linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 134/346] tcp: consider recv buf for the initial window scale

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:14:20 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Soheil Hassas Yeganeh" <soheil@...gle.com>,
        "Neal Cardwell" <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 134/346] tcp: consider recv buf for the initial
 window scale

3.16.39-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>

commit f626300a3e776ccc9671b0dd94698fb3aa315966 upstream.

tcp_select_initial_window() intends to advertise a window
scaling for the maximum possible window size. To do so,
it considers the maximum of net.ipv4.tcp_rmem[2] and
net.core.rmem_max as the only possible upper-bounds.
However, users with CAP_NET_ADMIN can use SO_RCVBUFFORCE
to set the socket's receive buffer size to values
larger than net.ipv4.tcp_rmem[2] and net.core.rmem_max.
Thus, SO_RCVBUFFORCE is effectively ignored by
tcp_select_initial_window().

To fix this, consider the maximum of net.ipv4.tcp_rmem[2],
net.core.rmem_max and socket's initial buffer space.

Fixes: b0573dea1fb3 ("[NET]: Introduce SO_{SND,RCV}BUFFORCE socket options")
Signed-off-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>
Suggested-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ void tcp_select_initial_window(int __spa
 		/* Set window scaling on max possible window
 		 * See RFC1323 for an explanation of the limit to 14
 		 */
-		space = max_t(u32, sysctl_tcp_rmem[2], sysctl_rmem_max);
+		space = max_t(u32, space, sysctl_tcp_rmem[2]);
+		space = max_t(u32, space, sysctl_rmem_max);
 		space = min_t(u32, space, *window_clamp);
 		while (space > 65535 && (*rcv_wscale) < 14) {
 			space >>= 1;