于TCP/IP协议栈的TCP协议的重传功能是由在linux内核源码(net/ipv4/tcp_output.c)中的函数tcp_retransmit_skb()实现的
代码如下:
/* This retransmits one SKB. Policy decisions and retransmit queue
* state updates are done by the caller. Returns non-zero if an
* error occurred which prevented the send.
*/
int tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
unsigned int cur_mss;
int err;
/* Inconslusive MTU probe */
if (icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_size) {
icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_size = 0;
}
/* Do not sent more than we queued. 1/4 is reserved for possible
* copying overhead: fragmentation, tunneling, mangling etc.
*/
//说明在发送缓存区中消耗了许多内存去做其他的工作(比如分片等,只有1/4的缓存才是保留给这些工作的)