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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_output.c19
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 290019de766d..c69f4d966024 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1875,15 +1875,20 @@ static void tcp_cwnd_validate(struct sock *sk, bool is_cwnd_limited)
const struct tcp_congestion_ops *ca_ops = inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_ops;
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
- /* Track the maximum number of outstanding packets in each
- * window, and remember whether we were cwnd-limited then.
+ /* Track the strongest available signal of the degree to which the cwnd
+ * is fully utilized. If cwnd-limited then remember that fact for the
+ * current window. If not cwnd-limited then track the maximum number of
+ * outstanding packets in the current window. (If cwnd-limited then we
+ * chose to not update tp->max_packets_out to avoid an extra else
+ * clause with no functional impact.)
*/
- if (!before(tp->snd_una, tp->max_packets_seq) ||
- tp->packets_out > tp->max_packets_out ||
- is_cwnd_limited) {
- tp->max_packets_out = tp->packets_out;
- tp->max_packets_seq = tp->snd_nxt;
+ if (!before(tp->snd_una, tp->cwnd_usage_seq) ||
+ is_cwnd_limited ||
+ (!tp->is_cwnd_limited &&
+ tp->packets_out > tp->max_packets_out)) {
tp->is_cwnd_limited = is_cwnd_limited;
+ tp->max_packets_out = tp->packets_out;
+ tp->cwnd_usage_seq = tp->snd_nxt;
}
if (tcp_is_cwnd_limited(sk)) {