Re: [PATCH 1/1] SUNRPC: Ensure XPRT_CONNECTED is cleared while handling TCP RST

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On Wed, 2018-12-12 at 18:02 +0000, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-12-12 at 12:47 -0500, Dave Wysochanski wrote:
> > On Wed, 2018-12-12 at 16:56 +0000, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2018-12-12 at 08:51 -0500, Dave Wysochanski wrote:
> > > > Commit 9b30889c548a changed the handling of TCP_CLOSE inside
> > > > xs_tcp_state_change.  Prior to this change, the XPRT_CONNECTED
> > > > bit
> > > > was cleared unconditionally inside xprt_disconnect_done,
> > > > similar
> > > > to the handling of TCP_CLOSE_WAIT.  After the change the
> > > > clearing
> > > > of XPRT_CONNECTED depends on successfully queueing a work based
> > > > xprt_autoclose which depends on XPRT_LOCKED and may not happen.
> > > > This is significant in the case of an unexpected RST from the
> > > > server, as the client will only see xs_tcp_state_change called
> > > > with
> > > > sk_state == TCP_CLOSE.  Restore the unconditional clear_bit on
> > > > XPRT_CONNECTED while handling TCP_CLOSE and make it consistent
> > > > with handling TCP_CLOSE_WAIT.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c | 1 +
> > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
> > > > index 8a5e823e0b33..b9789036051d 100644
> > > > --- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
> > > > +++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
> > > > @@ -1492,6 +1492,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_state_change(struct
> > > > sock
> > > > *sk)
> > > >  		if (sk->sk_err)
> > > >  			xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, -sk-
> > > > > sk_err);
> > > > 
> > > >  		/* Trigger the socket release */
> > > > +		clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTED, &xprt->state);
> > > >  		xs_tcp_force_close(xprt);
> > > >  	}
> > > >   out:
> > > 
> > > Hi Dave,
> > > 
> > > This isn't needed for 4.20 or newer because call_transmit() will
> > > now
> > > always call xprt_end_transmit(). I suggest that a stable fix do
> > > something similar (perhaps conditional on the error returned by
> > > xprt_transmit()?).
> > > 
> > 
> > Can you explain the handling in xs_tcp_state_change - why
> > XPRT_CONNECTED would need to remain set longer in the case of
> > handling
> > TCP_CLOSE case rather than TCP_CLOSE_WAIT?  It seems like if we get
> > an
> > RST we'll go directly to TCP_CLOSE and why would the XPRT_CONNECTED
> > bit
> > getting cleared need to be delayed in that case?
> > 
> > I will look into the approach you mention though at the moment I do
> > not
> > see how it helps because the underlying issue seems to be clearing
> > of
> > the XPRT_CONNECTED bit.
> > 
> 
> See xprt_clear_locked(). Dropping the XPRT_LOCK will automatically
> trigger autoclose if  XPRT_CLOSE_WAIT is set, regardless of whether
> or
> not there are other tasks waiting for the lock.
> 
> 

Ok thanks for pointing me in that direction I will investigate.

I am actually seeing a hang now with the reproducer on 4.20-rc6 but
it's not CPU spinning.  Investigating as it was not easy to reproduce
but there must still be a race somewhere.





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