linux/net
Wei Wang cf1ef3f071 net/tcp_fastopen: Disable active side TFO in certain scenarios
Middlebox firewall issues can potentially cause server's data being
blackholed after a successful 3WHS using TFO. Following are the related
reports from Apple:
https://www.nanog.org/sites/default/files/Paasch_Network_Support.pdf
Slide 31 identifies an issue where the client ACK to the server's data
sent during a TFO'd handshake is dropped.
C ---> syn-data ---> S
C <--- syn/ack ----- S
C (accept & write)
C <---- data ------- S
C ----- ACK -> X     S
		[retry and timeout]

https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/94/slides/slides-94-tcpm-13.pdf
Slide 5 shows a similar situation that the server's data gets dropped
after 3WHS.
C ---- syn-data ---> S
C <--- syn/ack ----- S
C ---- ack --------> S
S (accept & write)
C?  X <- data ------ S
		[retry and timeout]

This is the worst failure b/c the client can not detect such behavior to
mitigate the situation (such as disabling TFO). Failing to proceed, the
application (e.g., SSL library) may simply timeout and retry with TFO
again, and the process repeats indefinitely.

The proposed solution is to disable active TFO globally under the
following circumstances:
1. client side TFO socket detects out of order FIN
2. client side TFO socket receives out of order RST

We disable active side TFO globally for 1hr at first. Then if it
happens again, we disable it for 2h, then 4h, 8h, ...
And we reset the timeout to 1hr if a client side TFO sockets not opened
on loopback has successfully received data segs from server.
And we examine this condition during close().

The rational behind it is that when such firewall issue happens,
application running on the client should eventually close the socket as
it is not able to get the data it is expecting. Or application running
on the server should close the socket as it is not able to receive any
response from client.
In both cases, out of order FIN or RST will get received on the client
given that the firewall will not block them as no data are in those
frames.
And we want to disable active TFO globally as it helps if the middle box
is very close to the client and most of the connections are likely to
fail.

Also, add a debug sysctl:
  tcp_fastopen_blackhole_detect_timeout_sec:
    the initial timeout to use when firewall blackhole issue happens.
    This can be set and read.
    When setting it to 0, it means to disable the active disable logic.

Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@google.com>
Acked-by: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-04-24 14:27:17 -04:00
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6lowpan 6lowpan: Don't set IFF_NO_QUEUE 2017-04-12 22:02:40 +02:00
9p Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-03-03 21:44:35 -08:00
802 Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
8021q netlink: pass extended ACK struct to parsing functions 2017-04-13 13:58:22 -04:00
appletalk lib/vsprintf.c: remove %Z support 2017-02-27 18:43:47 -08:00
atm neighbour: fix nlmsg_pid in notifications 2017-03-22 10:48:49 -07:00
ax25 net: Work around lockdep limitation in sockets that use sockets 2017-03-09 18:23:27 -08:00
batman-adv This feature/cleanup patchset includes the following patches: 2017-04-06 14:37:50 -07:00
bluetooth bluetooth: Do not set IFF_POINTOPOINT 2017-04-12 22:02:41 +02:00
bpf bpf: introduce BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN command 2017-04-01 12:45:57 -07:00
bridge net: rtnetlink: plumb extended ack to doit function 2017-04-17 15:35:38 -04:00
caif sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
can net: rtnetlink: plumb extended ack to doit function 2017-04-17 15:35:38 -04:00
ceph libceph: force GFP_NOIO for socket allocations 2017-03-23 12:03:36 +01:00
core net/devlink: Add E-Switch encapsulation control 2017-04-22 20:26:37 +03:00
dcb net: rtnetlink: plumb extended ack to doit function 2017-04-17 15:35:38 -04:00
dccp dccp: fix memory leak during tear-down of unsuccessful connection request 2017-03-13 22:00:42 -07:00
decnet net: rtnetlink: plumb extended ack to doit function 2017-04-17 15:35:38 -04:00
dns_resolver Merge branch 'WIP.sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-03 10:16:38 -08:00
dsa net: dsa: Remove redundant NULL dst check 2017-04-21 10:41:24 -04:00
ethernet Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2017-02-16 21:25:49 -05:00
hsr netlink: extended ACK reporting 2017-04-13 13:58:20 -04:00
ieee802154 netlink: pass extended ACK struct where available 2017-04-13 13:58:22 -04:00
ife net: Introduce ife encapsulation module 2017-02-03 15:16:45 -05:00
ipv4 net/tcp_fastopen: Disable active side TFO in certain scenarios 2017-04-24 14:27:17 -04:00
ipv6 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-21 20:23:53 -07:00
ipx ktime: Get rid of the union 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
irda net: Work around lockdep limitation in sockets that use sockets 2017-03-09 18:23:27 -08:00
iucv net: Work around lockdep limitation in sockets that use sockets 2017-03-09 18:23:27 -08:00
kcm kcm: remove a useless copy_from_user() 2017-04-17 13:28:48 -04:00
key Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-21 20:23:53 -07:00
l2tp l2tp: device MTU setup, tunnel socket needs a lock 2017-04-17 13:01:48 -04:00
l3mdev
lapb Replace <asm/uaccess.h> with <linux/uaccess.h> globally 2016-12-24 11:46:01 -08:00
llc net: Work around lockdep limitation in sockets that use sockets 2017-03-09 18:23:27 -08:00
mac80211 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-21 20:23:53 -07:00
mac802154 drivers: add explicit interrupt.h includes 2017-03-30 11:05:34 -07:00
mpls net: rtnetlink: plumb extended ack to doit function 2017-04-17 15:35:38 -04:00
ncsi
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-15 21:16:30 -04:00
netlabel netlink: pass extended ACK struct to parsing functions 2017-04-13 13:58:22 -04:00
netlink netlink: pass extended ACK struct where available 2017-04-13 13:58:22 -04:00
netrom net: Work around lockdep limitation in sockets that use sockets 2017-03-09 18:23:27 -08:00
nfc NFC 4.12 pull request 2017-04-21 15:29:40 -04:00
openvswitch openvswitch: Add eventmask support to CT action. 2017-04-24 13:53:25 -04:00
packet packet: add PACKET_FANOUT_FLAG_UNIQUEID to assign new fanout group id. 2017-04-24 12:46:00 -04:00
phonet net: rtnetlink: plumb extended ack to doit function 2017-04-17 15:35:38 -04:00
psample net: Introduce psample, a new genetlink channel for packet sampling 2017-01-24 13:44:28 -05:00
qrtr Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-21 20:23:53 -07:00
rds rds: tcp: canonical connection order for all paths with index > 0 2017-04-02 19:41:00 -07:00
rfkill rfkill: remove rfkill-regulator 2017-01-24 11:07:35 +01:00
rose net: Work around lockdep limitation in sockets that use sockets 2017-03-09 18:23:27 -08:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Trace client call connection 2017-04-06 11:10:41 +01:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-04-21 20:23:53 -07:00
sctp sctp: process duplicated strreset asoc request correctly 2017-04-18 13:39:50 -04:00
smc net/smc: do not use IB_SEND_INLINE together with mapped data 2017-04-11 23:01:14 -04:00
strparser strparser: destroy workqueue on module exit 2017-03-03 20:43:26 -08:00
sunrpc The restriction of NFSv4 to TCP went overboard and also broke the 2017-04-01 10:43:37 -07:00
switchdev netlink: pass extended ACK struct to parsing functions 2017-04-13 13:58:22 -04:00
tipc netlink: pass extended ACK struct where available 2017-04-13 13:58:22 -04:00
unix af_unix: Use designated initializers 2017-04-06 12:43:04 -07:00
vmw_vsock VSOCK: Add virtio vsock vsockmon hooks 2017-04-24 12:35:56 -04:00
wimax
wireless My last pull request has been a while, we now have: 2017-04-20 13:54:40 -04:00
x25 net: Work around lockdep limitation in sockets that use sockets 2017-03-09 18:23:27 -08:00
xfrm Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2017-04-21 15:11:28 -04:00
compat.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-02-22 10:15:09 -08:00
Kconfig bpf: make jited programs visible in traces 2017-02-17 13:40:05 -05:00
Makefile bpf: introduce BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN command 2017-04-01 12:45:57 -07:00
socket.c l2tp: device MTU setup, tunnel socket needs a lock 2017-04-17 13:01:48 -04:00
sysctl_net.c