From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: passt-dev@passt.top, Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] doc: Add test program verifying socket RST behaviour
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:39:51 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260127083953.824556-2-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260127083953.824556-1-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Add a program to doc/platform-requirements testing / documenting the
RST related behaviour of TCP sockets under various conditions.
This doesn't fix bug 191 of itself, but documents the kernel side
behaviour we'll be using in order to fix it.
Link: https://bugs.passt.top/show_bug.cgi?id=191
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
doc/platform-requirements/.gitignore | 1 +
doc/platform-requirements/Makefile | 8 +-
doc/platform-requirements/tcp-close-rst.c | 204 ++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 doc/platform-requirements/tcp-close-rst.c
diff --git a/doc/platform-requirements/.gitignore b/doc/platform-requirements/.gitignore
index f6272cf0..b2a0069a 100644
--- a/doc/platform-requirements/.gitignore
+++ b/doc/platform-requirements/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
/listen-vs-repair
/reuseaddr-priority
/recv-zero
+/tcp-close-rst
/udp-close-dup
diff --git a/doc/platform-requirements/Makefile b/doc/platform-requirements/Makefile
index 83930ef8..204341bb 100644
--- a/doc/platform-requirements/Makefile
+++ b/doc/platform-requirements/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
# Copyright Red Hat
# Author: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
-TARGETS = reuseaddr-priority recv-zero udp-close-dup listen-vs-repair
-SRCS = reuseaddr-priority.c recv-zero.c udp-close-dup.c listen-vs-repair.c
+TARGETS = reuseaddr-priority recv-zero udp-close-dup listen-vs-repair \
+ tcp-close-rst
+SRCS = reuseaddr-priority.c recv-zero.c udp-close-dup.c listen-vs-repair.c \
+ tcp-close-rst.c
CFLAGS = -Wall
all: cppcheck clang-tidy $(TARGETS:%=check-%)
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ clang-tidy:
clang-tidy --checks=*,\
-altera-id-dependent-backward-branch,\
-altera-unroll-loops,\
+ -android-cloexec-accept,\
-bugprone-easily-swappable-parameters,\
-clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.DeprecatedOrUnsafeBufferHandling,\
-concurrency-mt-unsafe,\
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ clang-tidy:
-misc-include-cleaner,\
-modernize-macro-to-enum,\
-readability-braces-around-statements,\
+ -readability-function-cognitive-complexity,\
-readability-identifier-length,\
-readability-isolate-declaration \
$(SRCS)
diff --git a/doc/platform-requirements/tcp-close-rst.c b/doc/platform-requirements/tcp-close-rst.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e508f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/platform-requirements/tcp-close-rst.c
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+/* tcp-close-rst.c
+ *
+ * Check what operations on a TCP socket will trigger an RST.
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat
+ * Author: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
+ */
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+#define DSTPORT 13258U
+
+#define SRCADDR(n) \
+ (0x7f000000U | (n) << 16U | (n) << 8U | 0x1U)
+
+#define BASENUM 100
+
+/* 127.0.0.1:DSTPORT */
+static const struct sockaddr_in lo_dst = SOCKADDR_INIT(INADDR_LOOPBACK, DSTPORT);
+
+#define LINGER 0x01U
+#define SHUT_CLIENT 0x02U
+#define SHUT_SERVER 0x04U
+
+#define NUM_OPTIONS (SHUT_SERVER << 1U)
+
+static void client_close(int sl, unsigned flags)
+{
+ struct sockaddr_in src = SOCKADDR_INIT(SRCADDR(flags), 0);
+ struct linger linger0 = {
+ .l_onoff = 1,
+ .l_linger = 0,
+ };
+ int sockerr, sc, sa;
+ socklen_t errlen = sizeof(sockerr);
+
+ printf("Client close %u:%s%s%s\n", flags,
+ flags & LINGER ? " LINGER" : "",
+ flags & SHUT_CLIENT ? " SHUT_CLIENT" : "",
+ flags & SHUT_SERVER ? " SHUT_SERVER" : "");
+
+ sc = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+ if (sc < 0)
+ die("socket() for connect(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (bind(sc, (struct sockaddr *)&src, sizeof(src)) < 0)
+ die("bind() for connect: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (connect(sc, (struct sockaddr *)&lo_dst, sizeof(lo_dst)) < 0)
+ die("connect(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ /* cppcheck-suppress [android-cloexec-accept,unmatchedSuppression] */
+ sa = accept(sl, NULL, NULL);
