Re: [bug] stuck localhost TCP connections, v2.6.26-rc3+

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Sat May 31 2008 - 08:19:24 EST


On Sat, 31 May 2008, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:

> On Sat, 31 May 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> > ok, once i added back the localhost distcc component and the hung kernel
> > build + stuck TCP socket bug happened again overnight:
> >
> > Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
> > Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
> > tcp 72187 0 10.0.1.14:3632 10.0.1.14:47910 ESTABLISHED
> > tcp 0 174464 10.0.1.14:47910 10.0.1.14:3632 ESTABLISHED
> >
> > so it seems distcc over localhost was the aspect that made it fail.
> >
> > _Perhaps_ what matters is to have the new post-rc3 TCP code on _both_
> > sides of the connection. But that is just a theory - it could be timing,
> > etc.
>
> Btw, does your distcc perhaps happen enable TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT (there were
> some post 2.6.25 changes into it)?

Hmm, if so, please try this revert below (I hope I got everything that is
related there, gitk is currently broken for me so that viewing many
commits quickly is a pain, so I might have accidently missed something)...

--
i.

--
[PATCH] tcp: Reverts DEFER_ACCEPT modifications

Reverts these commits:
[TCP]: TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT updates - defer timeout conflicts with max_t
[TCP]: TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT updates - dont retxmt synack
[TCP]: TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT updates - process as established
tcp: Fix slab corruption with ipv6 and tcp6fuzz

..., ie.,
539fae89bebd16ebeafd57a87169bc56eb530d76,
e4c78840284f3f51b1896cf3936d60a6033c4d2c,
ec3c0982a2dd1e671bad8e9d26c28dcba0039d87 and
9ae27e0adbf471c7a6b80102e38e1d5a346b3b38.

Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/tcp.h | 7 ------
include/net/request_sock.h | 4 +-
include/net/tcp.h | 1 -
net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c | 11 +++++++--
net/ipv4/tcp.c | 18 +++++++++------
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 45 ---------------------------------------
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 8 -------
net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c | 32 ++++++++++-----------------
net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c | 5 ----
9 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
index 18e62e3..b31b6b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/tcp.h
+++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
@@ -239,11 +239,6 @@ static inline struct tcp_request_sock *tcp_rsk(const struct request_sock *req)
return (struct tcp_request_sock *)req;
}

-struct tcp_deferred_accept_info {
- struct sock *listen_sk;
- struct request_sock *request;
-};
-
struct tcp_sock {
/* inet_connection_sock has to be the first member of tcp_sock */
struct inet_connection_sock inet_conn;
@@ -379,8 +374,6 @@ struct tcp_sock {
unsigned int keepalive_intvl; /* time interval between keep alive probes */
int linger2;

- struct tcp_deferred_accept_info defer_tcp_accept;
-
unsigned long last_synq_overflow;

u32 tso_deferred;
diff --git a/include/net/request_sock.h b/include/net/request_sock.h
index b220b5f..0c96e7b 100644
--- a/include/net/request_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/request_sock.h
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ struct request_sock_queue {
struct request_sock *rskq_accept_head;
struct request_sock *rskq_accept_tail;
rwlock_t syn_wait_lock;
- u16 rskq_defer_accept;
- /* 2 bytes hole, try to pack */
+ u8 rskq_defer_accept;
+ /* 3 bytes hole, try to pack */
struct listen_sock *listen_opt;
};

diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 633147c..981d5ba 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ extern void tcp_time_wait(struct sock *sk, int state, int timeo);
#define MAX_TCP_KEEPINTVL 32767
#define MAX_TCP_KEEPCNT 127
#define MAX_TCP_SYNCNT 127
-#define MAX_TCP_ACCEPT_DEFERRED 65535

#define TCP_SYNQ_INTERVAL (HZ/5) /* Period of SYNACK timer */

diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 828ea21..ec83448 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_prune(struct sock *parent,
struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(parent);
struct request_sock_queue *queue = &icsk->icsk_accept_queue;
struct listen_sock *lopt = queue->listen_opt;
- int thresh = icsk->icsk_syn_retries ? : sysctl_tcp_synack_retries;
+ int max_retries = icsk->icsk_syn_retries ? : sysctl_tcp_synack_retries;
+ int thresh = max_retries;
unsigned long now = jiffies;
struct request_sock **reqp, *req;
int i, budget;
@@ -455,6 +456,9 @@ void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_prune(struct sock *parent,
}
}

+ if (queue->rskq_defer_accept)
+ max_retries = queue->rskq_defer_accept;
+
budget = 2 * (lopt->nr_table_entries / (timeout / interval));
i = lopt->clock_hand;

@@ -462,8 +466,9 @@ void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_prune(struct sock *parent,
reqp=&lopt->syn_table[i];
while ((req = *reqp) != NULL) {
if (time_after_eq(now, req->expires)) {
- if (req->retrans < thresh &&
- !req->rsk_ops->rtx_syn_ack(parent, req)) {
+ if ((req->retrans < thresh ||
+ (inet_rsk(req)->acked && req->retrans < max_retries))
+ && !req->rsk_ops->rtx_syn_ack(parent, req)) {
unsigned long timeo;

if (req->retrans++ == 0)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index f886531..a0deead 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2105,12 +2105,15 @@ static int do_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
break;

case TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT:
- if (val < 0) {
- err = -EINVAL;
- } else {
- if (val > MAX_TCP_ACCEPT_DEFERRED)
- val = MAX_TCP_ACCEPT_DEFERRED;
- icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept = val;
+ icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept = 0;
+ if (val > 0) {
+ /* Translate value in seconds to number of
+ * retransmits */
+ while (icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept < 32 &&
+ val > ((TCP_TIMEOUT_INIT / HZ) <<
+ icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept))
+ icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept++;
+ icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept++;
}
break;

