Re: [PATCH] spicevmc: Drop unsent data on client disconnection

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Hi,

On Tue, Dec 08, 2015 at 11:23:36AM -0600, Jonathon Jongsma wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 12:23 +0200, Victor Toso wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:53:40AM +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> > > When redirecting a USB webcam over a slow link, it's currently possible
> > > to hit an assertion in spice-server by running cheese (application using
> > > the webcam), killing the client with ctrl+c and then restarting the
> > > client:
> > > qemu-kvm: spicevmc.c:324: spicevmc_red_channel_alloc_msg_rcv_buf:
> > > Assertion `!state->recv_from_client_buf' failed.
> > > 
> > > This happens when red_peer_handle_incoming tries to allocate memory for
> > > a message using spicevmc:
> > > handler->msg = handler->cb->alloc_msg_buf(handler->opaque, msg_type,
> > > msg_size);
> > > 
> > > red_peer_handle_incoming() is called when there is client data to be
> > > read, and does
> > > - call alloc_msg_buf() to allocate memory for the message
> > > - read the message
> > > - if the read was partial, return early, the main loop will call again
> > >   red_peer_handle_incoming() when there is more data available for that
> > >   channel
> > > - parse the message
> > > - call release_msg_buf() to free the message
> > > 
> > > For channels based on spicevmc (usbredir and port), alloc_msg_buf()
> > > stores message data in SpiceVmcState::recv_from_client_buf and before
> > > allocating new memory, it asserts that it's NULL.
> > 
> > This is a great description of message/memory handling in this channels.
> > 
> > > 
> > > This is what causes this crash in the following scenario:
> > > - SpiceVmc::alloc_msg_buf() is called and allocates memory for a new
> > >   message in SpiceVmcState::recv_from_client_buf
> > > - red_peer_handle_incoming() returns early as all the spicevmc message
> > >   data hasn't been received yet
> > > - the client gets killed
> > > - the main channel notices the disconnect and calls
> > >   main_dispatcher_client_disconnect() which will disconnect all the
> > >   channels
> > > - SpiceVmc::on_disconnect is called
> > > - after the new client connects, SpiceVmc::alloc_msg_buf() is called,
> > >   notices that SpiceVmcState::recv_from_client_buf is already set, and
> > >   asserts()
> > > 
> > > This commit makes sure the partial SpiceVmcState::recv_from_client_buf
> > > data is cleared on disconnect so that the assert does not trigger.
> > > 
> > > This fixes https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264113
> > > ---
> > >  server/spicevmc.c | 5 +++++
> > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/server/spicevmc.c b/server/spicevmc.c
> > > index e10f183..80f3aeb 100644
> > > --- a/server/spicevmc.c
> > > +++ b/server/spicevmc.c
> > > @@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ static void
> > > spicevmc_red_channel_client_on_disconnect(RedChannelClient *rcc)
> > >      sin = state->chardev_sin;
> > >      sif = SPICE_CONTAINEROF(sin->base.sif, SpiceCharDeviceInterface, base);
> > > 
> > > +    if (state->recv_from_client_buf) { /* partial message which wasn't
> > > pushed to device */
> > > +        spice_char_device_write_buffer_release(state->chardev_st, state
> > > ->recv_from_client_buf);
> > > +        state->recv_from_client_buf = NULL;
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > >      if (state->chardev_st) {
> > >          if (spice_char_device_client_exists(state->chardev_st, rcc
> > > ->client)) {
> > >              spice_char_device_client_remove(state->chardev_st, rcc
> > > ->client);
> > > --
> > > 2.5.0
> > 
> > That's make sense. Have you tested this on migration as well?
> > IIRC channel is disconnected during migration.
> > 
> > cheers,
> >   toso
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> 
> 
> 
> Hi Christophe,
> 
> I just ran across this patch while looking through some bugs and noticed that it
> doesn't seem to ever have gone upstream. Is it still necessary?
> 
> Jonathon
> 

Just to add that it was tested by QA so My question has already been
answered! :)

toso
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