kernel_optimize_test/net/ipv4
Jerry Chu 44f5324b5d TCP: fix a bug that triggers large number of TCP RST by mistake
This patch fixes a bug that causes TCP RST packets to be generated
on otherwise correctly behaved applications, e.g., no unread data
on close,..., etc. To trigger the bug, at least two conditions must
be met:

1. The FIN flag is set on the last data packet, i.e., it's not on a
separate, FIN only packet.
2. The size of the last data chunk on the receive side matches
exactly with the size of buffer posted by the receiver, and the
receiver closes the socket without any further read attempt.

This bug was first noticed on our netperf based testbed for our IW10
proposal to IETF where a large number of RST packets were observed.
netperf's read side code meets the condition 2 above 100%.

Before the fix, tcp_data_queue() will queue the last skb that meets
condition 1 to sk_receive_queue even though it has fully copied out
(skb_copy_datagram_iovec()) the data. Then if condition 2 is also met,
tcp_recvmsg() often returns all the copied out data successfully
without actually consuming the skb, due to a check
"if ((chunk = len - tp->ucopy.len) != 0) {"
and
"len -= chunk;"
after tcp_prequeue_process() that causes "len" to become 0 and an
early exit from the big while loop.

I don't see any reason not to free the skb whose data have been fully
consumed in tcp_data_queue(), regardless of the FIN flag.  We won't
get there if MSG_PEEK is on. Am I missing some arcane cases related
to urgent data?

Signed-off-by: H.K. Jerry Chu <hkchu@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-01-25 13:46:30 -08:00
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netfilter netfilter: x_tables: dont block BH while reading counters 2011-01-10 20:11:38 +01:00
af_inet.c
ah4.c ah: reload pointers to skb data after calling skb_cow_data() 2011-01-11 14:03:10 -08:00
arp.c net: arp_ioctl() must hold RTNL 2011-01-24 13:16:16 -08:00
cipso_ipv4.c
datagram.c
devinet.c
esp4.c
fib_frontend.c Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-12-26 22:37:05 -08:00
fib_hash.c
fib_lookup.h
fib_rules.c
fib_semantics.c
fib_trie.c
gre.c
icmp.c
igmp.c
inet_connection_sock.c tcp: disallow bind() to reuse addr/port 2011-01-11 14:03:07 -08:00
inet_diag.c Revert "netlink: test for all flags of the NLM_F_DUMP composite" 2011-01-19 13:34:20 -08:00
inet_fragment.c
inet_hashtables.c
inet_lro.c
inet_timewait_sock.c
inetpeer.c inetpeer: Use correct AVL tree base pointer in inet_getpeer(). 2011-01-24 14:38:09 -08:00
ip_forward.c
ip_fragment.c ipv4: IP defragmentation must be ECN aware 2011-01-06 11:21:30 -08:00
ip_gre.c
ip_input.c
ip_options.c
ip_output.c
ip_sockglue.c
ipcomp.c
ipconfig.c
ipip.c
ipmr.c
Kconfig
Makefile
netfilter.c
proc.c
protocol.c
raw.c
route.c Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2011-01-04 11:57:25 -08:00
syncookies.c
sysctl_net_ipv4.c
tcp_bic.c
tcp_cong.c
tcp_cubic.c
tcp_diag.c
tcp_highspeed.c
tcp_htcp.c
tcp_hybla.c
tcp_illinois.c
tcp_input.c TCP: fix a bug that triggers large number of TCP RST by mistake 2011-01-25 13:46:30 -08:00
tcp_ipv4.c tcp: fix bug in listening_get_next() 2011-01-24 14:41:20 -08:00
tcp_lp.c
tcp_minisocks.c
tcp_output.c Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-01-13 10:05:56 -08:00
tcp_probe.c
tcp_scalable.c
tcp_timer.c
tcp_vegas.c
tcp_vegas.h
tcp_veno.c
tcp_westwood.c
tcp_yeah.c
tcp.c
tunnel4.c
udp_impl.h
udp.c
udplite.c
xfrm4_input.c
xfrm4_mode_beet.c
xfrm4_mode_transport.c
xfrm4_mode_tunnel.c
xfrm4_output.c
xfrm4_policy.c
xfrm4_state.c
xfrm4_tunnel.c