tcp: add LINUX_MIB_TCPRETRANSFAIL counter

It might be useful to get a counter of failed tcp_retransmit_skb()
calls.
Reported-by: Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@hds.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

include/linux/snmp.h

@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ enum
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPTIMEWAITOVERFLOW,		/* TCPTimeWaitOverflow */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPREQQFULLDOCOOKIES,		/* TCPReqQFullDoCookies */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPREQQFULLDROP,		/* TCPReqQFullDrop */
+	LINUX_MIB_TCPRETRANSFAIL,		/* TCPRetransFail */
 	__LINUX_MIB_MAX
 };
 

net/ipv4/proc.c

@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ static const struct snmp_mib snmp4_net_list[] = {
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPTimeWaitOverflow", LINUX_MIB_TCPTIMEWAITOVERFLOW),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPReqQFullDoCookies", LINUX_MIB_TCPREQQFULLDOCOOKIES),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPReqQFullDrop", LINUX_MIB_TCPREQQFULLDROP),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPRetransFail", LINUX_MIB_TCPRETRANSFAIL),
 	SNMP_MIB_SENTINEL
 };
 

net/ipv4/tcp_output.c

@@ -2308,8 +2308,10 @@ void tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue(struct sock *sk)
 		if (sacked & (TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED|TCPCB_SACKED_RETRANS))
 			continue;
 
-		if (tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, skb))
+		if (tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, skb)) {
+			NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPRETRANSFAIL);
 			return;
+		}
 		NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), mib_idx);
 
 		if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_state == TCP_CA_Recovery)