linux/net/tipc
Hamish Martin a34f829164 tipc: fix retransmission on unicast links
A scenario has been observed where a 'bc_init' message for a link is not
retransmitted if it fails to be received by the peer. This leads to the
peer never establishing the link fully and it discarding all other data
received on the link. In this scenario the message is lost in transit to
the peer.

The issue is traced to the 'nxt_retr' field of the skb not being
initialised for links that aren't a bc_sndlink. This leads to the
comparison in tipc_link_advance_transmq() that gates whether to attempt
retransmission of a message performing in an undesirable way.
Depending on the relative value of 'jiffies', this comparison:
    time_before(jiffies, TIPC_SKB_CB(skb)->nxt_retr)
may return true or false given that 'nxt_retr' remains at the
uninitialised value of 0 for non bc_sndlinks.

This is most noticeable shortly after boot when jiffies is initialised
to a high value (to flush out rollover bugs) and we compare a jiffies of,
say, 4294940189 to zero. In that case time_before returns 'true' leading
to the skb not being retransmitted.

The fix is to ensure that all skbs have a valid 'nxt_retr' time set for
them and this is achieved by refactoring the setting of this value into
a central function.
With this fix, transmission losses of 'bc_init' messages do not stall
the link establishment forever because the 'bc_init' message is
retransmitted and the link eventually establishes correctly.

Fixes: 382f598fb6 ("tipc: reduce duplicate packets for unicast traffic")
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Hamish Martin <hamish.martin@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2020-07-08 15:39:50 -07:00
..
Kconfig treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
Makefile tipc: remove meaningless assignment in Makefile 2020-01-08 12:38:54 -08:00
addr.c tipc: initialise addr_trail_end when setting node addresses 2019-08-11 21:40:04 -07:00
addr.h tipc: add 128-bit node identifier 2018-03-23 13:12:18 -04:00
bcast.c tipc: add support for broadcast rcv stats dumping 2020-05-26 15:16:52 -07:00
bcast.h tipc: add support for broadcast rcv stats dumping 2020-05-26 15:16:52 -07:00
bearer.c tipc: fix NULL pointer dereference in tipc_disc_rcv() 2020-06-11 12:48:08 -07:00
bearer.h tipc: introduce variable window congestion control 2019-12-10 17:31:15 -08:00
core.c tipc: fix ordering of tipc module init and exit routine 2019-12-06 12:01:09 -08:00
core.h Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-11-16 21:51:42 -08:00
crypto.c Revert "tipc: Fix potential tipc_aead refcnt leak in tipc_crypto_rcv" 2020-06-02 15:13:47 -07:00
crypto.h tipc: introduce TIPC encryption & authentication 2019-11-08 14:01:59 -08:00
diag.c tipc: switch to rhashtable iterator 2018-08-29 18:04:54 -07:00
discover.c tipc: fix use-after-free in tipc_disc_rcv() 2019-12-10 17:45:04 -08:00
discover.h tipc: some cleanups in the file discover.c 2018-03-23 13:12:17 -04:00
eth_media.c tipc: introduce variable window congestion control 2019-12-10 17:31:15 -08:00
group.c tipc: clean up skb list lock handling on send path 2019-08-18 14:01:07 -07:00
group.h tipc: extend sock diag for group communication 2018-06-30 21:05:42 +09:00
ib_media.c tipc: introduce variable window congestion control 2019-12-10 17:31:15 -08:00
link.c tipc: fix retransmission on unicast links 2020-07-08 15:39:50 -07:00
link.h tipc: add support for broadcast rcv stats dumping 2020-05-26 15:16:52 -07:00
monitor.c tipc: add NULL pointer check to prevent kernel oops 2020-03-15 00:07:00 -07:00
monitor.h tipc: update mon's self addr when node addr generated 2019-11-12 19:45:45 -08:00
msg.c tipc: fix kernel WARNING in tipc_msg_append() 2020-06-11 12:47:23 -07:00
msg.h tipc: add test for Nagle algorithm effectiveness 2020-05-26 15:16:52 -07:00
name_distr.c tipc: improve throughput between nodes in netns 2019-10-29 17:55:38 -07:00
name_distr.h tipc: permit overlapping service ranges in name table 2018-03-31 22:19:52 -04:00
name_table.c tipc: fix name table rbtree issues 2019-12-10 17:45:04 -08:00
name_table.h tipc: support in-order name publication events 2019-11-22 09:29:50 -08:00
net.c tipc: make legacy address flag readable over netlink 2019-12-20 21:18:42 -08:00
net.h tipc: make legacy address flag readable over netlink 2019-12-20 21:18:42 -08:00
netlink.c tipc: add support for broadcast rcv stats dumping 2020-05-26 15:16:52 -07:00
netlink.h net: tipc: allocate attrs locally instead of using genl_family_attrbuf in compat_dumpit() 2019-10-06 15:44:47 +02:00
netlink_compat.c tipc: eliminate KMSAN: uninit-value in __tipc_nl_compat_dumpit error 2020-01-06 13:24:31 -08:00
node.c Revert "tipc: Fix potential tipc_node refcnt leak in tipc_rcv" 2020-06-02 15:13:46 -07:00
node.h tipc: add support for AEAD key setting via netlink 2019-11-08 14:01:59 -08:00
socket.c tipc: fix kernel WARNING in tipc_msg_append() 2020-06-11 12:47:23 -07:00
socket.h tipc: call tsk_set_importance from tipc_topsrv_create_listener 2020-05-28 11:11:46 -07:00
subscr.c tipc: fix unbalanced reference counter 2018-04-12 21:46:10 -04:00
subscr.h tipc: fix failed service subscription deletion 2020-05-13 12:33:19 -07:00
sysctl.c tipc: enable broadcast retrans via unicast 2020-05-26 15:16:52 -07:00
topsrv.c tipc: call tsk_set_importance from tipc_topsrv_create_listener 2020-05-28 11:11:46 -07:00
topsrv.h tipc: rename tipc_server to tipc_topsrv 2018-02-16 15:26:34 -05:00
trace.c tipc: remove unneeded semicolon in trace.c 2019-01-17 22:04:43 -08:00
trace.h tipc: add support for broadcast rcv stats dumping 2020-05-26 15:16:52 -07:00
udp_media.c tipc: block BH before using dst_cache 2020-05-22 15:39:00 -07:00
udp_media.h tipc: implement configuration of UDP media MTU 2018-04-20 11:04:05 -04:00