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rxrpc: Propose, but don't immediately transmit, the final ACK for a call
authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:18:37 +0000 (17:18 +0100)
committerDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Wed, 1 Aug 2018 12:28:24 +0000 (13:28 +0100)
commita71a2651bdd3ad9ccae7d8e8c6782727c7ecba98
treefb47f63106bb5bd540a6ceecbcb73f4ff9e0a0f2
parent4075295ab87670e33eaf98389e319ce84c54c8e4
rxrpc: Propose, but don't immediately transmit, the final ACK for a call

The final ACK that closes out an rxrpc call needs to be transmitted by the
client unless we're going to follow up with a DATA packet for a new call on
the same channel (which implicitly ACK's the previous call, thereby saving
an ACK).

Currently, we don't do that, so if no follow on call is immediately
forthcoming, the server will resend the last DATA packet - at which point
rxrpc_conn_retransmit_call() will be triggered and will (re)send the final
ACK.  But the server has to hold on to the last packet until the ACK is
received, thereby holding up its resources.

Fix the client side to propose a delayed final ACK, to be transmitted after
a short delay, assuming the call isn't superseded by a new one.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c