xref: /csrg-svn/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h (revision 27018)
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	6.7 (Berkeley) 04/05/86
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 one unacknowledged segment, and do a backoff
29  * 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 too small to bother sending anything, then we start
35  * the TCPT_PERSIST timer.  When it expires, if the window is nonzero,
36  * we go to transmit state.  Otherwise, at intervals send a single byte
37  * into the peer's window to force him to update our window information.
38  * We do this at most as often as TCPT_PERSMIN time intervals,
39  * but no more frequently than the current estimate of round-trip
40  * packet time.  The TCPT_PERSIST timer is cleared whenever we receive
41  * a window update from the peer.
42  *
43  * The TCPT_KEEP timer is used to keep connections alive.  If an
44  * connection is idle (no segments received) for TCPTV_KEEP amount of time,
45  * but not yet established, then we drop the connection.  If the connection
46  * is established, then we force the peer to send us a segment by sending:
47  *	<SEQ=SND.UNA-1><ACK=RCV.NXT><CTL=ACK>
48  * This segment is (deliberately) outside the window, and should elicit
49  * an ack segment in response from the peer.  If, despite the TCPT_KEEP
50  * initiated segments we cannot elicit a response from a peer in TCPT_MAXIDLE
51  * amount of time, then we drop the connection.
52  */
53 
54 #define	TCP_TTL		30		/* time to live for TCP segs */
55 /*
56  * Time constants.
57  */
58 #define	TCPTV_MSL	( 15*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* max seg lifetime */
59 #define	TCPTV_SRTTBASE	0			/* base roundtrip time;
60 						   if 0, no idea yet */
61 #define	TCPTV_SRTTDFLT	(  3*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* assumed RTT if no info */
62 
63 #define	TCPTV_KEEP	( 45*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* keep alive - 45 secs */
64 #define	TCPTV_PERSMIN	(  5*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* retransmit persistance */
65 
66 #define	TCPTV_MAXIDLE	(  8*TCPTV_KEEP)	/* maximum allowable idle
67 						   time before drop conn */
68 
69 #define	TCPTV_MIN	(  1*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* minimum allowable value */
70 #define	TCPTV_MAX	( 30*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* maximum allowable value */
71 
72 #define	TCP_LINGERTIME	120			/* linger at most 2 minutes */
73 
74 #define	TCP_MAXRXTSHIFT	12			/* maximum retransmits */
75 
76 #ifdef	TCPTIMERS
77 char *tcptimers[] =
78     { "REXMT", "PERSIST", "KEEP", "2MSL" };
79 #endif
80 
81 /*
82  * Retransmission smoothing constants.
83  * Smoothed round trip time is updated by
84  *    tp->t_srtt = (tcp_alpha * tp->t_srtt) + ((1 - tcp_alpha) * tp->t_rtt)
85  * each time a new value of tp->t_rtt is available.  The initial
86  * retransmit timeout is then based on
87  *    tp->t_timer[TCPT_REXMT] = tcp_beta * tp->t_srtt;
88  * limited, however to be at least TCPTV_MIN and at most TCPTV_MAX.
89  */
90 float	tcp_alpha, tcp_beta;
91 
92 /*
93  * Initial values of tcp_alpha and tcp_beta.
94  * These are conservative: averaging over a long
95  * period of time, and allowing for large individual deviations from
96  * tp->t_srtt.
97  */
98 #define	TCP_ALPHA	0.9
99 #define	TCP_BETA	2.0
100 
101 /*
102  * Force a time value to be in a certain range.
103  */
104 #define	TCPT_RANGESET(tv, value, tvmin, tvmax) { \
105 	(tv) = (value); \
106 	if ((tv) < (tvmin)) \
107 		(tv) = (tvmin); \
108 	if ((tv) > (tvmax)) \
109 		(tv) = (tvmax); \
110 }
111