+ if (sa < 0)
+ die("accept(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (flags & SHUT_SERVER)
+ if (shutdown(sa, SHUT_WR) < 0)
+ die("shutdown() server: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (flags & SHUT_CLIENT)
+ if (shutdown(sc, SHUT_WR) < 0)
+ die("shutdown() client: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (flags & LINGER)
+ if (setsockopt(sc, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER,
+ &linger0, sizeof(linger0)) < 0)
+ die("SO_LINGER: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ close(sc);
+
+ if (getsockopt(sa, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &sockerr, &errlen) < 0)
+ die("SO_ERROR: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (errlen != sizeof(sockerr))
+ die("SO_ERROR: bad option length\n");
+
+ printf("Server error: %s\n", strerror(sockerr));
+
+ if (flags & LINGER) {
+ if (!(flags & SHUT_SERVER) || !(flags & SHUT_CLIENT)) {
+ if (sockerr == 0)
+ die("No error after abrupt close(), no RST?\n");
+ } else {
+ if (sockerr != 0)
+ die("Error after full shutdown, bogus RST?\n");
+ }
+ }
+
+ close(sa);
+}
+
+static void server_close(int sl, unsigned flags)
+{
+ struct sockaddr_in src = SOCKADDR_INIT(SRCADDR(flags), 0);
+ struct linger linger0 = {
+ .l_onoff = 1,
+ .l_linger = 0,
+ };
+ int sockerr, sc, sa;
+ socklen_t errlen = sizeof(sockerr);
+
+ printf("Server close %u:%s%s%s\n", flags,
+ flags & LINGER ? " LINGER" : "",
+ flags & SHUT_CLIENT ? " SHUT_CLIENT" : "",
+ flags & SHUT_SERVER ? " SHUT_SERVER" : "");
+
+ sc = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+ if (sc < 0)
+ die("socket() for connect(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (bind(sc, (struct sockaddr *)&src, sizeof(src)) < 0)
+ die("bind() for connect: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (connect(sc, (struct sockaddr *)&lo_dst, sizeof(lo_dst)) < 0)
+ die("connect(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ /* cppcheck-suppress [android-cloexec-accept,unmatchedSuppression] */
+ sa = accept(sl, NULL, NULL);
+ if (sa < 0)
+ die("accept(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (flags & SHUT_SERVER)
+ if (shutdown(sa, SHUT_WR) < 0)
+ die("shutdown() server: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (flags & SHUT_CLIENT)
+ if (shutdown(sc, SHUT_WR) < 0)
+ die("shutdown() client: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (flags & LINGER)
+ if (setsockopt(sa, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER,
+ &linger0, sizeof(linger0)) < 0)
+ die("SO_LINGER: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ close(sa);
+
+ if (getsockopt(sc, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, &sockerr, &errlen) < 0)
+ die("SO_ERROR: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (errlen != sizeof(sockerr))
+ die("SO_ERROR: bad option length\n");
+
+ printf("Client error: %s\n", strerror(sockerr));
+
+ if (flags & LINGER) {
+ if (!(flags & SHUT_SERVER) || !(flags & SHUT_CLIENT)) {
+ if (sockerr == 0)
+ die("No error after abrupt close(), no RST?\n");
+ } else {
+ if (sockerr != 0)
+ die("Error after full shutdown, bogus RST?\n");
+ }
+ }
+
+ close(sc);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ unsigned flags;
+ int y = 1;
+ int sl;
+
+ (void)argc;
+ (void)argv;
+
+ sl = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+ if (sl < 0)
+ die("socket() for listen: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (setsockopt(sl, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &y, sizeof(y)) < 0)
+ die("SO_REUSEADDR for listen: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (bind(sl, (struct sockaddr *)&lo_dst, sizeof(lo_dst)) < 0)
+ die("bind() for listen: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ if (listen(sl, 1) < 0)
+ die("listen(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
+
+ printf("Listening on port %u\n", DSTPORT);
+
+ for (flags = 0; flags < NUM_OPTIONS; flags++) {
+ client_close(sl, flags);
+ server_close(sl, flags);
+ }
+
+ close(sl);
+ exit(0);
+}
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-27 8:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-27 8:39 [PATCH 0/3] Fix bugs with RST propagation David Gibson
2026-01-27 8:39 ` David Gibson [this message]
2026-01-27 8:39 ` [PATCH 2/3] tcp: Properly propagate tap-side RST to socket side David Gibson
2026-01-27 11:32 ` Stefano Brivio
2026-01-27 8:39 ` [PATCH 3/3] tcp_splice: Force TCP RST on abnormal close conditions David Gibson
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