[PATCH v2 net-next 07/14] tcp: accecn: retransmit downgraded SYN in AccECN negotiation
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Date: 2025-09-18 16:21:55
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networking [general], networking [tcp], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Neal Cardwell, Linus Torvalds
From: Chia-Yu Chang <redacted> Based on AccECN spec (RFC9768), if the sender of an AccECN SYN (the TCP Client) times out before receiving the SYN/ACK, it SHOULD attempt to negotiate the use of AccECN at least one more time by continuing to set all three TCP ECN flags (AE,CWR,ECE) = (1,1,1) on the first retransmitted SYN (using the usual retransmission time-outs). If this first retransmission also fails to be acknowledged, in deployment scenarios where AccECN path traversal might be problematic, the TCP Client SHOULD send subsequent retransmissions of the SYN with the three TCP-ECN flags cleared (AE,CWR,ECE) = (0,0,0). Signed-off-by: Chia-Yu Chang <redacted> --- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 18bbb30381f0..1c372fe0e57f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c@@ -3563,12 +3563,15 @@ int __tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int segs) tcp_retrans_try_collapse(sk, skb, avail_wnd); } - /* RFC3168, section 6.1.1.1. ECN fallback - * As AccECN uses the same SYN flags (+ AE), this check covers both - * cases. - */ - if ((TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags & TCPHDR_SYN_ECN) == TCPHDR_SYN_ECN) - tcp_ecn_clear_syn(sk, skb); + if (!tcp_ecn_mode_pending(tp) || icsk->icsk_retransmits > 1) { + /* RFC3168, section 6.1.1.1. ECN fallback + * As AccECN uses the same SYN flags (+ AE), this check + * covers both cases. + */ + if ((TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags & TCPHDR_SYN_ECN) == + TCPHDR_SYN_ECN) + tcp_ecn_clear_syn(sk, skb); + } /* Update global and local TCP statistics. */ segs = tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
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