tipc: introduce Gap ACK blocks for broadcast link
As achieved through commit 9195948f ("tipc: improve TIPC throughput by Gap ACK blocks"), we apply the same mechanism for the broadcast link as well. The 'Gap ACK blocks' data field in a 'PROTOCOL/STATE_MSG' will consist of two parts built for both the broadcast and unicast types: 31 16 15 0 +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | bgack_cnt | ugack_cnt | len | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ - | gap | ack | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ > bc gacks : : : | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ - | gap | ack | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ > uc gacks : : : | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ - which is "automatically" backward-compatible. We also increase the max number of Gap ACK blocks to 128, allowing upto 64 blocks per type (total buffer size = 516 bytes). Besides, the 'tipc_link_advance_transmq()' function is refactored which is applicable for both the unicast and broadcast cases now, so some old functions can be removed and the code is optimized. With the patch, TIPC broadcast is more robust regardless of packet loss or disorder, latency, ... in the underlying network. Its performance is boost up significantly. For example, experiment with a 5% packet loss rate results: $ time tipc-pipe --mc --rdm --data_size 123 --data_num 1500000 real 0m 42.46s user 0m 1.16s sys 0m 17.67s Without the patch: $ time tipc-pipe --mc --rdm --data_size 123 --data_num 1500000 real 8m 27.94s user 0m 0.55s sys 0m 2.38s Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com> Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien <tuong.t.lien@dektech.com.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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