netdev - [PATCH v1] tcp: fix wrong RTO timeout when received SACK reneging

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Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 08:19:47 +0800
From: Fred Chen <fred.chenchen03@...il.com>
To: edumazet@...gle.com,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: yangpc@...gsu.com,
	ycheng@...gle.com,
	ncardwell@...gle.com,
	Fred Chen <fred.chenchen03@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1] tcp: fix wrong RTO timeout when received SACK reneging

This commit fix wrong RTO timeout when received SACK reneging.

When an ACK arrived pointing to a SACK reneging, tcp_check_sack_reneging()
will rearm the RTO timer for min(1/2*srtt, 10ms) into to the future.

But since the commit 62d9f1a6945b ("tcp: fix TLP timer not set when
CA_STATE changes from DISORDER to OPEN") merged, the tcp_set_xmit_timer()
is moved after tcp_fastretrans_alert()(which do the SACK reneging check),
so the RTO timeout will be overwrited by tcp_set_xmit_timer() with
icsk_rto instead of 1/2*srtt.

Here is a packetdrill script to check this bug:
0     socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3
+0    bind(3, ..., ...) = 0
+0    listen(3, 1) = 0

// simulate srtt to 100ms
+0    < S 0:0(0) win 32792 <mss 1000, sackOK,nop,nop,nop,wscale 7>
+0    > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <mss 1460,nop,nop,sackOK,nop,wscale 7>
+.1    < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 1024

+0    accept(3, ..., ...) = 4

+0    write(4, ..., 10000) = 10000
+0    > P. 1:10001(10000) ack 1

// inject sack
+.1    < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 257 <sack 1001:10001,nop,nop>
+0    > . 1:1001(1000) ack 1

// inject sack reneging
+.1    < . 1:1(0) ack 1001 win 257 <sack 9001:10001,nop,nop>

// we expect rto fired in 1/2*srtt (50ms)
+.05    > . 1001:2001(1000) ack 1

This fix remove the FLAG_SET_XMIT_TIMER from ack_flag when
tcp_check_sack_reneging() set RTO timer with 1/2*srtt to avoid
being overwrited later.

Fixes: 62d9f1a6945b ("tcp: fix TLP timer not set when CA_STATE changes from DISORDER to OPEN")
Signed-off-by: Fred Chen <fred.chenchen03@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index ab87f02..eee4e95 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2222,16 +2222,17 @@ void tcp_enter_loss(struct sock *sk)
  * restore sanity to the SACK scoreboard. If the apparent reneging
  * persists until this RTO then we'll clear the SACK scoreboard.
  */
-static bool tcp_check_sack_reneging(struct sock *sk, int flag)
+static bool tcp_check_sack_reneging(struct sock *sk, int *ack_flag)
 {
-	if (flag & FLAG_SACK_RENEGING &&
-	    flag & FLAG_SND_UNA_ADVANCED) {
+	if (*ack_flag & FLAG_SACK_RENEGING &&
+	    *ack_flag & FLAG_SND_UNA_ADVANCED) {
 		struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 		unsigned long delay = max(usecs_to_jiffies(tp->srtt_us >> 4),
 					  msecs_to_jiffies(10));
 
 		inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS,
 					  delay, TCP_RTO_MAX);
+		*ack_flag &= ~FLAG_SET_XMIT_TIMER;
 		return true;
 	}
 	return false;
@@ -3009,7 +3010,7 @@ static void tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, const u32 prior_snd_una,
 		tp->prior_ssthresh = 0;
 
 	/* B. In all the states check for reneging SACKs. */
-	if (tcp_check_sack_reneging(sk, flag))
+	if (tcp_check_sack_reneging(sk, ack_flag))
 		return;
 
 	/* C. Check consistency of the current state. */
-- 
1.8.3.1