Create a helper to model TCP exponential backoff for the next patch.
This is pure refactor w no behavior change.
Signed-off-by: NYuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: NEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: NNeal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Reviewed-by: NSoheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>