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Julius Volz
c842a3ada9 IPVS: Add debug macros for v4 and v6 address output
Add some debugging macros that allow conditional output of either v4 or v6
addresses, depending on an 'af' parameter. This is done by creating a
temporary string buffer in an outer debug macro and writing addresses'
string representations into it from another macro which can only be used
when inside the outer one.

Signed-off-by: Julius Volz <juliusv@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
2008-09-05 11:17:04 +10:00
Julius Volz
64aae3cb9f IPVS: Add general v4/v6 helper functions / data structures
Add a struct ip_vs_iphdr for easier handling of common v4 and v6 header
fields in the same code path. ip_vs_fill_iphdr() helps to fill this struct
from an IPv4 or IPv6 header. Add further helper functions for copying and
comparing addresses.

Signed-off-by: Julius Volz <juliusv@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
2008-09-05 11:17:03 +10:00
Julius Volz
e7ade46a53 IPVS: Change IPVS data structures to support IPv6 addresses
Introduce new 'af' fields into IPVS data structures for specifying an
entry's address family. Convert IP addresses to be of type union
nf_inet_addr.

Signed-off-by: Julius Volz <juliusv@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
2008-09-05 11:17:03 +10:00
Julius Volz
fab0de02fb IPVS: Add CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6 option for IPv6 support
Add boolean config option CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6 for enabling experimental IPv6
support in IPVS. Only visible if IPv6 support is set to 'y' or both IPv6
and IPVS are modules.

Signed-off-by: Julius Volz <juliusv@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
2008-09-05 11:17:02 +10:00
Jeremy Kerr
b65fe0356b powerpc/spufs: Fix race for a free SPU
We currently have a race for a free SPE. With one thread doing a
spu_yield(), and another doing a spu_activate():

thread 1				thread 2
spu_yield(oldctx)			spu_activate(ctx)
  __spu_deactivate(oldctx)
  spu_unschedule(oldctx, spu)
  spu->alloc_state = SPU_FREE
					spu = spu_get_idle(ctx)
					    - searches for a SPE in
					      state SPU_FREE, gets
					      the context just
					      freed by thread 1
					spu_schedule(ctx, spu)
					  spu->alloc_state = SPU_USED
spu_schedule(newctx, spu)
  - assumes spu is still free
  - tries to schedule context on
    already-used spu

This change introduces a 'free_spu' flag to spu_unschedule, to indicate
whether or not the function should free the spu after descheduling the
context. We only set this flag if we're not going to re-schedule
another context on this SPU.

Add a comment to document this behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
2008-09-05 10:52:03 +10:00
Jeremy Kerr
9f43e3914d powerpc/spufs: Fix multiple get_spu_context()
Commit 8d5636fbca introduced a reference
count on SPU contexts during find_victim, but this may cause a leak in
the reference count if we later find a better contender for a context to
unschedule.

Change the reference to after we've found our victim context, so we
don't do the extra get_spu_context().

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
2008-09-05 10:51:00 +10:00
Li Zefan
8561098ff1 V4L/DVB (8881): gspca: After 'while (retry--) {...}', retry will be -1 but not 0.
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 18:27:51 -03:00
Hans de Goede
748c7f80ac V4L/DVB (8880): PATCH: Fix parents on some webcam drivers
While doing some testing using Luca Risolia's sonix driver I noticed that
the video device did not get ACL's set to allow access by locally logged in
users, nor does it show up as a video device in lshal, causing cheese to not
see it.

This turns out to be caused by all of Luca Risolia's drivers not setting
the parent member of the video_device struct. This patch fixes this.

