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<title>linux-stable.git/include/net/sock.h, branch v3.10.78</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>tcp: fix tcp_release_cb() to dispatch via address family for mtu_reduced()</title>
<updated>2014-10-15T06:31:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Neal Cardwell</name>
<email>ncardwell@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-08-14T16:40:05+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 4fab9071950c2021d846e18351e0f46a1cffd67b ]

Make sure we use the correct address-family-specific function for
handling MTU reductions from within tcp_release_cb().

Previously AF_INET6 sockets were incorrectly always using the IPv6
code path when sometimes they were handling IPv4 traffic and thus had
an IPv4 dst.

Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell &lt;ncardwell@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Diagnosed-by: Willem de Bruijn &lt;willemb@google.com&gt;
Fixes: 563d34d057862 ("tcp: dont drop MTU reduction indications")
Reviewed-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa &lt;hannes@stressinduktion.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 4fab9071950c2021d846e18351e0f46a1cffd67b ]

Make sure we use the correct address-family-specific function for
handling MTU reductions from within tcp_release_cb().

Previously AF_INET6 sockets were incorrectly always using the IPv6
code path when sometimes they were handling IPv4 traffic and thus had
an IPv4 dst.

Signed-off-by: Neal Cardwell &lt;ncardwell@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Diagnosed-by: Willem de Bruijn &lt;willemb@google.com&gt;
Fixes: 563d34d057862 ("tcp: dont drop MTU reduction indications")
Reviewed-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa &lt;hannes@stressinduktion.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: fix sparse warning in sk_dst_set()</title>
<updated>2014-07-28T15:00:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-07-02T09:39:38+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 5925a0555bdaf0b396a84318cbc21ba085f6c0d3 ]

sk_dst_cache has __rcu annotation, so we need a cast to avoid
following sparse error :

include/net/sock.h:1774:19: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
include/net/sock.h:1774:19:    expected struct dst_entry [noderef] &lt;asn:4&gt;*__ret
include/net/sock.h:1774:19:    got struct dst_entry *dst

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: kbuild test robot &lt;fengguang.wu@intel.com&gt;
Fixes: 7f502361531e ("ipv4: irq safe sk_dst_[re]set() and ipv4_sk_update_pmtu() fix")
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 5925a0555bdaf0b396a84318cbc21ba085f6c0d3 ]

sk_dst_cache has __rcu annotation, so we need a cast to avoid
following sparse error :

include/net/sock.h:1774:19: warning: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
include/net/sock.h:1774:19:    expected struct dst_entry [noderef] &lt;asn:4&gt;*__ret
include/net/sock.h:1774:19:    got struct dst_entry *dst

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: kbuild test robot &lt;fengguang.wu@intel.com&gt;
Fixes: 7f502361531e ("ipv4: irq safe sk_dst_[re]set() and ipv4_sk_update_pmtu() fix")
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ipv4: irq safe sk_dst_[re]set() and ipv4_sk_update_pmtu() fix</title>
<updated>2014-07-28T15:00:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-06-30T08:26:23+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 7f502361531e9eecb396cf99bdc9e9a59f7ebd7f ]

We have two different ways to handle changes to sk-&gt;sk_dst

First way (used by TCP) assumes socket lock is owned by caller, and use
no extra lock : __sk_dst_set() &amp; __sk_dst_reset()

Another way (used by UDP) uses sk_dst_lock because socket lock is not
always taken. Note that sk_dst_lock is not softirq safe.

These ways are not inter changeable for a given socket type.

ipv4_sk_update_pmtu(), added in linux-3.8, added a race, as it used
the socket lock as synchronization, but users might be UDP sockets.

Instead of converting sk_dst_lock to a softirq safe version, use xchg()
as we did for sk_rx_dst in commit e47eb5dfb296b ("udp: ipv4: do not use
sk_dst_lock from softirq context")

In a follow up patch, we probably can remove sk_dst_lock, as it is
only used in IPv6.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Cc: Steffen Klassert &lt;steffen.klassert@secunet.com&gt;
Fixes: 9cb3a50c5f63e ("ipv4: Invalidate the socket cached route on pmtu events if possible")
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 7f502361531e9eecb396cf99bdc9e9a59f7ebd7f ]

We have two different ways to handle changes to sk-&gt;sk_dst

First way (used by TCP) assumes socket lock is owned by caller, and use
no extra lock : __sk_dst_set() &amp; __sk_dst_reset()

Another way (used by UDP) uses sk_dst_lock because socket lock is not
always taken. Note that sk_dst_lock is not softirq safe.

