netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: sctp: Fix data chunk fragmentation for MTU values which are not multiple of 4

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Message-ID: <5225EF28.8090707@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:16:08 -0400
From:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
To:	Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@....com>
CC:	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	"Glavinic-Pecotic, Matija (EXT-Other - DE/Ulm)" 
	<matija.glavinic-pecotic.ext@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: sctp: Fix data chunk fragmentation for MTU values
 which are not multiple of 4

On 09/02/2013 09:58 AM, Alexander Sverdlin wrote:
> From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@....com>
>
> net: sctp: Fix data chunk fragmentation for MTU values which are not multiple of 4
>
> Initially the problem was observed with ipsec, but later it became clear that
> SCTP data chunk fragmentation algorithm has problems with MTU values which are
> not multiple of 4. Test program was used which just transmits 2000 bytes long
> packets to other host. tcpdump was used to observe re-fragmentation in IP layer
> after SCTP already fragmented data chunks.
>
> With MTU 1500:
> 12:54:34.082904 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto SCTP (132), length 1500)
>      10.151.38.153.39303 > 10.151.24.91.54321: sctp (1) [DATA] (B) [TSN: 2366088589] [SID: 0] [SSEQ 1] [PPID 0x0]
> 12:54:34.082933 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto SCTP (132), length 596)
>      10.151.38.153.39303 > 10.151.24.91.54321: sctp (1) [DATA] (E) [TSN: 2366088590] [SID: 0] [SSEQ 1] [PPID 0x0]
> 12:54:34.090576 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 63, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto SCTP (132), length 48)
>      10.151.24.91.54321 > 10.151.38.153.39303: sctp (1) [SACK] [cum ack 2366088590] [a_rwnd 79920] [#gap acks 0] [#dup tsns 0]
>
> With MTU 1499:
> 13:02:49.955220 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 64, id 48215, offset 0, flags [+], proto SCTP (132), length 1492)
>      10.151.38.153.39084 > 10.151.24.91.54321: sctp[|sctp]
> 13:02:49.955249 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 64, id 48215, offset 1472, flags [none], proto SCTP (132), length 28)
>      10.151.38.153 > 10.151.24.91: ip-proto-132
> 13:02:49.955262 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto SCTP (132), length 600)
>      10.151.38.153.39084 > 10.151.24.91.54321: sctp (1) [DATA] (E) [TSN: 404355346] [SID: 0] [SSEQ 1] [PPID 0x0]
> 13:02:49.956770 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 63, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto SCTP (132), length 48)
>      10.151.24.91.54321 > 10.151.38.153.39084: sctp (1) [SACK] [cum ack 404355346] [a_rwnd 79920] [#gap acks 0] [#dup tsns 0]
>
> Here problem in data portion limit calculation leads to re-fragmentation in IP,
> which is sub-optimal. The problem is max_data initial value, which doesn't take
> into account the fact, that data chunk must be padded to 4-bytes boundary.
> It's enough to correct max_data, because all later adjustments are correctly
> aligned to 4-bytes boundary.
>
> After the fix is applied, everything is fragmented correctly for uneven MTUs:
> 15:16:27.083881 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto SCTP (132), length 1496)
>      10.151.38.153.53417 > 10.151.24.91.54321: sctp (1) [DATA] (B) [TSN: 3077098183] [SID: 0] [SSEQ 1] [PPID 0x0]
> 15:16:27.083907 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 64, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto SCTP (132), length 600)
>      10.151.38.153.53417 > 10.151.24.91.54321: sctp (1) [DATA] (E) [TSN: 3077098184] [SID: 0] [SSEQ 1] [PPID 0x0]
> 15:16:27.085640 IP (tos 0x2,ECT(0), ttl 63, id 0, offset 0, flags [DF], proto SCTP (132), length 48)
>      10.151.24.91.54321 > 10.151.38.153.53417: sctp (1) [SACK] [cum ack 3077098184] [a_rwnd 79920] [#gap acks 0] [#dup tsns 0]
>
> The bug was there for years already, but
>   - is a performance issue, the packets are still transmitted
>   - doesn't show up with default MTU 1500, but possibly with ipsec (MTU 1438)
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@....com>

Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>

-vlad

> ---
>
> --- linux-3.10.orig/net/sctp/chunk.c
> +++ linux-3.10/net/sctp/chunk.c
> @@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ struct sctp_datamsg *sctp_datamsg_from_u
>   	/* This is the biggest possible DATA chunk that can fit into
>   	 * the packet
>   	 */
> -	max_data = asoc->pathmtu -
> +	max_data = (asoc->pathmtu -
>   		sctp_sk(asoc->base.sk)->pf->af->net_header_len -
> -		sizeof(struct sctphdr) - sizeof(struct sctp_data_chunk);
> +		sizeof(struct sctphdr) - sizeof(struct sctp_data_chunk)) & ~3;
>
>   	max = asoc->frag_point;
>   	/* If the the peer requested that we authenticate DATA chunks
>
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