Cc: Luca Risolia <luca.risolia@studio.unibo.it>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 18:27:35 -03:00
Thierry MERLE
c4e3fd940c V4L/DVB (8877): b2c2 and bt8xx: udelay to mdelay
b2c2-flexcop, dvb/bt8xx and video/bt8xx fails to build on ARM with:

__bad_udelay is specifically designed on ARM to fail when udelay is
called in a bad way.  arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h has this to say
about __bad_udelay:

/*
 * This function intentionally does not exist; if you see references to
 * it, it means that you're calling udelay() with an out of range value.
 *
 * With currently imposed limits, this means that we support a max delay
 * of 2000us. Further limits: HZ<=1000 and bogomips<=3355
 */
extern void __bad_udelay(void);

Solution is to replace udelay by a mdelay and udelay with value less than 2000

Signed-off-by: Thierry MERLE <thierry.merle@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 18:27:03 -03:00
Thierry MERLE
db210426d4 V4L/DVB (8876): budget: udelay changed to mdelay
budget.ko fails to build on ARM with:

ERROR: "__bad_udelay" [drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/budget.ko] undefined!
make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1

__bad_udelay is specifically designed on ARM to fail when udelay is
called in a bad way.  arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h has this to say
about __bad_udelay:

/*
 * This function intentionally does not exist; if you see references to
 * it, it means that you're calling udelay() with an out of range value.
 *
 * With currently imposed limits, this means that we support a max delay
 * of 2000us. Further limits: HZ<=1000 and bogomips<=3355
 */
extern void __bad_udelay(void);

Solution is to replace udelay by a mdelay and udelay with value less than 2000

Acked-by: Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Thierry MERLE <thierry.merle@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 18:26:48 -03:00
Russell King
65846909d6 [ARM] omap: fix virtual vs physical address space confusions
mcbsp is confused as to what takes a physical or virtual address.
Fix the two instances where it gets it wrong.

Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-09-04 22:21:19 +01:00
Mauro Carvalho Chehab
db0a2901a3 Merge branch 'fixes_stg' of ../git_old into fixes 2008-09-04 16:24:02 -03:00
Hans de Goede
4cce1655b2 V4L/DVB (8874): gspca: Adjust hstart for sn9c103/ov7630 and update usb-id's.
- Adjust hstart in ov7630 on sn9c103 initdata to shift bayer pattern, this is
 the same change as done for the other initdata tables in a previous patch.
- Assign usb-id's for the ov7630 + sn9c103 to gspca if gspca and sn9c102
  drivers are both enabled.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 16:22:57 -03:00
Hans de Goede
0fc23d2069 V4L/DVB (8873): gspca: Bad image offset with rev012a of spca561 and adjust exposure.
-Make raw bayer header size change from 20 to 16 affect rev072a only, my 2
 rev012a cams both have a header size of 20
-While testing this I also tested the new exposure setting (good work on
 finding the register JF), and after quite a bit of testing have found out the
 exact meaning of the register, this patch modifies setexposure to control
 the exposure over a much wider range.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 16:22:57 -03:00
Jean-Francois Moine
b77c0046a6 V4L/DVB (8872): gspca: Bad image format and offset with rev072a of spca561.
- have 2 pixfmt tables
- offset of Bayer frames at 16 instead of 20.

Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 16:22:56 -03:00
Hans de Goede
bf2a2202f7 V4L/DVB (8870): gspca: Fix dark room problem with sonixb.
When using the sonixb driver in a dark room and given that the autoexposure
algorithm starts with a setting most suitable for daylight, the picture
produced by the cam may actually be 100% black leading to a avg_lum value of 0,
so an avg_lum value of 0 does not always signal an exposure settings change
(which it normally does). This patch adds a check for the really black image
case and stops dropping all frames as invalid in this case.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 16:22:56 -03:00
Hans de Goede
a94a508691 V4L/DVB (8869): gspca: Move the Sonix webcams with TAS5110C1B from sn9c102 to gspca.
This patch makes gspca claim the USB-ID for sn9c101/2 cams with a TAS5110C1B
sensor even if both gspca and sn9c102 are enabled, as these cams are much
better supported under gspca (and extensively tested with gspca).
It also removes an usb-id from sn9c102 for one more unsupported bridge
sensor combo.

