From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:19:39 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: net/sched: netem: fix probability gaps in 4-state loss model
X-Git-Tag: v7.1-rc2~22^2~42^2~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=732b463449fd0ef90acd13cda68eab1c91adb00c;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git

net/sched: netem: fix probability gaps in 4-state loss model

The 4-state Markov chain in loss_4state() has gaps at the boundaries
between transition probability ranges. The comparisons use:

  if (rnd < a4)
  else if (a4 < rnd && rnd < a1 + a4)

When rnd equals a boundary value exactly, neither branch matches and
no state transition occurs. The redundant lower-bound check (a4 < rnd)
is already implied by being in the else branch.

Remove the unnecessary lower-bound comparisons so the ranges are
contiguous and every random value produces a transition, matching
the GI (General and Intuitive) loss model specification.

This bug goes back to original implementation of this model.

Fixes: 661b79725fea ("netem: revised correlated loss generator")
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260418032027.900913-2-stephen@networkplumber.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 20df1c08b1e9..8ee72cac1faf 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@ static bool loss_4state(struct netem_sched_data *q)
 		if (rnd < clg->a4) {
 			clg->state = LOST_IN_GAP_PERIOD;
 			return true;
-		} else if (clg->a4 < rnd && rnd < clg->a1 + clg->a4) {
+		} else if (rnd < clg->a1 + clg->a4) {
 			clg->state = LOST_IN_BURST_PERIOD;
 			return true;
-		} else if (clg->a1 + clg->a4 < rnd) {
+		} else {
 			clg->state = TX_IN_GAP_PERIOD;
 		}
 
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ static bool loss_4state(struct netem_sched_data *q)
 	case LOST_IN_BURST_PERIOD:
 		if (rnd < clg->a3)
 			clg->state = TX_IN_BURST_PERIOD;
-		else if (clg->a3 < rnd && rnd < clg->a2 + clg->a3) {
+		else if (rnd < clg->a2 + clg->a3) {
 			clg->state = TX_IN_GAP_PERIOD;
-		} else if (clg->a2 + clg->a3 < rnd) {
+		} else {
 			clg->state = LOST_IN_BURST_PERIOD;
 			return true;
 		}