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4aed14e3 1/* tcp_timer.h 4.3 81/12/12 */
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2
3/*
4 * Definitions of the TCP timers. These timers are counted
5 * down PR_SLOWHZ times a second.
6 */
7#define TCPT_NTIMERS 4
8
9#define TCPT_REXMT 0 /* retransmit */
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10#define TCPT_PERSIST 1 /* retransmit persistance */
11#define TCPT_KEEP 2 /* keep alive */
12#define TCPT_2MSL 3 /* 2*msl quiet time timer */
13
14/*
15 * The TCPT_REXMT timer is used to force retransmissions.
16 * The TCP has the TCPT_REXMT timer set whenever segments
17 * have been sent for which ACKs are expected but not yet
18 * received. If an ACK is received which advances tp->snd_una,
19 * then the retransmit timer is cleared (if there are no more
20 * outstanding segments) or reset to the base value (if there
21 * are more ACKs expected). Whenever the retransmit timer goes off,
22 * we retransmit all unacknowledged segments, and do an exponential
23 * backoff on the retransmit timer.
24 *
25 * The TCPT_PERSIST timer is used to keep window size information
26 * flowing even if the window goes shut. If an output is attempted when there
27 * is data ready to transmit, but nothing gets sent because the window
28 * is shut, then we start the TCPT_PERSIST timer, and at intervals
29 * send a single byte into the peers window to force him to update
30 * our window information. We do this at most as often as TCPT_PERSMIN
31 * time intervals, but no more frequently than the current estimate of
32 * round-trip packet time. The TCPT_PERSIST timer is cleared whenever
33 * we receive a window update from the peer.
34 *
35 * The TCPT_KEEP timer is used to keep connections alive. If an
36 * connection is idle (no segments received) for TCPTV_KEEP amount of time,
37 * but not yet established, then we drop the connection. If the connection
38 * is established, then we force the peer to send us a segment by sending:
39 * <SEQ=SND.UNA-1><ACK=RCV.NXT><CTL=ACK>
40 * This segment is (deliberately) outside the window, and should elicit
41 * an ack segment in response from the peer. If, despite the TCPT_KEEP
42 * initiated segments we cannot elicit a response from a peer in TCPT_MAXIDLE
43 * amount of time, then we drop the connection.
44 */
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4aed14e3 46#define TCP_TTL 15 /* time to live for TCP segs */
1c4a70b8 47/*
405c9168 48 * Time constants.
1c4a70b8 49 */
4aed14e3 50#define TCPTV_MSL ( 30*PR_SLOWHZ) /* max seg lifetime */
405c9168 51#define TCPTV_SRTTBASE ( 1*PR_SLOWHZ) /* base roundtrip time */
4aed14e3 52#define TCPTV_KEEP ( 60*PR_SLOWHZ) /* keep alive - 1 min */
405c9168 53#define TCPTV_PERSMIN ( 5*PR_SLOWHZ) /* retransmit persistance */
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55#define TCPTV_MAXIDLE ( 4*TCPTV_KEEP) /* maximum allowable idle
56 time before drop conn */
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405c9168 58#define TCPTV_MIN ( 1*PR_SLOWHZ) /* minimum allowable value */
4aed14e3 59#define TCPTV_MAX (120*PR_SLOWHZ) /* maximum allowable value */
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60
61#ifdef TCPTIMERS
62char *tcptimers[] =
405c9168 63 { "REXMT", "KEEP", "PERSIST", "2MSL" };
1c4a70b8 64#endif
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65
66/*
67 * Retransmission smoothing constants.
68 * Smoothed round trip time is updated by
69 * tp->t_srtt = (tcp_alpha * tp->t_srtt) + ((1 - tcp_alpha) * tp->t_rtt)
70 * each time a new value of tp->t_rtt is available. The initial
71 * retransmit timeout is then based on
72 * tp->t_timer[TCPT_REXMT] = tcp_beta * tp->t_srtt;
73 * limited, however to be at least TCPTV_REXMTLO and at most TCPTV_REXMTHI.
74 */
75float tcp_alpha, tcp_beta;
76
77/*
78 * Initial values of tcp_alpha and tcp_beta.
79 * These are conservative: averaging over a long
80 * period of time, and allowing for large individual deviations from
81 * tp->t_srtt.
82 */
83#define TCP_ALPHA 0.9
84#define TCP_BETA 2.0
85
86/*
87 * Force a time value to be in a certain range.
88 */
4aed14e3 89#define TCPT_RANGESET(tv, value, tvmin, tvmax) { \
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90 (tv) = (value); \
91 if ((tv) < (tvmin)) \
92 (tv) = (tvmin); \
93 if ((tv) > (tvmax)) \
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94 (tv) = (tvmax); \
95}