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 16:22:55 -03:00
Hans de Goede
9362773624 V4L/DVB (8868): gspca: Support for vga modes with sif sensors in sonixb.
- Add documentation for some known registers
- Add support for vga modes (320x240, 160x120) for sif sensors
- Remove F_RAW sensor flag raw mode should work on any sensor as its a bridge
   only thing and keeping the flag was becoming awkward.
- Fixup ov6650 and pas106 auto exposure window settings

Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@hhs.nl>
Signed-off-by: Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2008-09-04 16:20:12 -03:00
Al Viro
b380b0d4f7 forgotten refcount on sysctl root table
We should've set refcount on the root sysctl table; otherwise we'll blow
up the first time we get down to zero dynamically registered sysctl
tables.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Tested-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-09-04 11:06:21 -07:00
Andi Kleen
5ed459102d Merge branch 'wmi-fix' into release-2.6.27 2008-09-04 14:41:02 +02:00
Russ Dill
7d964c352b acer-wmi: remove debugfs entries upon unloading
The exit function neglects to remove debugfs entries, leading to a BUG
on reload.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups]
Signed-off-by: Russ Dill <Russ.Dill@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-09-04 14:40:48 +02:00
Andi Kleen
4fd23436f1 Merge branches 'smbus' and 'fujitsu-fix' into release-2.6.27 2008-09-04 14:33:03 +02:00
Zhao Yakui
266feefeb9 ACPI: Avoid bogus timeout about SMbus check
In the function of wait_transaction_complete when the timeout happens,
OS will try to check the status of SMbus again. If the status is what OS
expected, it will be regarded as the bogus timeout. Otherwise it will be
treated as ETIME.

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10483

Signed-off-by: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@intel.com>
tested-by    : Oldřich Jedlička < <oldium.pro@seznam.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-09-04 14:32:28 +02:00
Jonathan Woithe
d8196a93b1 fujitsu-laptop: fix regression for P8010 in 2.6.27-rc
The following patch (based on a patch from Stephen Gildea) fixes a
regression with the LCD brightness keys on Fujitsu P8010 laptops which was
observed with the 2.6.27-rc series (basically they stopped working due to
changes within the fujitsu-laptop and video modules).  Please apply to
2.6.27-rc and acpi git.

A more complete solution for this laptop will be included in an upcoming
patch, hopefully for 2.6.28.  In the meantime this restores most
functionality for P8010 users.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Gildea <stepheng+fujitsu-laptop@gildea.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@physics.adelaide.edu.au>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-09-04 14:31:08 +02:00
Andi Kleen
54cd3148a1 ACPI: Make Len Brown the ACPI maintainer again
Len is back!

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-09-04 13:30:07 +02:00
Huang Weiyi
8b540fdcb7 [ARM] remove unused #include <version.h>
The driver(s) below do not use LINUX_VERSION_CODE nor KERNEL_VERSION.
  arch/arm/plat-mxc/clock.c

This patch removes the said #include <version.h>.

Signed-off-by: Huang Weiyi <weiyi.huang@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-09-04 10:47:14 +01:00
Russell King
c3df1a2685 [ARM] omap: fix build error in ohci-omap.c
drivers/usb/host/ohci-omap.c: In function 'ohci_omap_init':
drivers/usb/host/ohci-omap.c:228: error: 'start_hnp' undeclared (first use in this function)

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
2008-09-04 09:45:47 +01:00
Linus Torvalds
5f17cfce57 PCI: fix pbus_size_mem() resource alignment for CardBus controllers
Commit 884525655d ("PCI: clean up resource
alignment management") changed the resource handling to mark how a
resource was aligned on a per-resource basis.

Thus, instead of looking at the resource number to determine whether it
was a bridge resource or a regular resource (they have different
alignment rules), we should just ask the resource for its alignment
directly.

The reason this broke only cardbus resources was that for the other
types of resources, the old way of deciding alignment actually still
happened to work.  But CardBus bridge resources had been changed by
commit 934b7024f0 ("Fix cardbus resource
allocation") to look more like regular resources than PCI bridge
resources from an alignment handling standpoint.

