netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 01/11] tls: rx: allow only one reader at a time

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Message-ID: <CANn89iJU18GfsxpFJT6zx3Nqj1WyWjHX4YTStWqzsTXfFd8vYw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:19:18 +0200
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Boris Pismenny <borisp@...dia.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@...dia.com>,
        Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, vfedorenko@...ek.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 01/11] tls: rx: allow only one reader at a time

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 7:09 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 6:59 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:37:02 +0200 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > > > +               if (!timeo)
> > > > +                       return -EAGAIN;
> > >
> > > We return with socket lock held, and callers seem to not release the lock.
> > >
> > > > +               if (signal_pending(current))
> > > > +                       return sock_intr_errno(timeo);
> > >
> > > same here.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for catching these.
> >
> > > Let's wait for syzbot to catch up :)
> >
> > I'll send the fixes later today. This is just a passing comment, right?
> > There isn't a report you know is coming? Otherwise I can wait to give
> > syzbot credit, too.
>
> I now have a full syzbot report, with a repro and bisection, I am
> releasing it now.

( [syzbot] WARNING: still has locks held in tls_rx_reader_lock )

>
> >
> > I have two additional questions while I have you :)
> >
> > Is the timeo supposed to be for the entire operation? Right now TLS
> > seems to use a fresh timeo every time it goes to wait so the cumulative
> > wait can be much longer, as long as some data keeps coming in :/
>
> Good question. I am not sure how this timeout is used in applications, but
> I would think it serves as a way to make sure a stall is detected.
> So restarting the timeout every time there is progress would make sense.
>
> Application needing a different behavior can still use regular timer,
> independent of networking, ( alarm() being the most simple one)
>
> >
> > Last one - I posted a bit of a disemboweling patch for TCP, LMK if it's
> > no bueno:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220719231129.1870776-6-kuba@kernel.org/

Ah sorry, I have no comments, I guess we might try to factorize all
these similar functions at some point.