linux-stable.git/net/tipc/link.c, branch linux-4.3.y

tipc: fix stale link problem during synchronization

2015-08-23T23:14:45+00:00

Recent changes to the link synchronization means that we can now just
drop packets arriving on the synchronizing link before the synch point
is reached. This has lead to significant simplifications to the
implementation, but also turns out to have a flip side that we need
to consider.

Under unlucky circumstances, the two endpoints may end up
repeatedly dropping each other's packets, while immediately
asking for retransmission of the same packets, just to drop
them once more. This pattern will eventually be broken when
the synch point is reached on the other link, but before that,
the endpoints may have arrived at the retransmission limit
(stale counter) that indicates that the link should be broken.
We see this happen at rare occasions.

The fix for this is to not ask for retransmissions when a link is in
state LINK_SYNCHING. The fact that the link has reached this state
means that it has already received the first SYNCH packet, and that it
knows the synch point. Hence, it doesn't need any more packets until the
other link has reached the synch point, whereafter it can go ahead and
ask for the missing packets.

However, because of the reduced traffic on the synching link that
follows this change, it may now take longer to discover that the
synch point has been reached. We compensate for this by letting all
packets, on any of the links, trig a check for synchronization
termination. This is possible because the packets themselves don't
contain any information that is needed for discovering this condition.

Reviewed-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: interrupt link synchronization when a link goes down

2015-08-23T23:14:45+00:00

When we introduced the new link failover/synch mechanism
in commit 6e498158a827fd515b514842e9a06bdf0f75ab86
("tipc: move link synch and failover to link aggregation level"),
we missed the case when the non-tunnel link goes down during the link
synchronization period. In this case the tunnel link will remain in
state LINK_SYNCHING, something leading to unpredictable behavior when
the failover procedure is initiated.

In this commit, we ensure that the node and remaining link goes
back to regular communication state (SELF_UP_PEER_UP/LINK_ESTABLISHED)
when one of the parallel links goes down. We also ensure that we don't
re-enter synch mode if subsequent SYNCH packets arrive on the remaining
link.

Reviewed-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: clean up link creation

2015-07-31T00:25:15+00:00

We simplify the link creation function tipc_link_create() and the way
the link struct it is connected to the node struct. In particular, we
remove the duplicate initialization of some fields which are anyway set
in tipc_link_reset().

Tested-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: use temporary, non-protected skb queue for bundle reception

2015-07-31T00:25:15+00:00

Currently, when we extract small messages from a message bundle, or
when many messages have accumulated in the link arrival queue, those
messages are added one by one to the lock protected link input queue.
This may increase contention with the reader of that queue, in
the function tipc_sk_rcv().

This commit introduces a temporary, unprotected input queue in
tipc_link_rcv() for such cases. Only when the arrival queue has been
emptied, and the function is ready to return, does it splice the whole
temporary queue into the real input queue.

Tested-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: remove implicit message delivery in node_unlock()

2015-07-31T00:25:14+00:00

After the most recent changes, all access calls to a link which
may entail addition of messages to the link's input queue are
postpended by an explicit call to tipc_sk_rcv(), using a reference
to the correct queue.

This means that the potentially hazardous implicit delivery, using
tipc_node_unlock() in combination with a binary flag and a cached
queue pointer, now has become redundant.

This commit removes this implicit delivery mechanism both for regular
data messages and for binding table update messages.

Tested-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: make resetting of links non-atomic

2015-07-31T00:25:14+00:00

In order to facilitate future improvements to the locking structure, we
want to make resetting and establishing of links non-atomic. I.e., the
functions tipc_node_link_up() and tipc_node_link_down() should be called
from outside the node lock context, and grab/release the node lock
themselves. This requires that we can freeze the link state from the
moment it is set to RESETTING or PEER_RESET in one lock context until
it is set to RESET or ESTABLISHING in a later context. The recently
introduced link FSM makes this possible, so we are now ready to introduce
the above change.

