Am Dienstag, 20. Januar 2015, 14:00:17 schrieb Herbert Xu:
Hi Herbert,
>On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 04:30:45AM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>> Am Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2015, 22:09:31 schrieb Herbert Xu:
>>
>> Hi Herbert,
>>
>> > On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 04:51:38PM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>> > > + if (!aead_writable(sk)) {
>> > > + /*
>> > > + * If there is more data to be expected,
but we cannot
>> > > + * write more data, forcefully define
that we do not
>> > > + * expect more data to invoke the AEAD
operation. This
>> > > + * prevents a deadlock in user space.
>> > > + */
>> > > + ctx->more = 0;
>> >
>> > We should return EMSGSIZE here. Also we should clear out the
>> > existing data so that the socket may be reused again.
>>
>> Is this really wise considering that we want to support a threaded
>> caller? For example, one thread sends data and another reads data.
>> For some reason, the reading thread is throttled or slower than the
>> sender. Now, with the current solution, the sender is put on hold
>> (i.e. throttled) until the reader can catch up. I.e. we have an
>> automated synchronization between sender/receiver.
>>
>> Thus, when we remove the wait here and return an error, the sender
>> will be shut down and there is no synchronization of the
>> reader/writer any more.
>>
>> Note, the same applies to the very similar code in aead_sendpage too.
>
>No, if we're in this case then something seriously wrong has
>happened. IOW the application writer has screwed up. We're
>not able to carry out the wish of user-space because of resource
>limits on the socket. Attempting to continue at this point will
>only cause confusion.
>
>So we should loudly declare that there was an error.
Ok. Your suggestion implies that it needs to be removed in aead_sendmsg
and aead_sendpage. That in turn implies aead_wait_for_wmem can go as
well.
Also, my previous suggestion with MSG_TRUNC can be removed as well.
I will do that with my next installment.
Ciao
Stephan
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