Reported-and-tested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-09-04 01:33:59 -07:00
Gerrit Renker
a3cbdde8e9 dccp ccid-3: Preventing Oscillations
This implements [RFC 3448, 4.5], which performs congestion avoidance behaviour
by reducing the transmit rate as the queueing delay (measured in terms of
long-term RTT) increases.

Oscillation can be turned on/off via a module option (do_osc_prev) and via sysfs
(using mode 0644), the default is off.

Overflow analysis:
------------------
 * oscillation prevention is done after update_x(), so that t_ipi <= 64000;
 * hence the multiplication "t_ipi * sqrt(R_sample)" needs 64 bits;
 * done using u64 for sqrt_sample and explicit typecast of t_ipi;
 * the divisor, R_sqmean, is non-zero because oscillation prevention is first
   called when receiving the second feedback packet, and tfrc_scaled_rtt() > 0.

A detailed discussion of the algorithm (with plots) is on
http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gerrit/dccp/notes/ccid3/sender_notes/oscillation_prevention/

The algorithm has negative side effects:
  * when allowing to decrease t_ipi (leads to a large RTT) and
  * when using it during slow-start;
both uses are therefore disabled.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:43 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
53ac9570c8 dccp ccid-3: Simplify computing and range-checking of t_ipi
This patch simplifies the computation of t_ipi, avoiding expensive computations
to enforce the minimum sending rate.

Both RFC 3448 and rfc3448bis (revision #06), as well as RFC 4342 sec 5., require
at various stages that at least one packet must be sent per t_mbi = 64 seconds.
This requires frequent divisions of the type X_min = s/t_mbi, which are later
converted back into an inter-packet-interval t_ipi_max = s/X_min = t_mbi.

The patch removes the expensive indirection; in the unlikely case of having
a sending rate less than one packet per 64 seconds, it also re-adjusts X.

The following cases document conformance with RFC 3448  / rfc3448bis-06:
 1) Time until receiving the first feedback packet:
   * if the sender has no initial RTT sample then X = s/1 Bps > s/t_mbi;
   * if the sender has an initial RTT sample or when the first feedback
     packet is received, X = W_init/R > s/t_mbi.

 2) Slow-start (p == 0 and feedback packets come in):
   * RFC 3448  (current code) enforces a minimum of s/R > s/t_mbi;
   * rfc3448bis (future code) enforces an even higher minimum of W_init/R.

 3) Congestion avoidance with no absence of feedback (p > 0):
   * when X_calc or X_recv/2 are too low, the minimum of X_min = s/t_mbi
     is enforced in update_x() when calling update_send_interval();
   * update_send_interval() is, as before, only called when X changes
     (i.e. either when increasing or decreasing, not when in equilibrium).

 4) Reduction of X without prior feedback or during slow-start (p==0):
   * both RFC 3448 and rfc3448bis here halve X directly;
   * the associated constraint X >= s/t_mbi is nforced here by send_interval().

 5) Reduction of X when p > 0:
   * X is modified indirectly via X_recv (RFC 3448) or X_recv_set (rfc3448bis);
   * in both cases, control goes back to section 4.3 (in both documents);
   * since p > 0, both documents use X = max(min(...), s/t_mbi), which is
     enforced in this patch by calling send_interval() from update_x().

I think that this analysis is exhaustive. Should I have forgotten a case,
the worst-case consideration arises when X sinks below s/t_mbi, and is then
increased back up to this minimum value. Even under this assumption, the
behaviour is correct, since all lower limits of X in RFC 3448 / rfc3448bis
are either equal to or greater than s/t_mbi.

Note on the condition X >= s/t_mbi  <==> t_ipi = s/X <= t_mbi: since X is
scaled by 64, and all time units are in microseconds, the coded condition is:

    t_ipi = s * 64 * 10^6 usec / X <= 64 * 10^6 usec

This simplifies to s / X <= 1 second <==> X * 1 second >= s > 0.
(A zero `s' is not allowed by the CCID-3 code).	

