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    tcp: increase throughput when reordering is high · 0f7cc9a3
    Yuchung Cheng authored
    
    
    The stack currently detects reordering and avoid spurious
    retransmission very well. However the throughput is sub-optimal under
    high reordering because cwnd is increased only if the data is deliverd
    in order. I.e., FLAG_DATA_ACKED check in tcp_ack().  The more packet
    are reordered the worse the throughput is.
    
    Therefore when reordering is proven high, cwnd should advance whenever
    the data is delivered regardless of its ordering. If reordering is low,
    conservatively advance cwnd only on ordered deliveries in Open state,
    and retain cwnd in Disordered state (RFC5681).
    
    Using netperf on a qdisc setup of 20Mbps BW and random RTT from 45ms
    to 55ms (for reordering effect). This change increases TCP throughput
    by 20 - 25% to near bottleneck BW.
    
    A special case is the stretched ACK with new SACK and/or ECE mark.
    For example, a receiver may receive an out of order or ECN packet with
    unacked data buffered because of LRO or delayed ACK. The principle on
    such an ACK is to advance cwnd on the cummulative acked part first,
    then reduce cwnd in tcp_fastretrans_alert().
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarYuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarNeal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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