linux/net
SeongJae Park 9603d47bad tcp: Reduce SYN resend delay if a suspicous ACK is received
When closing a connection, the two acks that required to change closing
socket's status to FIN_WAIT_2 and then TIME_WAIT could be processed in
reverse order.  This is possible in RSS disabled environments such as a
connection inside a host.

For example, expected state transitions and required packets for the
disconnection will be similar to below flow.

	 00 (Process A)				(Process B)
	 01 ESTABLISHED				ESTABLISHED
	 02 close()
	 03 FIN_WAIT_1
	 04 		---FIN-->
	 05 					CLOSE_WAIT
	 06 		<--ACK---
	 07 FIN_WAIT_2
	 08 		<--FIN/ACK---
	 09 TIME_WAIT
	 10 		---ACK-->
	 11 					LAST_ACK
	 12 CLOSED				CLOSED

In some cases such as LINGER option applied socket, the FIN and FIN/ACK
will be substituted to RST and RST/ACK, but there is no difference in
the main logic.

The acks in lines 6 and 8 are the acks.  If the line 8 packet is
processed before the line 6 packet, it will be just ignored as it is not
a expected packet, and the later process of the line 6 packet will
change the status of Process A to FIN_WAIT_2, but as it has already
handled line 8 packet, it will not go to TIME_WAIT and thus will not
send the line 10 packet to Process B.  Thus, Process B will left in
CLOSE_WAIT status, as below.

	 00 (Process A)				(Process B)
	 01 ESTABLISHED				ESTABLISHED
	 02 close()
	 03 FIN_WAIT_1
	 04 		---FIN-->
	 05 					CLOSE_WAIT
	 06 				(<--ACK---)
	 07	  			(<--FIN/ACK---)
	 08 				(fired in right order)
	 09 		<--FIN/ACK---
	 10 		<--ACK---
	 11 		(processed in reverse order)
	 12 FIN_WAIT_2

Later, if the Process B sends SYN to Process A for reconnection using
the same port, Process A will responds with an ACK for the last flow,
which has no increased sequence number.  Thus, Process A will send RST,
wait for TIMEOUT_INIT (one second in default), and then try
reconnection.  If reconnections are frequent, the one second latency
spikes can be a big problem.  Below is a tcpdump results of the problem:

    14.436259 IP 127.0.0.1.45150 > 127.0.0.1.4242: Flags [S], seq 2560603644
    14.436266 IP 127.0.0.1.4242 > 127.0.0.1.45150: Flags [.], ack 5, win 512
    14.436271 IP 127.0.0.1.45150 > 127.0.0.1.4242: Flags [R], seq 2541101298
    /* ONE SECOND DELAY */
    15.464613 IP 127.0.0.1.45150 > 127.0.0.1.4242: Flags [S], seq 2560603644

This commit mitigates the problem by reducing the delay for the next SYN
if the suspicous ACK is received while in SYN_SENT state.

