linux-stable/net
Yuchung Cheng e42866031f tcp: avoid min RTT bloat by skipping RTT from delayed-ACK in BBR
A persistent connection may send tiny amount of data (e.g. health-check)
for a long period of time. BBR's windowed min RTT filter may only see
RTT samples from delayed ACKs causing BBR to grossly over-estimate
the path delay depending how much the ACK was delayed at the receiver.

This patch skips RTT samples that are likely coming from delayed ACKs. Note
that it is possible the sender never obtains a valid measure to set the
min RTT. In this case BBR will continue to set cwnd to initial window
which seems fine because the connection is thin stream.

Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Acked-by: Priyaranjan Jha <priyarjha@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-01-19 15:39:30 -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 9p: add missing module license for xen transport 2018-01-15 13:13:53 -05:00
802 treewide: setup_timer() -> timer_setup() 2017-11-21 15:57:07 -08:00
8021q net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
appletalk net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
atm net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
ax25 net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
batman-adv batman-adv: Convert packet.h to uapi header 2017-12-21 15:35:53 -05:00
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-01-17 00:10:42 -05:00
bpf
bridge netfilter: remove struct nf_afinfo and its helper functions 2018-01-08 18:11:02 +01:00
caif caif: reduce stack size with KASAN 2018-01-19 14:02:12 -05:00
can net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -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 devlink: Make some functions static 2018-01-19 14:36:29 -05:00
dcb
dccp net: dccp: Remove dccpprobe module 2018-01-02 14:27:30 -05:00
decnet net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -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: Move padding into Broadcom tagger 2018-01-05 11:21:31 -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: avoid min RTT bloat by skipping RTT from delayed-ACK in BBR 2018-01-19 15:39:30 -05:00
ipv6 ipv6: mcast: remove dead code 2018-01-19 14:17:44 -05:00
ipx net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
iucv
kcm net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
key af_key: Fix memory leak in key_notify_policy. 2018-01-10 09:45:11 +01:00
l2tp l2tp: remove switch block in l2tp_nl_cmd_session_create() 2018-01-19 15:10:23 -05:00
l3mdev
lapb treewide: Remove TIMER_FUNC_TYPE and TIMER_DATA_TYPE casts 2017-11-21 16:35:54 -08:00
llc net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
mac80211 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-01-09 10:37:00 -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 net/ncsi: Don't take any action on HNCDSC AEN 2017-12-18 14:50:11 -05:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-01-09 10:37:00 -05:00
netlabel net/netlabel: Add list_next_rcu() in rcu_dereference(). 2017-11-18 10:32:41 +09:00
netlink Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-01-17 00:10:42 -05:00
netrom net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
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 flow_netlink: Remove unneeded semicolons 2018-01-18 16:25:01 -05:00
packet net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
phonet net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -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 2018-01-09 10:37:00 -05:00
rfkill
rose net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
rxrpc net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
sched net/sched/sch_prio.c: work around gcc-4.4.4 union initializer issues 2018-01-18 21:11:31 -05:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-01-17 00:10:42 -05:00
smc smc: support variable CLC proposal messages 2017-12-07 15:03:12 -05:00
strparser strparser: Call sock_owned_by_user_nocheck 2017-12-28 14:28:22 -05:00
sunrpc NFS client fixes for Linux 4.15-rc4 2017-12-16 13:12:53 -08:00
switchdev net: bridge: Add/del switchdev object on host join/leave 2017-11-10 13:41:40 +09:00
tipc tipc: fix race between poll() and setsockopt() 2018-01-19 15:12:21 -05:00
tls net/tls: Fix inverted error codes to avoid endless loop 2018-01-15 14:21:57 -05:00
unix net: delete /proc THIS_MODULE references 2018-01-16 15:01:33 -05:00
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 2018-01-17 00:10:42 -05:00
x25 treewide: Remove TIMER_FUNC_TYPE and TIMER_DATA_TYPE casts 2017-11-21 16:35:54 -08:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-01-17 00:10:42 -05:00
compat.c
Kconfig netfilter: don't allocate space for arp/bridge hooks unless needed 2018-01-08 18:01:11 +01:00
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 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-01-11 22:13:42 -05:00
sysctl_net.c