This commit implements this.

Tested-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: merge link->exec_mode and link->state into one FSM

2015-07-31T00:25:14+00:00

Until now, we have been handling link failover and synchronization
by using an additional link state variable, "exec_mode". This variable
is not independent of the link FSM state, something causing a risk of
inconsistencies, apart from the fact that it clutters the code.

The conditions are now in place to define a new link FSM that covers
all existing use cases, including failover and synchronization, and
eliminate the "exec_mode" field altogether. The FSM must also support
non-atomic resetting of links, which will be introduced later.

The new link FSM is shown below, with 7 states and 8 events.
Only events leading to state change are shown as edges.

+------------------------------------+
|RESET_EVT                           |
|                                    |
|                             +--------------+
|           +-----------------|   SYNCHING   |-----------------+
|           |FAILURE_EVT      +--------------+   PEER_RESET_EVT|
|           |                  A            |                  |
|           |                  |            |                  |
|           |                  |            |                  |
|           |                  |SYNCH_      |SYNCH_            |
|           |                  |BEGIN_EVT   |END_EVT           |
|           |                  |            |                  |
|           V                  |            V                  V
|    +-------------+          +--------------+          +------------+
|    |  RESETTING  |<---------|  ESTABLISHED |--------->| PEER_RESET |
|    +-------------+ FAILURE_ +--------------+ PEER_    +------------+
|           |        EVT        |    A         RESET_EVT       |
|           |                   |    |                         |
|           |                   |    |                         |
|           |    +--------------+    |                         |
|  RESET_EVT|    |RESET_EVT          |ESTABLISH_EVT            |
|           |    |                   |                         |
|           |    |                   |                         |
|           V    V                   |                         |
|    +-------------+          +--------------+        RESET_EVT|
+--->|    RESET    |--------->| ESTABLISHING |<----------------+
     +-------------+ PEER_    +--------------+
      |           A  RESET_EVT       |
      |           |                  |
      |           |                  |
      |FAILOVER_  |FAILOVER_         |FAILOVER_
      |BEGIN_EVT  |END_EVT           |BEGIN_EVT
      |           |                  |
      V           |                  |
     +-------------+                 |
     | FAILINGOVER |<----------------+
     +-------------+

These changes are fully backwards compatible.

Tested-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: move protocol message sending away from link FSM

2015-07-31T00:25:14+00:00

The implementation of the link FSM currently takes decisions about and
sends out link protocol messages. This is unnecessary, since such
actions are not the result of any link state change, and are even
decided based on non-FSM state information ("silent_intv_cnt").

We now move the sending of unicast link protocol messages to the
function tipc_link_timeout(), and the initial broadcast synchronization
message to tipc_node_link_up(). The latter is done because a link
instance should not need to know whether it is the first or second
link to a destination. Such information is now restricted to and
handled by the link aggregation layer in node.c

Tested-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: move link synch and failover to link aggregation level

2015-07-31T00:25:14+00:00

Link failover and synchronization have until now been handled by the
links themselves, forcing them to have knowledge about and to access
parallel links in order to make the two algorithms work correctly.

In this commit, we move the control part of this functionality to the
link aggregation level in node.c, which is the right location for this.
As a result, the two algorithms become easier to follow, and the link
implementation becomes simpler.

Tested-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: reverse call order for link_reset()->node_link_down()

2015-07-31T00:25:13+00:00

In many cases the call order when a link is reset goes as follows:
tipc_node_xx()->tipc_link_reset()->tipc_node_link_down()

This is not the right order if we want the node to be in control,
so in this commit we change the order to:
tipc_node_xx()->tipc_node_link_down()->tipc_link_reset()

The fact that tipc_link_reset() now is called from only one
location with a well-defined state will also facilitate later
simplifications of tipc_link_reset() and the link FSM.

Tested-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller