xref: /csrg-svn/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.h (revision 5392)
1 /*	tcp_timer.h	4.5	82/01/13	*/
2 
3 /*
4  * Definitions of the TCP timers.  These timers are counted
5  * down PR_SLOWHZ times a second.
6  */
7 #define	TCPT_NTIMERS	4
8 
9 #define	TCPT_REXMT	0		/* retransmit */
10 #define	TCPT_PERSIST	1		/* retransmit persistance */
11 #define	TCPT_KEEP	2		/* keep alive */
12 #define	TCPT_2MSL	3		/* 2*msl quiet time timer */
13 
14 /*
15  * The TCPT_REXMT timer is used to force retransmissions.
16  * The TCP has the TCPT_REXMT timer set whenever segments
17  * have been sent for which ACKs are expected but not yet
18  * received.  If an ACK is received which advances tp->snd_una,
19  * then the retransmit timer is cleared (if there are no more
20  * outstanding segments) or reset to the base value (if there
21  * are more ACKs expected).  Whenever the retransmit timer goes off,
22  * we retransmit all unacknowledged segments, and do an exponential
23  * backoff on the retransmit timer.
24  *
25  * The TCPT_PERSIST timer is used to keep window size information
26  * flowing even if the window goes shut.  If an output is attempted when there
27  * is data ready to transmit, but nothing gets sent because the window
28  * is shut, then we start the TCPT_PERSIST timer, and at intervals
29  * send a single byte into the peers window to force him to update
30  * our window information.  We do this at most as often as TCPT_PERSMIN
31  * time intervals, but no more frequently than the current estimate of
32  * round-trip packet time.  The TCPT_PERSIST timer is cleared whenever
33  * we receive a window update from the peer.
34  *
35  * The TCPT_KEEP timer is used to keep connections alive.  If an
36  * connection is idle (no segments received) for TCPTV_KEEP amount of time,
37  * but not yet established, then we drop the connection.  If the connection
38  * is established, then we force the peer to send us a segment by sending:
39  *	<SEQ=SND.UNA-1><ACK=RCV.NXT><CTL=ACK>
40  * This segment is (deliberately) outside the window, and should elicit
41  * an ack segment in response from the peer.  If, despite the TCPT_KEEP
42  * initiated segments we cannot elicit a response from a peer in TCPT_MAXIDLE
43  * amount of time, then we drop the connection.
44  */
45 
46 #define	TCP_TTL		15		/* time to live for TCP segs */
47 /*
48  * Time constants.
49  */
50 #define	TCPTV_MSL	( 30*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* max seg lifetime */
51 #define	TCPTV_SRTTBASE	(  1*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* base roundtrip time */
52 #define	TCPTV_KEEP	( 60*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* keep alive - 1 min */
53 #define	TCPTV_PERSMIN	(  5*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* retransmit persistance */
54 
55 #define	TCPTV_MAXIDLE	(  4*TCPTV_KEEP)	/* maximum allowable idle
56 						   time before drop conn */
57 
58 #define	TCPTV_MIN	(  1*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* minimum allowable value */
59 #define	TCPTV_MAX	( 30*PR_SLOWHZ)		/* maximum allowable value */
60 
61 #define	TCP_LINGERTIME	120			/* linger at most 2 minutes */
62 
63 #ifdef	TCPTIMERS
64 char *tcptimers[] =
65     { "REXMT", "PERSIST", "KEEP", "2MSL" };
66 #endif
67 
68 /*
69  * Retransmission smoothing constants.
70  * Smoothed round trip time is updated by
71  *    tp->t_srtt = (tcp_alpha * tp->t_srtt) + ((1 - tcp_alpha) * tp->t_rtt)
72  * each time a new value of tp->t_rtt is available.  The initial
73  * retransmit timeout is then based on
74  *    tp->t_timer[TCPT_REXMT] = tcp_beta * tp->t_srtt;
75  * limited, however to be at least TCPTV_REXMTLO and at most TCPTV_REXMTHI.
76  */
77 float	tcp_alpha, tcp_beta;
78 
79 /*
80  * Initial values of tcp_alpha and tcp_beta.
81  * These are conservative: averaging over a long
82  * period of time, and allowing for large individual deviations from
83  * tp->t_srtt.
84  */
85 #define	TCP_ALPHA	0.9
86 #define	TCP_BETA	2.0
87 
88 /*
89  * Force a time value to be in a certain range.
90  */
91 #define	TCPT_RANGESET(tv, value, tvmin, tvmax) { \
92 	(tv) = (value); \
93 	if ((tv) < (tvmin)) \
94 		(tv) = (tvmin); \
95 	if ((tv) > (tvmax)) \
96 		(tv) = (tvmax); \
97 }
98