[PATCH 3.2 02/87] tcp: do not forget FIN in tcp_shifted_skb()

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Mon Nov 25 2013 - 09:32:31 EST


3.2.53-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 5e8a402f831dbe7ee831340a91439e46f0d38acd ]

Yuchung found following problem :

There are bugs in the SACK processing code, merging part in
tcp_shift_skb_data(), that incorrectly resets or ignores the sacked
skbs FIN flag. When a receiver first SACK the FIN sequence, and later
throw away ofo queue (e.g., sack-reneging), the sender will stop
retransmitting the FIN flag, and hangs forever.

Following packetdrill test can be used to reproduce the bug.

$ cat sack-merge-bug.pkt
`sysctl -q net.ipv4.tcp_fack=0`

// Establish a connection and send 10 MSS.
0.000 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
+.000 setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
+.000 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0
+.000 listen(3, 1) = 0

+.050 < S 0:0(0) win 32792 <mss 1000,sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 7>
+.000 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK,nop,wscale 6>
+.001 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 1024
+.000 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4

+.100 write(4, ..., 12000) = 12000
+.000 shutdown(4, SHUT_WR) = 0
+.000 > . 1:10001(10000) ack 1
+.050 < . 1:1(0) ack 2001 win 257
+.000 > FP. 10001:12001(2000) ack 1
+.050 < . 1:1(0) ack 2001 win 257 <sack 10001:11001,nop,nop>
+.050 < . 1:1(0) ack 2001 win 257 <sack 10001:12002,nop,nop>
// SACK reneg
+.050 < . 1:1(0) ack 12001 win 257
+0 %{ print "unacked: ",tcpi_unacked }%
+5 %{ print "" }%

First, a typo inverted left/right of one OR operation, then
code forgot to advance end_seq if the merged skb carried FIN.

Bug was added in 2.6.29 by commit 832d11c5cd076ab
("tcp: Try to restore large SKBs while SACK processing")

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ilpo JÃrvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ilpo JÃrvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 872b41d..c1ed01e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -1469,7 +1469,10 @@ static int tcp_shifted_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
tp->lost_cnt_hint -= tcp_skb_pcount(prev);
}

- TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags |= TCP_SKB_CB(prev)->tcp_flags;
+ TCP_SKB_CB(prev)->tcp_flags |= TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags;
+ if (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags & TCPHDR_FIN)
+ TCP_SKB_CB(prev)->end_seq++;
+
if (skb == tcp_highest_sack(sk))
tcp_advance_highest_sack(sk, skb);


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