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<title>linux-toradex.git/net/dccp/input.c, branch v2.6.32.2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>dccp: Integrate the TFRC library with DCCP</title>
<updated>2009-01-05T05:45:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2009-01-05T05:45:33+00:00</published>
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This patch integrates the TFRC library, which is a dependency of CCID-3 (and
CCID-4), with the new use of CCIDs in the DCCP module.		

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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This patch integrates the TFRC library, which is a dependency of CCID-3 (and
CCID-4), with the new use of CCIDs in the DCCP module.		

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp ccid-2: Phase out the use of boolean Ack Vector sysctl</title>
<updated>2008-12-08T09:19:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-12-08T09:19:06+00:00</published>
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This removes the use of the sysctl and the minisock variable for the Send Ack
Vector feature, as it now is handled fully dynamically via feature negotiation
(i.e. when CCID-2 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)-&gt;dccpms_send_ack_vector)
		/* ... */
with
	if (dp-&gt;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 =&gt; OPEN arrives;
 * client after it has sent its ACK, marking the transition REQUEST =&gt; 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.

There was a FIXME to change the error code when dccp_ackvec_add() fails.
I removed this after finding out that:
 * the check whether ackno &lt; ISN is already made earlier,
 * this Response is likely the 1st packet with an Ackno that the client gets,
 * so when dccp_ackvec_add() fails, the reason is likely not a packet error.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Ian McDonald &lt;ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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This removes the use of the sysctl and the minisock variable for the Send Ack
Vector feature, as it now is handled fully dynamically via feature negotiation
(i.e. when CCID-2 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)-&gt;dccpms_send_ack_vector)
		/* ... */
with
	if (dp-&gt;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 =&gt; OPEN arrives;
 * client after it has sent its ACK, marking the transition REQUEST =&gt; 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.

There was a FIXME to change the error code when dccp_ackvec_add() fails.
I removed this after finding out that:
 * the check whether ackno &lt; ISN is already made earlier,
 * this Response is likely the 1st packet with an Ackno that the client gets,
 * so when dccp_ackvec_add() fails, the reason is likely not a packet error.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Ian McDonald &lt;ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp: Integration of dynamic feature activation - part 3 (client side)</title>
<updated>2008-12-08T09:16:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-12-08T09:16:27+00:00</published>
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This integrates feature-activation in the client:

 1. When dccp_parse_options() fails, the reset code is already set; request_sent\
    _state_process() currently overrides this with `Packet Error', which is not
    intended - changed to use the reset code supplied by dccp_parse_options().

 2. When feature negotiation fails, the socket should be marked as not usable,
    so that the application is notified that an error occurred. This is achieved
    by a new label 'unable_to_proceed': generating an error code of `Aborted',
    setting the socket state to CLOSED, returning with ECOMM in sk_err.

 3. Avoids parsing the Ack twice in Respond state by not doing option processing
    again in dccp_rcv_respond_partopen_state_process (as option processing has
    already been done on the request_sock in dccp_check_req).

Since this addresses congestion-control initialisation, a corresponding
FIXME has been removed.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Ian McDonald &lt;ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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This integrates feature-activation in the client:

 1. When dccp_parse_options() fails, the reset code is already set; request_sent\
    _state_process() currently overrides this with `Packet Error', which is not
    intended - changed to use the reset code supplied by dccp_parse_options().

 2. When feature negotiation fails, the socket should be marked as not usable,
    so that the application is notified that an error occurred. This is achieved
    by a new label 'unable_to_proceed': generating an error code of `Aborted',
    setting the socket state to CLOSED, returning with ECOMM in sk_err.

 3. Avoids parsing the Ack twice in Respond state by not doing option processing
    again in dccp_rcv_respond_partopen_state_process (as option processing has
    already been done on the request_sock in dccp_check_req).

Since this addresses congestion-control initialisation, a corresponding
FIXME has been removed.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Ian McDonald &lt;ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp: Per-socket initialisation of feature negotiation</title>
<updated>2008-11-05T07:55:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-11-05T07:55:49+00:00</published>
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This provides feature-negotiation initialisation for both DCCP sockets
and DCCP request_sockets, to support feature negotiation during
connection setup.

It also resolves a FIXME regarding the congestion control
initialisation.

Thanks to Wei Yongjun for help with the IPv6 side of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Ian McDonald &lt;ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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This provides feature-negotiation initialisation for both DCCP sockets
and DCCP request_sockets, to support feature negotiation during
connection setup.

It also resolves a FIXME regarding the congestion control
initialisation.

