Re: [PATCH] sctp: Make "Invalid Stream Identifier" ERROR follows SACKwhen bundling

[Xufeng Zhang]

On 7/26/12, Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Xufeng Zhang <xufengzhang.main@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On 7/26/12, Xufeng Zhang <xufengzhang.main@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On 7/25/12, Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> And after take a moment to look into the relative codes, I think we
>>>>> can implement it
>>>>> by below way:
>>>>> 1). Add a flag(isi_err_needed) in the embedded struct peer of
>>struct
>>>>> struct sctp_association
>>>>> just like sack_needed flag.
>>>>> 2). When "invalid stream identifier" ERROR happens in
>>sctp_eat_data()
>>>>> function, we just
>>>>> set isi_err_needed flag and don't create ERROR chunk and also don't
>>>>> insert SCTP_CMD_REPLY command.
>>>>> 3). In sctp_gen_sack() function, we create ERROR chunk and also
>>insert
>>>>> SCTP_CMD_REPLY command if isi_err_needed flag is set.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is this way proper?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So, I looked at the code, and it looks very simple to do.  We
>>already
>>>> return a specific status from sctp_eat_data() when the error was
>>>> generated.  All you have to do is take the code that generates the
>>error
>>>> and adds it to the command list and give it its own small function
>>that
>>>> you can then call if SCTP_IERROR_BAD_STREAM error was returned.
>>>
>>> No, it will still has the same problem by just doing this.
>>> SCTP_CMD_GEN_SACK command actually don't enqueue SACK to outqueue,
>>> sctp_gen_sack() do this things when processing SCTP_CMD_GEN_SACK
>>command
>>> in sctp_cmd_interpreter().
>>> So it's not enough if we just insert SCTP_ERROR_INV_STRM command
>>after
>>> sctp_eat_data() return SCTP_IERROR_BAD_STREAM in
>>sctp_sf_eat_data_6_2().
>>
>>Yes, I just tried this way, SACK is still bundled after ERROR chunk.
>>But I think my above method is also not fine if there are multiple
>>error DATA chunks
>>bundled in a packet.
>>Really awesome!
>
> 1. Catch the error return.
> 2.  Set flag indicating error is needed.
> 3.  Queue sack as needed.
> 4.  If error flag set call new function to queue error chunk.

Both step 3 and 4 need lots of changes to make it working since
SACK is ready to queue only at the end of the packet and we also
need to deal with multiple "invalid stream identifier" ERROR chunks
in a single packet.


Thanks,
Xufeng Zhang
>
> That should fix things.  Do this in all callers of sctp_eat_data.
>
> -vlad
>
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Xufeng Zhang
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Xufeng Zhang
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -vlad
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Xufeng Zhang
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Xufeng Zhang
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -vlad
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Xufeng Zhang
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -vlad
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
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>>brevity.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
>
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