1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc_equation.c b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc_equation.c
index 22ca1cf0eb5..a052a4377e2 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc_equation.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ccids/lib/tfrc_equation.c
@@ -687,3 +687,17 @@ u32 tfrc_calc_x_reverse_lookup(u32 fvalue)
         index = tfrc_binsearch(fvalue, 0);
         return (index + 1) * 1000000 / TFRC_CALC_X_ARRSIZE;
 }
+
+/**
+ * tfrc_invert_loss_event_rate  -  Compute p so that 10^6 corresponds to 100%
+ * When @loss_event_rate is large, there is a chance that p is truncated to 0.
+ * To avoid re-entering slow-start in that case, we set p = TFRC_SMALLEST_P > 0.
+ */
+u32 tfrc_invert_loss_event_rate(u32 loss_event_rate)
+{
+        if (loss_event_rate == UINT_MAX)                /* see RFC 4342, 8.5 */
+                return 0;
+        if (unlikely(loss_event_rate == 0))             /* map 1/0 into 100% */
+                return 1000000;
+        return max_t(u32, scaled_div(1, loss_event_rate), TFRC_SMALLEST_P);
+}