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[TCP]: Fix snd_cwnd adjustments in tcp_highspeed.c

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Xiaoliang (David) Wei wrote:
> Hi gurus,
> 
>    I am reading the code of tcp_highspeed.c in the kernel and have a
> question on the hstcp_cong_avoid function, specifically the following
> AI part (line 136~143 in net/ipv4/tcp_highspeed.c ):
> 
>                /* Do additive increase */
>                if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp) {
>                        tp->snd_cwnd_cnt += ca->ai;
>                        if (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt >= tp->snd_cwnd) {
>                                tp->snd_cwnd++;
>                                tp->snd_cwnd_cnt -= tp->snd_cwnd;
>                        }
>                }
> 
>    In this part, when (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt == tp->snd_cwnd),
> snd_cwnd_cnt will be -1... snd_cwnd_cnt is defined as u16, will this
> small chance of getting -1 becomes a problem?
> Shall we change it by reversing the order of the cwnd++ and cwnd_cnt -= 
> cwnd?

Absolutely correct.  Thanks.

Signed-off-by: John Heffner <jheffner@psc.edu>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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John Heffner 2006-05-05 17:41:44 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent f530937b2c
commit 5528e568a7
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@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ static void hstcp_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 adk, u32 rtt,
if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp) {
tp->snd_cwnd_cnt += ca->ai;
if (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt >= tp->snd_cwnd) {
tp->snd_cwnd++;
tp->snd_cwnd_cnt -= tp->snd_cwnd;
tp->snd_cwnd++;
}
}
}