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From: "Xiaoliang \(David\) Wei" <weixl@caltech•edu>
To: <netdev@oss•sgi.com>
Subject: A question on RTT estimation of SACKed packet.
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 03:17:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <037601c24f45$4549fe10$f1fa010a@weixl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020828074112.A13868@nero.doit.wisc.edu


Hi Everyone,
    I am studying the Linux 2.4.19 TCP code. I have a question on the RTT
estimation.
    In the function tcp_clean_rtx_queue (tcp_input.c), all the packet before
snd_una is checked:
    1. When a packet was not SACKed before, we can calculate the seq_rtt
from its skb's timestamp (now - scb->when).
    2. When a packet was SACKed but not retransmitted, the linux also
calculate the seq_rtt from it when there is no unSACKed packet in the queue.
     I cannot understand the second situation: The packet was SACKed before,
that means it arrived the receiver and triggered a SACK sometime before. The
interval between when packet is sent and when the SACK is received should be
the RTT for experienced this packet. Even now the packet is ACKed, I don't
think this ACK is triggered by this packet. Why is it used to calculate the
RTT?
      Thanks.

-David

Xiaoliang (David) Wei             Graduate Student in CS@Caltech
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~weixl
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-08-29 10:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-06-24 11:39 IP stack question Bloch, Jack
2002-06-24 13:34 ` jamal
2002-06-24 17:48   ` Ben Greear
2002-06-24 18:59     ` jamal
2002-06-24 19:27       ` Ben Greear
2002-08-28  6:25       ` IP stack question (how to force pkts to not route locally, but go out interfaces regardless of destination) Ben Greear
2002-08-28 12:41         ` James R. Leu
2002-08-29 10:17           ` Xiaoliang (David) Wei [this message]
2002-08-29 19:01             ` A question on RTT estimation of SACKed packet kuznet
2002-08-29 22:19               ` Xiaoliang (David) Wei

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