tcp: fix an infinite loop in tcp_slow_start()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Sat, 2 Feb 2013 05:23:16 +0000 (05:23 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sun, 3 Feb 2013 21:00:25 +0000 (16:00 -0500)
Since commit 9dc274151a548 (tcp: fix ABC in tcp_slow_start()),
a nul snd_cwnd triggers an infinite loop in tcp_slow_start()

Avoid this infinite loop and log a one time error for further
analysis. FRTO code is suspected to cause this bug.

Reported-by: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c

index 291f2ed7cc311649a72700d65098b6d70ba338b5..cdf2e707bb100500511d6b2d46ece69e19163cfa 100644 (file)
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ void tcp_slow_start(struct tcp_sock *tp)
 {
        int cnt; /* increase in packets */
        unsigned int delta = 0;
+       u32 snd_cwnd = tp->snd_cwnd;
+
+       if (unlikely(!snd_cwnd)) {
+               pr_err_once("snd_cwnd is nul, please report this bug.\n");
+               snd_cwnd = 1U;
+       }
 
        /* RFC3465: ABC Slow start
         * Increase only after a full MSS of bytes is acked
@@ -324,7 +330,7 @@ void tcp_slow_start(struct tcp_sock *tp)
        if (sysctl_tcp_max_ssthresh > 0 && tp->snd_cwnd > sysctl_tcp_max_ssthresh)
                cnt = sysctl_tcp_max_ssthresh >> 1;     /* limited slow start */
        else
-               cnt = tp->snd_cwnd;                     /* exponential increase */
+               cnt = snd_cwnd;                         /* exponential increase */
 
        /* RFC3465: ABC
         * We MAY increase by 2 if discovered delayed ack
@@ -334,11 +340,11 @@ void tcp_slow_start(struct tcp_sock *tp)
        tp->bytes_acked = 0;
 
        tp->snd_cwnd_cnt += cnt;
-       while (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt >= tp->snd_cwnd) {
-               tp->snd_cwnd_cnt -= tp->snd_cwnd;
+       while (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt >= snd_cwnd) {
+               tp->snd_cwnd_cnt -= snd_cwnd;
                delta++;
        }
-       tp->snd_cwnd = min(tp->snd_cwnd + delta, tp->snd_cwnd_clamp);
+       tp->snd_cwnd = min(snd_cwnd + delta, tp->snd_cwnd_clamp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_slow_start);