netdev - [PATCH v2] sctp: flush if we can't fit another DATA chunk

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri,  1 Apr 2016 14:05:48 -0300
From:	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] sctp: flush if we can't fit another DATA chunk

There is no point on delaying the packet if we can't fit a single byte
of data on it anymore. So lets just reduce the threshold by the amount
that a data chunk with 4 bytes (rounding) would use.

v2: based on the right tree

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
---
 net/sctp/output.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index 97745351d58c2fb32b9f9b57d61831d7724d83b2..9844fe573029b9e262743440980f15277ddaf5a1 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -705,7 +705,8 @@ static sctp_xmit_t sctp_packet_can_append_data(struct sctp_packet *packet,
 	/* Check whether this chunk and all the rest of pending data will fit
 	 * or delay in hopes of bundling a full sized packet.
 	 */
-	if (chunk->skb->len + q->out_qlen >= transport->pathmtu - packet->overhead)
+	if (chunk->skb->len + q->out_qlen >
+		transport->pathmtu - packet->overhead - sizeof(sctp_data_chunk_t) - 4)
 		/* Enough data queued to fill a packet */
 		return SCTP_XMIT_OK;
 
-- 
2.5.0