1 files changed, 273 insertions, 343 deletions

diff --git a/net/dccp/ackvec.c b/net/dccp/ackvec.c
index 92a6fcb40d7d..25b7a8d1ad58 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ackvec.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ackvec.c
@@ -1,444 +1,375 @@
 /*
  *  net/dccp/ackvec.c
  *
- *  An implementation of the DCCP protocol
+ *  An implementation of Ack Vectors for the DCCP protocol
+ *  Copyright (c) 2007 University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  *  Copyright (c) 2005 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
  *
  *      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  *      under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
  *      Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License;
  */
-
-#include "ackvec.h"
 #include "dccp.h"
-
-#include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
-#include <net/sock.h>
-
 static struct kmem_cache *dccp_ackvec_slab;
 static struct kmem_cache *dccp_ackvec_record_slab;
 
-static struct dccp_ackvec_record *dccp_ackvec_record_new(void)
+struct dccp_ackvec *dccp_ackvec_alloc(const gfp_t priority)
 {
-	struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr =
-			kmem_cache_alloc(dccp_ackvec_record_slab, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	struct dccp_ackvec *av = kmem_cache_zalloc(dccp_ackvec_slab, priority);
 
-	if (avr != NULL)
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&avr->avr_node);
-
-	return avr;
+	if (av != NULL) {
+		av->av_buf_head	= av->av_buf_tail = DCCPAV_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN - 1;
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&av->av_records);
+	}
+	return av;
 }
 
-static void dccp_ackvec_record_delete(struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr)
+static void dccp_ackvec_purge_records(struct dccp_ackvec *av)
 {
-	if (unlikely(avr == NULL))
-		return;
-	/* Check if deleting a linked record */
-	WARN_ON(!list_empty(&avr->avr_node));
-	kmem_cache_free(dccp_ackvec_record_slab, avr);
+	struct dccp_ackvec_record *cur, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cur, next, &av->av_records, avr_node)
+		kmem_cache_free(dccp_ackvec_record_slab, cur);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&av->av_records);
 }
 
-static void dccp_ackvec_insert_avr(struct dccp_ackvec *av,
-				   struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr)
+void dccp_ackvec_free(struct dccp_ackvec *av)
 {
-	/*
-	 * AVRs are sorted by seqno. Since we are sending them in order, we
-	 * just add the AVR at the head of the list.
-	 * -sorbo.
-	 */
-	if (!list_empty(&av->av_records)) {
-		const struct dccp_ackvec_record *head =
-					list_entry(av->av_records.next,
-						   struct dccp_ackvec_record,
-						   avr_node);
-		BUG_ON(before48(avr->avr_ack_seqno, head->avr_ack_seqno));
+	if (likely(av != NULL)) {
+		dccp_ackvec_purge_records(av);
+		kmem_cache_free(dccp_ackvec_slab, av);
 	}
-
-	list_add(&avr->avr_node, &av->av_records);
 }
 
-int dccp_insert_option_ackvec(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+/**
+ * dccp_ackvec_update_records  -  Record information about sent Ack Vectors
+ * @av:		Ack Vector records to update
+ * @seqno:	Sequence number of the packet carrying the Ack Vector just sent
+ * @nonce_sum:	The sum of all buffer nonces contained in the Ack Vector
+ */
+int dccp_ackvec_update_records(struct dccp_ackvec *av, u64 seqno, u8 nonce_sum)
 {
-	struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
-	struct dccp_ackvec *av = dp->dccps_hc_rx_ackvec;
-	/* Figure out how many options do we need to represent the ackvec */
-	const u8 nr_opts = DIV_ROUND_UP(av->av_vec_len, DCCP_SINGLE_OPT_MAXLEN);
-	u16 len = av->av_vec_len + 2 * nr_opts, i;
-	u32 elapsed_time;
-	const unsigned char *tail, *from;
-	unsigned char *to;
 	struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr;
-	suseconds_t delta;
-
-	if (DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_opt_len + len > DCCP_MAX_OPT_LEN)
-		return -1;
-
-	delta = ktime_us_delta(ktime_get_real(), av->av_time);
-	elapsed_time = delta / 10;
 
