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Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:54:42 -0400
From:	Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>
To:	Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>,
	Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil.kdev@...il.com>,
	Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>,
	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: Fix SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_ACK when handling dup acks

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 6:39 PM, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com> wrote:
> Assuming SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_ACK is on. When dup acks are received,
> it could incorrectly think that a skb has already
> been acked and queue a SCM_TSTAMP_ACK cmsg to the
> sk->sk_error_queue.
>
> In tcp_ack_tstamp(), it checks
> 'between(shinfo->tskey, prior_snd_una, tcp_sk(sk)->snd_una - 1)'.
> If prior_snd_una == tcp_sk(sk)->snd_una like the following packetdrill
> script, between() returns true but the tskey is actually not acked.
> e.g. try between(3, 2, 1).
>
> The fix is to replace between() with one before() and one !before().
> By doing this, the -1 offset on the tcp_sk(sk)->snd_una can also be
> removed.
>
> A packetdrill script is used to reproduce the dup ack scenario.
> Due to the lacking cmsg support in packetdrill (may be I
> cannot find it),  a BPF prog is used to kprobe to
> sock_queue_err_skb() and print out the value of
> serr->ee.ee_data.
>
> Both the packetdrill and the bcc BPF script is attached at the end of
> this commit message.
>
> BPF Output Before Fix:
> ~~~~~~
>       <...>-2056  [001] d.s.   433.927987: : ee_data:1459  #incorrect
> packetdrill-2056  [001] d.s.   433.929563: : ee_data:1459  #incorrect
> packetdrill-2056  [001] d.s.   433.930765: : ee_data:1459  #incorrect
> packetdrill-2056  [001] d.s.   434.028177: : ee_data:1459
> packetdrill-2056  [001] d.s.   434.029686: : ee_data:14599
>
> BPF Output After Fix:
> ~~~~~~
>       <...>-2049  [000] d.s.   113.517039: : ee_data:1459
>       <...>-2049  [000] d.s.   113.517253: : ee_data:14599
>
> BCC BPF Script:
> ~~~~~~
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> from __future__ import print_function
> from bcc import BPF
>
> bpf_text = """
> #include <uapi/linux/ptrace.h>
> #include <net/sock.h>
> #include <bcc/proto.h>
> #include <linux/errqueue.h>
>
> #ifdef memset
> #undef memset
> #endif
>
> int trace_err_skb(struct pt_regs *ctx)
> {
>         struct sk_buff *skb = (struct sk_buff *)ctx->si;
>         struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)ctx->di;
>         struct sock_exterr_skb *serr;
>         u32 ee_data = 0;
>
>         if (!sk || !skb)
>                 return 0;
>
>         serr = SKB_EXT_ERR(skb);
>         bpf_probe_read(&ee_data, sizeof(ee_data), &serr->ee.ee_data);
>         bpf_trace_printk("ee_data:%u\\n", ee_data);
>
>         return 0;
> };
> """
>
> b = BPF(text=bpf_text)
> b.attach_kprobe(event="sock_queue_err_skb", fn_name="trace_err_skb")
> print("Attached to kprobe")
> b.trace_print()
>
> Packetdrill Script:
> ~~~~~~
> +0 `sysctl -q -w net.ipv4.tcp_min_tso_segs=10`
> +0 `sysctl -q -w net.ipv4.tcp_no_metrics_save=1`
> +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
>
> 0.100 < S 0:0(0) win 32792 <mss 1460,sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 7>
> 0.100 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK,nop,wscale 7>
> 0.200 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257
> 0.200 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4
> +0 setsockopt(4, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0
>
> +0 setsockopt(4, SOL_SOCKET, 37, [2688], 4) = 0
> 0.200 write(4, ..., 1460) = 1460
> 0.200 write(4, ..., 13140) = 13140
>
> 0.200 > P. 1:1461(1460) ack 1
> 0.200 > . 1461:8761(7300) ack 1
> 0.200 > P. 8761:14601(5840) ack 1
>
> 0.300 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257 <sack 1461:2921,nop,nop>
> 0.300 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257 <sack 1461:4381,nop,nop>
> 0.300 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257 <sack 1461:5841,nop,nop>
> 0.300 > P. 1:1461(1460) ack 1
> 0.400 < . 1:1(0) ack 14601 win 257
>
> 0.400 close(4) = 0
> 0.400 > F. 14601:14601(0) ack 1
> 0.500 < F. 1:1(0) ack 14602 win 257
> 0.500 > . 14602:14602(0) ack 2
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
> Cc: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil.kdev@...il.com>

Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>

> Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
> ---
>  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 e6e65f7..0edb071 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> @@ -3098,7 +3098,8 @@ static void tcp_ack_tstamp(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
>
>         shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
>         if ((shinfo->tx_flags & SKBTX_ACK_TSTAMP) &&
> -           between(shinfo->tskey, prior_snd_una, tcp_sk(sk)->snd_una - 1))
> +           !before(shinfo->tskey, prior_snd_una) &&
> +           before(shinfo->tskey, tcp_sk(sk)->snd_una))
>                 __skb_tstamp_tx(skb, NULL, sk, SCM_TSTAMP_ACK);
>  }

Nice catch! Thanks.

> --
> 2.5.1
>

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