linux-kernel - [PATCH] tcp: tcp_make_synack() can be called from process context

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Date:   Wed,  8 Mar 2023 11:07:45 -0800
From:   Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, laurent.fasnacht@...ton.ch,
        hkchu@...gle.com, leit@...a.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tcp: tcp_make_synack() can be called from process context

tcp_rtx_synack() now could be called in process context as explained in
0a375c822497 ("tcp: tcp_rtx_synack() can be called from process
context").

tcp_rtx_synack() might call tcp_make_synack(), which will touch per-CPU
variables with preemption enabled. This causes the following BUG:

    BUG: using __this_cpu_add() in preemptible [00000000] code: ThriftIO1/5464
    caller is tcp_make_synack+0x841/0xac0
    Call Trace:
     <TASK>
     dump_stack_lvl+0x10d/0x1a0
     check_preemption_disabled+0x104/0x110
     tcp_make_synack+0x841/0xac0
     tcp_v6_send_synack+0x5c/0x450
     tcp_rtx_synack+0xeb/0x1f0
     inet_rtx_syn_ack+0x34/0x60
     tcp_check_req+0x3af/0x9e0
     tcp_rcv_state_process+0x59b/0x2030
     tcp_v6_do_rcv+0x5f5/0x700
     release_sock+0x3a/0xf0
     tcp_sendmsg+0x33/0x40
     ____sys_sendmsg+0x2f2/0x490
     __sys_sendmsg+0x184/0x230
     do_syscall_64+0x3d/0x90

Avoid calling __TCP_INC_STATS() with will touch per-cpu variables. Use
TCP_INC_STATS() which is safe to be called from context switch.

Fixes: 8336886f786f ("tcp: TCP Fast Open Server - support TFO listeners")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 71d01cf3c13e..ba839e441450 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3605,7 +3605,7 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 	th->window = htons(min(req->rsk_rcv_wnd, 65535U));
 	tcp_options_write(th, NULL, &opts);
 	th->doff = (tcp_header_size >> 2);
-	__TCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), TCP_MIB_OUTSEGS);
+	TCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), TCP_MIB_OUTSEGS);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG
 	/* Okay, we have all we need - do the md5 hash if needed */
-- 
2.34.1