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sbruno
K 8
svn:date
V 27
2014-10-07T21:50:28.043756Z
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V 1109
Implement PLPMTUD blackhole detection (RFC 4821), inspired by code
from xnu sources.  If we encounter a network where ICMP is blocked
the Needs Frag indicator may not propagate back to us.  Attempt to
downshift the mss once to a preconfigured value.

Default this feature to off for now while we do not have a full PLPMTUD
implementation in our stack.

Adds the following new sysctl's for control:
net.inet.tcp.pmtud_blackhole_detection -- turns on/off this feature
net.inet.tcp.pmtud_blackhole_mss       -- mss to try for ipv4
net.inet.tcp.v6pmtud_blackhole_mss     -- mss to try for ipv6

Adds the following new sysctl's for monitoring:
-- Number of times the code was activated to attempt a mss downshift
net.inet.tcp.pmtud_blackhole_activated
-- Number of times the blackhole mss was used in an attempt to downshift
net.inet.tcp.pmtud_blackhole_min_activated
-- Number of times that we failed to connect after we downshifted the mss
net.inet.tcp.pmtud_blackhole_failed

Phabricator:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D506
Reviewed by:	rpaulo bz
MFC after:	2 weeks
Relnotes:	yes
Sponsored by:	Limelight Networks

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