xref: /csrg-svn/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h (revision 23195)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1982 Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
4  * specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
5  *
6  *	@(#)tcp_timer.h	6.3 (Berkeley) 06/08/85
7  */
8 
9 /*
10  * Definitions of the TCP timers.  These timers are counted
11  * down PR_SLOWHZ times a second.
12  */
13 #define	TCPT_NTIMERS	4
14 
15 #define	TCPT_REXMT	0		/* retransmit */
16 #define	TCPT_PERSIST	1		/* retransmit persistance */
17 #define	TCPT_KEEP	2		/* keep alive */
18 #define	TCPT_2MSL	3		/* 2*msl quiet time timer */
19 
20 /*
21  * The TCPT_REXMT timer is used to force retransmissions.
22  * The TCP has the TCPT_REXMT timer set whenever segments
23  * have been sent for which ACKs are expected but not yet
24  * received.  If an ACK is received which advances tp->snd_una,
25  * then the retransmit timer is cleared (if there are no more
26  * outstanding segments) or reset to the base value (if there
27  * are more ACKs expected).  Whenever the retransmit timer goes off,
28  * we retransmit all unacknowledged segments, and do an exponential
29  * backoff on the retransmit timer.
30  *
31  * The TCPT_PERSIST timer is used to keep window size information
32  * flowing even if the window goes shut.  If all previous transmissions
33  * have been acknowledged (so that there are no retransmissions in progress),
34  * and the window is shut, then we start the TCPT_PERSIST timer, and at
35  * intervals send a single byte into the peers window to force him to update
36  * our window information.  We do this at most as often as TCPT_PERSMIN
37  * time intervals, but no more frequently than the current estimate of
38  * round-trip packet time.  The TCPT_PERSIST timer is cleared whenever
39  * we receive a window update from the peer.
40  *
41  * The TCPT_KEEP timer is used to keep connections alive.  If an
42  * connection is idle (no segments received) for TCPTV_KEEP amount of time,
43  * but not yet established, then we drop the connection.  If the connection
44  * is established, then we force the peer to send us a segment by sending:
45  *	<SEQ=SND.UNA-1><ACK=RCV.NXT><CTL=ACK>
46  * This segment is (deliberately) outside the window, and should elicit
47  * an ack segment in response from the peer.  If, despite the TCPT_KEEP
48  * initiated segments we cannot elicit a response from a peer in TCPT_MAXIDLE
49  * amount of time, then we drop the connection.
50  */
51 
52 #define	TCP_TTL		15		/* time to live for TCP segs */
53 /*
54  * Time constants.
55  */
56 #define	TCPTV_MSL	( 30*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* max seg lifetime */
57 #define	TCPTV_SRTTBASE	0			/* base roundtrip time;
58 						   if 0, no idea yet */
59 #define	TCPTV_KEEP	( 45*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* keep alive - 45 secs */
60 #define	TCPTV_PERSMIN	(  5*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* retransmit persistance */
61 
62 #define	TCPTV_MAXIDLE	(  8*TCPTV_KEEP)	/* maximum allowable idle
63 						   time before drop conn */
64 
65 #define	TCPTV_MIN	(  1*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* minimum allowable value */
66 #define	TCPTV_MAX	( 30*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* maximum allowable value */
67 
68 #define	TCP_LINGERTIME	120			/* linger at most 2 minutes */
69 
70 #define	TCP_MAXRXTSHIFT	10			/* maximum retransmits */
71 
72 #ifdef	TCPTIMERS
73 char *tcptimers[] =
74     { "REXMT", "PERSIST", "KEEP", "2MSL" };
75 #endif
76 
77 /*
78  * Retransmission smoothing constants.
79  * Smoothed round trip time is updated by
80  *    tp->t_srtt = (tcp_alpha * tp->t_srtt) + ((1 - tcp_alpha) * tp->t_rtt)
81  * each time a new value of tp->t_rtt is available.  The initial
82  * retransmit timeout is then based on
83  *    tp->t_timer[TCPT_REXMT] = tcp_beta * tp->t_srtt;
84  * limited, however to be at least TCPTV_REXMTLO and at most TCPTV_REXMTHI.
85  */
86 float	tcp_alpha, tcp_beta;
87 
88 /*
89  * Initial values of tcp_alpha and tcp_beta.
90  * These are conservative: averaging over a long
91  * period of time, and allowing for large individual deviations from
92  * tp->t_srtt.
93  */
94 #define	TCP_ALPHA	0.9
95 #define	TCP_BETA	2.0
96 
97 /*
98  * Force a time value to be in a certain range.
99  */
100 #define	TCPT_RANGESET(tv, value, tvmin, tvmax) { \
101 	(tv) = (value); \
102 	if ((tv) < (tvmin)) \
103 		(tv) = (tvmin); \
104 	if ((tv) > (tvmax)) \
105 		(tv) = (tvmax); \
106 }
107