On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:12 PM Enke Chen <enkechen2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Enke Chen <enc...@paloaltonetworks.com> > > The TCP session does not terminate with TCP_USER_TIMEOUT when data > remain untransmitted due to zero window. > > The number of unanswered zero-window probes (tcp_probes_out) is > reset to zero with incoming acks irrespective of the window size, > as described in tcp_probe_timer(): > > RFC 1122 4.2.2.17 requires the sender to stay open indefinitely > as long as the receiver continues to respond probes. We support > this by default and reset icsk_probes_out with incoming ACKs. > > This counter, however, is the wrong one to be used in calculating the > duration that the window remains closed and data remain untransmitted. > Thanks to Jonathan Maxwell <jmaxwel...@gmail.com> for diagnosing the > actual issue. > > In this patch a separate counter is introduced to track the number of > zero-window probes that are not answered with any non-zero window ack. > This new counter is used in determining when to abort the session with > TCP_USER_TIMEOUT. >
I think one possible issue would be that local congestion (full qdisc) would abort early, because tcp_model_timeout() assumes linear backoff. Neal or Yuchung can further comment on that, it is late for me in France. packetdrill test would be : 0 socket(..., SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP) = 3 +0 setsockopt(3, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0 +0 bind(3, ..., ...) = 0 +0 listen(3, 1) = 0 +0 < S 0:0(0) win 0 <mss 1460> +0 > S. 0:0(0) ack 1 <mss 1460> +.1 < . 1:1(0) ack 1 win 65530 +0 accept(3, ..., ...) = 4 +0 setsockopt(4, SOL_TCP, TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, [3000], 4) = 0 +0 write(4, ..., 24) = 24 +0 > P. 1:25(24) ack 1 +.1 < . 1:1(0) ack 25 win 65530 +0 %{ assert tcpi_probes == 0, tcpi_probes; \ assert tcpi_backoff == 0, tcpi_backoff }% // install a qdisc dropping all packets +0 `tc qdisc delete dev tun0 root 2>/dev/null ; tc qdisc add dev tun0 root pfifo limit 0` +0 write(4, ..., 24) = 24 // When qdisc is congested we retry every 500ms therefore in theory // we'd retry 6 times before hitting 3s timeout. However, since we // estimate the elapsed time based on exp backoff of actual RTO (300ms), // we'd bail earlier with only 3 probes. +2.1 write(4, ..., 24) = -1 +0 %{ assert tcpi_probes == 3, tcpi_probes; \ assert tcpi_backoff == 0, tcpi_backoff }% +0 close(4) = 0 > Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org > Fixes: 9721e709fa68 ("tcp: simplify window probe aborting on USER_TIMEOUT") > Reported-by: William McCall <william.mcc...@gmail.com> > Signed-off-by: Enke Chen <enc...@paloaltonetworks.com> > --- > include/linux/tcp.h | 5 +++++ > net/ipv4/tcp.c | 1 + > net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 3 ++- > net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 2 ++ > net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c | 5 +++-- > 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h > index 2f87377e9af7..c9415b30fa67 100644 > --- a/include/linux/tcp.h > +++ b/include/linux/tcp.h > @@ -352,6 +352,11 @@ struct tcp_sock { > > int linger2; > > + /* While icsk_probes_out is for unanswered 0 window probes, this > + * counter is for 0-window probes that are not answered with any > + * non-zero window (nzw) acks. > + */ > + u8 probes_nzw; > > /* Sock_ops bpf program related variables */ > #ifdef CONFIG_BPF > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c > index ed42d2193c5c..af6a41a5a5ac 100644 > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c > @@ -2940,6 +2940,7 @@ int tcp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags) > icsk->icsk_rto = TCP_TIMEOUT_INIT; > icsk->icsk_rto_min = TCP_RTO_MIN; > icsk->icsk_delack_max = TCP_DELACK_MAX; > + tp->probes_nzw = 0; > tp->snd_ssthresh = TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH; > tp->snd_cwnd = TCP_INIT_CWND; > tp->snd_cwnd_cnt = 0; > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > index c7e16b0ed791..4812a969c18a 100644 > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > @@ -3377,13 +3377,14 @@ static void tcp_ack_probe(struct sock *sk) > { > struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk); > struct sk_buff *head = tcp_send_head(sk); > - const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk); > + struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk); > > /* Was it a usable window open? */ > if (!head) > return; > if (!after(TCP_SKB_CB(head)->end_seq, tcp_wnd_end(tp))) { > icsk->icsk_backoff = 0; > + tp->probes_nzw = 0; > inet_csk_clear_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_PROBE0); > /* Socket must be waked up by subsequent tcp_data_snd_check(). > * This function is not for random using! > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c > index f322e798a351..1b64cdabc299 100644 > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c > @@ -4084,10 +4084,12 @@ void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *sk) > /* Cancel probe timer, if it is not required. */ > icsk->icsk_probes_out = 0; > icsk->icsk_backoff = 0; > + tp->probes_nzw = 0; > return; > } > > icsk->icsk_probes_out++; > + tp->probes_nzw++; > if (err <= 0) { > if (icsk->icsk_backoff < net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_retries2) > icsk->icsk_backoff++; > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c > index 6c62b9ea1320..87e9f5998b8e 100644 > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c > @@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ static void tcp_probe_timer(struct sock *sk) > > if (tp->packets_out || !skb) { > icsk->icsk_probes_out = 0; > + tp->probes_nzw = 0; > return; > } > > @@ -360,8 +361,8 @@ static void tcp_probe_timer(struct sock *sk) > * corresponding system limit. We also implement similar policy when > * we use RTO to probe window in tcp_retransmit_timer(). > */ > - if (icsk->icsk_user_timeout) { > - u32 elapsed = tcp_model_timeout(sk, icsk->icsk_probes_out, > + if (icsk->icsk_user_timeout && tp->probes_nzw) { > + u32 elapsed = tcp_model_timeout(sk, tp->probes_nzw, > tcp_probe0_base(sk)); > > if (elapsed >= icsk->icsk_user_timeout) > -- > 2.29.2 >