sctp: send pmtu probe only if packet loss in Search Complete state
This patch is to introduce last_rtx_chunks into sctp_transport to detect if there's any packet retransmission/loss happened by checking against asoc's rtx_data_chunks in sctp_transport_pl_send(). If there is, namely, transport->last_rtx_chunks != asoc->rtx_data_chunks, the pmtu probe will be sent out. Otherwise, increment the pl.raise_count and return when it's in Search Complete state. With this patch, if in Search Complete state, which is a long period, it doesn't need to keep probing the current pmtu unless there's data packet loss. This will save quite some traffic. v1->v2: - add the missing Fixes tag. Fixes: 0dac127c ("sctp: do black hole detection in search complete state") Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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