Codel: avoid a nul rec_inv_sqrt

One condition before codel_Newton_step() was not good if
we never left the dropping state for a flow. As a result
rec_inv_sqrt was 0, instead of the ~0 initial value.

codel control law was then set to a very aggressive mode, dropping
many packets before reaching 'target' and recovering from this problem.

Brought over from 3.5-stable

Signed-off-by: Dave Taht <dave.taht@bufferbloat.net>

SVN-Revision: 32950

1 files changed, 68 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/049-codel-refine-one-condition-to-avoid-a-nul-rec_inv_sqrt.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/049-codel-refine-one-condition-to-avoid-a-nul-rec_inv_sqrt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..210a58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.3/049-codel-refine-one-condition-to-avoid-a-nul-rec_inv_sqrt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+From patchwork Mon Jul 30 06:52:21 2012
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+Subject: codel: refine one condition to avoid a nul rec_inv_sqrt
+Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:52:21 -0000
+From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
+X-Patchwork-Id: 173968
+Message-Id: <1343631141.2626.13293.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
+To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
+Cc: netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, Anton Mich <lp2s1h@gmail.com>
+
+From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
+
+One condition before codel_Newton_step() was not good if
+we never left the dropping state for a flow. As a result
+rec_inv_sqrt was 0, instead of the ~0 initial value.
+
+codel control law was then set to a very aggressive mode, dropping
+many packets before reaching 'target' and recovering from this problem.
+
+To keep codel_vars_init() as efficient as possible, refine
+the condition to make sure rec_inv_sqrt initial value is correct
+
+Many thanks to Anton Mich for discovering the issue and suggesting
+a fix.
+
+Reported-by: Anton Mich <lp2s1h@gmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
+
+---
+include/net/codel.h |    8 ++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+
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+diff --git a/include/net/codel.h b/include/net/codel.h
+index 550debf..389cf62 100644
+--- a/include/net/codel.h
++++ b/include/net/codel.h
+@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *codel_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch,
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 	} else if (drop) {
++		u32 delta;
++
+ 		if (params->ecn && INET_ECN_set_ce(skb)) {
+ 			stats->ecn_mark++;
+ 		} else {
+@@ -320,9 +322,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *codel_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch,
+ 		 * assume that the drop rate that controlled the queue on the
+ 		 * last cycle is a good starting point to control it now.
+ 		 */
+-		if (codel_time_before(now - vars->drop_next,
++		delta = vars->count - vars->lastcount;
++		if (delta > 1 &&
++		    codel_time_before(now - vars->drop_next,
+ 				      16 * params->interval)) {
+-			vars->count = (vars->count - vars->lastcount) | 1;
++			vars->count = delta;
+ 			/* we dont care if rec_inv_sqrt approximation
+ 			 * is not very precise :
+ 			 * Next Newton steps will correct it quadratically.