Re: [PATCH] xprtsock: Fix a loop in xs_tcp_setup_socket()

[NeilBrown]

On Sat, 20 Apr 2024, Lex Siegel wrote:
> When using a bpf on kernel_connect(), the call can return -EPERM.
> This causes xs_tcp_setup_socket() to loop forever, filling up the
> syslog and causing the kernel to freeze up.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lex Siegel <usiegl00@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
> index bb9b747d58a1..47b254806a08 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
> @@ -2446,6 +2446,8 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
>  		/* Happens, for instance, if the user specified a link
>  		 * local IPv6 address without a scope-id.
>  		 */
> +	case -EPERM:
> +		/* Happens, for instance, if a bpf is preventing the connect */

This will propagate -EPERM up into other layers which might not be ready
to handle it.
It might be safer to map EPERM to an error we would be more likely to
expect  from the network system - such as ECONNREFUSED or ENETDOWN.

Better still would be for kernel_connect() to return a more normal error
code - not EPERM.  If that cannot be achieved, then I think it would be
best for the sunrpc code to map EPERM to something else at the place
where kernel_connect() is called - catch it early.

NeilBrown


>  	case -ECONNREFUSED:
>  	case -ECONNRESET:
>  	case -ENETDOWN:
> -- 
> 2.39.3
> 
>