netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf] selftests/bpf: test_progs: fix client/server race in tcp

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Message-ID: <CAEf4BzYGLraDwTurDakNq4PuHr0VpqCBOrJ33guPChFk4amBnw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:41:05 -0700
From:   Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
To:     Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>
Cc:     Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf] selftests/bpf: test_progs: fix client/server race in tcp_rtt

On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 8:38 AM Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me> wrote:
>
> On 09/22, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 12:10 PM Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > This is the same problem I found earlier in test_sockopt_inherit:
> > > there is a race between server thread doing accept() and client
> > > thread doing connect(). Let's explicitly synchronize them via
> > > pthread conditional variable.
> > >
> > > Fixes: b55873984dab ("selftests/bpf: test BPF_SOCK_OPS_RTT_CB")
> > > Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>
> > > ---
> > >  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tcp_rtt.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tcp_rtt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tcp_rtt.c
> > > index fdc0b3614a9e..e64058906bcd 100644
> > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tcp_rtt.c
> > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tcp_rtt.c
> > > @@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ static int start_server(void)
> > >         return fd;
> > >  }
> > >
> > > +static pthread_mutex_t server_started_mtx = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
> > > +static pthread_cond_t server_started = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
> > > +
> > >  static void *server_thread(void *arg)
> > >  {
> > >         struct sockaddr_storage addr;
> > > @@ -215,6 +218,10 @@ static void *server_thread(void *arg)
> > >                 return NULL;
> > >         }
> > >
> > > +       pthread_mutex_lock(&server_started_mtx);
> > > +       pthread_cond_signal(&server_started);
> > > +       pthread_mutex_unlock(&server_started_mtx);
> > > +
> > >         client_fd = accept(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &len);
> > >         if (CHECK_FAIL(client_fd < 0)) {
> > >                 perror("Failed to accept client");
> > > @@ -248,7 +255,14 @@ void test_tcp_rtt(void)
> > >         if (CHECK_FAIL(server_fd < 0))
> > >                 goto close_cgroup_fd;
> > >
> > > -       pthread_create(&tid, NULL, server_thread, (void *)&server_fd);
> > > +       if (CHECK_FAIL(pthread_create(&tid, NULL, server_thread,
> > > +                                     (void *)&server_fd)))
> > > +               goto close_cgroup_fd;
> > > +
> > > +       pthread_mutex_lock(&server_started_mtx);
> > > +       pthread_cond_wait(&server_started, &server_started_mtx);
> > > +       pthread_mutex_unlock(&server_started_mtx);
> >
> >
> > If the server fails to listen, then we'll never get a signal, right?
> > Let's use timedwait instead to avoid test getting stuck forever in
> > such cases?
> Good point. How about I do the same thing I do in sockopt_inherit tests:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/tree/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockopt_inherit.c#n73
>
>         err = listen()
>         pthread_cond_signal()
>         if (CHECK_FAIL(err)) {
>                 return;
>         }
>
> Should fix the problem of getting stuck forever without any timeouts.
> I'll send a v2 later today.

Sounds good.


>
> > > +
> > >         CHECK_FAIL(run_test(cgroup_fd, server_fd));
> > >         close(server_fd);
> > >  close_cgroup_fd:
> > > --
> > > 2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog
> > >