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-rw-r--r--sys/netinet/cc/cc_newreno.c21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sys/netinet/cc/cc_newreno.c b/sys/netinet/cc/cc_newreno.c
index e383510..511186a 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/cc/cc_newreno.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/cc/cc_newreno.c
@@ -216,15 +216,28 @@ newreno_post_recovery(struct cc_var *ccv)
void
newreno_after_idle(struct cc_var *ccv)
{
+ int rw;
+
/*
- * We have been idle for "a while" and no acks are expected to clock out
- * any data we send -- slow start to get ack "clock" running again.
+ * If we've been idle for more than one retransmit timeout the old
+ * congestion window is no longer current and we have to reduce it to
+ * the restart window before we can transmit again.
+ *
+ * The restart window is the initial window or the last CWND, whichever
+ * is smaller.
+ *
+ * This is done to prevent us from flooding the path with a full CWND at
+ * wirespeed, overloading router and switch buffers along the way.
+ *
+ * See RFC5681 Section 4.1. "Restarting Idle Connections".
*/
if (V_tcp_do_rfc3390)
- CCV(ccv, snd_cwnd) = min(4 * CCV(ccv, t_maxseg),
+ rw = min(4 * CCV(ccv, t_maxseg),
max(2 * CCV(ccv, t_maxseg), 4380));
else
- CCV(ccv, snd_cwnd) = CCV(ccv, t_maxseg) * 2;
+ rw = CCV(ccv, t_maxseg) * 2;
+
+ CCV(ccv, snd_cwnd) = min(rw, CCV(ccv, snd_cwnd));
}
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