netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: remove unnecessary update for tp->write_seq in tcp

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Message-ID: <CAMaK5_gm=8+-KqXq98VSW9fJJ8Zx9fdv2Mbrx_30NzSUQny5ig@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 17:37:42 +0800
From: Xin Guo <guoxin0309@...il.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: remove unnecessary update for tp->write_seq
 in tcp_connect()

Thanks Eric, I will send v2 for this patch.

On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 3:33 PM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 8:14 AM xin.guo <guoxin0309@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: "xin.guo" <guoxin0309@...il.com>
> >
> > Commit 783237e8daf13("net-tcp: Fast Open client - sending SYN-data")
> > introduce tcp_connect_queue_skb() and it would overwrite tcp->write_seq,
> > so it is no need to update tp->write_seq before invoking
> > tcp_connect_queue_skb()
> >
> > Signed-off-by: xin.guo <guoxin0309@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> > index 4fd746b..f255c7d 100644
> > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> > @@ -4134,7 +4134,7 @@ int tcp_connect(struct sock *sk)
> >         if (unlikely(!buff))
> >                 return -ENOBUFS;
> >
> > -       tcp_init_nondata_skb(buff, tp->write_seq++, TCPHDR_SYN);
> > +       tcp_init_nondata_skb(buff, tp->write_seq, TCPHDR_SYN);
> >         tcp_mstamp_refresh(tp);
> >         tp->retrans_stamp = tcp_time_stamp_ts(tp);
> >         tcp_connect_queue_skb(sk, buff);
> > --
> > 1.8.3.1
> >
>
> At line 3616, there is this comment :
>
> /* FIN eats a sequence byte, write_seq advanced by tcp_queue_skb(). */
>
> I think you need to add a similar one. Future readers will thank you.
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> index 4fd746bd4d54f621601b20c3821e71370a4a615a..86dea6f022d36cb56ef5678add2bd63132eee20f
> 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
> @@ -4134,7 +4134,10 @@ int tcp_connect(struct sock *sk)
>         if (unlikely(!buff))
>                 return -ENOBUFS;
>
> -       tcp_init_nondata_skb(buff, tp->write_seq++, TCPHDR_SYN);
> +       /* SYN eats a sequence byte, write_seq updated by
> +        * tcp_connect_queue_skb()
> +        */
> +       tcp_init_nondata_skb(buff, tp->write_seq, TCPHDR_SYN);
>         tcp_mstamp_refresh(tp);
>         tp->retrans_stamp = tcp_time_stamp_ts(tp);
>         tcp_connect_queue_skb(sk, buff);