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tcp: generate CA_EVENT_TX_START on data frames

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Issuing a CC TX_START event on control frames like pure ACK
is a waste of time, as a CC should not care.

Following patch needs this change, as we want CUBIC to properly track
idle time at a low cost, with a single TX_START being generated.

Yuchung might slightly refine the condition triggering TX_START
on a followup patch.

Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Cc: Jana Iyengar <jri@google.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: Sangtae Ha <sangtae.ha@gmail.com>
Cc: Lawrence Brakmo <lawrence@brakmo.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Neal Cardwell 2015-09-09 21:54:37 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 32a844056f
commit 05c5a46d71
1 changed files with 3 additions and 3 deletions
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net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
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@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ static void tcp_event_data_sent(struct tcp_sock *tp,
struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
const u32 now = tcp_time_stamp;
if (tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) == 0)
tcp_ca_event(sk, CA_EVENT_TX_START);
tp->lsndtime = now;
/* If it is a reply for ato after last received
@ -940,9 +943,6 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
&md5);
tcp_header_size = tcp_options_size + sizeof(struct tcphdr);
if (tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) == 0)
tcp_ca_event(sk, CA_EVENT_TX_START);
/* if no packet is in qdisc/device queue, then allow XPS to select
* another queue. We can be called from tcp_tsq_handler()
* which holds one reference to sk_wmem_alloc.