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:43 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
c8f41d50ad dccp ccid-3: Measuring the packet size s with regard to rfc3448bis-06
rfc3448bis allows three different ways of tracking the packet size `s': 

 1. using the MSS/MPS (at initialisation, 4.2, and in 4.1 (1));
 2. using the average of `s' (in 4.1);
 3. using the maximum of `s' (in 4.2).

Instead of hard-coding a single interpretation of rfc3448bis, this implements
a choice of all three alternatives and suggests the first as default, since it
is the option which is most consistent with other parts of the specification.

The patch further deprecates the update of t_ipi whenever `s' changes. The
gains of doing this are only small since a change of s takes effect at the
next instant X is updated:
 * when the next feedback comes in (within one RTT or less);
 * when the nofeedback timer expires (within at most 4 RTTs).
 
Further, there are complications caused by updating t_ipi whenever s changes:
 * if t_ipi had previously been updated to effect oscillation prevention (4.5),
   then it is impossible to make the same adjustment to t_ipi again, thus
   counter-acting the algorithm;
 * s may be updated any time and a modification of t_ipi depends on the current
   state (e.g. no oscillation prevention is done in the absence of feedback);
 * in rev-06 of rfc3448bis, there are more possible cases, depending on whether
   the sender is in slow-start (t_ipi <= R/W_init), or in congestion-avoidance,
   limited by X_recv or the throughput equation (t_ipi <= t_mbi).

Thus there are side effects of always updating t_ipi as s changes. These may not
be desirable. The only case I can think of where such an update makes sense is
to recompute X_calc when p > 0 and when s changes (not done by this patch).

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:42 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
891e4d8a40 dccp ccid-3: Tidy up CCID-Kconfig dependencies
The per-CCID menu has several dependencies on EXPERIMENTAL. These are redundant,
since net/dccp/ccids/Kconfig is sourced by net/dccp/Kconfig and since the
latter menu in turn asserts a dependency on EXPERIMENTAL.

The patch removes the redundant dependencies as well as the repeated reference
within the sub-menu.

Further changes:
----------------
Two single dependencies on CCID-3 are replaced with a single enclosing `if'.
    
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:42 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
9d497a2c91 dccp ccid-3: Implement rfc3448bis change to initial-rate computation
The patch updates CCID-3 with regard to the latest rfc3448bis-06: 
 * in the first revisions of the draft, MSS was used for the RFC 3390 window; 
 * then (from revision #1 to revision #2), it used the packet size `s';
 * now, in this revision (and apparently final), the value is back to MSS.

This change has an implication for the case when no RTT sample is available,
at the time of sending the first packet:

 * with RTT sample, 2*MSS/RTT <= initial_rate <= 4*MSS/RTT;
 * without RTT sample, the initial rate is one packet (s bytes) per second
   (sec. 4.2), but using s instead of MSS here creates an imbalance, since
   this would further reduce the initial sending rate.

Hence the patch uses MSS (called MPS in RFC 4340) in all places.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:42 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
88e97a9334 dccp ccid-3: Update the RX history records in one place
This patch is a requirement for enabling ECN support later on. With that change
in mind, the following preparations are done:
 * renamed handle_loss() into congestion_event() since it returns true when a
   congestion event happens (it will eventually also take care of ECN packets);
 * lets tfrc_rx_congestion_event() always update the RX history records, since
   this routine needs to be called for each non-duplicate packet anyway;
 * made all involved boolean-type functions to have return type `bool';

Updating the RX history records is now only necessary for the packets received
up to sending the first feedback. The receiver code becomes again simpler.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:42 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
68c89ee535 dccp ccid-3: Update the computation of X_recv
This updates the computation of X_recv with regard to Errata 610/611 for
RFC 4342 and draft rfc3448bis-06, ensuring that at least an interval of 1
RTT is used to compute X_recv.  The change is wrapped into a new function
ccid3_hc_rx_x_recv().

Further changes:
----------------
 * feedback is not sent when no data packets arrived (bytes_recv == 0), as per
   rfc3448bis-06, 6.2;
 * take the timestamp for the feedback /after/ dccp_send_ack() returns, to avoid
   taking the transmission time into account (in case layer-2 is busy);
 * clearer handling of failure in ccid3_first_li().

