netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: Fix tcp_max_syn_backlog limit on connection requests

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Date:   Tue, 31 Dec 2019 05:53:31 +0800
From:   kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:     Ttttabcd <ttttabcd@...tonmail.com>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuznet@....inr.ac.ru" <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        "yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org" <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: Fix tcp_max_syn_backlog limit on connection requests

Hi Ttttabcd,

Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on net/master]
[also build test WARNING on net-next/master ipvs/master v5.5-rc4 next-20191220]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help
improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the
base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Ttttabcd/tcp-Fix-tcp_max_syn_backlog-limit-on-connection-requests/20191230-164004
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git bb3d0b8bf5be61ab1d6f472c43cbf34de17e796b
reproduce:
        # apt-get install sparse
        # sparse version: v0.6.1-129-g341daf20-dirty
        make ARCH=x86_64 allmodconfig
        make C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__'

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag
Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>


sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)

>> net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6568:27: sparse: sparse: incompatible types in comparison expression (different signedness):
>> net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6568:27: sparse:    int *
>> net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6568:27: sparse:    unsigned int *
   net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6673:17: sparse: sparse: context imbalance in 'tcp_conn_request' - unexpected unlock

vim +6568 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

  6551	
  6552	int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
  6553			     const struct tcp_request_sock_ops *af_ops,
  6554			     struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
  6555	{
  6556		struct tcp_fastopen_cookie foc = { .len = -1 };
  6557		__u32 isn = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_tw_isn;
  6558		struct tcp_options_received tmp_opt;
  6559		struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
  6560		struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
  6561		struct sock *fastopen_sk = NULL;
  6562		struct request_sock *req;
  6563		bool want_cookie = false;
  6564		struct dst_entry *dst;
  6565		int max_syn_backlog;
  6566		struct flowi fl;
  6567	
> 6568		max_syn_backlog = min(net->ipv4.sysctl_max_syn_backlog,

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