@@ -2292,7 +2295,8 @@ static int do_tcp_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
val = (val ? : sysctl_tcp_fin_timeout) / HZ;
break;
case TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT:
- val = icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept;
+ val = !icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept ? 0 :
+ ((TCP_TIMEOUT_INIT / HZ) << (icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept - 1));
break;
case TCP_WINDOW_CLAMP:
val = tp->window_clamp;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index b54d9d3..ddc2e89 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4532,49 +4532,6 @@ static void tcp_urg(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcphdr *th)
}
}

-static int tcp_defer_accept_check(struct sock *sk)
-{
- struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
-
- if (tp->defer_tcp_accept.request) {
- int queued_data = tp->rcv_nxt - tp->copied_seq;
- int hasfin = !skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue) ?
- tcp_hdr((struct sk_buff *)
- sk->sk_receive_queue.prev)->fin : 0;
-
- if (queued_data && hasfin)
- queued_data--;
-
- if (queued_data &&
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN) {
- if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_KEEPOPEN)) {
- inet_csk_reset_keepalive_timer(sk,
- keepalive_time_when(tp));
- } else {
- inet_csk_delete_keepalive_timer(sk);
- }
-
- inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk,
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.request,
- sk);
-
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk->sk_data_ready(
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk, 0);
-
- sock_put(tp->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk);
- sock_put(sk);
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk = NULL;
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.request = NULL;
- } else if (hasfin ||
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk->sk_state != TCP_LISTEN) {
- tcp_reset(sk);
- return -1;
- }
- }
- return 0;
-}
-
static int tcp_copy_to_iovec(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int hlen)
{
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
@@ -4935,8 +4892,6 @@ step5:

tcp_data_snd_check(sk);
tcp_ack_snd_check(sk);
-
- tcp_defer_accept_check(sk);
return 0;

csum_error:
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index cd601a8..b698b5b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1918,14 +1918,6 @@ int tcp_v4_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
sk->sk_sndmsg_page = NULL;
}

- if (tp->defer_tcp_accept.request) {
- reqsk_free(tp->defer_tcp_accept.request);
- sock_put(tp->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk);
- sock_put(sk);
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk = NULL;
- tp->defer_tcp_accept.request = NULL;
- }
-
atomic_dec(&tcp_sockets_allocated);

return 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index 019c8c1..8245247 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -571,8 +571,10 @@ struct sock *tcp_check_req(struct sock *sk,struct sk_buff *skb,
does sequence test, SYN is truncated, and thus we consider
it a bare ACK.

- Both ends (listening sockets) accept the new incoming
- connection and try to talk to each other. 8-)
+ If icsk->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept, we silently drop this
+ bare ACK. Otherwise, we create an established connection. Both
+ ends (listening sockets) accept the new incoming connection and try
+ to talk to each other. 8-)

Note: This case is both harmless, and rare. Possibility is about the
same as us discovering intelligent life on another plant tomorrow.
@@ -640,6 +642,13 @@ struct sock *tcp_check_req(struct sock *sk,struct sk_buff *skb,
if (!(flg & TCP_FLAG_ACK))
return NULL;

+ /* If TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT is set, drop bare ACK. */
+ if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept &&
+ TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq == tcp_rsk(req)->rcv_isn + 1) {
+ inet_rsk(req)->acked = 1;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
/* OK, ACK is valid, create big socket and
* feed this segment to it. It will repeat all
* the tests. THIS SEGMENT MUST MOVE SOCKET TO
@@ -678,24 +687,7 @@ struct sock *tcp_check_req(struct sock *sk,struct sk_buff *skb,
inet_csk_reqsk_queue_unlink(sk, req, prev);
inet_csk_reqsk_queue_removed(sk, req);

- if (inet_csk(sk)->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept &&
- TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq == tcp_rsk(req)->rcv_isn + 1) {
-
- /* the accept queue handling is done is est recv slow
- * path so lets make sure to start there
- */
- tcp_sk(child)->pred_flags = 0;
- sock_hold(sk);
- sock_hold(child);
- tcp_sk(child)->defer_tcp_accept.listen_sk = sk;
- tcp_sk(child)->defer_tcp_accept.request = req;
-
- inet_csk_reset_keepalive_timer(child,
- inet_csk(sk)->icsk_accept_queue.rskq_defer_accept * HZ);
- } else {
- inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(sk, req, child);
- }
-
+ inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(sk, req, child);
return child;

listen_overflow:
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 4de68cf..63ed9d6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -489,11 +489,6 @@ static void tcp_keepalive_timer (unsigned long data)
goto death;
}

- if (tp->defer_tcp_accept.request && sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED) {
- tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC);
- goto death;
- }
-
if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_KEEPOPEN) || sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE)
goto out;

--
1.5.5.3