linux.git/net/tipc, branch v3.14-rc2

net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size

2014-01-19T07:04:16+00:00

This is a follow-up patch to f3d3342602f8bc ("net: rework recvmsg
handler msg_name and msg_namelen logic").

DECLARE_SOCKADDR validates that the structure we use for writing the
name information to is not larger than the buffer which is reserved
for msg->msg_name (which is 128 bytes). Also use DECLARE_SOCKADDR
consistently in sendmsg code paths.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Hurrle 
Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa 
Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: standardize recvmsg routine

2014-01-17T03:10:34+00:00

Standardize the behaviour of waiting for events in TIPC recvmsg()
so that all variables of socket or port structures are protected
within socket lock, allowing the process of calling recvmsg() to
be woken up at appropriate time.

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

tipc: standardize sendmsg routine of connected socket

2014-01-17T03:10:34+00:00

Standardize the behaviour of waiting for events in TIPC send_packet()
so that all variables of socket or port structures are protected within
socket lock, allowing the process of calling sendmsg() to be woken up
at appropriate time.

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

tipc: standardize sendmsg routine of connectionless socket

2014-01-17T03:10:34+00:00

Comparing the behaviour of how to wait for events in TIPC sendmsg()
with other stacks, the TIPC implementation might be perceived as
different, and sometimes even incorrect. For instance, sk_sleep()
and tport->congested variables associated with socket are exposed
without socket lock protection while wait_event_interruptible_timeout()
accesses them. So standardizing it with similar implementation
in other stacks can help us correct these errors which the process
of calling sendmsg() cannot be woken up event if an expected event
arrive at socket or improperly woken up although the wake condition
doesn't match.

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

tipc: standardize accept routine

2014-01-17T03:10:34+00:00

Comparing the behaviour of how to wait for events in TIPC accept()
with other stacks, the TIPC implementation might be perceived as
different, and sometimes even incorrect. As sk_sleep() and
sk->sk_receive_queue variables associated with socket are not
protected by socket lock, the process of calling accept() may be
woken up improperly or sometimes cannot be woken up at all. After
standardizing it with inet_csk_wait_for_connect routine, we can
get benefits including: avoiding 'thundering herd' phenomenon,
adding a timeout mechanism for accept(), coping with a pending
signal, and having sk_sleep() and sk->sk_receive_queue being
always protected within socket lock scope and so on.

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

tipc: standardize connect routine

2014-01-17T03:10:34+00:00

Comparing the behaviour of how to wait for events in TIPC connect()
with other stacks, the TIPC implementation might be perceived as
different, and sometimes even incorrect. For instance, as both
sock->state and sk_sleep() are directly fed to
wait_event_interruptible_timeout() as its arguments, and socket lock
has to be released before we call wait_event_interruptible_timeout(),
the two variables associated with socket are exposed out of socket
lock protection, thereby probably getting stale values so that the
process of calling connect() cannot be woken up exactly even if
correct event arrives or it is woken up improperly even if the wake
condition is not satisfied in practice. Therefore, standardizing its
behaviour with sk_stream_wait_connect routine can avoid these risks.

Additionally the implementation of connect routine is simplified as a
whole, allowing it to return correct values in all different cases.

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

tipc: spelling fixes

2014-01-15T02:18:22+00:00

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

2014-01-14T22:42:42+00:00

tipc: make link start event synchronous

2014-01-07T23:44:26+00:00

When a link is created we delay the start event by launching it
to be executed later in a tasklet. As we hold all the
necessary locks at the moment of creation, and there is no risk
of deadlock or contention, this delay serves no purpose in the
current code.

We remove this obsolete indirection step, and the associated function
link_start(). At the same time, we rename the function tipc_link_stop()
to the more appropriate tipc_link_purge_queues().

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Reviewed-by: Paul Gortmaker 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: introduce new spinlock to protect struct link_req

2014-01-07T23:44:25+00:00

Currently, only 'bearer_lock' is used to protect struct link_req in
the function disc_timeout(). This is unsafe, since the member fields
'num_nodes' and 'timer_intv' might be accessed by below three different
threads simultaneously, none of them grabbing bearer_lock in the
critical region:

link_activate()
  tipc_bearer_add_dest()
    tipc_disc_add_dest()
      req->num_nodes++;

tipc_link_reset()
  tipc_bearer_remove_dest()
    tipc_disc_remove_dest()
      req->num_nodes--
      disc_update()
        read req->num_nodes
	write req->timer_intv

disc_timeout()
  read req->num_nodes
  read/write req->timer_intv

Without lock protection, the only symptom of a race is that discovery
messages occasionally may not be sent out. This is not fatal, since such
messages are best-effort anyway. On the other hand, since discovery
messages are not time critical, adding a protecting lock brings no
serious overhead either. So we add a new, dedicated spinlock in
order to guarantee absolute data consistency in link_req objects.
This also helps reduce the overall role of the bearer_lock, which
we want to remove completely in a later commit series.

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