tcp: restore 1.5x per RTT limit to CUBIC cwnd growth in congestion avoidance
Commit 814d488c ("tcp: fix the timid additive increase on stretch ACKs") fixed a bug where tcp_cong_avoid_ai() would either credit a connection with an increase of snd_cwnd_cnt, or increase snd_cwnd, but not both, resulting in cwnd increasing by 1 packet on at most every alternate invocation of tcp_cong_avoid_ai(). Although the commit correctly implemented the CUBIC algorithm, which can increase cwnd by as much as 1 packet per 1 packet ACKed (2x per RTT), in practice that could be too aggressive: in tests on network paths with small buffers, YouTube server retransmission rates nearly doubled. This commit restores CUBIC to a maximum cwnd growth rate of 1 packet per 2 packets ACKed (1.5x per RTT). In YouTube tests this restored retransmit rates to low levels. Testing: This patch has been tested in datacenter netperf transfers and live youtube.com and google.com servers. Fixes: 9cd981dc ("tcp: fix stretch ACK bugs in CUBIC") Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com> Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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