sctp: Fix the RTO-doubling on idle-link heartbeats
authorVlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:33:43 +0000 (08:33 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:03:10 +0000 (00:03 -0800)
SCTP incorrectly doubles rto ever time a Hearbeat chunk
is generated.   However RFC 4960 states:

   On an idle destination address that is allowed to heartbeat, it is
   recommended that a HEARTBEAT chunk is sent once per RTO of that
   destination address plus the protocol parameter 'HB.interval', with
   jittering of +/- 50% of the RTO value, and exponential backoff of the
   RTO if the previous HEARTBEAT is unanswered.

Essentially, of if the heartbean is unacknowledged, do we double the RTO.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/net/sctp/structs.h
net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c
net/sctp/transport.c

index 9f70d54..23f08fe 100644 (file)
@@ -910,8 +910,10 @@ struct sctp_transport {
         *              should be set. Every time the RTT
         *              calculation completes (i.e. the DATA chunk
         *              is SACK'd) clear this flag.
+        * hb_sent : a flag that signals that we have a pending heartbeat.
         */
        __u8 rto_pending;
+       __u8 hb_sent;
 
        /* Flag to track the current fast recovery state */
        __u8 fast_recovery;
index e1d6076..0146cfb 100644 (file)
@@ -461,9 +461,15 @@ static void sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike(struct sctp_association *asoc,
         * expires, set RTO <- RTO * 2 ("back off the timer").  The
         * maximum value discussed in rule C7 above (RTO.max) may be
         * used to provide an upper bound to this doubling operation.
+        *
+        * Special Case:  the first HB doesn't trigger exponential backoff.
+        * The first unacknowleged HB triggers it.  We do this with a flag
+        * that indicates that we have an outstanding HB.
         */
-       transport->last_rto = transport->rto;
-       transport->rto = min((transport->rto * 2), transport->asoc->rto_max);
+       if (transport->hb_sent) {
+               transport->last_rto = transport->rto;
+               transport->rto = min((transport->rto * 2), transport->asoc->rto_max);
+       }
 }
 
 /* Worker routine to handle INIT command failure.  */
@@ -621,6 +627,11 @@ static void sctp_cmd_transport_on(sctp_cmd_seq_t *cmds,
        t->error_count = 0;
        t->asoc->overall_error_count = 0;
 
+       /* Clear the hb_sent flag to signal that we had a good
+        * acknowledgement.
+        */
+       t->hb_sent = 0;
+
        /* Mark the destination transport address as active if it is not so
         * marked.
         */
@@ -657,6 +668,8 @@ static void sctp_cmd_transport_reset(sctp_cmd_seq_t *cmds,
 
        /* Mark one strike against a transport.  */
        sctp_do_8_2_transport_strike(asoc, t);
+
+       t->hb_sent = 1;
 }
 
 /* Helper function to process the process SACK command.  */
index e745c11..5c29b14 100644 (file)
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_init(struct sctp_transport *peer,
        peer->rttvar = 0;
        peer->srtt = 0;
        peer->rto_pending = 0;
+       peer->hb_sent = 0;
        peer->fast_recovery = 0;
 
        peer->last_time_heard = jiffies;
@@ -608,6 +609,7 @@ void sctp_transport_reset(struct sctp_transport *t)
        t->flight_size = 0;
        t->error_count = 0;
        t->rto_pending = 0;
+       t->hb_sent = 0;
        t->fast_recovery = 0;
 
        /* Initialize the state information for SFR-CACC */