Re: [PATCH v3] tcp: add support for SO_PEEK_OFF

[Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>]

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 4:28 PM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2024-02-13 at 14:34 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 2:02 PM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2024-02-13 at 13:24 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 11:49 AM Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > @@ -2508,7 +2508,10 @@ static int tcp_recvmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
> > > > > >               WRITE_ONCE(*seq, *seq + used);
> > > > > >               copied += used;
> > > > > >               len -= used;
> > > > > > -
> > > > > > +             if (flags & MSG_PEEK)
> > > > > > +                     sk_peek_offset_fwd(sk, used);
> > > > > > +             else
> > > > > > +                     sk_peek_offset_bwd(sk, used);
> > > >
> > > > Yet another cache miss in TCP fast path...
> > > >
> > > > We need to move sk_peek_off in a better location before we accept this patch.
> > > >
> > > > I always thought MSK_PEEK was very inefficient, I am surprised we
> > > > allow arbitrary loops in recvmsg().
> > >
> > > Let me double check I read the above correctly: are you concerned by
> > > the 'skb_queue_walk(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb) {' loop that could
> > > touch a lot of skbs/cachelines before reaching the relevant skb?
> > >
> > > The end goal here is allowing an user-space application to read
> > > incrementally/sequentially the received data while leaving them in
> > > receive buffer.
> > >
> > > I don't see a better option than MSG_PEEK, am I missing something?
> >
> >
> > This sk_peek_offset protocol, needing  sk_peek_offset_bwd() in the non
> > MSG_PEEK case is very strange IMO.
> >
> > Ideally, we should read/write over sk_peek_offset only when MSG_PEEK
> > is used by the caller.
> >
> > That would only touch non fast paths.
> >
> > Since the API is mono-threaded anyway, the caller should not rely on
> > the fact that normal recvmsg() call
> > would 'consume' sk_peek_offset.
>
> Storing in sk_peek_seq the tcp next sequence number to be peeked should
> avoid changes in the non MSG_PEEK cases.
>
> AFAICS that would need a new get_peek_off() sock_op and a bit somewhere
> (in sk_flags?) to discriminate when sk_peek_seq is actually set. Would
> that be acceptable?

We could have a parallel SO_PEEK_OFFSET option, reusing the same socket field.

The new semantic would be : Supported by TCP (so far), and tcp
recvmsg() only reads/writes this field when MSG_PEEK is used.
Applications would have to clear the values themselves.

BTW I see the man pages say SO_PEEK_OFF is "is currently supported
only for unix(7) sockets"