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Message-ID: <20241025095548.GM1202098@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:55:48 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@...nel.org>
Cc: mptcp@...ts.linux.dev, Mat Martineau <martineau@...nel.org>,
Geliang Tang <geliang@...nel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Gang Yan <yangang@...inos.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] mptcp: annotate data-races around
subflow->fully_established
On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 05:14:04PM +0200, Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) wrote:
> From: Gang Yan <yangang@...inos.cn>
>
> We introduce the same handling for potential data races with the
> 'fully_established' flag in subflow as previously done for
> msk->fully_established.
>
> Additionally, we make a crucial change: convert the subflow's
> 'fully_established' from 'bit_field' to 'bool' type. This is
> necessary because methods for avoiding data races don't work well
> with 'bit_field'. Specifically, the 'READ_ONCE' needs to know
> the size of the variable being accessed, which is not supported in
> 'bit_field'. Also, 'test_bit' expect the address of 'bit_field'.
>
> Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/516
> Signed-off-by: Gang Yan <yangang@...inos.cn>
> Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@...nel.org>
...
> diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
> index 568a72702b080d7610425ce5c3a409c7b88da13a..a93e661ef5c435155066ce9cc109092661f0711c 100644
> --- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
> +++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
> @@ -513,7 +513,6 @@ struct mptcp_subflow_context {
> request_bkup : 1,
> mp_capable : 1, /* remote is MPTCP capable */
> mp_join : 1, /* remote is JOINing */
> - fully_established : 1, /* path validated */
> pm_notified : 1, /* PM hook called for established status */
> conn_finished : 1,
> map_valid : 1,
> @@ -532,10 +531,11 @@ struct mptcp_subflow_context {
> is_mptfo : 1, /* subflow is doing TFO */
> close_event_done : 1, /* has done the post-closed part */
> mpc_drop : 1, /* the MPC option has been dropped in a rtx */
> - __unused : 8;
> + __unused : 9;
> bool data_avail;
> bool scheduled;
> bool pm_listener; /* a listener managed by the kernel PM? */
> + bool fully_established; /* path validated */
> u32 remote_nonce;
> u64 thmac;
> u32 local_nonce;
...
> diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
> index 6170f2fff71e4f9d64837f2ebf4d81bba224fafb..860903e0642255cf9efb39da9e24c39f6547481f 100644
> --- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
> +++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
> @@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ void __mptcp_subflow_fully_established(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
> const struct mptcp_options_received *mp_opt)
> {
> subflow_set_remote_key(msk, subflow, mp_opt);
> - subflow->fully_established = 1;
> + WRITE_ONCE(subflow->fully_established, true);
> WRITE_ONCE(msk->fully_established, true);
>
> if (subflow->is_mptfo)
> @@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ static void subflow_ulp_clone(const struct request_sock *req,
> } else if (subflow_req->mp_join) {
> new_ctx->ssn_offset = subflow_req->ssn_offset;
> new_ctx->mp_join = 1;
> - new_ctx->fully_established = 1;
> + WRITE_ONCE(new_ctx->fully_established, true);
> new_ctx->remote_key_valid = 1;
> new_ctx->backup = subflow_req->backup;
> new_ctx->request_bkup = subflow_req->request_bkup;
My understanding is that 1) fully_established is now a single byte and
2) WRITE_ONCE is not necessary for a single byte, as if I understand Eric's
comment in [1] correctly, tearing is not possible in this case.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANn89i+8myPgn61bn7DBqcnK5kXX2XvPo2oc2TfzntPUkeqQ6w@mail.gmail.com/
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