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From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: passt-dev@passt.top
Cc: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>, Paul Holzinger <pholzing@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] tcp: Don't try to transmit right after the peer shrank the window to zero
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:10:41 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250815161042.3606244-6-sbrivio@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250815161042.3606244-1-sbrivio@redhat.com>

If the peer shrinks the window to zero, we'll skip storing the new
window, as a convenient way to cause window probes (which exceed any
zero-sized window, strictly speaking) if we don't get window updates
in a while.

As we do so, though, we need to ensure we don't try to queue more data
from the socket right after we process this window update, as the
entire point of a zero-window advertisement is to keep us from sending
more data.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
---
 tcp.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c
index aed25a9..624e7f4 100644
--- a/tcp.c
+++ b/tcp.c
@@ -1260,8 +1260,10 @@ static void tcp_get_tap_ws(struct tcp_tap_conn *conn,
  * @c:		Execution context
  * @conn:	Connection pointer
  * @wnd:	Window value, host order, unscaled
+ *
+ * Return: false on zero window (not stored to wnd_from_tap), true otherwise
  */
-static void tcp_tap_window_update(const struct ctx *c,
+static bool tcp_tap_window_update(const struct ctx *c,
 				  struct tcp_tap_conn *conn, unsigned wnd)
 {
 	wnd = MIN(MAX_WINDOW, wnd << conn->ws_from_tap);
@@ -1274,13 +1276,14 @@ static void tcp_tap_window_update(const struct ctx *c,
 	 */
 	if (!wnd && SEQ_LT(conn->seq_ack_from_tap, conn->seq_to_tap)) {
 		tcp_rewind_seq(c, conn);
-		return;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	conn->wnd_from_tap = MIN(wnd >> conn->ws_from_tap, USHRT_MAX);
 
 	/* FIXME: reflect the tap-side receiver's window back to the sock-side
 	 * sender by adjusting SO_RCVBUF? */
+	return true;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2066,9 +2069,8 @@ int tcp_tap_handler(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif, sa_family_t af,
 		if (!th->ack)
 			goto reset;
 
-		tcp_tap_window_update(c, conn, ntohs(th->window));
-
-		tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn);
+		if (tcp_tap_window_update(c, conn, ntohs(th->window)))
+			tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn);
 
 		if (p->count - idx == 1)
 			return 1;
@@ -2078,8 +2080,8 @@ int tcp_tap_handler(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif, sa_family_t af,
 	if (conn->events & TAP_FIN_RCVD) {
 		tcp_sock_consume(conn, ntohl(th->ack_seq));
 		tcp_update_seqack_from_tap(c, conn, ntohl(th->ack_seq));
-		tcp_tap_window_update(c, conn, ntohs(th->window));
-		tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn);
+		if (tcp_tap_window_update(c, conn, ntohs(th->window)))
+			tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn);
 
 		if (conn->seq_ack_from_tap == conn->seq_to_tap) {
 			if (th->ack && conn->events & TAP_FIN_SENT)
-- 
@@ -1260,8 +1260,10 @@ static void tcp_get_tap_ws(struct tcp_tap_conn *conn,
  * @c:		Execution context
  * @conn:	Connection pointer
  * @wnd:	Window value, host order, unscaled
+ *
+ * Return: false on zero window (not stored to wnd_from_tap), true otherwise
  */
-static void tcp_tap_window_update(const struct ctx *c,
+static bool tcp_tap_window_update(const struct ctx *c,
 				  struct tcp_tap_conn *conn, unsigned wnd)
 {
 	wnd = MIN(MAX_WINDOW, wnd << conn->ws_from_tap);
@@ -1274,13 +1276,14 @@ static void tcp_tap_window_update(const struct ctx *c,
 	 */
 	if (!wnd && SEQ_LT(conn->seq_ack_from_tap, conn->seq_to_tap)) {
 		tcp_rewind_seq(c, conn);
-		return;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	conn->wnd_from_tap = MIN(wnd >> conn->ws_from_tap, USHRT_MAX);
 
 	/* FIXME: reflect the tap-side receiver's window back to the sock-side
 	 * sender by adjusting SO_RCVBUF? */
+	return true;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2066,9 +2069,8 @@ int tcp_tap_handler(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif, sa_family_t af,
 		if (!th->ack)
 			goto reset;
 
-		tcp_tap_window_update(c, conn, ntohs(th->window));
-
-		tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn);
+		if (tcp_tap_window_update(c, conn, ntohs(th->window)))
+			tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn);
 
 		if (p->count - idx == 1)
 			return 1;
@@ -2078,8 +2080,8 @@ int tcp_tap_handler(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif, sa_family_t af,
 	if (conn->events & TAP_FIN_RCVD) {
 		tcp_sock_consume(conn, ntohl(th->ack_seq));
 		tcp_update_seqack_from_tap(c, conn, ntohl(th->ack_seq));
-		tcp_tap_window_update(c, conn, ntohs(th->window));
-		tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn);
+		if (tcp_tap_window_update(c, conn, ntohs(th->window)))
+			tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn);
 
 		if (conn->seq_ack_from_tap == conn->seq_to_tap) {
 			if (th->ack && conn->events & TAP_FIN_SENT)
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-08-15 16:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-15 16:10 [PATCH 0/6] tcp: Fixes for issues uncovered by tests with 6.17-rc1 kernels Stefano Brivio
2025-08-15 16:10 ` [PATCH 1/6] tcp: FIN flags have to be retransmitted as well Stefano Brivio
2025-08-15 16:10 ` [PATCH 2/6] tcp: Factor sequence rewind for retransmissions into a new function Stefano Brivio
2025-08-15 16:10 ` [PATCH 3/6] tcp: Rewind sequence when guest shrinks window to zero Stefano Brivio
2025-08-15 16:10 ` [PATCH 4/6] tcp: Fix closing logic for half-closed connections Stefano Brivio
2025-08-15 16:10 ` Stefano Brivio [this message]
2025-08-15 16:10 ` [PATCH 6/6] tcp: Fast re-transmit if half-closed, make TAP_FIN_RCVD path consistent Stefano Brivio

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