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: 0dac127c0557 ("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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index f3d414ed208e..651bba654d77 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -984,6 +984,7 @@ struct sctp_transport {
 	} cacc;
 
 	struct {
+		__u32 last_rtx_chunks;
 		__u16 pmtu;
 		__u16 probe_size;
 		__u16 probe_high;