These ways are not inter changeable for a given socket type.

ipv4_sk_update_pmtu(), added in linux-3.8, added a race, as it used
the socket lock as synchronization, but users might be UDP sockets.

Instead of converting sk_dst_lock to a softirq safe version, use xchg()
as we did for sk_rx_dst in commit e47eb5dfb296b ("udp: ipv4: do not use
sk_dst_lock from softirq context")

In a follow up patch, we probably can remove sk_dst_lock, as it is
only used in IPv6.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Cc: Steffen Klassert &lt;steffen.klassert@secunet.com&gt;
Fixes: 9cb3a50c5f63e ("ipv4: Invalidate the socket cached route on pmtu events if possible")
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ipv4: fix dst race in sk_dst_get()</title>
<updated>2014-07-28T15:00:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-06-24T17:05:11+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit f88649721268999bdff09777847080a52004f691 ]

When IP route cache had been removed in linux-3.6, we broke assumption
that dst entries were all freed after rcu grace period. DST_NOCACHE
dst were supposed to be freed from dst_release(). But it appears
we want to keep such dst around, either in UDP sockets or tunnels.

In sk_dst_get() we need to make sure dst refcount is not 0
before incrementing it, or else we might end up freeing a dst
twice.

DST_NOCACHE set on a dst does not mean this dst can not be attached
to a socket or a tunnel.

Then, before actual freeing, we need to observe a rcu grace period
to make sure all other cpus can catch the fact the dst is no longer
usable.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: Dormando &lt;dormando@rydia.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit f88649721268999bdff09777847080a52004f691 ]

When IP route cache had been removed in linux-3.6, we broke assumption
that dst entries were all freed after rcu grace period. DST_NOCACHE
dst were supposed to be freed from dst_release(). But it appears
we want to keep such dst around, either in UDP sockets or tunnels.

In sk_dst_get() we need to make sure dst refcount is not 0
before incrementing it, or else we might end up freeing a dst
twice.

DST_NOCACHE set on a dst does not mean this dst can not be attached
to a socket or a tunnel.

Then, before actual freeing, we need to observe a rcu grace period
to make sure all other cpus can catch the fact the dst is no longer
usable.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reported-by: Dormando &lt;dormando@rydia.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: Add variants of capable for use on on sockets</title>
<updated>2014-06-26T19:12:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric W. Biederman</name>
<email>ebiederm@xmission.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-04-23T21:26:56+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit a3b299da869d6e78cf42ae0b1b41797bcb8c5e4b ]

sk_net_capable - The common case, operations that are safe in a network namespace.
sk_capable - Operations that are not known to be safe in a network namespace
sk_ns_capable - The general case for special cases.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit a3b299da869d6e78cf42ae0b1b41797bcb8c5e4b ]

sk_net_capable - The common case, operations that are safe in a network namespace.
sk_capable - Operations that are not known to be safe in a network namespace
sk_ns_capable - The general case for special cases.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tcp: tcp_release_cb() should release socket ownership</title>
<updated>2014-04-14T13:42:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>eric.dumazet@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-03-10T16:50:11+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit c3f9b01849ef3bc69024990092b9f42e20df7797 ]

Lars Persson reported following deadlock :

