Re: [fixed] [patch] Re: [bug] stuck localhost TCP connections,v2.6.26-rc3+

[Ilpo Järvinen]

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Patrick McManus wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 02:22 +0300, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> ==
> > --
> > [PATCH] tcp DEFER_ACCEPT: fix racy access to listen_sk
> > 
> > It seems that replacement of DA code also moved parts outside
> > of appropriate locking. The Ingo's problem seems to come from
> > the fact that two flows could now race in
> > (inet_csk_)reqsk_queue_add corrupting the queue. ...This can
> > leave dangling socks around which won't resolve themselves
> > without stimuli from outside (e.g., external RST would help
> > I think).

> do_rcv() clearly has the listening socket locked in the non-DA case, and
> in the DA case it is the 'child' ESTABLISHED socket that is locked -
> leaving the accept queue unprotected. So simple.

It also well explains why Ingo finally got the KERNEL: assertion 
(!sk->sk_ack_backlog) which is adjusted in the very same reqsk_queue_add 
making it and the actual queue come out of sync.

...too bad this has no relevance to Håkon's case, so more digging
is necessary... :-)

-- 
 i.