Following commit will add a selftest, which can be also helpful for
understanding of this issue.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@amazon.de>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2020-02-02 13:33:21 -08:00
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6lowpan
9p 9p pull request for inclusion in 5.4 2019-09-27 15:10:34 -07:00
802 treewide: Use sizeof_field() macro 2019-12-09 10:36:44 -08:00
8021q Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-01-09 12:13:43 -08:00
appletalk appletalk: enforce CAP_NET_RAW for raw sockets 2019-09-24 16:37:18 +02:00
atm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-01-26 10:40:21 +01:00
ax25 net: Make sock protocol value checks more specific 2020-01-09 18:41:40 -08:00
batman-adv Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-01-19 22:10:04 +01:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hci_release_sock() 2020-01-26 10:34:17 +02:00
bpf bpf: Allow to change skb mark in test_run 2019-12-18 17:05:58 -08:00
bpfilter
bridge net: bridge: vlan: add per-vlan state 2020-01-24 12:58:14 +01:00
caif caif_usb: fix spelling mistake "to" -> "too" 2020-01-24 08:12:06 +01:00
can can: j1939: j1939_sk_bind(): take priv after lock is held 2019-12-08 11:52:02 +01:00
ceph libceph, rbd, ceph: convert to use the new mount API 2019-11-27 22:28:37 +01:00
core net/core: Do not clear VF index for node/port GUIDs query 2020-01-30 15:20:26 +01:00
dcb
dccp treewide: Use sizeof_field() macro 2019-12-09 10:36:44 -08:00
decnet net: Make sock protocol value checks more specific 2020-01-09 18:41:40 -08:00
dns_resolver
dsa net: dsa: Fix use-after-free in probing of DSA switch tree 2020-01-27 11:12:46 +01:00
ethernet net: remove eth_change_mtu 2020-01-27 11:09:31 +01:00
ethtool net/core: Replace driver version to be kernel version 2020-01-27 13:47:22 +01:00
hsr net/hsr: remove seq_nr_after_or_eq 2020-01-21 12:03:21 +01:00
ieee802154 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-11-02 13:54:56 -07:00
ife net: Fix Kconfig indentation 2019-09-26 08:56:17 +02:00
ipv4 tcp: Reduce SYN resend delay if a suspicous ACK is received 2020-02-02 13:33:21 -08:00
ipv6 mptcp: Fix undefined mptcp_handle_ipv6_mapped for modular IPV6 2020-01-30 10:55:54 +01:00
iucv treewide: Use sizeof_field() macro 2019-12-09 10:36:44 -08:00
kcm kcm: disable preemption in kcm_parse_func_strparser() 2019-09-27 10:27:14 +02:00
key
l2tp l2tp: Remove redundant BUG_ON() check in l2tp_pernet 2020-01-03 12:26:07 -08:00
l3mdev
lapb
llc llc2: Fix return statement of llc_stat_ev_rx_null_dsap_xid_c (and _test_c) 2019-12-20 21:19:36 -08:00
mac80211 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-01-28 16:02:33 -08:00
mac802154
mpls net: ipv6_stub: use ip6_dst_lookup_flow instead of ip6_dst_lookup 2019-12-04 12:27:13 -08:00
mptcp mptcp: Fix undefined mptcp_handle_ipv6_mapped for modular IPV6 2020-01-30 10:55:54 +01:00
ncsi net/ncsi: Support for multi host mellanox card 2020-01-09 18:36:22 -08:00
netfilter netfilter: flowtable: Fix setting forgotten NF_FLOW_HW_DEAD flag 2020-01-31 19:31:42 +01:00
netlabel netlabel: remove redundant assignment to pointer iter 2019-09-01 11:45:02 -07:00
netlink treewide: Use sizeof_field() macro 2019-12-09 10:36:44 -08:00
netrom net: core: add generic lockdep keys 2019-10-24 14:53:48 -07:00
nfc net: nfc: nci: fix a possible sleep-in-atomic-context bug in nci_uart_tty_receive() 2019-12-18 11:57:33 -08:00
nsh
openvswitch net: openvswitch: use skb_list_walk_safe helper for gso segments 2020-01-14 11:48:41 -08:00
packet y2038: core, driver and file system changes 2020-01-29 14:55:47 -08:00
phonet net: Remove redundant BUG_ON() check in phonet_pernet 2020-01-03 12:25:50 -08:00
psample net: psample: fix skb_over_panic 2019-11-26 14:40:13 -08:00
qrtr net: qrtr: Remove receive worker 2020-01-14 18:36:42 -08:00
rds net/rds: Use prefetch for On-Demand-Paging MR 2020-01-18 11:48:19 +02:00
rfkill rfkill: Fix incorrect check to avoid NULL pointer dereference 2019-12-16 10:15:49 +01:00
rose Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-01-26 10:40:21 +01:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Fix use-after-free in rxrpc_receive_data() 2020-01-27 10:56:30 +01:00
sched cls_rsvp: fix rsvp_policy 2020-02-01 12:25:06 -08:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-01-09 12:13:43 -08:00
smc net/smc: allow unprivileged users to read pnet table 2020-01-21 11:39:56 +01:00
strparser
sunrpc y2038: core, driver and file system changes 2020-01-29 14:55:47 -08:00
switchdev
tipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-01-28 16:02:33 -08:00
tls Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-01-19 22:10:04 +01:00
unix Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2020-01-21 12:18:20 +01:00
vmw_vsock Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-01-19 22:10:04 +01:00
wimax
wireless Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-01-28 16:02:33 -08:00
x25 net/x25: fix nonblocking connect 2020-01-09 18:39:33 -08:00
xdp xsk, net: Make sock_def_readable() have external linkage 2020-01-22 00:08:52 +01:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-01-26 10:40:21 +01:00
compat.c y2038: socket: use __kernel_old_timespec instead of timespec 2019-11-15 14:38:29 +01:00
Kconfig mptcp: Add MPTCP socket stubs 2020-01-24 13:44:07 +01:00
Makefile mptcp: Add MPTCP socket stubs 2020-01-24 13:44:07 +01:00
socket.c socket: fix unused-function warning 2020-01-08 15:02:21 -08:00
sysctl_net.c