-	if (elapsed_time != 0 &&
-	    dccp_insert_option_elapsed_time(skb, elapsed_time))
-		return -1;
-
-	avr = dccp_ackvec_record_new();
+	avr = kmem_cache_alloc(dccp_ackvec_record_slab, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (avr == NULL)
-		return -1;
-
-	DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_opt_len += len;
-
-	to   = skb_push(skb, len);
-	len  = av->av_vec_len;
-	from = av->av_buf + av->av_buf_head;
-	tail = av->av_buf + DCCP_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_opts; ++i) {
-		int copylen = len;
-
-		if (len > DCCP_SINGLE_OPT_MAXLEN)
-			copylen = DCCP_SINGLE_OPT_MAXLEN;
-
-		*to++ = DCCPO_ACK_VECTOR_0;
-		*to++ = copylen + 2;
-
-		/* Check if buf_head wraps */
-		if (from + copylen > tail) {
-			const u16 tailsize = tail - from;
-
-			memcpy(to, from, tailsize);
-			to	+= tailsize;
-			len	-= tailsize;
-			copylen	-= tailsize;
-			from	= av->av_buf;
-		}
-
-		memcpy(to, from, copylen);
-		from += copylen;
-		to   += copylen;
-		len  -= copylen;
-	}
+		return -ENOBUFS;
 
+	avr->avr_ack_seqno  = seqno;
+	avr->avr_ack_ptr    = av->av_buf_head;
+	avr->avr_ack_ackno  = av->av_buf_ackno;
+	avr->avr_ack_nonce  = nonce_sum;
+	avr->avr_ack_runlen = dccp_ackvec_runlen(av->av_buf + av->av_buf_head);
 	/*
-	 *	From RFC 4340, A.2:
-	 *
-	 *	For each acknowledgement it sends, the HC-Receiver will add an
-	 *	acknowledgement record.  ack_seqno will equal the HC-Receiver
-	 *	sequence number it used for the ack packet; ack_ptr will equal
-	 *	buf_head; ack_ackno will equal buf_ackno; and ack_nonce will
-	 *	equal buf_nonce.
+	 * When the buffer overflows, we keep no more than one record. This is
+	 * the simplest way of disambiguating sender-Acks dating from before the
+	 * overflow from sender-Acks which refer to after the overflow; a simple
+	 * solution is preferable here since we are handling an exception.
 	 */
-	avr->avr_ack_seqno = DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_seq;
-	avr->avr_ack_ptr   = av->av_buf_head;
-	avr->avr_ack_ackno = av->av_buf_ackno;
-	avr->avr_ack_nonce = av->av_buf_nonce;
-	avr->avr_sent_len  = av->av_vec_len;
-
-	dccp_ackvec_insert_avr(av, avr);
+	if (av->av_overflow)
+		dccp_ackvec_purge_records(av);
+	/*
+	 * Since GSS is incremented for each packet, the list is automatically
+	 * arranged in descending order of @ack_seqno.
+	 */
+	list_add(&avr->avr_node, &av->av_records);
 
-	dccp_pr_debug("%s ACK Vector 0, len=%d, ack_seqno=%llu, "
-		      "ack_ackno=%llu\n",
-		      dccp_role(sk), avr->avr_sent_len,
+	dccp_pr_debug("Added Vector, ack_seqno=%llu, ack_ackno=%llu (rl=%u)\n",
 		      (unsigned long long)avr->avr_ack_seqno,
-		      (unsigned long long)avr->avr_ack_ackno);
+		      (unsigned long long)avr->avr_ack_ackno,
+		      avr->avr_ack_runlen);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct dccp_ackvec *dccp_ackvec_alloc(const gfp_t priority)
+static struct dccp_ackvec_record *dccp_ackvec_lookup(struct list_head *av_list,
+						     const u64 ackno)
 {
-	struct dccp_ackvec *av = kmem_cache_alloc(dccp_ackvec_slab, priority);
-
-	if (av != NULL) {
-		av->av_buf_head	 = DCCP_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN - 1;
-		av->av_buf_ackno = UINT48_MAX + 1;
-		av->av_buf_nonce = 0;
-		av->av_time	 = ktime_set(0, 0);
-		av->av_vec_len	 = 0;
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&av->av_records);
+	struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr;
+	/*
+	 * Exploit that records are inserted in descending order of sequence
+	 * number, start with the oldest record first. If @ackno is `before'
+	 * the earliest ack_ackno, the packet is too old to be considered.
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(avr, av_list, avr_node) {
+		if (avr->avr_ack_seqno == ackno)
+			return avr;
+		if (before48(ackno, avr->avr_ack_seqno))
+			break;
 	}
-
-	return av;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-void dccp_ackvec_free(struct dccp_ackvec *av)
+/*
+ * Buffer index and length computation using modulo-buffersize arithmetic.
+ * Note that, as pointers move from right to left, head is `before' tail.
+ */
+static inline u16 __ackvec_idx_add(const u16 a, const u16 b)
 {
-	if (unlikely(av == NULL))
-		return;
-
-	if (!list_empty(&av->av_records)) {
-		struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr, *next;
-
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(avr, next, &av->av_records, avr_node) {
-			list_del_init(&avr->avr_node);
-			dccp_ackvec_record_delete(avr);
-		}
-	}
-
-	kmem_cache_free(dccp_ackvec_slab, av);
+	return (a + b) % DCCPAV_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN;
 }
 
