4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 3aff3b4b986e51bcf4ab249e5d48d39596e0df6a ] This commit fixes the pacing_gain to remain at BBR_UNIT (1.0) when using lt_bw and returning from the PROBE_RTT state to PROBE_BW. Previously, when using lt_bw, upon exiting PROBE_RTT and entering PROBE_BW the bbr_reset_probe_bw_mode() code could sometimes randomly end up with a cycle_idx of 0 and hence have bbr_advance_cycle_phase() set a pacing gain above 1.0. In such cases this would result in a pacing rate that is 1.25x higher than intended, potentially resulting in a high loss rate for a little while until we stop using the lt_bw a bit later. This commit is a stable candidate for kernels back as far as 4.9. Fixes: 0f8782ea1497 ("tcp_bbr: add BBR congestion control") Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Beyers Cronje <bcronje@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c @@ -452,7 +452,8 @@ static void bbr_advance_cycle_phase(stru bbr->cycle_idx = (bbr->cycle_idx + 1) & (CYCLE_LEN - 1); bbr->cycle_mstamp = tp->delivered_mstamp; - bbr->pacing_gain = bbr_pacing_gain[bbr->cycle_idx]; + bbr->pacing_gain = bbr->lt_use_bw ? BBR_UNIT : + bbr_pacing_gain[bbr->cycle_idx]; } /* Gain cycling: cycle pacing gain to converge to fair share of available bw. */ @@ -461,8 +462,7 @@ static void bbr_update_cycle_phase(struc { struct bbr *bbr = inet_csk_ca(sk); - if ((bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_BW) && !bbr->lt_use_bw && - bbr_is_next_cycle_phase(sk, rs)) + if (bbr->mode == BBR_PROBE_BW && bbr_is_next_cycle_phase(sk, rs)) bbr_advance_cycle_phase(sk); }