netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] tcp: allow again tcp_disconnect() when threads are waiting

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:36:21 +0200
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ayush Sawal <ayush.sawal@...lsio.com>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, 
	mptcp@...ts.linux.dev, Boris Pismenny <borisp@...dia.com>, Tom Deseyn <tdeseyn@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] tcp: allow again tcp_disconnect() when threads are waiting

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:21 AM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> As reported by Tom, .NET and applications build on top of it rely
> on connect(AF_UNSPEC) to async cancel pending I/O operations on TCP
> socket.
>
> The blamed commit below caused a regression, as such cancellation
> can now fail.
>
> As suggested by Eric, this change addresses the problem explicitly
> causing blocking I/O operation to terminate immediately (with an error)
> when a concurrent disconnect() is executed.
>
> Instead of tracking the number of threads blocked on a given socket,
> track the number of disconnect() issued on such socket. If such counter
> changes after a blocking operation releasing and re-acquiring the socket
> lock, error out the current operation.
>
> Fixes: 4faeee0cf8a5 ("tcp: deny tcp_disconnect() when threads are waiting")
> Reported-by: Tom Deseyn <tdeseyn@...hat.com>
> Closes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1886305
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks !