Re: [PATCH] sctp: make the max_burst min value to 1

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On 2013/12/2 22:51, Vlad Yasevich wrote:
> On 12/02/2013 07:03 AM, Wang Weidong wrote:
>> On 2013/12/2 19:56, Neil Horman wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 02:51:45PM +0800, Wang Weidong wrote:
>>>> From: Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> when I setted the max_burst to 0, do the lksctp-tools I got hang.
>>>> I found sctp_transport_burst_limited would make the cwnd to 0.
>>>> so I make the max_burst min value to 1.
>>>> Signed-off-by: Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  net/sctp/sysctl.c | 2 +-
>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/net/sctp/sysctl.c b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
>>>> index 7637e8e..46832d3 100644
>>>> --- a/net/sctp/sysctl.c
>>>> +++ b/net/sctp/sysctl.c
>>>> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static struct ctl_table sctp_net_table[] = {
>>>>  		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
>>>>  		.mode		= 0644,
>>>>  		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
>>>> -		.extra1		= &zero,
>>>> +		.extra1		= &one,
>>>>  		.extra2		= &int_max
>>>>  	},
>>>>  	{
>>>> -- 
>>>> 1.7.12
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This seems like a band-aid to me.  There are a few things wrong:
>>>
>>> 1) You can also set the the max_burst via setsockopt, and so this would need to
>>> be checked in that path as well.
>>>
>>> 2) I don't see how having a cwnd of zero would cause a hang.  It looks like a
>>> cwnd of zero would perpetually place the association in a slow start state,
>>> which is silly but not illegal.  
>>>
>>
>> Hm, Good suggestions. Ok, I will try it again and find the root cause.
>> Thanks!
> 
> It's really simple.  sctp_transport_burst_limited() should simply do
> nothing if max_burst is 0, essentially allowing unlimited bursts.
> 
> -vlad
> 

I will add the a check of max_burst, if max_burst is 0, just do nothing. Michael
point out that it just disable max_burst which declared in rfc6458#section-8.1.24
as well.

Thanks.

>>
>>> Please investigate the acutally root cause of the problem before just avoiding
>>> it like this.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Neil
>>>
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