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SubjectRe: [PATCH] tcp: Added check of destination specific CC before sending syn/ack
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On 07/09/2018 04:25 AM, joakim.misund@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Joakim Misund <joakim.misund@gmail.com>
>
> Issue:
> Currently TCP stack does not check for a destination specific CC before responding to a syn with a syn/ack.
> The system wide default CC is used. If the default CC does not need ECN, but the destination specific does,
> the syn/ack will not carry ECT(0) which makes it eligible to drop instead of being marked at routers.
> In an ECN-based network ECN marks are frequent (likely) and packet not carrying ECT(0) are likely to be dropped.
> This leads to slow connection establishment, and in worst case the establishment can fail.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joakim Misund <joakim.misund@gmail.com>
> ---
> include/net/tcp.h | 1 +
> net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 2 ++
> net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
> index af3ec72d5d41..347c59ac0a72 100644
> --- a/include/net/tcp.h
> +++ b/include/net/tcp.h
> @@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ void tcp_send_loss_probe(struct sock *sk);
> bool tcp_schedule_loss_probe(struct sock *sk, bool advancing_rto);
> void tcp_skb_collapse_tstamp(struct sk_buff *skb,
> const struct sk_buff *next_skb);
> +void tcp_ca_dst_init(struct sock *sk, const struct dst_entry *dst);
>
> /* tcp_input.c */
> void tcp_rearm_rto(struct sock *sk);
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> index 8e5522c6833a..973e3b5b0516 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> @@ -6401,6 +6401,8 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
> isn = af_ops->init_seq(skb);
> }
>
> + tcp_ca_dst_init(sk, dst);


At this point sk is not locked (and will not be)

Multiple cpus can handle SYN packets in // so this would be racy.

You need to solve this problem in another way.

Thanks.

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