netdev - [PATCH v1 net 10/15] tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after

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Message-ID: <20220718172653.22111-11-kuniyu@amazon.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 10:26:48 -0700
From:   Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
CC:     Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>,
        Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuni1840@...il.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 net 10/15] tcp: Fix data-races around sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after_idle.

While reading sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after_idle, it can be changed
concurrently.  Thus, we need to add READ_ONCE() to its readers.

Fixes: 35089bb203f4 ("[TCP]: Add tcp_slow_start_after_idle sysctl.")
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...zon.com>
---
 include/net/tcp.h     | 4 ++--
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 6ee1fb4fb292..071735e10872 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1403,8 +1403,8 @@ static inline void tcp_slow_start_after_idle_check(struct sock *sk)
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	s32 delta;
 
-	if (!sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after_idle || tp->packets_out ||
-	    ca_ops->cong_control)
+	if (!READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after_idle) ||
+	    tp->packets_out || ca_ops->cong_control)
 		return;
 	delta = tcp_jiffies32 - tp->lsndtime;
 	if (delta > inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 898fcdcb7989..51120407c570 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@ static void tcp_cwnd_validate(struct sock *sk, bool is_cwnd_limited)
 		if (tp->packets_out > tp->snd_cwnd_used)
 			tp->snd_cwnd_used = tp->packets_out;
 
-		if (sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after_idle &&
+		if (READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_slow_start_after_idle) &&
 		    (s32)(tcp_jiffies32 - tp->snd_cwnd_stamp) >= inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto &&
 		    !ca_ops->cong_control)
 			tcp_cwnd_application_limited(sk);
-- 
2.30.2