sctp: send pmtu probe only if packet loss in Search Complete state

This patch is to introduce last_rtx_chunks into sctp_transport to detect
if there's any packet retransmission/loss happened by checking against
asoc's rtx_data_chunks in sctp_transport_pl_send().

If there is, namely, transport->last_rtx_chunks != asoc->rtx_data_chunks,
the pmtu probe will be sent out. Otherwise, increment the pl.raise_count
and return when it's in Search Complete state.

With this patch, if in Search Complete state, which is a long period, it
doesn't need to keep probing the current pmtu unless there's data packet
loss. This will save quite some traffic.

v1->v2:
  - add the missing Fixes tag.

Fixes: 0dac127c05 ("sctp: do black hole detection in search complete state")
Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Xin Long 2021-07-25 13:42:51 -04:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 058e6e0ed0
commit eacf078cf4
2 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -984,6 +984,7 @@ struct sctp_transport {
} cacc;
struct {
__u32 last_rtx_chunks;
__u16 pmtu;
__u16 probe_size;
__u16 probe_high;