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Message-ID: <20150911164937.GW21084@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:49:38 +0100
From: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: NFS/TCP/IPv6 acting strangely in 4.2
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 05:24:17PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 08:18:43AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Fri, 2015-09-11 at 16:06 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 03:33:47PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > > It looks like 0c78789e3a030615c6650fde89546cadf40ec2cc might be relevant
> > > > too, but I don't see that solving the multiple _concurrent_ connection
> > > > attempts with the same port number - presumably it's somehow trying to
> > > > make the same socket repeatedly connect despite a previous connection
> > > > being in progress, which would have nothing to do with cleaning up a
> > > > previous attempt.
> > >
> > > As I suspected, applying the above commit in addition does not solve the
> > > problem, I still see the same behaviour: SYN SYNACK SYN RSTACK, SYN
> > > SYNACK SYN RSTACK, and eventual SYN storms.
> > >
> > > I do have this captured as well:
> > >
> > > 2558 0.834316 armada388 -> n2100 TCP [TCP Port numbers reused] rpasswd→nfs [SYN] Seq=1053655487 Win=28800 Len=0 MSS=1440 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=60001 TSecr=0 WS=128
> > > 2559 0.834572 n2100 -> armada388 TCP nfs→rpasswd [SYN, ACK] Seq=3076611574 Ack=1053655488 Win=28560 Len=0 MSS=1440 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=869622246 TSecr=60001 WS=64
> > > 2560 0.834666 armada388 -> n2100 TCP [TCP Port numbers reused] rpasswd→nfs [SYN] Seq=1054228544 Win=28800 Len=0 MSS=1440 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=60005 TSecr=0 WS=128
> > > 2561 0.834895 n2100 -> armada388 TCP nfs→rpasswd [ACK] Seq=3076611575 Ack=1053655488 Win=28560 Len=0 TSval=869622246 TSecr=60001
> > >
> > > The packet at 2561 looks wrong to me - this doesn't follow what I know
> > > would be the standard TCP setup of syn, synack, ack, because that final
> > > ack is in the wrong direction.
> > >
> >
> > This 2561 packet is an ACK packet, because n2100 has a SYN_RECV socket
> > created by packet 2558.
> >
> > It receives a SYN packet (2560) that it interprets as a packet slightly
> > out of sequence (1054228544 being above 1053655487) for this SYN_RECV
> >
> > The wrong packet is 2560, not 2561
>
> Ok.
>
> Looking deeper at the XPRT sunrpc code, I have to wonder about the
> sanity of this:
>
> void xprt_connect(struct rpc_task *task)
> {
> ...
> if (!xprt_connected(xprt)) {
> ...
> if (test_bit(XPRT_CLOSING, &xprt->state))
> return;
> if (xprt_test_and_set_connecting(xprt))
> return;
> xprt->stat.connect_start = jiffies;
> xprt->ops->connect(xprt, task);
>
> That calls into xs_connect(), which schedules a workqueue to do the
> connection. The workqueue will call xs_tcp_setup_socket().
>
> xs_tcp_setup_socket() creates a socket if one didn't exist, otherwise
> re-using the previously obtained socket (which'll be why its using the
> same socket) and then goes on to call xs_tcp_finish_connecting().
>
> xs_tcp_finish_connecting() calls kernel_connect(), which will return
> -EINPROGRESS. We seem to treat EINPROGRESS as if the connection was
> successful:
>
> case 0:
> case -EINPROGRESS:
> case -EALREADY:
> xprt_unlock_connect(xprt, transport);
> xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
> return;
>
> and the xprt_clear_connecting() results in this whole path being
> re-opened: the socket is not yet connected, so xprt_connected() will
> return false, and despite the socket connection still being mid-way
> through being connected, we clear the "connecting" status, causing
> xprt_test_and_set_connecting() to return false.
>
> That allows us to re-call xprt->ops->connect, re-queue the connect
> worker, and re-run the call to kernel_connect() for a socket which is
> already mid-way through being connected.
>
> Shouldn't the "connecting" status only be cleared when either the socket
> has _finished_ connecting, or when the connection has _failed_ to connect,
> and not when it's mid-way through connecting?
>
> I've not been able to prove this: I've set rpc_debug to 129 to log
> just xprt and trans RPC facilities, and that's sufficient to change
> the timing such that this doesn't happen.
