SCTP: Do not retransmit chunks that are newer then rtt.
When performing a retransmit, do not include the chunk if
it was sent less then 1 rtt ago. The reason is that we
may receive the SACK very soon and wouldn't retransmit.
Suggested by Randy Stewart.
Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com>
diff --git a/net/sctp/outqueue.c b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
index 992f361..28f4fe7 100644
--- a/net/sctp/outqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
@@ -421,6 +421,13 @@
*/
if ((fast_retransmit && (chunk->fast_retransmit > 0)) ||
(!fast_retransmit && !chunk->tsn_gap_acked)) {
+ /* If this chunk was sent less then 1 rto ago, do not
+ * retransmit this chunk, but give the peer time
+ * to acknowlege it.
+ */
+ if ((jiffies - chunk->sent_at) < transport->rto)
+ continue;
+
/* RFC 2960 6.2.1 Processing a Received SACK
*
* C) Any time a DATA chunk is marked for