netdev - [PATCH net] tcp: purge write queue upon RST

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Date:   Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:32:18 -0500
From:   Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil.kdev@...il.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     edumazet@...gle.com, willemb@...gle.com,
        Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>,
        Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>,
        Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] tcp: purge write queue upon RST

From: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>

When the connection is reset, there is no point in
keeping the packets on the write queue until the connection
is closed.

RFC 793 (page 70) and RFC 793-bis (page 64) both suggest
purging the write queue upon RST:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tcpm-rfc793bis-07

Moreover, this is essential for a correct MSG_ZEROCOPY
implementation, because userspace cannot call close(fd)
before receiving zerocopy signals even when the connection
is reset.

Fixes: f214f915e7db ("tcp: enable MSG_ZEROCOPY")
Signed-off-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 06b9c4765f42..b17fac2629c3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -3998,6 +3998,7 @@ void tcp_reset(struct sock *sk)
 	/* This barrier is coupled with smp_rmb() in tcp_poll() */
 	smp_wmb();
 
+	tcp_write_queue_purge(sk);
 	tcp_done(sk);
 
 	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
-- 
2.16.2.395.g2e18187dfd-goog