Merge branch 'tcp-exponential-backoff-in-tcp_send_ack'

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Eric Dumazet says:

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tcp: exponential backoff in tcp_send_ack()

We had outages caused by repeated skb allocation failures in tcp_send_ack()

It is time to add exponential backoff to reduce number of attempts.
Before doing so, first patch removes icsk_ack.blocked to make
room for a new field (icsk_ack.retry)
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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David S. Miller 2020-09-30 14:21:30 -07:00

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include/net/inet_connection_sock.h

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net/dccp/timer.c

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net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c

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net/ipv4/tcp.c

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net/ipv4/tcp_output.c

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net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c

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