dccp ccid-2: Phase out the use of boolean Ack Vector sysctl

This removes the use of the sysctl and the minisock variable for the Send Ack
Vector feature, which is now handled fully dynamically via feature negotiation;
i.e. when CCID2 is enabled, Ack Vectors are automatically enabled (as per
RFC 4341, 4.).

Using a sysctl in parallel to this implementation would open the door to
crashes, since much of the code relies on tests of the boolean minisock /
sysctl variable. Thus, this patch replaces all tests of type

	if (dccp_msk(sk)->dccpms_send_ack_vector)
		/* ... */
with
	if (dp->dccps_hc_rx_ackvec != NULL)
		/* ... */

The dccps_hc_rx_ackvec is allocated by the dccp_hdlr_ackvec() when feature
negotiation concluded that Ack Vectors are to be used on the half-connection.
Otherwise, it is NULL (due to dccp_init_sock/dccp_create_openreq_child),
so that the test is a valid one.

The activation handler for Ack Vectors is called as soon as the feature
negotiation has concluded at the
 * server when the Ack marking the transition RESPOND => OPEN arrives;
 * client after it has sent its ACK, marking the transition REQUEST => PARTOPEN.

Adding the sequence number of the Response packet to the Ack Vector has been 
removed, since
 (a) connection establishment implies that the Response has been received;
 (b) the CCIDs only look at packets received in the (PART)OPEN state, i.e.
     this entry will always be ignored;
 (c) it can not be used for anything useful - to detect loss for instance, only
     packets received after the loss can serve as pseudo-dupacks.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
Acked-by: Ian McDonald <ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/dccp.h b/include/linux/dccp.h
index 60e94438eadd..61734e27abb7 100644
--- a/include/linux/dccp.h
+++ b/include/linux/dccp.h
@@ -360,7 +360,6 @@ static inline unsigned int dccp_hdr_len(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 #define DCCPF_INITIAL_SEQUENCE_WINDOW           100
 #define DCCPF_INITIAL_ACK_RATIO                 2
 #define DCCPF_INITIAL_CCID                      DCCPC_CCID2
-#define DCCPF_INITIAL_SEND_ACK_VECTOR           1
 /* FIXME: for now we're default to 1 but it should really be 0 */
 #define DCCPF_INITIAL_SEND_NDP_COUNT            1
 
@@ -370,13 +369,11 @@ static inline unsigned int dccp_hdr_len(const struct sk_buff *skb)
   * Will be used to pass the state from dccp_request_sock to dccp_sock.
   *
   * @dccpms_sequence_window - Sequence Window Feature (section 7.5.2)
-  * @dccpms_send_ack_vector - Send Ack Vector Feature (section 11.5)
   * @dccpms_pending - List of features being negotiated
   * @dccpms_conf -
   */
 struct dccp_minisock {
         __u64                   dccpms_sequence_window;
-        __u8                    dccpms_send_ack_vector;
         struct list_head        dccpms_pending;
         struct list_head        dccpms_conf;
 };