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[TFRC]: Ringbuffer to track loss interval history

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A ringbuffer-based implementation of loss interval history is easier to
maintain, allocate, and update.

The `swap' routine to keep the RX history sorted is due to and was written
by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, simplifying an earlier macro-based variant.

Details:
 * access to the Loss Interval Records via macro wrappers (with safety checks);
 * simplified, on-demand allocation of entries (no extra memory consumption on
   lossless links); cache allocation is local to the module / exported as service;
 * provision of RFC-compliant algorithm to re-compute average loss interval;
 * provision of comprehensive, new loss detection algorithm
 	- support for all cases of loss, including re-ordered/duplicate packets;
 	- waiting for NDUPACK=3 packets to fill the hole;
	- updating loss records when a late-arriving packet fills a hole.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Gerrit Renker 2007-12-12 13:50:51 -02:00 • committed by David S. Miller
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