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30.Dd October 15, 2006
31.Dt TCP_CONGCTL 9
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm tcp_congctl
35.Nd TCP congestion control API
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In netinet/tcp_congctl.h
38.\"
39.Ft int
40.Fn tcp_congctl_register "const char *" "struct tcp_congctl *"
41.\"
42.Ft int
43.Fn tcp_congctl_unregister "const char *"
44.\"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm tcp_congctrl
48API is used to add or remove TCP congestion control algorithms
49on-the-fly and to modularize them.
50It includes basically two functions:
51.Bl -tag -width "xxxxx"
52.It Fn tcp_congctl_register "const char *" "struct tcp_congctl *"
53Registers a new congestion control algorithm.
54The
55.Fa struct tcp_congctl
56argument must contain a list of callbacks like the following:
57.Bd -literal -offset indent
58struct tcp_congctl {
59	int  (*fast_retransmit)(struct tcpcb *,
60	    struct tcphdr *);
61	void (*slow_retransmit)(struct tcpcb *);
62	void (*fast_retransmit_newack)(struct tcpcb *,
63	    struct tcphdr *);
64	void (*newack)(struct tcpcb *,
65	    struct tcphdr *);
66	void (*cong_exp)(struct tcpcb *);
67};
68.Ed
69.It Fn tcp_congctl_unregister "const char *"
70If found, unregister the selected TCP congestion control algorithm.
71.El
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73.Fn tcp_congctl_register
74and
75.Fn tcp_congctl_unregister
76both return
77.Dv 0
78when there is no error.
79If the name is already registered,
80.Fn tcp_congctl_register
81will return
82.Er EEXIST .
83.Fn tcp_congctl_unregister
84can return
85.Er ENOENT
86if there is no congestion control algorithm by that name and can return
87.Er EBUSY
88if the matched algorithm is being used by userspace applications.
89.Sh FILES
90Implementation is in
91.Pa sys/netinet/tcp_congctl.c
92and the interface is in
93.Pa sys/netinet/tcp_congctl.h .
94.Sh SEE ALSO
95.Xr tcp 4
96