linux-stable/net
Jon Maloy a4dc70d46c tipc: extend link reset criteria for stale packet retransmission
Currently a link is declared stale and reset if there has been 100
repeated attempts to retransmit the same packet. However, in certain
infrastructures we see that packet (NACK) duplicates and delays may
cause such retransmit attempts to occur at a high rate, so that the
peer doesn't have a reasonable chance to acknowledge the reception
before the 100-limit is hit. This may take much less than the
stipulated link tolerance time, and despite that probe/probe replies
otherwise go through as normal.

We now extend the criteria for link reset to also being time based.
I.e., we don't reset the link until the link tolerance time is passed
AND we have made 100 retransmissions attempts.

Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-07-07 21:16:01 +09:00
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6lowpan
9p treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
802
8021q Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-07-03 10:29:26 +09:00
appletalk Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
atm Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
ax25 Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
batman-adv net: drivers/net: Convert random_ether_addr to eth_random_addr 2018-06-23 10:49:14 +09:00
bluetooth Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
bpf bpf: making bpf_prog_test run aware of possible data_end ptr change 2018-04-18 23:34:16 +02:00
bpfilter bpfilter: include bpfilter_umh in assembly instead of using objcopy 2018-06-28 21:39:16 +09:00
bridge Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-06-16 07:39:34 +09:00
caif Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
can Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
ceph The main piece is a set of libceph changes that revamps how OSD 2018-06-15 07:24:58 +09:00
core net/flow_dissector: Add support for QinQ dissection 2018-07-07 20:51:53 +09:00
dcb treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array() 2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
dccp Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
decnet net: decnet: dn_nsp_in: mark expected switch fall-through 2018-07-05 20:25:29 +09:00
dns_resolver KEYS: DNS: limit the length of option strings 2018-04-17 15:17:41 -04:00
dsa net: sched: pass extack pointer to block binds and cb registration 2018-06-26 23:21:32 +09:00
ethernet net: Convert GRO SKB handling to list_head. 2018-06-26 11:33:04 +09:00
hsr
ieee802154 Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
ife net: sched: ife: check on metadata length 2018-04-22 21:12:00 -04:00
ipv4 ip: unconditionally set cork gso_size 2018-07-07 10:58:49 +09:00
ipv6 ip: unconditionally set cork gso_size 2018-07-07 10:58:49 +09:00
iucv Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
kcm Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
key Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
l2tp ipv6: fold sockcm_cookie into ipcm6_cookie 2018-07-07 10:58:49 +09:00
l3mdev
lapb
llc Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
mac80211 Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-07-03 10:29:26 +09:00
mac802154
mpls
ncsi net/ncsi: Use netdev_dbg for debug messages 2018-06-20 07:26:58 +09:00
netfilter Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-07-03 10:29:26 +09:00
netlabel audit: use inline function to get audit context 2018-05-14 17:24:18 -04:00
netlink Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
netrom Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
nfc Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
nsh nsh: fix infinite loop 2018-05-04 12:54:38 -04:00
openvswitch net: check tunnel option type in tunnel flags 2018-06-29 23:50:26 +09:00
packet sock: sockc cookie initializer 2018-07-07 10:58:49 +09:00
phonet Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
psample
qrtr Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
rds rds: clean up loopback rds_connections on netns deletion 2018-06-27 10:11:03 +09:00
rfkill rfkill: Create rfkill-none LED trigger 2018-05-23 11:26:45 +02:00
rose Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
rxrpc Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
sched net/sched: flower: Add supprt for matching on QinQ vlan headers 2018-07-07 20:51:53 +09:00
sctp sctp: check for ipv6_pinfo legal sndflow with flowlabel in sctp_v6_get_dst 2018-07-04 11:36:54 +09:00
smc Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-07-03 10:29:26 +09:00
strparser Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-07-03 10:29:26 +09:00
sunrpc NFS client bugfixes for Linux 4.18 2018-06-22 06:21:34 +09:00
switchdev
tipc tipc: extend link reset criteria for stale packet retransmission 2018-07-07 21:16:01 +09:00
tls Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-07-03 10:29:26 +09:00
unix Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
vmw_vsock Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
wimax
wireless Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-07-03 10:29:26 +09:00
x25 Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
xdp Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-06-06 18:39:49 -07:00
Kconfig net: Introduce generic failover module 2018-05-28 22:59:54 -04:00
Makefile bpfilter: check compiler capability in Kconfig 2018-06-28 13:36:39 +09:00
compat.c net: support compat 64-bit time in {s,g}etsockopt 2018-04-27 19:46:06 -04:00
socket.c net: handle NULL ->poll gracefully 2018-06-29 06:51:51 -07:00
sysctl_net.c