netdev - Re: [PATCH net 4/5] net/smc: protect connection state transitions in listen work

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Message-ID: <947b7e7d-3b65-af4c-4583-04913f98b2d3@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:04:13 +0800
From: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@...ux.ibm.com>, kgraul@...ux.ibm.com,
 jaka@...ux.ibm.com, wintera@...ux.ibm.com
Cc: kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 4/5] net/smc: protect connection state transitions in
 listen work



On 10/13/23 1:14 AM, Wenjia Zhang wrote:
>
>
> On 11.10.23 09:33, D. Wythe wrote:
>> From: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
>>
>> Consider the following scenario:
>>
>>                 smc_close_passive_work
>> smc_listen_out_connected
>>                 lock_sock()
>> if (state  == SMC_INIT)
>>                 if (state  == SMC_INIT)
>>                     state = SMC_APPCLOSEWAIT1;
>>     state = SMC_ACTIVE
>>                 release_sock()
>>
>> This would cause the state machine of the connection to be corrupted.
>> Also, this issue can occur in smc_listen_out_err().
>>
>> To solve this problem, we can protect the state transitions under
>> the lock of sock to avoid collision.
>>
> To this fix, I have to repeat the question from Alexandra.
> Did the scenario occur in real life? Or is it just kind of potencial 
> problem you found during the code review?
>

Hi Wenjia,

This is a real issue that occurred in our environment rather than being 
obtained from code reviews.
Unfortunately, since this patch does not cause panic, but rather 
potential reference leaks, so it is difficult for me
to provide a very intuitive error message.

> If it is the former one, could you please show us the corresponding 
> message, e.g. from dmesg? If it is the latter one, I'd like to deal 
> with it more carefully. Going from this scenario, I noticed that there 
> could also be other similar places where we need to make sure that no 
> race happens. Thus, it would make more sense to find a systematic 
> approach.
>

We agree that we should deal with it with more care, In fact, this issue 
is very complex and we may spend a lot of time discussing it. Therefore, 
I suggest that we can temporarily drop it
so that we can quickly accept the patch we have already agreed on. I 
will send those patches separately in the future.

Best Wishes,
D. Wythe

>> Fixes: 3b2dec2603d5 ("net/smc: restructure client and server code in 
>> af_smc")
>> Signed-off-by: D. Wythe <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
>> ---
>>   net/smc/af_smc.c | 5 +++++
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
>> index 5ad2a9f..3bb8265 100644
>> --- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
>> +++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
>> @@ -1926,8 +1926,10 @@ static void smc_listen_out_connected(struct 
>> smc_sock *new_smc)
>>   {
>>       struct sock *newsmcsk = &new_smc->sk;
>>   +    lock_sock(newsmcsk);
>>       if (newsmcsk->sk_state == SMC_INIT)
>>           newsmcsk->sk_state = SMC_ACTIVE;
>> +    release_sock(newsmcsk);
>>         smc_listen_out(new_smc);
>>   }
>> @@ -1939,9 +1941,12 @@ static void smc_listen_out_err(struct smc_sock 
>> *new_smc)
>>       struct net *net = sock_net(newsmcsk);
>> this_cpu_inc(net->smc.smc_stats->srv_hshake_err_cnt);
>> +
>> +    lock_sock(newsmcsk);
>>       if (newsmcsk->sk_state == SMC_INIT)
>>           sock_put(&new_smc->sk); /* passive closing */
>>       newsmcsk->sk_state = SMC_CLOSED;
>> +    release_sock(newsmcsk);
>>         smc_listen_out(new_smc);
>>   }