-static inline u8 dccp_ackvec_state(const struct dccp_ackvec *av,
-				   const u32 index)
+static inline u16 __ackvec_idx_sub(const u16 a, const u16 b)
 {
-	return av->av_buf[index] & DCCP_ACKVEC_STATE_MASK;
+	return __ackvec_idx_add(a, DCCPAV_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN - b);
 }
 
-static inline u8 dccp_ackvec_len(const struct dccp_ackvec *av,
-				 const u32 index)
+u16 dccp_ackvec_buflen(const struct dccp_ackvec *av)
 {
-	return av->av_buf[index] & DCCP_ACKVEC_LEN_MASK;
+	if (unlikely(av->av_overflow))
+		return DCCPAV_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN;
+	return __ackvec_idx_sub(av->av_buf_tail, av->av_buf_head);
 }
 
-/*
- * If several packets are missing, the HC-Receiver may prefer to enter multiple
- * bytes with run length 0, rather than a single byte with a larger run length;
- * this simplifies table updates if one of the missing packets arrives.
+/**
+ * dccp_ackvec_update_old  -  Update previous state as per RFC 4340, 11.4.1
+ * @av:		non-empty buffer to update
+ * @distance:   negative or zero distance of @seqno from buf_ackno downward
+ * @seqno:	the (old) sequence number whose record is to be updated
+ * @state:	state in which packet carrying @seqno was received
  */
-static inline int dccp_ackvec_set_buf_head_state(struct dccp_ackvec *av,
-						 const unsigned int packets,
-						 const unsigned char state)
+static void dccp_ackvec_update_old(struct dccp_ackvec *av, s64 distance,
+				   u64 seqno, enum dccp_ackvec_states state)
 {
-	long gap;
-	long new_head;
+	u16 ptr = av->av_buf_head;
 
-	if (av->av_vec_len + packets > DCCP_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN)
-		return -ENOBUFS;
+	BUG_ON(distance > 0);
+	if (unlikely(dccp_ackvec_is_empty(av)))
+		return;
 
-	gap	 = packets - 1;
-	new_head = av->av_buf_head - packets;
+	do {
+		u8 runlen = dccp_ackvec_runlen(av->av_buf + ptr);
 
-	if (new_head < 0) {
-		if (gap > 0) {
-			memset(av->av_buf, DCCP_ACKVEC_STATE_NOT_RECEIVED,
-			       gap + new_head + 1);
-			gap = -new_head;
+		if (distance + runlen >= 0) {
+			/*
+			 * Only update the state if packet has not been received
+			 * yet. This is OK as per the second table in RFC 4340,
+			 * 11.4.1; i.e. here we are using the following table:
+			 *                     RECEIVED
+			 *                      0   1   3
+			 *              S     +---+---+---+
+			 *              T   0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+			 *              O     +---+---+---+
+			 *              R   1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
+			 *              E     +---+---+---+
+			 *              D   3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
+			 *                    +---+---+---+
+			 * The "Not Received" state was set by reserve_seats().
+			 */
+			if (av->av_buf[ptr] == DCCPAV_NOT_RECEIVED)
+				av->av_buf[ptr] = state;
+			else
+				dccp_pr_debug("Not changing %llu state to %u\n",
+					      (unsigned long long)seqno, state);
+			break;
 		}
-		new_head += DCCP_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN;
-	}
 
