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+#ifndef _ACKVEC_H
+#define _ACKVEC_H
+/*
+ *  net/dccp/ackvec.h
+ *
+ *  An implementation of Ack Vectors for the DCCP protocol
+ *  Copyright (c) 2007 University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
+ *  Copyright (c) 2005 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
+ *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ *	under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ *	published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/dccp.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/*
+ * Ack Vector buffer space is static, in multiples of %DCCP_SINGLE_OPT_MAXLEN,
+ * the maximum size of a single Ack Vector. Setting %DCCPAV_NUM_ACKVECS to 1
+ * will be sufficient for most cases of low Ack Ratios, using a value of 2 gives
+ * more headroom if Ack Ratio is higher or when the sender acknowledges slowly.
+ * The maximum value is bounded by the u16 types for indices and functions.
+ */
+#define DCCPAV_NUM_ACKVECS	2
+#define DCCPAV_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN	(DCCP_SINGLE_OPT_MAXLEN * DCCPAV_NUM_ACKVECS)
+
+/* Estimated minimum average Ack Vector length - used for updating MPS */
+#define DCCPAV_MIN_OPTLEN	16
+
+/* Threshold for coping with large bursts of losses */
+#define DCCPAV_BURST_THRESH	(DCCPAV_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN / 8)
+
+enum dccp_ackvec_states {
+	DCCPAV_RECEIVED =	0x00,
+	DCCPAV_ECN_MARKED =	0x40,
+	DCCPAV_RESERVED =	0x80,
+	DCCPAV_NOT_RECEIVED =	0xC0
+};
+#define DCCPAV_MAX_RUNLEN	0x3F
+
+static inline u8 dccp_ackvec_runlen(const u8 *cell)
+{
+	return *cell & DCCPAV_MAX_RUNLEN;
+}
+
+static inline u8 dccp_ackvec_state(const u8 *cell)
+{
+	return *cell & ~DCCPAV_MAX_RUNLEN;
+}
+
+/**
+ * struct dccp_ackvec - Ack Vector main data structure
+ *
+ * This implements a fixed-size circular buffer within an array and is largely
+ * based on Appendix A of RFC 4340.
+ *
+ * @av_buf:	   circular buffer storage area
+ * @av_buf_head:   head index; begin of live portion in @av_buf
+ * @av_buf_tail:   tail index; first index _after_ the live portion in @av_buf
+ * @av_buf_ackno:  highest seqno of acknowledgeable packet recorded in @av_buf
+ * @av_tail_ackno: lowest  seqno of acknowledgeable packet recorded in @av_buf
+ * @av_buf_nonce:  ECN nonce sums, each covering subsequent segments of up to
+ *		   %DCCP_SINGLE_OPT_MAXLEN cells in the live portion of @av_buf
+ * @av_overflow:   if 1 then buf_head == buf_tail indicates buffer wraparound
+ * @av_records:	   list of %dccp_ackvec_record (Ack Vectors sent previously)
+ */
+struct dccp_ackvec {
+	u8			av_buf[DCCPAV_MAX_ACKVEC_LEN];
+	u16			av_buf_head;
+	u16			av_buf_tail;
+	u64			av_buf_ackno:48;
+	u64			av_tail_ackno:48;
+	bool			av_buf_nonce[DCCPAV_NUM_ACKVECS];
+	u8			av_overflow:1;
+	struct list_head	av_records;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct dccp_ackvec_record - Records information about sent Ack Vectors
+ *
+ * These list entries define the additional information which the HC-Receiver
+ * keeps about recently-sent Ack Vectors; again refer to RFC 4340, Appendix A.
+ *
+ * @avr_node:	    the list node in @av_records
+ * @avr_ack_seqno:  sequence number of the packet the Ack Vector was sent on
+ * @avr_ack_ackno:  the Ack number that this record/Ack Vector refers to
+ * @avr_ack_ptr:    pointer into @av_buf where this record starts
+ * @avr_ack_runlen: run length of @avr_ack_ptr at the time of sending
+ * @avr_ack_nonce:  the sum of @av_buf_nonce's at the time this record was sent
+ *
+ * The list as a whole is sorted in descending order by @avr_ack_seqno.
+ */
+struct dccp_ackvec_record {
+	struct list_head avr_node;
+	u64		 avr_ack_seqno:48;
+	u64		 avr_ack_ackno:48;
+	u16		 avr_ack_ptr;
+	u8		 avr_ack_runlen;
+	u8		 avr_ack_nonce:1;
+};
+
+int dccp_ackvec_init(void);
+void dccp_ackvec_exit(void);
+
+struct dccp_ackvec *dccp_ackvec_alloc(const gfp_t priority);
+void dccp_ackvec_free(struct dccp_ackvec *av);
+
+void dccp_ackvec_input(struct dccp_ackvec *av, struct sk_buff *skb);
+int dccp_ackvec_update_records(struct dccp_ackvec *av, u64 seq, u8 sum);
+void dccp_ackvec_clear_state(struct dccp_ackvec *av, const u64 ackno);
+u16 dccp_ackvec_buflen(const struct dccp_ackvec *av);
+
+static inline bool dccp_ackvec_is_empty(const struct dccp_ackvec *av)
+{
+	return av->av_overflow == 0 && av->av_buf_head == av->av_buf_tail;
+}
+
+/**
+ * struct dccp_ackvec_parsed  -  Record offsets of Ack Vectors in skb
+ * @vec:	start of vector (offset into skb)
+ * @len:	length of @vec
+ * @nonce:	whether @vec had an ECN nonce of 0 or 1
+ * @node:	FIFO - arranged in descending order of ack_ackno
+ *
+ * This structure is used by CCIDs to access Ack Vectors in a received skb.
+ */
+struct dccp_ackvec_parsed {
+	u8		 *vec,
+			 len,
+			 nonce:1;
+	struct list_head node;
+};
+
+int dccp_ackvec_parsed_add(struct list_head *head, u8 *vec, u8 len, u8 nonce);
+void dccp_ackvec_parsed_cleanup(struct list_head *parsed_chunks);
+#endif /* _ACKVEC_H */