linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.10 099/167] tcp: disable TFO blackhole logic by default

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Date:   Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:38:52 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10 099/167] tcp: disable TFO blackhole logic by default

From: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>

[ Upstream commit 213ad73d06073b197a02476db3a4998e219ddb06 ]

Multiple complaints have been raised from the TFO users on the internet
stating that the TFO blackhole logic is too aggressive and gets falsely
triggered too often.
(e.g. https://blog.apnic.net/2021/07/05/tcp-fast-open-not-so-fast/)
Considering that most middleboxes no longer drop TFO packets, we decide
to disable the blackhole logic by setting
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout_set to 0 by default.

Fixes: cf1ef3f0719b4 ("net/tcp_fastopen: Disable active side TFO in certain scenarios")
Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>
Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 2 +-
 net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c                | 9 ++++++++-
 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c                    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index 4abcfff15e38..4822a058a81d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout_sec - INTEGER
 	initial value when the blackhole issue goes away.
 	0 to disable the blackhole detection.
 
-	By default, it is set to 1hr.
+	By default, it is set to 0 (feature is disabled).
 
 tcp_fastopen_key - list of comma separated 32-digit hexadecimal INTEGERs
 	The list consists of a primary key and an optional backup key. The
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c
index 08548ff23d83..d49709ba8e16 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c
@@ -507,6 +507,9 @@ void tcp_fastopen_active_disable(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 
+	if (!sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout)
+		return;
+
 	/* Paired with READ_ONCE() in tcp_fastopen_active_should_disable() */
 	WRITE_ONCE(net->ipv4.tfo_active_disable_stamp, jiffies);
 
@@ -526,10 +529,14 @@ void tcp_fastopen_active_disable(struct sock *sk)
 bool tcp_fastopen_active_should_disable(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	unsigned int tfo_bh_timeout = sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout;
-	int tfo_da_times = atomic_read(&sock_net(sk)->ipv4.tfo_active_disable_times);
 	unsigned long timeout;
+	int tfo_da_times;
 	int multiplier;
 
+	if (!tfo_bh_timeout)
+		return false;
+
+	tfo_da_times = atomic_read(&sock_net(sk)->ipv4.tfo_active_disable_times);
 	if (!tfo_da_times)
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 5212db9ea157..04e259a04443 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -2913,7 +2913,7 @@ static int __net_init tcp_sk_init(struct net *net)
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_comp_sack_nr = 44;
 	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_fastopen = TFO_CLIENT_ENABLE;
 	spin_lock_init(&net->ipv4.tcp_fastopen_ctx_lock);
-	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout = 60 * 60;
+	net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_fastopen_blackhole_timeout = 0;
 	atomic_set(&net->ipv4.tfo_active_disable_times, 0);
 
 	/* Reno is always built in */
-- 
2.30.2