-	av->av_buf_head = new_head;
+		distance += runlen + 1;
+		ptr	  = __ackvec_idx_add(ptr, 1);
 
-	if (gap > 0)
-		memset(av->av_buf + av->av_buf_head + 1,
-		       DCCP_ACKVEC_STATE_NOT_RECEIVED, gap);
+	} while (ptr != av->av_buf_tail);
+}
 
-	av->av_buf[av->av_buf_head] = state;
-	av->av_vec_len += packets;
-	return 0;
+/* Mark @num entries after buf_head as "Not yet received". */
+static void dccp_ackvec_reserve_seats(struct dccp_ackvec *av, u16 num)
+{
+	u16 start = __ackvec_idx_add(av->av_buf_head, 1),
+	    len	  = DCCPAV_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN - start;
+
+	/* check for buffer wrap-around */
+	if (num > len) {
+		memset(av->av_buf + start, DCCPAV_NOT_RECEIVED, len);
+		start = 0;
+		num  -= len;
+	}
+	if (num)
+		memset(av->av_buf + start, DCCPAV_NOT_RECEIVED, num);
 }
 
-/*
- * Implements the RFC 4340, Appendix A
+/**
+ * dccp_ackvec_add_new  -  Record one or more new entries in Ack Vector buffer
+ * @av:		 container of buffer to update (can be empty or non-empty)
+ * @num_packets: number of packets to register (must be >= 1)
+ * @seqno:	 sequence number of the first packet in @num_packets
+ * @state:	 state in which packet carrying @seqno was received
  */
-int dccp_ackvec_add(struct dccp_ackvec *av, const struct sock *sk,
-		    const u64 ackno, const u8 state)
+static void dccp_ackvec_add_new(struct dccp_ackvec *av, u32 num_packets,
+				u64 seqno, enum dccp_ackvec_states state)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Check at the right places if the buffer is full, if it is, tell the
-	 * caller to start dropping packets till the HC-Sender acks our ACK
-	 * vectors, when we will free up space in av_buf.
-	 *
-	 * We may well decide to do buffer compression, etc, but for now lets
-	 * just drop.
-	 *
-	 * From Appendix A.1.1 (`New Packets'):
-	 *
-	 *	Of course, the circular buffer may overflow, either when the
-	 *	HC-Sender is sending data at a very high rate, when the
-	 *	HC-Receiver's acknowledgements are not reaching the HC-Sender,
-	 *	or when the HC-Sender is forgetting to acknowledge those acks
-	 *	(so the HC-Receiver is unable to clean up old state). In this
-	 *	case, the HC-Receiver should either compress the buffer (by
-	 *	increasing run lengths when possible), transfer its state to
-	 *	a larger buffer, or, as a last resort, drop all received
-	 *	packets, without processing them whatsoever, until its buffer
-	 *	shrinks again.
-	 */
+	u32 num_cells = num_packets;
 
-	/* See if this is the first ackno being inserted */
-	if (av->av_vec_len == 0) {
-		av->av_buf[av->av_buf_head] = state;
-		av->av_vec_len = 1;
-	} else if (after48(ackno, av->av_buf_ackno)) {
-		const u64 delta = dccp_delta_seqno(av->av_buf_ackno, ackno);
+	if (num_packets > DCCPAV_BURST_THRESH) {
+		u32 lost_packets = num_packets - 1;
 