Thanks to Wei Yongjun for help with the IPv6 side of this patch.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
Acked-by: Ian McDonald &lt;ian.mcdonald@jandi.co.nz&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>This reverts "Merge branch 'dccp' of git://eden-feed.erg.abdn.ac.uk/dccp_exp"</title>
<updated>2008-09-09T11:27:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-09T11:27:22+00:00</published>
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as it accentally contained the wrong set of patches. These will be
submitted separately.
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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as it accentally contained the wrong set of patches. These will be
submitted separately.
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp: Clamping RTT values</title>
<updated>2008-09-04T05:45:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-04T05:30:19+00:00</published>
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This extracts the clamping part of dccp_sample_rtt() and makes it available
to other parts of the code (as e.g. used in the next patch).

Note: The function dccp_sample_rtt() now reduces to subtracting the elapsed
time. This could be eliminated but would require shorter prefixes and thus
is not done by this patch - maybe an idea for later.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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This extracts the clamping part of dccp_sample_rtt() and makes it available
to other parts of the code (as e.g. used in the next patch).

Note: The function dccp_sample_rtt() now reduces to subtracting the elapsed
time. This could be eliminated but would require shorter prefixes and thus
is not done by this patch - maybe an idea for later.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp: Clean up slow-path input processing</title>
<updated>2008-09-04T05:45:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-04T05:30:19+00:00</published>
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This patch rearranges the order of statements of the slow-path input processing
(i.e. any other state than OPEN), to resolve the following issues.

 1. Dependencies: the order of statements now better matches RFC 4340, 8.5, i.e.
    step 7 is before step 9 (previously 9 was before 7), and parsing options in
    step 8 (which can consume resources) now comes after step 7.
 2. Bug-fix: in state CLOSED, there should not be any sequence number checking
    or option processing. This is why the test for CLOSED has been moved after
    the test for LISTEN.
 3. As before sequence number checks are omitted if in state LISTEN/REQUEST, due
    to the note underneath the table in RFC 4340, 7.5.3.
 4. Packets are now passed on to Ack Vector / CCID processing only after
    - step 7  (receive unexpected packets), 
    - step 9  (receive Reset),
    - step 13 (receive CloseReq),
    - step 14 (receive Close)
    and only if the state is PARTOPEN. This simplifies CCID processing:
    - in LISTEN/CLOSED the CCIDs are non-existent;
    - in RESPOND/REQUEST the CCIDs have not yet been negotiated;
    - in CLOSEREQ and active-CLOSING the node has already closed this socket;
    - in passive-CLOSING the client is waiting for its Reset.
    In the last case, RFC 4340, 8.3 leaves it open to ignore further incoming
    data, which is the approach taken here.

As a result of (3), CCID processing is now indeed confined to OPEN/PARTOPEN
states, i.e. congestion control is performed only on the flow of data packets. 

This avoids pathological cases of doing congestion control on those messages
which set up and terminate the connection. 

I have done a few checks to see if this creates a problem in other parts of
the code. This seems not to be the case; even if there were one, it would be
better to fix it than to perform congestion control on Close/Request/Response
messages. Similarly for Ack Vectors (as they depend on the negotiated CCID).

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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This patch rearranges the order of statements of the slow-path input processing
(i.e. any other state than OPEN), to resolve the following issues.

 1. Dependencies: the order of statements now better matches RFC 4340, 8.5, i.e.
    step 7 is before step 9 (previously 9 was before 7), and parsing options in
    step 8 (which can consume resources) now comes after step 7.
 2. Bug-fix: in state CLOSED, there should not be any sequence number checking
    or option processing. This is why the test for CLOSED has been moved after
    the test for LISTEN.
 3. As before sequence number checks are omitted if in state LISTEN/REQUEST, due
    to the note underneath the table in RFC 4340, 7.5.3.
 4. Packets are now passed on to Ack Vector / CCID processing only after
    - step 7  (receive unexpected packets), 
    - step 9  (receive Reset),
    - step 13 (receive CloseReq),
    - step 14 (receive Close)
    and only if the state is PARTOPEN. This simplifies CCID processing:
    - in LISTEN/CLOSED the CCIDs are non-existent;
    - in RESPOND/REQUEST the CCIDs have not yet been negotiated;
    - in CLOSEREQ and active-CLOSING the node has already closed this socket;
    - in passive-CLOSING the client is waiting for its Reset.
    In the last case, RFC 4340, 8.3 leaves it open to ignore further incoming
    data, which is the approach taken here.

As a result of (3), CCID processing is now indeed confined to OPEN/PARTOPEN
states, i.e. congestion control is performed only on the flow of data packets. 

This avoids pathological cases of doing congestion control on those messages
which set up and terminate the connection. 

I have done a few checks to see if this creates a problem in other parts of
the code. This seems not to be the case; even if there were one, it would be
better to fix it than to perform congestion control on Close/Request/Response
messages. Similarly for Ack Vectors (as they depend on the negotiated CCID).

