tcp: add tp->dup_ack_counter

In commit 86de5921 ("tcp: defer SACK compression after DupThresh")
I added a TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH bias to tp->compressed_ack in order
to enable sack compression only after 3 dupacks.

Since we plan to relax this rule for flows that involve
stacks not requiring this old rule, this patch adds
a distinct tp->dup_ack_counter.

This means the TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH value is now used
in a single location that a future patch can adjust:

	if (tp->dup_ack_counter < TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH) {
		tp->dup_ack_counter++;
		goto send_now;
	}

This patch also introduces tcp_sack_compress_send_ack()
helper to ease following patch comprehension.

This patch refines LINUX_MIB_TCPACKCOMPRESSED to not
count the acks that we had to send if the timer expires
or tcp_sack_compress_send_ack() is sending an ack.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

include/linux/tcp.h

@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ struct tcp_sock {
 	} rack;
 	u16	advmss;		/* Advertised MSS			*/
 	u8	compressed_ack;
+	u8	dup_ack_counter;
 	u32	chrono_start;	/* Start time in jiffies of a TCP chrono */
 	u32	chrono_stat[3];	/* Time in jiffies for chrono_stat stats */
 	u8	chrono_type:2,	/* current chronograph type */

net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

@@ -4327,6 +4327,27 @@ static void tcp_sack_maybe_coalesce(struct tcp_sock *tp)
 	}
 }
 
+static void tcp_sack_compress_send_ack(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+
+	if (!tp->compressed_ack)
+		return;
+
+	if (hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&tp->compressed_ack_timer) == 1)
+		__sock_put(sk);
+
+	/* Since we have to send one ack finally,
+	 * substract one from tp->compressed_ack to keep
+	 * LINUX_MIB_TCPACKCOMPRESSED accurate.
+	 */
+	NET_ADD_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPACKCOMPRESSED,
+		      tp->compressed_ack - 1);
+
+	tp->compressed_ack = 0;
+	tcp_send_ack(sk);
+}
+
 static void tcp_sack_new_ofo_skb(struct sock *sk, u32 seq, u32 end_seq)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
@@ -4355,8 +4376,7 @@ static void tcp_sack_new_ofo_skb(struct sock *sk, u32 seq, u32 end_seq)
 	 * If the sack array is full, forget about the last one.
 	 */
 	if (this_sack >= TCP_NUM_SACKS) {
-		if (tp->compressed_ack > TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH)
-			tcp_send_ack(sk);
+		tcp_sack_compress_send_ack(sk);
 		this_sack--;
 		tp->rx_opt.num_sacks--;
 		sp--;
@@ -5275,15 +5295,13 @@ static void __tcp_ack_snd_check(struct sock *sk, int ofo_possible)
 
 	if (tp->compressed_ack_rcv_nxt != tp->rcv_nxt) {
 		tp->compressed_ack_rcv_nxt = tp->rcv_nxt;
-		if (tp->compressed_ack > TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH)
-			NET_ADD_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPACKCOMPRESSED,
-				      tp->compressed_ack - TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH);
-		tp->compressed_ack = 0;
+		tp->dup_ack_counter = 0;
 	}
-
-	if (++tp->compressed_ack <= TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH)
+	if (tp->dup_ack_counter < TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH) {
+		tp->dup_ack_counter++;
 		goto send_now;
-
+	}
+	tp->compressed_ack++;
 	if (hrtimer_is_queued(&tp->compressed_ack_timer))
 		return;
 

net/ipv4/tcp_output.c

@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ static inline void tcp_event_ack_sent(struct sock *sk, unsigned int pkts,
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
-	if (unlikely(tp->compressed_ack > TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH)) {
+	if (unlikely(tp->compressed_ack)) {
 		NET_ADD_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPACKCOMPRESSED,
-			      tp->compressed_ack - TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH);
-		tp->compressed_ack = TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH;
+			      tp->compressed_ack);
+		tp->compressed_ack = 0;
 		if (hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&tp->compressed_ack_timer) == 1)
 			__sock_put(sk);
 	}

net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c

@@ -753,8 +753,14 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart tcp_compressed_ack_kick(struct hrtimer *timer)
 
 	bh_lock_sock(sk);
 	if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
-		if (tp->compressed_ack > TCP_FASTRETRANS_THRESH)
+		if (tp->compressed_ack) {
+			/* Since we have to send one ack finally,
+			 * substract one from tp->compressed_ack to keep
+			 * LINUX_MIB_TCPACKCOMPRESSED accurate.
+			 */
+			tp->compressed_ack--;
 			tcp_send_ack(sk);
+		}
 	} else {
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(TCP_DELACK_TIMER_DEFERRED,
 				      &sk->sk_tsq_flags))