcmanus@ducksong.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-12-13 15:51:12 -05:00
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6lowpan License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
9p make sock_alloc_file() do sock_release() on failures 2017-12-05 18:39:29 -05:00
802 treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
8021q Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-12 09:17:05 +09:00
appletalk treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
atm atm: mpoa: remove 32-bit timekeeping 2017-11-30 09:26:32 -05:00
ax25 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-04 09:26:51 +09:00
batman-adv treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
bluetooth treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
bpf bpf: add meta pointer for direct access 2017-09-26 13:36:44 -07:00
bridge net: bridge: use rhashtable for fdbs 2017-12-13 15:10:01 -05:00
caif License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
can net: use rtnl_register_module where needed 2017-12-04 11:32:39 -05:00
ceph We have a set of file locking improvements from Zheng, rbd rw/ro 2017-11-21 05:38:32 -10:00
core net: avoid skb_warn_bad_offload on IS_ERR 2017-12-13 15:14:10 -05:00
dcb rtnetlink: make rtnl_register accept a flags parameter 2017-08-09 16:57:38 -07:00
dccp tcp/dccp: avoid one atomic operation for timewait hashdance 2017-12-13 14:33:10 -05:00
decnet net: use rtnl_register_module where needed 2017-12-04 11:32:39 -05:00
dns_resolver KEYS: Fix race between updating and finding a negative key 2017-10-18 09:12:40 +01:00
dsa net: dsa: Allow compiling out legacy support 2017-12-07 14:14:54 -05:00
ethernet
hsr net: hsr: Convert timers to use timer_setup() 2017-10-25 13:00:27 +09:00
ieee802154 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-04 09:26:51 +09:00
ife MAINTAINERS: Update Yotam's E-mail 2017-11-01 12:19:03 +09:00
ipv4 tcp: pause Fast Open globally after third consecutive timeout 2017-12-13 15:51:12 -05:00
ipv6 rhashtable: Change rhashtable_walk_start to return void 2017-12-11 09:58:38 -05:00
ipx Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-04 09:26:51 +09:00
iucv
kcm make sock_alloc_file() do sock_release() on failures 2017-12-05 18:39:29 -05:00
key af_key: replace BUG_ON on WARN_ON in net_exit hook 2017-11-14 15:45:52 +09:00
l2tp l2tp: exit_net cleanup check added 2017-11-14 15:45:53 +09:00
l3mdev
lapb treewide: Remove TIMER_FUNC_TYPE and TIMER_DATA_TYPE casts 2017-11-21 16:35:54 -08:00
llc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-11-15 11:56:19 -08:00
mac80211 rhashtable: Change rhashtable_walk_start to return void 2017-12-11 09:58:38 -05:00
mac802154 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-04 09:26:51 +09:00
mpls net: use rtnl_register_module where needed 2017-12-04 11:32:39 -05:00
ncsi treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() (2 field) 2017-11-21 15:57:09 -08:00
netfilter rhashtable: Change rhashtable_walk_start to return void 2017-12-11 09:58:38 -05:00
netlabel net/netlabel: Add list_next_rcu() in rcu_dereference(). 2017-11-18 10:32:41 +09:00
netlink netlink: convert netlink tap spinlock to mutex 2017-12-11 10:56:55 -05:00
netrom treewide: Remove TIMER_FUNC_TYPE and TIMER_DATA_TYPE casts 2017-11-21 16:35:54 -08:00
nfc treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
nsh openvswitch: enable NSH support 2017-11-08 16:12:33 +09:00
openvswitch openvswitch: do not propagate headroom updates to internal port 2017-12-02 21:14:59 -05:00
packet net/packet: fix a race in packet_bind() and packet_notifier() 2017-11-28 11:13:30 -05:00
phonet net: use rtnl_register_module where needed 2017-12-04 11:32:39 -05:00
psample MAINTAINERS: Update Yotam's E-mail 2017-11-01 12:19:03 +09:00
qrtr net: use rtnl_register_module where needed 2017-12-04 11:32:39 -05:00
rds Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-12-09 22:09:55 -05:00
rfkill
rose treewide: Remove TIMER_FUNC_TYPE and TIMER_DATA_TYPE casts 2017-11-21 16:35:54 -08:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Use correct netns source in rxrpc_release_sock() 2017-12-03 10:05:20 -05:00
sched net_sched: switch to exit_batch for action pernet ops 2017-12-13 13:58:41 -05:00
sctp sctp: add support for the process of unordered idata 2017-12-11 11:23:05 -05:00
smc smc: support variable CLC proposal messages 2017-12-07 15:03:12 -05:00
strparser strparser: Use delayed work instead of timer for msg timeout 2017-10-25 10:37:11 +09:00
sunrpc NFS client fixes for Linux 4.15-rc2 2017-12-01 20:04:20 -05:00
switchdev net: bridge: Add/del switchdev object on host join/leave 2017-11-10 13:41:40 +09:00
tipc rhashtable: Change rhashtable_walk_start to return void 2017-12-11 09:58:38 -05:00
tls tls: don't override sk_write_space if tls_set_sw_offload fails. 2017-11-14 16:26:35 +09:00
unix Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-04 09:26:51 +09:00
vmw_vsock VSOCK: fix outdated sk_state value in hvs_release() 2017-12-05 15:07:37 -05:00
wimax License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
wireless Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-11-29 13:10:25 -08:00
x25 treewide: Remove TIMER_FUNC_TYPE and TIMER_DATA_TYPE casts 2017-11-21 16:35:54 -08:00
xfrm xfrm: Stop using dst->next in bundle construction. 2017-11-30 09:54:27 -05:00
compat.c net: compat: assert the size of cmsg copied in is as expected 2017-09-20 15:36:18 -07:00
Kconfig net: Remove CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG and _ASSERT() macros. 2017-09-04 13:25:20 +02:00
Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
socket.c make sock_alloc_file() do sock_release() on failures 2017-12-05 18:39:29 -05:00
sysctl_net.c