+		DCCP_WARN("Warning: large burst loss (%u)\n", lost_packets);
 		/*
-		 * Look if the state of this packet is the same as the
-		 * previous ackno and if so if we can bump the head len.
+		 * We received 1 packet and have a loss of size "num_packets-1"
+		 * which we squeeze into num_cells-1 rather than reserving an
+		 * entire byte for each lost packet.
+		 * The reason is that the vector grows in O(burst_length); when
+		 * it grows too large there will no room left for the payload.
+		 * This is a trade-off: if a few packets out of the burst show
+		 * up later, their state will not be changed; it is simply too
+		 * costly to reshuffle/reallocate/copy the buffer each time.
+		 * Should such problems persist, we will need to switch to a
+		 * different underlying data structure.
 		 */
-		if (delta == 1 &&
-		    dccp_ackvec_state(av, av->av_buf_head) == state &&
-		    dccp_ackvec_len(av, av->av_buf_head) < DCCP_ACKVEC_LEN_MASK)
-			av->av_buf[av->av_buf_head]++;
-		else if (dccp_ackvec_set_buf_head_state(av, delta, state))
-			return -ENOBUFS;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * A.1.2.  Old Packets
-		 *
-		 *	When a packet with Sequence Number S <= buf_ackno
-		 *	arrives, the HC-Receiver will scan the table for
-		 *	the byte corresponding to S. (Indexing structures
-		 *	could reduce the complexity of this scan.)
-		 */
-		u64 delta = dccp_delta_seqno(ackno, av->av_buf_ackno);
-		u32 index = av->av_buf_head;
+		for (num_packets = num_cells = 1; lost_packets; ++num_cells) {
+			u8 len = min(lost_packets, (u32)DCCPAV_MAX_RUNLEN);
 
-		while (1) {
-			const u8 len = dccp_ackvec_len(av, index);
-			const u8 av_state = dccp_ackvec_state(av, index);
-			/*
-			 * valid packets not yet in av_buf have a reserved
-			 * entry, with a len equal to 0.
-			 */
-			if (av_state == DCCP_ACKVEC_STATE_NOT_RECEIVED &&
-			    len == 0 && delta == 0) { /* Found our
-							 reserved seat! */
-				dccp_pr_debug("Found %llu reserved seat!\n",
-					      (unsigned long long)ackno);
-				av->av_buf[index] = state;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			/* len == 0 means one packet */
-			if (delta < len + 1)
-				goto out_duplicate;
-
-			delta -= len + 1;
-			if (++index == DCCP_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN)
-				index = 0;
+			av->av_buf_head = __ackvec_idx_sub(av->av_buf_head, 1);
+			av->av_buf[av->av_buf_head] = DCCPAV_NOT_RECEIVED | len;
+
+			lost_packets -= len;
 		}
 	}
 
-	av->av_buf_ackno = ackno;
-	av->av_time = ktime_get_real();
-out:
-	return 0;
+	if (num_cells + dccp_ackvec_buflen(av) >= DCCPAV_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN) {
+		DCCP_CRIT("Ack Vector buffer overflow: dropping old entries\n");
+		av->av_overflow = true;
+	}
+
+	av->av_buf_head = __ackvec_idx_sub(av->av_buf_head, num_packets);
+	if (av->av_overflow)
+		av->av_buf_tail = av->av_buf_head;
 
-out_duplicate:
-	/* Duplicate packet */
-	dccp_pr_debug("Received a dup or already considered lost "
-		      "packet: %llu\n", (unsigned long long)ackno);
-	return -EILSEQ;
+	av->av_buf[av->av_buf_head] = state;
+	av->av_buf_ackno	    = seqno;
+
+	if (num_packets > 1)
+		dccp_ackvec_reserve_seats(av, num_packets - 1);
 }
 
-static void dccp_ackvec_throw_record(struct dccp_ackvec *av,
-				     struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr)
+/**
+ * dccp_ackvec_input  -  Register incoming packet in the buffer
+ */
+void dccp_ackvec_input(struct dccp_ackvec *av, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct dccp_ackvec_record *next;
+	u64 seqno = DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_seq;
+	enum dccp_ackvec_states state = DCCPAV_RECEIVED;
 
-	/* sort out vector length */
-	if (av->av_buf_head <= avr->avr_ack_ptr)
-		av->av_vec_len = avr->avr_ack_ptr - av->av_buf_head;
-	else
-		av->av_vec_len = DCCP_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN - 1 -
-				 av->av_buf_head + avr->avr_ack_ptr;
+	if (dccp_ackvec_is_empty(av)) {
+		dccp_ackvec_add_new(av, 1, seqno, state);
+		av->av_tail_ackno = seqno;
 
-	/* free records */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe_from(avr, next, &av->av_records, avr_node) {
-		list_del_init(&avr->avr_node);
-		dccp_ackvec_record_delete(avr);
-	}
-}
+	} else {
+		s64 num_packets = dccp_delta_seqno(av->av_buf_ackno, seqno);
+		u8 *current_head = av->av_buf + av->av_buf_head;
 
