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tcp: Add hystart-plus to cc_newreno and rack.

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tcp: Add hystart-plus to cc_newreno and rack.

TCP Hystart draft version -03:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-hystartplusplus

Is a new version of hystart that allows one to carefully exit slow start if the RTT
spikes too much. The newer version has a slower-slow-start so to speak that then
kicks in for five round trips. To see if you exited too early, if not into congestion avoidance.
This commit will add that feature to our newreno CC and add the needed bits in rack to
be able to enable it.

Reviewed by: tuexen
Sponsored by: Netflix Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32373

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rrsAuthored on Oct 22 2021, 11:10 AM
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tuexen
Differential Revision
D32373: tcp: Add hystart-plus to cc_newreno and rack.
Parents
rG5a3eb6207a35: igc: correctly update RCTL when changing multicast filters.
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