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp ccid-2: Consolidate Ack-Vector processing within main DCCP module</title>
<updated>2008-09-04T05:45:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-04T05:30:19+00:00</published>
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This aggregates Ack Vector processing (handling input and clearing old state)
into one function, for the following reasons and benefits:
 * all Ack Vector-specific processing is now in one place;
 * duplicated code is removed;
 * ensuring sanity: from an Ack Vector point of view, it is better to clear the
                    old state first before entering new state;
 * Ack Event handling happens mostly within the CCIDs, not the main DCCP module.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;  
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This aggregates Ack Vector processing (handling input and clearing old state)
into one function, for the following reasons and benefits:
 * all Ack Vector-specific processing is now in one place;
 * duplicated code is removed;
 * ensuring sanity: from an Ack Vector point of view, it is better to clear the
                    old state first before entering new state;
 * Ack Event handling happens mostly within the CCIDs, not the main DCCP module.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;  
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<entry>
<title>dccp ccid-2: Algorithm to update buffer state</title>
<updated>2008-09-04T05:45:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-04T05:30:19+00:00</published>
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This provides a routine to consistently update the buffer state when the
peer acknowledges receipt of Ack Vectors; updating state in the list of Ack
Vectors as well as in the circular buffer.

While based on RFC 4340, several additional (and necessary) precautions were
added to protect the consistency of the buffer state. These additions are
essential, since analysis and experience showed that the basic algorithm was
insufficient for this task (which lead to problems that were hard to debug).

The algorithm now
 * deals with HC-sender acknowledging to HC-receiver and vice versa,
 * keeps track of the last unacknowledged but received seqno in tail_ackno,
 * has special cases to reset the overflow condition when appropriate,
 * is protected against receiving older information (would mess up buffer state).

Note: The older code performed an unnecessary step, where the sender cleared
Ack Vector state by parsing the Ack Vector received by the HC-receiver. Doing
this was entirely redundant, since
 * the receiver always puts the full acknowledgment window (groups 2,3 in 11.4.2)
   into the Ack Vectors it sends; hence the HC-receiver is only interested in the
   highest state that the HC-sender received;
 * this means that the acknowledgment number on the (Data)Ack from the HC-sender
   is sufficient; and work done in parsing earlier state is not necessary, since
   the later state subsumes the  earlier one (see also RFC 4340, A.4).
This older interface (dccp_ackvec_parse()) is therefore removed.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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This provides a routine to consistently update the buffer state when the
peer acknowledges receipt of Ack Vectors; updating state in the list of Ack
Vectors as well as in the circular buffer.

While based on RFC 4340, several additional (and necessary) precautions were
added to protect the consistency of the buffer state. These additions are
essential, since analysis and experience showed that the basic algorithm was
insufficient for this task (which lead to problems that were hard to debug).

The algorithm now
 * deals with HC-sender acknowledging to HC-receiver and vice versa,
 * keeps track of the last unacknowledged but received seqno in tail_ackno,
 * has special cases to reset the overflow condition when appropriate,
 * is protected against receiving older information (would mess up buffer state).

Note: The older code performed an unnecessary step, where the sender cleared
Ack Vector state by parsing the Ack Vector received by the HC-receiver. Doing
this was entirely redundant, since
 * the receiver always puts the full acknowledgment window (groups 2,3 in 11.4.2)
   into the Ack Vectors it sends; hence the HC-receiver is only interested in the
   highest state that the HC-sender received;
 * this means that the acknowledgment number on the (Data)Ack from the HC-sender
   is sufficient; and work done in parsing earlier state is not necessary, since
   the later state subsumes the  earlier one (see also RFC 4340, A.4).
This older interface (dccp_ackvec_parse()) is therefore removed.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dccp ccid-2: Ack Vector interface clean-up</title>
<updated>2008-09-04T05:45:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gerrit Renker</name>
<email>gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2008-09-04T05:30:19+00:00</published>
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This patch brings the Ack Vector interface up to date. Its main purpose is
to lay the basis for the subsequent patches of this set, which will use the
new data structure fields and routines.

There are no real algorithmic changes, rather an adaptation:

 (1) Replaced the static Ack Vector size (2) with a #define so that it can
     be adapted (with low loss / Ack Ratio, a value of 1 works, so 2 seems
     to be sufficient for the moment) and added a solution so that computing
     the ECN nonce will continue to work - even with larger Ack Vectors.

 (2) Replaced the #defines for Ack Vector states with a complete enum.

 (3) Replaced #defines to compute Ack Vector length and state with general
     purpose routines (inlines), and updated code to use these.

 (4) Added a `tail' field (conversion to circular buffer in subsequent patch).

 (5) Updated the (outdated) documentation for Ack Vector struct.

 (6) All sequence number containers now trimmed to 48 bits.