-void dccp_ackvec_check_rcv_ackno(struct dccp_ackvec *av, struct sock *sk,
-				 const u64 ackno)
-{
-	struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr;
+		if (num_packets == 1 &&
+		    dccp_ackvec_state(current_head) == state &&
+		    dccp_ackvec_runlen(current_head) < DCCPAV_MAX_RUNLEN) {
 
-	/*
-	 * If we traverse backwards, it should be faster when we have large
-	 * windows. We will be receiving ACKs for stuff we sent a while back
-	 * -sorbo.
-	 */
-	list_for_each_entry_reverse(avr, &av->av_records, avr_node) {
-		if (ackno == avr->avr_ack_seqno) {
-			dccp_pr_debug("%s ACK packet 0, len=%d, ack_seqno=%llu, "
-				      "ack_ackno=%llu, ACKED!\n",
-				      dccp_role(sk), 1,
-				      (unsigned long long)avr->avr_ack_seqno,
-				      (unsigned long long)avr->avr_ack_ackno);
-			dccp_ackvec_throw_record(av, avr);
-			break;
-		} else if (avr->avr_ack_seqno > ackno)
-			break; /* old news */
+			*current_head   += 1;
+			av->av_buf_ackno = seqno;
+
+		} else if (num_packets > 0) {
+			dccp_ackvec_add_new(av, num_packets, seqno, state);
+		} else {
+			dccp_ackvec_update_old(av, num_packets, seqno, state);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-static void dccp_ackvec_check_rcv_ackvector(struct dccp_ackvec *av,
-					    struct sock *sk, u64 *ackno,
-					    const unsigned char len,
-					    const unsigned char *vector)
+/**
+ * dccp_ackvec_clear_state  -  Perform house-keeping / garbage-collection
+ * This routine is called when the peer acknowledges the receipt of Ack Vectors
+ * up to and including @ackno. While based on on section A.3 of RFC 4340, here
+ * are additional precautions to prevent corrupted buffer state. In particular,
+ * we use tail_ackno to identify outdated records; it always marks the earliest
+ * packet of group (2) in 11.4.2.
+ */
+void dccp_ackvec_clear_state(struct dccp_ackvec *av, const u64 ackno)
 {
-	unsigned char i;
-	struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr;
+	struct dccp_ackvec_record *avr, *next;
+	u8 runlen_now, eff_runlen;
+	s64 delta;
 
-	/* Check if we actually sent an ACK vector */
-	if (list_empty(&av->av_records))
+	avr = dccp_ackvec_lookup(&av->av_records, ackno);
+	if (avr == NULL)
 		return;
+	/*
+	 * Deal with outdated acknowledgments: this arises when e.g. there are
+	 * several old records and the acks from the peer come in slowly. In
+	 * that case we may still have records that pre-date tail_ackno.
+	 */
+	delta = dccp_delta_seqno(av->av_tail_ackno, avr->avr_ack_ackno);
+	if (delta < 0)
+		goto free_records;
+	/*
+	 * Deal with overlapping Ack Vectors: don't subtract more than the
+	 * number of packets between tail_ackno and ack_ackno.
+	 */
+	eff_runlen = delta < avr->avr_ack_runlen ? delta : avr->avr_ack_runlen;
 
-	i = len;
+	runlen_now = dccp_ackvec_runlen(av->av_buf + avr->avr_ack_ptr);
 	/*
-	 * XXX
-	 * I think it might be more efficient to work backwards. See comment on
-	 * rcv_ackno. -sorbo.
+	 * The run length of Ack Vector cells does not decrease over time. If
+	 * the run length is the same as at the time the Ack Vector was sent, we
+	 * free the ack_ptr cell. That cell can however not be freed if the run
+	 * length has increased: in this case we need to move the tail pointer
+	 * backwards (towards higher indices), to its next-oldest neighbour.
 	 */
-	avr = list_entry(av->av_records.next, struct dccp_ackvec_record, avr_node);
-	while (i--) {
-		const u8 rl = *vector & DCCP_ACKVEC_LEN_MASK;
-		u64 ackno_end_rl;
+	if (runlen_now > eff_runlen) {
 
-		dccp_set_seqno(&ackno_end_rl, *ackno - rl);
+		av->av_buf[avr->avr_ack_ptr] -= eff_runlen + 1;
+		av->av_buf_tail = __ackvec_idx_add(avr->avr_ack_ptr, 1);
 
