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TCP Cubic: recalculate cwnd for every ACK.

Description

TCP Cubic: recalculate cwnd for every ACK.

Since cubic calculates cwnd based on absolute
time, retaining RFC3465 (ABC) once-per-window updates
can lead to dramatic changes of cwnd in the convex
region. Updating cwnd for each incoming ack minimizes
this delta, preventing unintentional line-rate bursts.

Reviewed by: chengc_netapp.com, tuexen (mentor)
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: NetApp, Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26060

Details

Provenance
rscheffAuthored on
Reviewer
cc
Differential Revision
D26060: TCP Cubic: Recalculate cubic cwnd for every ack.
Parents
rS364353: Fix two bugs I introduced in r362563.
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