-000 |M:0x0:0x802B6AF8(asm) &lt;-- arch_spin_lock
-001 |tcp_v4_rcv(skb = 0x8BD527A0) &lt;-- sk = 0x8BE6B2A0
-002 |ip_local_deliver_finish(skb = 0x8BD527A0)
-003 |__netif_receive_skb_core(skb = 0x8BD527A0, ?)
-004 |netif_receive_skb(skb = 0x8BD527A0)
-005 |elk_poll(napi = 0x8C770500, budget = 64)
-006 |net_rx_action(?)
-007 |__do_softirq()
-008 |do_softirq()
-009 |local_bh_enable()
-010 |tcp_rcv_established(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0, skb = 0x87D3A9E0, th = 0x814EBE14, ?)
-011 |tcp_v4_do_rcv(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0, skb = 0x87D3A9E0)
-012 |tcp_delack_timer_handler(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0)
-013 |tcp_release_cb(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0)
-014 |release_sock(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0)
-015 |tcp_sendmsg(?, sk = 0x8BE6B2A0, ?, ?)
-016 |sock_sendmsg(sock = 0x8518C4C0, msg = 0x87D8DAA8, size = 4096)
-017 |kernel_sendmsg(?, ?, ?, ?, size = 4096)
-018 |smb_send_kvec()
-019 |smb_send_rqst(server = 0x87C4D400, rqst = 0x87D8DBA0)
-020 |cifs_call_async()
-021 |cifs_async_writev(wdata = 0x87FD6580)
-022 |cifs_writepages(mapping = 0x852096E4, wbc = 0x87D8DC88)
-023 |__writeback_single_inode(inode = 0x852095D0, wbc = 0x87D8DC88)
-024 |writeback_sb_inodes(sb = 0x87D6D800, wb = 0x87E4A9C0, work = 0x87D8DD88)
-025 |__writeback_inodes_wb(wb = 0x87E4A9C0, work = 0x87D8DD88)
-026 |wb_writeback(wb = 0x87E4A9C0, work = 0x87D8DD88)
-027 |wb_do_writeback(wb = 0x87E4A9C0, force_wait = 0)
-028 |bdi_writeback_workfn(work = 0x87E4A9CC)
-029 |process_one_work(worker = 0x8B045880, work = 0x87E4A9CC)
-030 |worker_thread(__worker = 0x8B045880)
-031 |kthread(_create = 0x87CADD90)
-032 |ret_from_kernel_thread(asm)

Bug occurs because __tcp_checksum_complete_user() enables BH, assuming
it is running from softirq context.

Lars trace involved a NIC without RX checksum support but other points
are problematic as well, like the prequeue stuff.

Problem is triggered by a timer, that found socket being owned by user.

tcp_release_cb() should call tcp_write_timer_handler() or
tcp_delack_timer_handler() in the appropriate context :

BH disabled and socket lock held, but 'owned' field cleared,
as if they were running from timer handlers.

Fixes: 6f458dfb4092 ("tcp: improve latencies of timer triggered events")
Reported-by: Lars Persson &lt;lars.persson@axis.com&gt;
Tested-by: Lars Persson &lt;lars.persson@axis.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit c3f9b01849ef3bc69024990092b9f42e20df7797 ]

Lars Persson reported following deadlock :

-000 |M:0x0:0x802B6AF8(asm) &lt;-- arch_spin_lock
-001 |tcp_v4_rcv(skb = 0x8BD527A0) &lt;-- sk = 0x8BE6B2A0
-002 |ip_local_deliver_finish(skb = 0x8BD527A0)
-003 |__netif_receive_skb_core(skb = 0x8BD527A0, ?)
-004 |netif_receive_skb(skb = 0x8BD527A0)
-005 |elk_poll(napi = 0x8C770500, budget = 64)
-006 |net_rx_action(?)
-007 |__do_softirq()
-008 |do_softirq()
-009 |local_bh_enable()
-010 |tcp_rcv_established(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0, skb = 0x87D3A9E0, th = 0x814EBE14, ?)
-011 |tcp_v4_do_rcv(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0, skb = 0x87D3A9E0)
-012 |tcp_delack_timer_handler(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0)
-013 |tcp_release_cb(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0)
-014 |release_sock(sk = 0x8BE6B2A0)
-015 |tcp_sendmsg(?, sk = 0x8BE6B2A0, ?, ?)
-016 |sock_sendmsg(sock = 0x8518C4C0, msg = 0x87D8DAA8, size = 4096)
-017 |kernel_sendmsg(?, ?, ?, ?, size = 4096)
-018 |smb_send_kvec()
-019 |smb_send_rqst(server = 0x87C4D400, rqst = 0x87D8DBA0)
-020 |cifs_call_async()
-021 |cifs_async_writev(wdata = 0x87FD6580)
-022 |cifs_writepages(mapping = 0x852096E4, wbc = 0x87D8DC88)
-023 |__writeback_single_inode(inode = 0x852095D0, wbc = 0x87D8DC88)
-024 |writeback_sb_inodes(sb = 0x87D6D800, wb = 0x87E4A9C0, work = 0x87D8DD88)
-025 |__writeback_inodes_wb(wb = 0x87E4A9C0, work = 0x87D8DD88)
-026 |wb_writeback(wb = 0x87E4A9C0, work = 0x87D8DD88)
-027 |wb_do_writeback(wb = 0x87E4A9C0, force_wait = 0)
-028 |bdi_writeback_workfn(work = 0x87E4A9CC)
-029 |process_one_work(worker = 0x8B045880, work = 0x87E4A9CC)
-030 |worker_thread(__worker = 0x8B045880)
-031 |kthread(_create = 0x87CADD90)
-032 |ret_from_kernel_thread(asm)

Bug occurs because __tcp_checksum_complete_user() enables BH, assuming
it is running from softirq context.

