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37.Dd October 15, 2006
38.Dt TCP_CONGCTL 9
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm tcp_congctl
42.Nd TCP congestion control API
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In netinet/tcp_congctl.h
45.\"
46.Ft int
47.Fn tcp_congctl_register "const char *" "struct tcp_congctl *"
48.\"
49.Ft int
50.Fn tcp_congctl_unregister "const char *"
51.\"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm tcp_congctrl
55API is used to add or remove TCP congestion control algorithms
56on-the-fly and to modularize them.
57It includes basically two functions:
58.Bl -tag -width "xxxxx"
59.It Fn tcp_congctl_register "const char *" "struct tcp_congctl *"
60Registers a new congestion control algorithm.
61The
62.Fa struct tcp_congctl
63argument must contain a list of callbacks like the following:
64.Bd -literal -offset indent
65struct tcp_congctl {
66	int  (*fast_retransmit)(struct tcpcb *,
67	    struct tcphdr *);
68	void (*slow_retransmit)(struct tcpcb *);
69	void (*fast_retransmit_newack)(struct tcpcb *,
70	    struct tcphdr *);
71	void (*newack)(struct tcpcb *,
72	    struct tcphdr *);
73	void (*cong_exp)(struct tcpcb *);
74};
75.Ed
76.It Fn tcp_congctl_unregister "const char *"
77If found, unregister the selected TCP congestion control algorithm.
78.El
79.Sh RETURN VALUES
80.Fn tcp_congctl_register
81and
82.Fn tcp_congctl_unregister
83both return
84.Dv 0
85when there is no error.
86If the name is already registered,
87.Fn tcp_congctl_register
88will return
89.Er EEXIST .
90.Fn tcp_congctl_unregister
91can return
92.Er ENOENT
93if there is no congestion control algorithm by that name and can return
94.Er EBUSY
95if the matched algorithm is being used by userspace applications.
96.Sh FILES
97Implementation is in
98.Pa sys/netinet/tcp_congctl.c
99and the interface is in
100.Pa sys/netinet/tcp_congctl.h .
101.Sh SEE ALSO
102.Xr tcp 4
103