 (7) Removal of unused bits:
     * removed dccpav_ack_nonce from struct dccp_ackvec, since this is already
       redundantly stored in the `dccpavr_ack_nonce' (of Ack Vector record);
     * removed Elapsed Time for Ack Vectors (it was nowhere used);
     * replaced semantics of dccpavr_sent_len with dccpavr_ack_runlen, since
       the code needs to be able to remember the old run length; 
     * reduced the de-/allocation routines (redundant / duplicate tests).


Justification for removing Elapsed Time information [can be removed]:
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 1. The Elapsed Time information for Ack Vectors was nowhere used in the code.
 2. DCCP does not implement rate-based pacing of acknowledgments. The only
    recommendation for always including Elapsed Time is in section 11.3 of
    RFC 4340: "Receivers that rate-pace acknowledgements SHOULD [...]
    include Elapsed Time options". But such is not the case here.
 3. It does not really improve estimation accuracy. The Elapsed Time field only
    records the time between the arrival of the last acknowledgeable packet and
    the time the Ack Vector is sent out. Since Linux does not (yet) implement
    delayed Acks, the time difference will typically be small, since often the
    arrival of a data packet triggers sending feedback at the HC-receiver.


Justification for changes in de-/allocation routines [can be removed]:
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  * INIT_LIST_HEAD in dccp_ackvec_record_new was redundant, since the list
    pointers were later overwritten when the node was added via list_add();
  * dccp_ackvec_record_new() was called in a single place only;
  * calls to list_del_init() before calling dccp_ackvec_record_delete() were
    redundant, since subsequently the entire element was k-freed;
  * since all calls to dccp_ackvec_record_delete() were preceded to a call to
    list_del_init(), the WARN_ON test would never evaluate to true;
  * since all calls to dccp_ackvec_record_delete() were made from within
    list_for_each_entry_safe(), the test for avr == NULL was redundant;
  * list_empty() in ackvec_free was redundant, since the same condition is
    embedded in the loop condition of the subsequent list_for_each_entry_safe().

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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This patch brings the Ack Vector interface up to date. Its main purpose is
to lay the basis for the subsequent patches of this set, which will use the
new data structure fields and routines.

There are no real algorithmic changes, rather an adaptation:

 (1) Replaced the static Ack Vector size (2) with a #define so that it can
     be adapted (with low loss / Ack Ratio, a value of 1 works, so 2 seems
     to be sufficient for the moment) and added a solution so that computing
     the ECN nonce will continue to work - even with larger Ack Vectors.

 (2) Replaced the #defines for Ack Vector states with a complete enum.

 (3) Replaced #defines to compute Ack Vector length and state with general
     purpose routines (inlines), and updated code to use these.

 (4) Added a `tail' field (conversion to circular buffer in subsequent patch).

 (5) Updated the (outdated) documentation for Ack Vector struct.

 (6) All sequence number containers now trimmed to 48 bits.

 (7) Removal of unused bits:
     * removed dccpav_ack_nonce from struct dccp_ackvec, since this is already
       redundantly stored in the `dccpavr_ack_nonce' (of Ack Vector record);
     * removed Elapsed Time for Ack Vectors (it was nowhere used);
     * replaced semantics of dccpavr_sent_len with dccpavr_ack_runlen, since
       the code needs to be able to remember the old run length; 
     * reduced the de-/allocation routines (redundant / duplicate tests).


Justification for removing Elapsed Time information [can be removed]:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
 1. The Elapsed Time information for Ack Vectors was nowhere used in the code.
 2. DCCP does not implement rate-based pacing of acknowledgments. The only
    recommendation for always including Elapsed Time is in section 11.3 of
    RFC 4340: "Receivers that rate-pace acknowledgements SHOULD [...]
    include Elapsed Time options". But such is not the case here.
 3. It does not really improve estimation accuracy. The Elapsed Time field only
    records the time between the arrival of the last acknowledgeable packet and
    the time the Ack Vector is sent out. Since Linux does not (yet) implement
    delayed Acks, the time difference will typically be small, since often the
    arrival of a data packet triggers sending feedback at the HC-receiver.


Justification for changes in de-/allocation routines [can be removed]:
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  * INIT_LIST_HEAD in dccp_ackvec_record_new was redundant, since the list
    pointers were later overwritten when the node was added via list_add();
  * dccp_ackvec_record_new() was called in a single place only;
  * calls to list_del_init() before calling dccp_ackvec_record_delete() were
    redundant, since subsequently the entire element was k-freed;
  * since all calls to dccp_ackvec_record_delete() were preceded to a call to
    list_del_init(), the WARN_ON test would never evaluate to true;
  * since all calls to dccp_ackvec_record_delete() were made from within
    list_for_each_entry_safe(), the test for avr == NULL was redundant;
  * list_empty() in ackvec_free was redundant, since the same condition is
    embedded in the loop condition of the subsequent list_for_each_entry_safe().

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker &lt;gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk&gt;
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