+		/* This move may not have cleared the overflow flag. */
+		if (av->av_overflow)
+			av->av_overflow = (av->av_buf_head == av->av_buf_tail);
+	} else {
+		av->av_buf_tail	= avr->avr_ack_ptr;
 		/*
-		 * If our AVR sequence number is greater than the ack, go
-		 * forward in the AVR list until it is not so.
+		 * We have made sure that avr points to a valid cell within the
+		 * buffer. This cell is either older than head, or equals head
+		 * (empty buffer): in both cases we no longer have any overflow.
 		 */
-		list_for_each_entry_from(avr, &av->av_records, avr_node) {
-			if (!after48(avr->avr_ack_seqno, *ackno))
-				goto found;
-		}
-		/* End of the av_records list, not found, exit */
-		break;
-found:
-		if (between48(avr->avr_ack_seqno, ackno_end_rl, *ackno)) {
-			const u8 state = *vector & DCCP_ACKVEC_STATE_MASK;
-			if (state != DCCP_ACKVEC_STATE_NOT_RECEIVED) {
-				dccp_pr_debug("%s ACK vector 0, len=%d, "
-					      "ack_seqno=%llu, ack_ackno=%llu, "
-					      "ACKED!\n",
-					      dccp_role(sk), len,
-					      (unsigned long long)
-					      avr->avr_ack_seqno,
-					      (unsigned long long)
-					      avr->avr_ack_ackno);
-				dccp_ackvec_throw_record(av, avr);
-				break;
-			}
-			/*
-			 * If it wasn't received, continue scanning... we might
-			 * find another one.
-			 */
-		}
+		av->av_overflow	= 0;
+	}
 
-		dccp_set_seqno(ackno, ackno_end_rl - 1);
-		++vector;
+	/*
+	 * The peer has acknowledged up to and including ack_ackno. Hence the
+	 * first packet in group (2) of 11.4.2 is the successor of ack_ackno.
+	 */
+	av->av_tail_ackno = ADD48(avr->avr_ack_ackno, 1);
+
+free_records:
+	list_for_each_entry_safe_from(avr, next, &av->av_records, avr_node) {
+		list_del(&avr->avr_node);
+		kmem_cache_free(dccp_ackvec_record_slab, avr);
 	}
 }
 
-int dccp_ackvec_parse(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
-		      u64 *ackno, const u8 opt, const u8 *value, const u8 len)
+/*
+ *	Routines to keep track of Ack Vectors received in an skb
+ */
+int dccp_ackvec_parsed_add(struct list_head *head, u8 *vec, u8 len, u8 nonce)
 {
-	if (len > DCCP_SINGLE_OPT_MAXLEN)
-		return -1;
+	struct dccp_ackvec_parsed *new = kmalloc(sizeof(*new), GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+	if (new == NULL)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+	new->vec   = vec;
+	new->len   = len;
+	new->nonce = nonce;
 
-	/* dccp_ackvector_print(DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_ack_seq, value, len); */
-	dccp_ackvec_check_rcv_ackvector(dccp_sk(sk)->dccps_hc_rx_ackvec, sk,
-					ackno, len, value);
+	list_add_tail(&new->node, head);
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_ackvec_parsed_add);
+
+void dccp_ackvec_parsed_cleanup(struct list_head *parsed_chunks)
+{
+	struct dccp_ackvec_parsed *cur, *next;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cur, next, parsed_chunks, node)
+		kfree(cur);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(parsed_chunks);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_ackvec_parsed_cleanup);
 
 int __init dccp_ackvec_init(void)
 {
@@ -448,10 +379,9 @@ int __init dccp_ackvec_init(void)
 	if (dccp_ackvec_slab == NULL)
 		goto out_err;
 
-	dccp_ackvec_record_slab =
-			kmem_cache_create("dccp_ackvec_record",
-					  sizeof(struct dccp_ackvec_record),
-					  0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
+	dccp_ackvec_record_slab = kmem_cache_create("dccp_ackvec_record",
+					     sizeof(struct dccp_ackvec_record),
+					     0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
 	if (dccp_ackvec_record_slab == NULL)
 		goto out_destroy_slab;