netdev - [PATCH net] tcp: fix ooo_okay setting vs Small Queues

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Date:	Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:06:35 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] tcp: fix ooo_okay setting vs Small Queues

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

TCP Small Queues (tcp_tsq_handler()) can hold one reference on
sk->sk_wmem_alloc, preventing skb->ooo_okay being set.

We should relax test done to set skb->ooo_okay to take care
of this extra reference.

Minimal truesize of skb containing one byte of payload is
SKB_TRUESIZE(1)

Without this fix, we have more chance locking flows into the wrong
transmit queue.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 8d4eac793700..e2be1f80e0be 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -914,9 +914,13 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
 		tcp_ca_event(sk, CA_EVENT_TX_START);
 
 	/* if no packet is in qdisc/device queue, then allow XPS to select
-	 * another queue.
+	 * another queue. We can be called from tcp_tsq_handler()
+	 * which holds one reference to sk_wmem_alloc.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: Ideally, in-flight pure ACK packets should not matter here.
+	 * One way to get this would be to set skb->truesize = 2 on them.
 	 */
-	skb->ooo_okay = sk_wmem_alloc_get(sk) == 0;
+	skb->ooo_okay = sk_wmem_alloc_get(sk) < SKB_TRUESIZE(1);
 
 	skb_push(skb, tcp_header_size);
 	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);


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