netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: avoid possible arithmetic overflows

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Date:	Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:56:55 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] tcp: avoid possible arithmetic overflows

On Sat, 2014-09-20 at 17:29 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> icsk_rto is a 32bit field, and icsk_backoff can reach 15 by default,
> or more if some sysctl (eg tcp_retries2) are changed.
> 
> Better use 64bit to perform icsk_rto << icsk_backoff operations

Thanks Eric.

> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
[]
> @@ -3208,9 +3208,10 @@ static void tcp_ack_probe(struct sock *sk)
>  		 * This function is not for random using!
>  		 */
>  	} else {
> +		unsigned long when = inet_csk_rto_backoff(icsk, TCP_RTO_MAX);
> +
>  		inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_PROBE0,
> -					  min(icsk->icsk_rto << icsk->icsk_backoff, TCP_RTO_MAX),
> -					  TCP_RTO_MAX);
> +					  when, TCP_RTO_MAX);

Pity about the possible extra compare to TCP_RTO_MAX here.
I hope gcc smart enough to optimize it away.

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