Merge branch 'tcp-TCP-TS-option-use-1-ms-clock'
Eric Dumazet says: ==================== tcp: TCP TS option use 1 ms clock TCP Timestamps option is defined in RFC 7323 Traditionally on linux, it has been tied to the internal 'jiffy' variable, because it had been a cheap and good enough generator. Unfortunately some distros use HZ=250 or even HZ=100 leading to not very useful TCP timestamps. For TCP flows in the DC, Google has used usec resolution for more than two years with great success [1]. RCVBUF autotuning is more precise. This series converts tp->tcp_mstamp to a plain u64 value storing a 1 usec TCP clock. This choice will allow us to upstream the 1 usec TS option as discussed in IETF 97. Kathleen Nichols [2] and others advocate for 1ms TS clocks for network analysis. (1ms being the lowest value supported by RFC 7323.) [1] https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/97/slides/slides-97-tcpm-tcp-options-for-low-latency-00.pdf [2] http://netseminar.stanford.edu/seminars/02_02_17.pdf ==================== Signed-off-by:David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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- include/linux/skbuff.h 1 addition, 61 deletionsinclude/linux/skbuff.h
- include/linux/tcp.h 11 additions, 11 deletionsinclude/linux/tcp.h
- include/net/tcp.h 59 additions, 15 deletionsinclude/net/tcp.h
- net/dccp/ccids/ccid2.c 4 additions, 4 deletionsnet/dccp/ccids/ccid2.c
- net/dccp/ccids/ccid2.h 1 addition, 1 deletionnet/dccp/ccids/ccid2.h
- net/ipv4/syncookies.c 4 additions, 4 deletionsnet/ipv4/syncookies.c
- net/ipv4/tcp.c 5 additions, 5 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c 17 additions, 17 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_bbr.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_bic.c 3 additions, 3 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_bic.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c 7 additions, 7 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_htcp.c 1 addition, 1 deletionnet/ipv4/tcp_htcp.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c 63 additions, 63 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_input.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c 9 additions, 7 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_lp.c 9 additions, 8 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_lp.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c 1 addition, 1 deletionnet/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c 4 additions, 4 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c 26 additions, 25 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_output.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_rate.c 8 additions, 8 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_rate.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_recovery.c 10 additions, 14 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_recovery.c
- net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c 9 additions, 8 deletionsnet/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
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