Re: [PATCH 2/6] vsock: return errors other than -ENOMEM to socket

[Bobby Eshleman]

CC'ing virtio-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:56:05AM -0700, Bobby Eshleman wrote:
> This commit allows vsock implementations to return errors
> to the socket layer other than -ENOMEM. One immediate effect
> of this is that upon the sk_sndbuf threshold being reached -EAGAIN
> will be returned and userspace may throttle appropriately.
> 
> Resultingly, a known issue with uperf is resolved[1].
> 
> Additionally, to preserve legacy behavior for non-virtio
> implementations, hyperv/vmci force errors to be -ENOMEM so that behavior
> is unchanged.
> 
> [1]: https://gitlab.com/vsock/vsock/-/issues/1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/virtio_vsock.h            | 3 +++
>  net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c                | 3 ++-
>  net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c        | 2 +-
>  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 3 ---
>  net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c          | 9 ++++++++-
>  5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
> index 17ed01466875..9a37eddbb87a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
> +++ b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
> @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
>  #include <net/sock.h>
>  #include <net/af_vsock.h>
>  
> +/* Threshold for detecting small packets to copy */
> +#define GOOD_COPY_LEN  128
> +
>  enum virtio_vsock_metadata_flags {
>  	VIRTIO_VSOCK_METADATA_FLAGS_REPLY		= BIT(0),
>  	VIRTIO_VSOCK_METADATA_FLAGS_TAP_DELIVERED	= BIT(1),
> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
> index e348b2d09eac..1893f8aafa48 100644
> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
> @@ -1844,8 +1844,9 @@ static int vsock_connectible_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
>  			written = transport->stream_enqueue(vsk,
>  					msg, len - total_written);
>  		}
> +
>  		if (written < 0) {
> -			err = -ENOMEM;
> +			err = written;
>  			goto out_err;
>  		}
>  
> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
> index fd98229e3db3..e99aea571f6f 100644
> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c
> @@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static ssize_t hvs_stream_enqueue(struct vsock_sock *vsk, struct msghdr *msg,
>  	if (bytes_written)
>  		ret = bytes_written;
>  	kfree(send_buf);
> -	return ret;
> +	return ret < 0 ? -ENOMEM : ret;
>  }
>  
>  static s64 hvs_stream_has_data(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
> index 920578597bb9..d5780599fe93 100644
> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
> @@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
>  /* How long to wait for graceful shutdown of a connection */
>  #define VSOCK_CLOSE_TIMEOUT (8 * HZ)
>  
> -/* Threshold for detecting small packets to copy */
> -#define GOOD_COPY_LEN  128
> -
>  static const struct virtio_transport *
>  virtio_transport_get_ops(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
>  {
> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
> index b14f0ed7427b..c927a90dc859 100644
> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
> @@ -1838,7 +1838,14 @@ static ssize_t vmci_transport_stream_enqueue(
>  	struct msghdr *msg,
>  	size_t len)
>  {
> -	return vmci_qpair_enquev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = vmci_qpair_enquev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
> +
> +	if (err < 0)
> +		err = -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	return err;
>  }
>  
>  static s64 vmci_transport_stream_has_data(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
> -- 
> 2.35.1
>