Lars trace involved a NIC without RX checksum support but other points
are problematic as well, like the prequeue stuff.

Problem is triggered by a timer, that found socket being owned by user.

tcp_release_cb() should call tcp_write_timer_handler() or
tcp_delack_timer_handler() in the appropriate context :

BH disabled and socket lock held, but 'owned' field cleared,
as if they were running from timer handlers.

Fixes: 6f458dfb4092 ("tcp: improve latencies of timer triggered events")
Reported-by: Lars Persson &lt;lars.persson@axis.com&gt;
Tested-by: Lars Persson &lt;lars.persson@axis.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tcp: TSO packets automatic sizing</title>
<updated>2013-11-04T12:30:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-08-27T12:46:32+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commits 6d36824e730f247b602c90e8715a792003e3c5a7,
  02cf4ebd82ff0ac7254b88e466820a290ed8289a, and parts of
  7eec4174ff29cd42f2acfae8112f51c228545d40 ]

After hearing many people over past years complaining against TSO being
bursty or even buggy, we are proud to present automatic sizing of TSO
packets.

One part of the problem is that tcp_tso_should_defer() uses an heuristic
relying on upcoming ACKS instead of a timer, but more generally, having
big TSO packets makes little sense for low rates, as it tends to create
micro bursts on the network, and general consensus is to reduce the
buffering amount.

This patch introduces a per socket sk_pacing_rate, that approximates
the current sending rate, and allows us to size the TSO packets so
that we try to send one packet every ms.

This field could be set by other transports.

Patch has no impact for high speed flows, where having large TSO packets
makes sense to reach line rate.

For other flows, this helps better packet scheduling and ACK clocking.

This patch increases performance of TCP flows in lossy environments.

A new sysctl (tcp_min_tso_segs) is added, to specify the
minimal size of a TSO packet (default being 2).

A follow-up patch will provide a new packet scheduler (FQ), using
sk_pacing_rate as an input to perform optional per flow pacing.

This explains why we chose to set sk_pacing_rate to twice the current
rate, allowing 'slow start' ramp up.

sk_pacing_rate = 2 * cwnd * mss / srtt

v2: Neal Cardwell reported a suspect deferring of last two segments on
initial write of 10 MSS, I had to change tcp_tso_should_defer() to take
into account tp-&gt;xmit_size_goal_segs

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Cc: Neal Cardwell &lt;ncardwell@google.com&gt;
Cc: Yuchung Cheng &lt;ycheng@google.com&gt;
Cc: Van Jacobson &lt;vanj@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tom Herbert &lt;therbert@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng &lt;ycheng@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell &lt;ncardwell@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commits 6d36824e730f247b602c90e8715a792003e3c5a7,
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After hearing many people over past years complaining against TSO being
bursty or even buggy, we are proud to present automatic sizing of TSO
packets.

One part of the problem is that tcp_tso_should_defer() uses an heuristic
relying on upcoming ACKS instead of a timer, but more generally, having
big TSO packets makes little sense for low rates, as it tends to create
micro bursts on the network, and general consensus is to reduce the
buffering amount.

This patch introduces a per socket sk_pacing_rate, that approximates
the current sending rate, and allows us to size the TSO packets so
that we try to send one packet every ms.

This field could be set by other transports.

Patch has no impact for high speed flows, where having large TSO packets
makes sense to reach line rate.

For other flows, this helps better packet scheduling and ACK clocking.

This patch increases performance of TCP flows in lossy environments.

A new sysctl (tcp_min_tso_segs) is added, to specify the
minimal size of a TSO packet (default being 2).

A follow-up patch will provide a new packet scheduler (FQ), using
sk_pacing_rate as an input to perform optional per flow pacing.

