From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: passt.top; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: passt.top; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=Sn2NYlEr; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by passt.top (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 478BA5A0262 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:55:58 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1775807757; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=SLoaBiUl/leOYHiQvgo3/WFrImHYs889TCB+V/Lm/7s=; b=Sn2NYlEritu2rpTg9EsMl9ij4+NkXidNpnD+vxXxqlVLVMwtymIupuAz2JlCGpGGtXECs7 O755LewfSI09EHnaDPUrm5NZxL0/0WhPqvKUJDzTOE1OzR8xnJsPoeA9mqtr8jIFwZPIZF jObWILZuex8PmiHEFDlAKWFxBnYHZd0= Received: from mx-prod-mc-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-616-kD-aYXu5OGOf1qF4Q1RtFg-1; Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:55:55 -0400 X-MC-Unique: kD-aYXu5OGOf1qF4Q1RtFg-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: kD-aYXu5OGOf1qF4Q1RtFg_1775807754 Received: from mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5005019541B1; Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:55:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anskuma-thinkpadp1gen7.bengluru.csb (unknown [10.74.81.8]) by mx-prod-int-01.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 405103000C20; Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:55:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Anshu Kumari To: passt-dev@passt.top, anskuma@redhat.com, sbrivio@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH v1] tcp: Handle errors from tcp_send_flag() Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:25:39 +0530 Message-ID: <20260410075539.1566421-1-anskuma@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.4 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: yEASEozhIvk77Z5TzPDgvz8R-6dT4iplvQM3dJwy8hA_1775807754 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; x-default=true Message-ID-Hash: D4EDEE7GOVTFGZBN4U4JK4MQN2J33KYT X-Message-ID-Hash: D4EDEE7GOVTFGZBN4U4JK4MQN2J33KYT X-MailFrom: anskuma@redhat.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: david@gibson.dropbear.id.au, lvivier@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Development discussion and patches for passt Archived-At: Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: tcp_send_flag() can return error codes from tcp_prepare_flags() failing TCP_INFO, or from failure to collect buffers on the vhost-user path. These errors indicate the connection requires resetting. Most callers of tcp_send_flag() were ignoring the error code and carrying on as if nothing was wrong. Check the return value at each call site and handle the error appropriately: - in tcp_data_from_tap(), return -1 so the caller resets - in tcp_tap_handler(), goto reset - in tcp_timer_handler()/tcp_sock_handler()/tcp_conn_from_sock_finish(), call tcp_rst() and return - in tcp_tap_conn_from_sock(), set CLOSING flag (flow not yet active) - in tcp_keepalive(), call tcp_rst() and continue the loop - in tcp_flow_migrate_target_ext(), goto fail The call in tcp_rst_do() is left unchecked: we are already resetting, and tcp_sock_rst() still needs to run regardless. Bug: https://bugs.passt.top/show_bug.cgi?id=194 Signed-off-by: Anshu Kumari --- tcp.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c index 8ea9be8..9ce671a 100644 --- a/tcp.c +++ b/tcp.c @@ -1917,7 +1917,9 @@ static int tcp_data_from_tap(const struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn, "keep-alive sequence: %u, previous: %u", seq, conn->seq_from_tap); - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK)) + return -1; + tcp_timer_ctl(c, conn); if (setsockopt(conn->sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, @@ -2043,14 +2045,16 @@ eintr: * Then swiftly looked away and left. */ conn->seq_from_tap = seq_from_tap; - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK)) + return -1; } if (errno == EINTR) goto eintr; if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK) { - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK | DUP_ACK); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK | DUP_ACK)) + return -1; return p->count - idx; } @@ -2070,7 +2074,8 @@ out: */ if (conn->seq_dup_ack_approx != (conn->seq_from_tap & 0xff)) { conn->seq_dup_ack_approx = conn->seq_from_tap & 0xff; - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK | DUP_ACK); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK | DUP_ACK)) + return -1; } return p->count - idx; } @@ -2084,7 +2089,8 @@ out: conn_event(c, conn, TAP_FIN_RCVD); } else { - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK_IF_NEEDED); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK_IF_NEEDED)) + return -1; } return p->count - idx; @@ -2122,7 +2128,10 @@ static void tcp_conn_from_sock_finish(const struct ctx *c, return; } - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK)) { + tcp_rst(c, conn); + return; + } /* The client might have sent data already, which we didn't * dequeue waiting for SYN,ACK from tap -- check now. @@ -2308,7 +2317,9 @@ int tcp_tap_handler(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif, sa_family_t af, goto reset; } - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK)) + goto reset; + conn_event(c, conn, SOCK_FIN_SENT); return 1; @@ -2388,7 +2399,9 @@ int tcp_tap_handler(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif, sa_family_t af, } conn_event(c, conn, SOCK_FIN_SENT); - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK)) + goto reset; + ack_due = 0; /* If we received a FIN, but the socket is in TCP_ESTABLISHED @@ -2478,7 +2491,11 @@ static void tcp_tap_conn_from_sock(const struct ctx *c, union flow *flow, conn->wnd_from_tap = WINDOW_DEFAULT; - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, SYN); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, SYN)) { + conn_flag(c, conn, CLOSING); + return; + } + conn_flag(c, conn, ACK_FROM_TAP_DUE); tcp_get_sndbuf(conn); @@ -2585,7 +2602,10 @@ void tcp_timer_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref) return; if (conn->flags & ACK_TO_TAP_DUE) { - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK_IF_NEEDED); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK_IF_NEEDED)) { + tcp_rst(c, conn); + return; + } tcp_timer_ctl(c, conn); } else if (conn->flags & ACK_FROM_TAP_DUE) { if (!(conn->events & ESTABLISHED)) { @@ -2598,7 +2618,10 @@ void tcp_timer_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref) tcp_rst(c, conn); } else { flow_trace(conn, "SYN timeout, retry"); - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, SYN); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, SYN)) { + tcp_rst(c, conn); + return; + } conn->retries++; conn_flag(c, conn, SYN_RETRIED); tcp_timer_ctl(c, conn); @@ -2662,8 +2685,11 @@ void tcp_sock_handler(const struct ctx *c, union epoll_ref ref, tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn); if (events & EPOLLOUT) { - if (tcp_update_seqack_wnd(c, conn, false, NULL)) - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK); + if (tcp_update_seqack_wnd(c, conn, false, NULL) && + tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK)) { + tcp_rst(c, conn); + return; + } } return; @@ -2903,7 +2929,8 @@ static void tcp_keepalive(struct ctx *c, const struct timespec *now) if (conn->tap_inactive) { flow_dbg(conn, "No tap activity for least %us, send keepalive", KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL); - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, KEEPALIVE); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, KEEPALIVE)) + tcp_rst(c, conn); } /* Ready to check fot next interval */ @@ -3926,7 +3953,9 @@ int tcp_flow_migrate_target_ext(struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn, int fd if (tcp_set_peek_offset(conn, peek_offset)) goto fail; - tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK); + if (tcp_send_flag(c, conn, ACK)) + goto fail; + tcp_data_from_sock(c, conn); if ((rc = tcp_epoll_ctl(conn))) { -- 2.53.0