syncookies: update mss tables

[pandora-kernel.git] / net / ipv4 / syncookies.c

diff --git a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
index c9dac86..a7cbcc4 100644 (file)
--- a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
@@ -138,23 +138,23 @@ static __u32 check_tcp_syn_cookie(__u32 cookie, __be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
 }
 
 /*
- * This table has to be sorted and terminated with (__u16)-1.
- * XXX generate a better table.
- * Unresolved Issues: HIPPI with a 64k MSS is not well supported.
+ * MSS Values are taken from the 2009 paper
+ * 'Measuring TCP Maximum Segment Size' by S. Alcock and R. Nelson:
+ *  - values 1440 to 1460 accounted for 80% of observed mss values
+ *  - values outside the 536-1460 range are rare (<0.2%).
+ *
+ * Table must be sorted.
  */
 static __u16 const msstab[] = {
-       64 - 1,
-       256 - 1,
-       512 - 1,
-       536 - 1,
-       1024 - 1,
-       1440 - 1,
-       1460 - 1,
-       4312 - 1,
-       (__u16)-1
+       64,
+       512,
+       536,
+       1024,
+       1440,
+       1460,
+       4312,
+       8960,
 };
-/* The number doesn't include the -1 terminator */
-#define NUM_MSS (ARRAY_SIZE(msstab) - 1)
 
 /*
  * Generate a syncookie.  mssp points to the mss, which is returned
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ __u32 cookie_v4_init_sequence(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u16 *mssp)
 
        tcp_synq_overflow(sk);
 
-       /* XXX sort msstab[] by probability?  Binary search? */
-       for (mssind = 0; mss > msstab[mssind + 1]; mssind++)
-               ;
-       *mssp = msstab[mssind] + 1;
+       for (mssind = ARRAY_SIZE(msstab) - 1; mssind ; mssind--)
+               if (mss >= msstab[mssind])
+                       break;
+       *mssp = msstab[mssind];
 
        NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_SYNCOOKIESSENT);
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static inline int cookie_check(struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 cookie)
                                            jiffies / (HZ * 60),
                                            COUNTER_TRIES);
 
-       return mssind < NUM_MSS ? msstab[mssind] + 1 : 0;
+       return mssind < ARRAY_SIZE(msstab) ? msstab[mssind] : 0;
 }
 
 static inline struct sock *get_cookie_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,