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:42 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
22338f09bd dccp tfrc: Increase number of RTT samples
This improves the receiver RTT sampling algorithm so that it tries harder to get
as many RTT samples as possible. 

The algorithm is based the concepts presented in RFC 4340, 8.1, using timestamps
and the CCVal window counter. There exist 4 cases for the CCVal difference:
 * == 0: less than RTT/4 passed since last packet -- unusable;
 *  > 4: (much) more than 1 RTT has passed since last packet -- also unusable;
 * == 4: perfect sample (exactly one RTT has passed since last packet);
 * 1..3: sub-optimal sample (between RTT/4 and 3*RTT/4 has passed).

In the last case the algorithm tried to optimise by storing away the candidate
and then re-trying next time. The problem is that
 * a large number of samples is needed to smooth out the inaccuracies of the
   algorithm;
 * the sender may not be sending enough packets to warrant a "next time";
 * hence it is better to use suboptimal samples whenever possible.
The algorithm now stores away the current sample only if the difference is 0.

Applicability and background
----------------------------
A realistic example is MP3 streaming where packets are sent at a rate of less
than one packet per RTT, which means that suitable samples are absent for a
very long time.

The effectiveness of using suboptimal samples (with a delta between 1 and 4) was
confirmed by instrumenting the algorithm with counters. The results of two 20
second test runs were:
 * With the old algorithm and a total of 38442 function calls, only 394 of these
   calls resulted in usable RTT samples (about 1%), and 378 out of these were
   "perfect" samples and 28013 (unused) samples had a delta of 1..3.
 * With the new algorithm and a total of 37057 function calls, 1702 usable RTT
   samples were retrieved (about 4.6%), 5 out of these were "perfect" samples.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:42 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
49ffc29a02 dccp: Clamping RTT values
This extracts the clamping part of dccp_sample_rtt() and makes it available
to other parts of the code (as e.g. used in the next patch).

Note: The function dccp_sample_rtt() now reduces to subtracting the elapsed
time. This could be eliminated but would require shorter prefixes and thus
is not done by this patch - maybe an idea for later.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:41 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
2b81143aa3 dccp ccid-3: Always perform receiver RTT sampling
This updates the CCID-3 receiver in part with regard to errata 610 and 611
(http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_list.php), which change RFC 4342 to use the
Receive Rate as specified in rfc3448bis, requiring to constantly sample the
RTT (or use a sender RTT).

Doing this requires reusing the RX history structure after dealing with a loss.

The patch does not resolve how to compute X_recv if the interval is less
than 1 RTT. A FIXME has been added (and is resolved in subsequent patch).

Furthermore, since this is all TFRC-based functionality, the RTT estimation
is now also performed by the dccp_tfrc_lib module. This further simplifies
the CCID-3 code.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:41 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
2f3e3bbad9 dccp ccid-3: Remove duplicate RX states
The only state information that the CCID-3 receiver keeps is whether initial 
feedback has been sent or not. Further, this overlaps with use of feedback:

 * state == TFRC_RSTATE_NO_DATA as long as no feedback has been sent;
 * state == TFRC_RSTATE_DATA    as soon as the first feedback has been sent.

This patch reduces the duplication, by memorising the type of the last feedback.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:41 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
34a081be8e dccp tfrc: Let dccp_tfrc_lib do the sampling work
This migrates more TFRC-related code into the dccp_tfrc_lib:
 * sampling of the packet size `s' (which is only needed until the first
   loss interval is computed (ccid3_first_li));
 * updating the byte-counter `bytes_recvd' in between sending feedbacks.
The result is a better separation of CCID-3 specific and TFRC specific
code, which aids future integration with ECN and e.g. CCID-4.

Further changes:
----------------
 * replaced magic number of 536 with equivalent constant TCP_MIN_RCVMSS;
   (this constant is also used when no estimate for `s' is available).

