tcp: TCP experimental option for SMC

The SMC protocol [1] relies on the use of a new TCP experimental
option [2, 3]. With this option, SMC capabilities are exchanged
between peers during the TCP three way handshake. This patch adds
support for this experimental option to TCP.

References:
[1] SMC-R Informational RFC: http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7609
[2] Shared Use of TCP Experimental Options RFC 6994:
    https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc6994.txt
[3] IANA ExID SMCR:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/tcp-parameters/tcp-parameters.xhtml#tcp-exids

Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ubraun@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Ursula Braun 2017-10-25 11:01:45 +02:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 145686baab
commit 60e2a77807
7 changed files with 136 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ struct tcp_options_received {
tstamp_ok : 1, /* TIMESTAMP seen on SYN packet */
dsack : 1, /* D-SACK is scheduled */
wscale_ok : 1, /* Wscale seen on SYN packet */
sack_ok : 4, /* SACK seen on SYN packet */
sack_ok : 3, /* SACK seen on SYN packet */
smc_ok : 1, /* SMC seen on SYN packet */
snd_wscale : 4, /* Window scaling received from sender */
rcv_wscale : 4; /* Window scaling to send to receiver */
u8 num_sacks; /* Number of SACK blocks */
@ -110,6 +111,9 @@ static inline void tcp_clear_options(struct tcp_options_received *rx_opt)
{
rx_opt->tstamp_ok = rx_opt->sack_ok = 0;
rx_opt->wscale_ok = rx_opt->snd_wscale = 0;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMC)
rx_opt->smc_ok = 0;
#endif
}
/* This is the max number of SACKS that we'll generate and process. It's safe
@ -229,7 +233,8 @@ struct tcp_sock {
syn_fastopen_ch:1, /* Active TFO re-enabling probe */
syn_data_acked:1,/* data in SYN is acked by SYN-ACK */
save_syn:1, /* Save headers of SYN packet */
is_cwnd_limited:1;/* forward progress limited by snd_cwnd? */
is_cwnd_limited:1,/* forward progress limited by snd_cwnd? */
syn_smc:1; /* SYN includes SMC */
u32 tlp_high_seq; /* snd_nxt at the time of TLP retransmit. */
/* RTT measurement */