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net: skb_fclone_busy() needs to detect orphaned skb

Some drivers are unable to perform TX completions in a bound time.
They instead call skb_orphan()

Problem is skb_fclone_busy() has to detect this case, otherwise
we block TCP retransmits and can freeze unlucky tcp sessions on
mostly idle hosts.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Fixes: 1f3279ae0c13 ("tcp: avoid retransmits of TCP packets hanging in host queues")
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Eric Dumazet 10 years ago
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39bb5e6286
3 changed files with 8 additions and 4 deletions
  1. 6 2
      include/linux/skbuff.h
  2. 1 1
      net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
  3. 1 1
      net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c

+ 6 - 2
include/linux/skbuff.h

@@ -799,15 +799,19 @@ struct sk_buff_fclones {
  *	@skb: buffer
  *
  * Returns true is skb is a fast clone, and its clone is not freed.
+ * Some drivers call skb_orphan() in their ndo_start_xmit(),
+ * so we also check that this didnt happen.
  */
-static inline bool skb_fclone_busy(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline bool skb_fclone_busy(const struct sock *sk,
+				   const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	const struct sk_buff_fclones *fclones;
 
 	fclones = container_of(skb, struct sk_buff_fclones, skb1);
 
 	return skb->fclone == SKB_FCLONE_ORIG &&
-	       fclones->skb2.fclone == SKB_FCLONE_CLONE;
+	       fclones->skb2.fclone == SKB_FCLONE_CLONE &&
+	       fclones->skb2.sk == sk;
 }
 
 static inline struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_fclone(unsigned int size,

+ 1 - 1
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c

@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@ bool tcp_schedule_loss_probe(struct sock *sk)
 static bool skb_still_in_host_queue(const struct sock *sk,
 				    const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (unlikely(skb_fclone_busy(skb))) {
+	if (unlikely(skb_fclone_busy(sk, skb))) {
 		NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk),
 				 LINUX_MIB_TCPSPURIOUS_RTX_HOSTQUEUES);
 		return true;

+ 1 - 1
net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c

@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ static int xdst_queue_output(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct xfrm_policy *pol = xdst->pols[0];
 	struct xfrm_policy_queue *pq = &pol->polq;
 
-	if (unlikely(skb_fclone_busy(skb))) {
+	if (unlikely(skb_fclone_busy(sk, skb))) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return 0;
 	}