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:41 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
3ca7aea041 dccp tfrc: Return type of update_i_mean is void
This changes the return type of tfrc_lh_update_i_mean() to void, since that 
function returns always `false'. This is due to 

 	len = dccp_delta_seqno(cur->li_seqno, DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_seq) + 1;
 
 	if (len - (s64)cur->li_length <= 0)	/* duplicate or reordered */
		return 0;

which means that update_i_mean can only increase the length of the open loss
interval I_0, and hence the value of I_tot0 (RFC 3448, 5.4). Consequently the
test `i_mean < old_i_mean' at the end of the function always evaluates to false.

There is no known way by which a loss interval can suddenly become shorter,
therefore the return type of the function is changed to void. (That is, under
the given circumstances step (3) in RFC 3448, 6.1 will not occur.)

Further changes:
----------------
 * the function is now called from tfrc_rx_handle_loss, which is equivalent
   to the previous way of calling from rx_packet_recv (it was called whenever
   there was no new or pending loss, now  it is also updated when there is
   a pending loss - this increases the accuracy a bit);
 * added a FIXME to possibly consider NDP counting as per RFC 4342 (this is
   not implemented yet).

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:41 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
d20ed95f8b dccp tfrc: Perform early loss detection
This enables the TFRC code to begin loss detection (as soon as the module
is loaded), using the latest updates from rfc3448bis-06, 6.3.1:

 * when the first data packet(s) are lost or marked, set
 * X_target = s/(2*R) => f(p) = s/(R * X_target) = 2,
 * corresponding to a loss rate of ~ 20.64%.

The handle_loss() function is now called right at the begin of rx_packet_recv()
and thus no longer protected against duplicates: hence a call to rx_duplicate()
has been added.  Such a call makes sense now, as the previous patch initialises
the first entry with a sequence number of GSR.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:40 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
24b8d34321 dccp tfrc: Receiver history initialisation routine
This patch 
 1) separates history allocation and initialisation, to facilitate early
    loss detection (implemented by a subsequent patch);

 2) removes duplication by using the existing tfrc_rx_hist_purge() if the
    allocation fails. This is now possible, since the initialisation routine
 3) zeroes out the entire history before using it. 

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:40 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
8b67ad12b0 dccp tfrc: Suppress unavoidable "below resolution" warning
In the congestion-avoidance phase a decay of p towards 0 is natural once fewer
losses are encountered. Hence the warning message "p is below resolution" is
not necessary, and thus turned into a debug message by this patch.

The TFRC_SMALLEST_P is needed since in theory p never actually reaches 0. When
no further losses are encountered, the loss interval I_0 grows in length, 
causing p to decrease towards 0, causing X_calc = s/(RTT * f(p)) to increase.

With the given minimum-resolution this congestion avoidance phase stops at some
fixed value, an approximation formula has been added to the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:40 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
d0c05fe444 dccp ccid-3: Simplified handling of TX states
Since CCIDs are only used during the established phase of a connection,
they have very little internal state; this specifically reduces to:

 * "no packet sent" if and only if s == 0, for the TX packet size s;

 * when the first packet has been sent (i.e. `s' > 0), the question is whether
   or not feedback has been received:
   - if a feedback packet is received, "feedback = yes" is set,
   - if the nofeedback timer expires,  "feedback = no"  is set.

Thus the CCID only needs to remember state about whether or not feedback
has been received. This is now implemented using a boolean flag, which is
toggled when a feedback packet arrives or the nofeedback timer expires.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:40 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
f76fd327a8 dccp ccid-3: Runtime verification of timer resolution
The DCCP base time resolution is 10 microseconds (RFC 4340, 13.1 ... 13.3).

Using a timer with a lower resolution was found to trigger the following
bug warnings/problems on high-speed networks (e.g. local loopback):
 * RTT samples are rounded down to 0 if below resolution;
 * in some cases, negative RTT samples were observed;
 * the CCID-3 feedback timer complains that the feedback interval is 0,
   since the feedback interval is in the order of 1 RTT or less and RTT
   measurement rounded this down to 0;
On an Intel computer this will for instance happen when using a
boot-time parameter of "clocksource=jiffies".

