linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.15 126/177] tcp: fix F-RTO may not work correctly when receiving DSACK

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Date:   Wed,  4 May 2022 18:45:19 +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, Pengcheng Yang <yangpc@...gsu.com>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15 126/177] tcp: fix F-RTO may not work correctly when receiving DSACK

From: Pengcheng Yang <yangpc@...gsu.com>

[ Upstream commit d9157f6806d1499e173770df1f1b234763de5c79 ]

Currently DSACK is regarded as a dupack, which may cause
F-RTO to incorrectly enter "loss was real" when receiving
DSACK.

Packetdrill to demonstrate:

// Enable F-RTO and TLP
    0 `sysctl -q net.ipv4.tcp_frto=2`
    0 `sysctl -q net.ipv4.tcp_early_retrans=3`
    0 `sysctl -q net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=cubic`

// Establish a connection
   +0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
   +0 setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
   +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0
   +0 listen(3, 1) = 0

// RTT 10ms, RTO 210ms
  +.1 < S 0:0(0) win 32792 <mss 1000,sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 7>
   +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <...>
 +.01 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257
   +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4

// Send 2 data segments
   +0 write(4, ..., 2000) = 2000
   +0 > P. 1:2001(2000) ack 1

// TLP
+.022 > P. 1001:2001(1000) ack 1

// Continue to send 8 data segments
   +0 write(4, ..., 10000) = 10000
   +0 > P. 2001:10001(8000) ack 1

// RTO
+.188 > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1

// The original data is acked and new data is sent(F-RTO step 2.b)
   +0 < . 1:1(0) ack 2001 win 257
   +0 > P. 10001:12001(2000) ack 1

// D-SACK caused by TLP is regarded as a dupack, this results in
// the incorrect judgment of "loss was real"(F-RTO step 3.a)
+.022 < . 1:1(0) ack 2001 win 257 <sack 1001:2001,nop,nop>

// Never-retransmitted data(3001:4001) are acked and
// expect to switch to open state(F-RTO step 3.b)
   +0 < . 1:1(0) ack 4001 win 257
+0 %{ assert tcpi_ca_state == 0, tcpi_ca_state }%

Fixes: e33099f96d99 ("tcp: implement RFC5682 F-RTO")
Signed-off-by: Pengcheng Yang <yangpc@...gsu.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Tested-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1650967419-2150-1-git-send-email-yangpc@wangsu.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 6bd283b58bb8..dfd32cd3b95e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -3860,7 +3860,8 @@ static int tcp_ack(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, int flag)
 		tcp_process_tlp_ack(sk, ack, flag);
 
 	if (tcp_ack_is_dubious(sk, flag)) {
-		if (!(flag & (FLAG_SND_UNA_ADVANCED | FLAG_NOT_DUP))) {
+		if (!(flag & (FLAG_SND_UNA_ADVANCED |
+			      FLAG_NOT_DUP | FLAG_DSACKING_ACK))) {
 			num_dupack = 1;
 			/* Consider if pure acks were aggregated in tcp_add_backlog() */
 			if (!(flag & FLAG_DATA))
-- 
2.35.1