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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/tcp_output.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index cbfef8b1f5e8..67f84f5035c4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1035,6 +1035,13 @@ static void tcp_cwnd_validate(struct sock *sk)
* introducing MSS oddities to segment boundaries. In rare cases where
* mss_now != mss_cache, we will request caller to create a small skb
* per input skb which could be mostly avoided here (if desired).
+ *
+ * We explicitly want to create a request for splitting write queue tail
+ * to a small skb for Nagle purposes while avoiding unnecessary modulos,
+ * thus all the complexity (cwnd_len is always MSS multiple which we
+ * return whenever allowed by the other factors). Basically we need the
+ * modulo only when the receiver window alone is the limiting factor or
+ * when we would be allowed to send the split-due-to-Nagle skb fully.
*/
static unsigned int tcp_mss_split_point(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
unsigned int mss_now, unsigned int cwnd)
@@ -1048,10 +1055,11 @@ static unsigned int tcp_mss_split_point(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (likely(cwnd_len <= window && skb != tcp_write_queue_tail(sk)))
return cwnd_len;
- if (skb == tcp_write_queue_tail(sk) && cwnd_len <= skb->len)
+ needed = min(skb->len, window);
+
+ if (skb == tcp_write_queue_tail(sk) && cwnd_len <= needed)
return cwnd_len;
- needed = min(skb->len, window);
return needed - needed % mss_now;
}