This explains why we chose to set sk_pacing_rate to twice the current
rate, allowing 'slow start' ramp up.

sk_pacing_rate = 2 * cwnd * mss / srtt

v2: Neal Cardwell reported a suspect deferring of last two segments on
initial write of 10 MSS, I had to change tcp_tso_should_defer() to take
into account tp-&gt;xmit_size_goal_segs

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Cc: Neal Cardwell &lt;ncardwell@google.com&gt;
Cc: Yuchung Cheng &lt;ycheng@google.com&gt;
Cc: Van Jacobson &lt;vanj@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tom Herbert &lt;therbert@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng &lt;ycheng@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell &lt;ncardwell@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>ipv6: do not clear pinet6 field</title>
<updated>2013-05-11T23:26:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-05-09T10:28:16+00:00</published>
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We have seen multiple NULL dereferences in __inet6_lookup_established()

After analysis, I found that inet6_sk() could be NULL while the
check for sk_family == AF_INET6 was true.

Bug was added in linux-2.6.29 when RCU lookups were introduced in UDP
and TCP stacks.

Once an IPv6 socket, using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU is inserted in a hash
table, we no longer can clear pinet6 field.

This patch extends logic used in commit fcbdf09d9652c891
("net: fix nulls list corruptions in sk_prot_alloc")

TCP/UDP/UDPLite IPv6 protocols provide their own .clear_sk() method
to make sure we do not clear pinet6 field.

At socket clone phase, we do not really care, as cloning the parent (non
NULL) pinet6 is not adding a fatal race.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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We have seen multiple NULL dereferences in __inet6_lookup_established()

After analysis, I found that inet6_sk() could be NULL while the
check for sk_family == AF_INET6 was true.

Bug was added in linux-2.6.29 when RCU lookups were introduced in UDP
and TCP stacks.

Once an IPv6 socket, using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU is inserted in a hash
table, we no longer can clear pinet6 field.

This patch extends logic used in commit fcbdf09d9652c891
("net: fix nulls list corruptions in sk_prot_alloc")

TCP/UDP/UDPLite IPv6 protocols provide their own .clear_sk() method
to make sure we do not clear pinet6 field.

At socket clone phase, we do not really care, as cloning the parent (non
NULL) pinet6 is not adding a fatal race.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: sock: make sock_tx_timestamp void</title>
<updated>2013-04-14T19:41:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Borkmann</name>
<email>dborkman@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-04-14T08:08:13+00:00</published>
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Currently, sock_tx_timestamp() always returns 0. The comment that
describes the sock_tx_timestamp() function wrongly says that it
returns an error when an invalid argument is passed (from commit
20d4947353be, ``net: socket infrastructure for SO_TIMESTAMPING'').
Make the function void, so that we can also remove all the unneeded
if conditions that check for such a _non-existant_ error case in the
output path.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;dborkman@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Currently, sock_tx_timestamp() always returns 0. The comment that
describes the sock_tx_timestamp() function wrongly says that it
returns an error when an invalid argument is passed (from commit
20d4947353be, ``net: socket infrastructure for SO_TIMESTAMPING'').
Make the function void, so that we can also remove all the unneeded
if conditions that check for such a _non-existant_ error case in the
output path.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann &lt;dborkman@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: add option to enable error queue packets waking select</title>
<updated>2013-03-31T23:44:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Keller, Jacob E</name>
<email>jacob.e.keller@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-03-28T11:19:25+00:00</published>
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Currently, when a socket receives something on the error queue it only wakes up
the socket on select if it is in the "read" list, that is the socket has
something to read. It is useful also to wake the socket if it is in the error
list, which would enable software to wait on error queue packets without waking
up for regular data on the socket. The main use case is for receiving
timestamped transmit packets which return the timestamp to the socket via the
error queue. This enables an application to select on the socket for the error
queue only instead of for the regular traffic.

-v2-
* Added the SO_SELECT_ERR_QUEUE socket option to every architechture specific file
* Modified every socket poll function that checks error queue

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jeffrey Kirsher &lt;jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Richard Cochran &lt;richardcochran@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Matthew Vick &lt;matthew.vick@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Currently, when a socket receives something on the error queue it only wakes up
the socket on select if it is in the "read" list, that is the socket has
something to read. It is useful also to wake the socket if it is in the error
list, which would enable software to wait on error queue packets without waking
up for regular data on the socket. The main use case is for receiving
timestamped transmit packets which return the timestamp to the socket via the
error queue. This enables an application to select on the socket for the error
queue only instead of for the regular traffic.

-v2-
* Added the SO_SELECT_ERR_QUEUE socket option to every architechture specific file
* Modified every socket poll function that checks error queue

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller &lt;jacob.e.keller@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jeffrey Kirsher &lt;jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Richard Cochran &lt;richardcochran@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Matthew Vick &lt;matthew.vick@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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