Neal Cardwell suggested to not change ca->delay_min
and apply the ack delay cushion only when Hystart ACK train
is still under consideration. This should avoid a 64bit
divide unless needed.

Tested:

40Gbit(mlx4) testbed (with sch_fq as packet scheduler)

$ echo -n 'file tcp_cubic.c +p'  >/sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
$ nstat -n;for f in {1..10}; do ./super_netperf 1 -H lpaa24 -l -4000000; done;nstat|egrep "Hystart"
  14815
  16280
  15293
  15563
  11574
  15145
  14789
  18548
  16972
  12520
TcpExtTCPHystartTrainDetect     10                 0.0
TcpExtTCPHystartTrainCwnd       1396               0.0
$ dmesg | tail -10
[ 4873.951350] hystart_ack_train (116 > 93) delay_min 24 (+ ack_delay 69) cwnd 80
[ 4875.155379] hystart_ack_train (55 > 50) delay_min 21 (+ ack_delay 29) cwnd 160
[ 4876.333921] hystart_ack_train (69 > 62) delay_min 23 (+ ack_delay 39) cwnd 130
[ 4877.519037] hystart_ack_train (69 > 60) delay_min 22 (+ ack_delay 38) cwnd 130
[ 4878.701559] hystart_ack_train (87 > 63) delay_min 24 (+ ack_delay 39) cwnd 160
[ 4879.844597] hystart_ack_train (93 > 50) delay_min 21 (+ ack_delay 29) cwnd 216
[ 4880.956650] hystart_ack_train (74 > 67) delay_min 20 (+ ack_delay 47) cwnd 108
[ 4882.098500] hystart_ack_train (61 > 57) delay_min 23 (+ ack_delay 34) cwnd 130
[ 4883.262056] hystart_ack_train (72 > 67) delay_min 21 (+ ack_delay 46) cwnd 130
[ 4884.418760] hystart_ack_train (74 > 67) delay_min 29 (+ ack_delay 38) cwnd 152

10Gbit(bnx2x) testbed (with sch_fq as packet scheduler)

$ echo -n 'file tcp_cubic.c +p'  >/sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
$ nstat -n;for f in {1..10}; do ./super_netperf 1 -H lpk52 -l -4000000; done;nstat|egrep "Hystart"
   7050
   7065
   7100
   6900
   7202
   7263
   7189
   6869
   7463
   7034
TcpExtTCPHystartTrainDetect     10                 0.0
TcpExtTCPHystartTrainCwnd       3199               0.0
$ dmesg | tail -10
[  176.920012] hystart_ack_train (161 > 141) delay_min 83 (+ ack_delay 58) cwnd 264
[  179.144645] hystart_ack_train (164 > 159) delay_min 120 (+ ack_delay 39) cwnd 444
[  181.354527] hystart_ack_train (214 > 168) delay_min 125 (+ ack_delay 43) cwnd 436
[  183.539565] hystart_ack_train (170 > 147) delay_min 96 (+ ack_delay 51) cwnd 326
[  185.727309] hystart_ack_train (177 > 160) delay_min 61 (+ ack_delay 99) cwnd 128
[  187.947142] hystart_ack_train (184 > 167) delay_min 123 (+ ack_delay 44) cwnd 367
[  190.166680] hystart_ack_train (230 > 153) delay_min 116 (+ ack_delay 37) cwnd 444
[  192.327285] hystart_ack_train (210 > 206) delay_min 86 (+ ack_delay 120) cwnd 152
[  194.511392] hystart_ack_train (173 > 151) delay_min 94 (+ ack_delay 57) cwnd 239
[  196.736023] hystart_ack_train (149 > 146) delay_min 105 (+ ack_delay 41) cwnd 399

Fixes: 42f3a8aa ("tcp_cubic: tweak Hystart detection for short RTT flows")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reported-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Link: https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg621886.html
Link: https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg621797.htmlAcked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>