Re: [patch net v5] tcp: prohibit TCP_REPAIR_OPTIONS if data was already sent

[Eric Dumazet]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 6:22 PM Lu Wei <luwei32@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If setsockopt with option name of TCP_REPAIR_OPTIONS and opt_code
> of TCPOPT_SACK_PERM is called to enable sack after data is sent
> and dupacks are received , it will trigger a warning in function
> tcp_verify_left_out() as follows:
>

> In function tcp_timeout_mark_lost(), tp->sacked_out will be cleared if
> Step7 not happen and the warning will not be triggered. As suggested by
> Denis and Eric, TCP_REPAIR_OPTIONS should be prohibited if data was
> already sent.
>
> socket-tcp tests in CRIU has been tested as follows:
> $ sudo ./test/zdtm.py run -t zdtm/static/socket-tcp*  --keep-going \
>        --ignore-taint
>
> socket-tcp* represent all socket-tcp tests in test/zdtm/static/.
>
> Fixes: b139ba4e90dc ("tcp: Repair connection-time negotiated parameters")
> Signed-off-by: Lu Wei <luwei32@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v5: modify the commit message
>  net/ipv4/tcp.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> index ef14efa1fb70..54836a6b81d6 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> @@ -3647,7 +3647,7 @@ int do_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
>         case TCP_REPAIR_OPTIONS:
>                 if (!tp->repair)
>                         err = -EINVAL;
> -               else if (sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED)
> +               else if (sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED && !tp->bytes_sent)
>                         err = tcp_repair_options_est(sk, optval, optlen);
>                 else
>                         err = -EPERM;
> --
> 2.31.1
>

SGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>