SYNs (or SYN/ACK replies) are dropped due to network congestion, then the
remote end of the connection may act as if options such as window scaling
are enabled but the local end will think they are not. This can result in
very slow data transfers in the case of window scaling disagreements.
The old behavior can be obtained by setting the
net.inet.tcp.rexmit_drop_options sysctl to a non-zero value.
Reviewed by: net@
MFC after: 2 weeks
to the current demotion factor instead of assigning it.
This allows external scripts to control demotion factor together
with kernel in a raceless manner.
all interested parties in case if interface flag IFF_UP has changed.
However, not only SIOCSIFFLAGS can raise the flag, but SIOCAIFADDR
and SIOCAIFADDR_IN6 can, too. The actual |= is done not in the protocol
code, but in code of interface drivers. To fix this historical layering
violation, we will check whether ifp->if_ioctl(SIOCSIFADDR) raised the
IFF_UP flag, and if it did, run the if_up() handler.
This fixes configuring an address under CARP control on an interface
that was initially !IFF_UP.
P.S. I intentionally omitted handling the IFF_SMART flag. This flag was
never ever used in any driver since it was introduced, and since it
means another layering violation, it should be garbage collected instead
of pretended to be supported.
entering llentry_free(), and in case if we lose the race, we should simply
perform LLE_FREE_LOCKED(). Otherwise, if the race is lost by the thread
performing arptimer(), it will remove two references from the lle instead
of one.
Reported by: Ian FREISLICH <ianf clue.co.za>
but later after processing and freeing the tag, we need to jump back again
to the findpcb label. Since the fwd_tag pointer wasn't NULL we tried to
process and free the tag for second time.
Reported & tested by: Pawel Tyll <ptyll nitronet.pl>
MFC after: 3 days
While here, also make the code that enforces power-of-two more
forgiving, instead of just resetting to 512, graciously round-down
to the next lower power of two.
chunks for each SCTP outgoing stream are in the send and
sent queue.
While there, improve the naming of NR-SACK related constants
recently introduced.
MFC after: 1 week
Instead, add protocol specific mbuf flags M_IP_NEXTHOP and
M_IP6_NEXTHOP. Use them to indicate that the mbuf's chain
contains the PACKET_TAG_IPFORWARD tag. And do a tag lookup
only when this flag is set.
Suggested by: andre
Defer sending an independent window update if a delayed ACK is pending
saving a packet. The window update then gets piggy-backed on the next
already scheduled ACK.
Added grammar fixes as well.
MFC after: 2 weeks
after a much reduced timeout.
Typically web servers close their sockets quickly under the assumption
that the TCP connections goes away as well. That is not entirely true
however. If the peer closed the window we're going to wait for a long
time with lots of data in the send buffer.
MFC after: 2 weeks
draft-ietf-tcpm-initcwnd-05. It explains why the increased initial
window improves the overall performance of many web services without
risking congestion collapse.
As long as it remains a draft it is placed under a sysctl marking it
as experimental:
net.inet.tcp.experimental.initcwnd10 = 1
When it becomes an official RFC soon the sysctl will be changed to
the RFC number and moved to net.inet.tcp.
This implementation differs from the RFC draft in that it is a bit
more conservative in the case of packet loss on SYN or SYN|ACK because
we haven't reduced the default RTO to 1 second yet. Also the restart
window isn't yet increased as allowed. Both will be adjusted with
upcoming changes.
Is is enabled by default. In Linux it is enabled since kernel 3.0.
MFC after: 2 weeks
especially in the presence of bi-directional data transfers.
snd_wl1 tracks the right edge, including data in the reassembly
queue, of valid incoming data. This makes it like rcv_nxt plus
reassembly. It never goes backwards to prevent older, possibly
reordered segments from updating the window.
snd_wl2 tracks the left edge of sent data. This makes it a duplicate
of snd_una. However joining them right now is difficult due to
separate update dependencies in different places in the code flow.
snd_wnd tracks the current advertized send window by the peer. In
tcp_output() the effective window is calculated by subtracting the
already in-flight data, snd_nxt less snd_una, from it.
ACK's become the main clock of window updates and will always update
the window when the left edge of what we sent is advanced. The ACK
clock is the primary signaling mechanism in ongoing data transfers.
This works reliably even in the presence of reordering, reassembly
and retransmitted segments. The ACK clock is most important because
it determines how much data we are allowed to inject into the network.
Zero window updates get us out of persistence mode are crucial. Here
a segment that neither moves ACK nor SEQ but enlarges WND is accepted.
When the ACK clock is not active (that is we're not or no longer
sending any data) any segment that moves the extended right SEQ edge,
including out-of-order segments, updates the window. This gives us
updates especially during ping-pong transfers where the peer isn't
done consuming the already acknowledged data from the receive buffer
while responding with data.
The SSH protocol is a prime candidate to benefit from the improved
bi-directional window update logic as it has its own windowing
mechanism on top of TCP and is frequently sending back protocol ACK's.
Tcpdump provided by: darrenr
Tested by: darrenr
MFC after: 2 weeks