The following system log messages were observed:
  11:24:00 kernel: BUG: delta (0) <= 0 at ccid3_hc_rx_send_feedback()
  11:26:12 kernel: BUG: delta (0) <= 0 at ccid3_hc_rx_send_feedback()
  11:26:30 kernel: dccp_sample_rtt: unusable RTT sample 0, using min
  11:26:30 last message repeated 5 times

This patch defines a global constant for the time resolution, adds this in
timer.c, and checks the available clock resolution at CCID-3 module load time.

When the resolution is worse than 10 microseconds, module loading exits with
a message "socket type not supported".

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:40 +02:00
Tomasz Grobelny
7d1af6a8d9 dccp qpolicy: Parameter checking of cmsg qpolicy parameters
Ensure that cmsg->cmsg_type value is valid for qpolicy 
that is currently in use.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Grobelny <tomasz@grobelny.oswiecenia.net>
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:40 +02:00
Tomasz Grobelny
d6da3511d6 dccp: Policy-based packet dequeueing infrastructure
This patch adds a generic infrastructure for policy-based dequeueing of 
TX packets and provides two policies:
 * a simple FIFO policy (which is the default) and
 * a priority based policy (set via socket options).
Both policies honour the tx_qlen sysctl for the maximum size of the write
queue (can be overridden via socket options). 

The priority policy uses skb->priority internally to assign an u32 priority
identifier, using the same ranking as SO_PRIORITY. The skb->priority field
is set to 0 when the packet leaves DCCP. The priority is supplied as ancillary
data using cmsg(3), the patch also provides the requisite parsing routines.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Grobelny <tomasz@grobelny.oswiecenia.net>
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:39 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
ddab05568e dccp: Clean up slow-path input processing
This patch rearranges the order of statements of the slow-path input processing
(i.e. any other state than OPEN), to resolve the following issues.

 1. Dependencies: the order of statements now better matches RFC 4340, 8.5, i.e.
    step 7 is before step 9 (previously 9 was before 7), and parsing options in
    step 8 (which can consume resources) now comes after step 7.
 2. Bug-fix: in state CLOSED, there should not be any sequence number checking
    or option processing. This is why the test for CLOSED has been moved after
    the test for LISTEN.
 3. As before sequence number checks are omitted if in state LISTEN/REQUEST, due
    to the note underneath the table in RFC 4340, 7.5.3.
 4. Packets are now passed on to Ack Vector / CCID processing only after
    - step 7  (receive unexpected packets), 
    - step 9  (receive Reset),
    - step 13 (receive CloseReq),
    - step 14 (receive Close)
    and only if the state is PARTOPEN. This simplifies CCID processing:
    - in LISTEN/CLOSED the CCIDs are non-existent;
    - in RESPOND/REQUEST the CCIDs have not yet been negotiated;
    - in CLOSEREQ and active-CLOSING the node has already closed this socket;
    - in passive-CLOSING the client is waiting for its Reset.
    In the last case, RFC 4340, 8.3 leaves it open to ignore further incoming
    data, which is the approach taken here.

As a result of (3), CCID processing is now indeed confined to OPEN/PARTOPEN
states, i.e. congestion control is performed only on the flow of data packets. 

This avoids pathological cases of doing congestion control on those messages
which set up and terminate the connection. 

I have done a few checks to see if this creates a problem in other parts of
the code. This seems not to be the case; even if there were one, it would be
better to fix it than to perform congestion control on Close/Request/Response
messages. Similarly for Ack Vectors (as they depend on the negotiated CCID).

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:39 +02:00
Gerrit Renker
6224877b2c tcp/dccp: Consolidate common code for RFC 3390 conversion
This patch consolidates the code common to TCP and CCID-2:
 * TCP uses RFC 3390 in a packet-oriented manner (tcp_input.c) and
 * CCID-2 uses RFC 3390 in packet-oriented manner (RFC 4341).

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
2008-09-04 07:45:39 +02:00