4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 15ecbe94a45ef88491ca459b26efdd02f91edb6d ] Larry Brakmo proposal ( https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/935233/ tcp: force cwnd at least 2 in tcp_cwnd_reduction) made us rethink about our recent patch removing ~16 quick acks after ECN events. tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 1) makes sure one immediate ack is sent, but in the case the sender cwnd was lowered to 1, we do not want to have a delayed ack for the next packet we will receive. Fixes: 522040ea5fdd ("tcp: do not aggressively quick ack after ECN events") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lawrence Brakmo <brakmo@xxxxxx> Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static void __tcp_ecn_check_ce(struct so * it is probably a retransmit. */ if (tp->ecn_flags & TCP_ECN_SEEN) - tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 1); + tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 2); break; case INET_ECN_CE: if (tcp_ca_needs_ecn(sk)) @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static void __tcp_ecn_check_ce(struct so if (!(tp->ecn_flags & TCP_ECN_DEMAND_CWR)) { /* Better not delay acks, sender can have a very low cwnd */ - tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 1); + tcp_enter_quickack_mode(sk, 2); tp->ecn_flags |= TCP_ECN_DEMAND_CWR; } tp->ecn_flags |= TCP_ECN_SEEN;