F-RTO is an enhanced recovery algorithm for TCP retransmission
timeouts. It is particularly beneficial in wireless environments
where packet loss is typically due to random radio interference
- rather than intermediate router congestion. FRTO is sender-side
+ rather than intermediate router congestion. F-RTO is sender-side
only modification. Therefore it does not require any support from
the peer, but in a typical case, however, where wireless link is
the local access link and most of the data flows downlink, the
- faraway servers should have FRTO enabled to take advantage of it.
+ faraway servers should have F-RTO enabled to take advantage of it.
If set to 1, basic version is enabled. 2 enables SACK enhanced
F-RTO if flow uses SACK. The basic version can be used also when
- SACK is in use though scenario(s) with it exists where FRTO
+ SACK is in use though scenario(s) with it exists where F-RTO
interacts badly with the packet counting of the SACK enabled TCP
flow.
#define FLAG_SLOWPATH 0x100 /* Do not skip RFC checks for window update.*/
#define FLAG_ONLY_ORIG_SACKED 0x200 /* SACKs only non-rexmit sent before RTO */
#define FLAG_SND_UNA_ADVANCED 0x400 /* Snd_una was changed (!= FLAG_DATA_ACKED) */
-#define FLAG_DSACKING_ACK 0x800 /* SACK blocks contained DSACK info */
+#define FLAG_DSACKING_ACK 0x800 /* SACK blocks contained D-SACK info */
#define FLAG_NONHEAD_RETRANS_ACKED 0x1000 /* Non-head rexmitted data was ACKed */
#define FLAG_ACKED (FLAG_DATA_ACKED|FLAG_SYN_ACKED)
tp->rx_opt.sack_ok &= ~2;
}
-/* Take a notice that peer is sending DSACKs */
+/* Take a notice that peer is sending D-SACKs */
static void tcp_dsack_seen(struct tcp_sock *tp)
{
tp->rx_opt.sack_ok |= 4;
*
* With D-SACK the lower bound is extended to cover sequence space below
* SND.UNA down to undo_marker, which is the last point of interest. Yet
- * again, DSACK block must not to go across snd_una (for the same reason as
+ * again, D-SACK block must not to go across snd_una (for the same reason as
* for the normal SACK blocks, explained above). But there all simplicity
* ends, TCP might receive valid D-SACKs below that. As long as they reside
* fully below undo_marker they do not affect behavior in anyway and can
if (!before(start_seq, tp->snd_nxt))
return 0;
- /* In outstanding window? ...This is valid exit for DSACKs too.
+ /* In outstanding window? ...This is valid exit for D-SACKs too.
* start_seq == snd_una is non-sensical (see comments above)
*/
if (after(start_seq, tp->snd_una))
!icsk->icsk_retransmits)) {
tp->prior_ssthresh = tcp_current_ssthresh(sk);
/* Our state is too optimistic in ssthresh() call because cwnd
- * is not reduced until tcp_enter_frto_loss() when previous FRTO
+ * is not reduced until tcp_enter_frto_loss() when previous F-RTO
* recovery has not yet completed. Pattern would be this: RTO,
* Cumulative ACK, RTO (2xRTO for the same segment does not end
* up here twice).
tcp_set_ca_state(sk, TCP_CA_Loss);
tp->high_seq = tp->snd_nxt;
TCP_ECN_queue_cwr(tp);
- /* Abort FRTO algorithm if one is in progress */
+ /* Abort F-RTO algorithm if one is in progress */
tp->frto_counter = 0;
}
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
__u32 packets_out;
- /* Do not perform any recovery during FRTO algorithm */
+ /* Do not perform any recovery during F-RTO algorithm */
if (tp->frto_counter)
return 0;
}
if (tp->frto_counter == 1) {
- /* Sending of the next skb must be allowed or no FRTO */
+ /* Sending of the next skb must be allowed or no F-RTO */
if (!tcp_send_head(sk) ||
after(TCP_SKB_CB(tcp_send_head(sk))->end_seq,
tp->snd_una + tp->snd_wnd)) {