Following that idea, I just tried the patch below, and it seems to work.
I don't know whether it handles all cases after a call to kernel_connect(),
but it stops the multiple connection attempts:
1 0.000000 armada388 -> n2100 TCP 1009→nfs [SYN] Seq=3794066539 Win=28560 Len=0 MSS=1440 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=15712 TSecr=870317691 WS=128
2 0.000414 n2100 -> armada388 TCP nfs→1009 [SYN, ACK] Seq=1884476522 Ack=3794066540 Win=28560 Len=0 MSS=1440 SACK_PERM=1 TSval=870318939 TSecr=15712 WS=64
3 0.000787 armada388 -> n2100 TCP 1009→nfs [ACK] Seq=3794066540 Ack=1884476523 Win=28672 Len=0 TSval=15712 TSecr=870318939
4 0.001304 armada388 -> n2100 NFS V3 ACCESS Call, FH: 0x905379cc, [Check: RD LU MD XT DL]
5 0.001566 n2100 -> armada388 TCP nfs→1009 [ACK] Seq=1884476523 Ack=3794066660 Win=28608 Len=0 TSval=870318939 TSecr=15712
6 0.001640 armada388 -> n2100 NFS V3 ACCESS Call, FH: 0x905379cc, [Check: RD LU MD XT DL]
7 0.001866 n2100 -> armada388 TCP nfs→1009 [ACK] Seq=1884476523 Ack=3794066780 Win=28608 Len=0 TSval=870318939 TSecr=15712
8 0.003070 n2100 -> armada388 NFS V3 ACCESS Reply (Call In 4), [Allowed: RD LU MD XT DL]
9 0.003415 armada388 -> n2100 TCP 1009→nfs [ACK] Seq=3794066780 Ack=1884476647 Win=28672 Len=0 TSval=15712 TSecr=870318939
10 0.003592 armada388 -> n2100 NFS V3 ACCESS Call, FH: 0xe15fc9c9, [Check: RD LU MD XT DL]
11 0.004354 n2100 -> armada388 NFS V3 ACCESS Reply (Call In 6), [Allowed: RD LU MD XT DL]
12 0.004682 armada388 -> n2100 NFS V3 ACCESS Call, FH: 0xe15fc9c9, [Check: RD LU MD XT DL]
13 0.005365 n2100 -> armada388 NFS V3 ACCESS Reply (Call In 10), [Allowed: RD LU MD XT DL]
14 0.005701 armada388 -> n2100 NFS V3 GETATTR Call, FH: 0xe15fc9c9
...
net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index ff5b6a2e62c3..c456d6e51c56 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1450,6 +1450,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk)
switch (sk->sk_state) {
case TCP_ESTABLISHED:
spin_lock(&xprt->transport_lock);
+ xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
if (!xprt_test_and_set_connected(xprt)) {
struct sock_xprt *transport = container_of(xprt,
struct sock_xprt, xprt);
@@ -1474,12 +1475,14 @@ static void xs_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk)
smp_mb__before_atomic();
clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTED, &xprt->state);
clear_bit(XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT, &xprt->state);
+ clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTING, &xprt->state);
smp_mb__after_atomic();
break;
case TCP_CLOSE_WAIT:
/* The server initiated a shutdown of the socket */
xprt->connect_cookie++;
clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTED, &xprt->state);
+ clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTING, &xprt->state);
xs_tcp_force_close(xprt);
case TCP_CLOSING:
/*
@@ -1493,6 +1496,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_state_change(struct sock *sk)
set_bit(XPRT_CLOSING, &xprt->state);
smp_mb__before_atomic();
clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTED, &xprt->state);
+ clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTING, &xprt->state);
smp_mb__after_atomic();
break;
case TCP_CLOSE:
@@ -2237,11 +2241,13 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
xs_tcp_force_close(xprt);
break;
case 0:
- case -EINPROGRESS:
case -EALREADY:
xprt_unlock_connect(xprt, transport);
xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
return;
+ case -EINPROGRESS:
+ xprt_unlock_connect(xprt, transport);
+ return;
case -EINVAL:
/* Happens, for instance, if the user specified a link
* local IPv6 address without a scope-id.
--
FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 9.6Mbps down 400kbps up
according to speedtest.net.
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