From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: daniel@iogearbox.net, andrii@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com,
memxor@gmail.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, jakub@cloudflare.com,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, kuniyu@google.com,
willemb@google.com, matttbe@kernel.org, mptcp@lists.linux.dev,
mason@kernel.org, josef@toxicpanda.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf v2 11/15] bpf, sockmap: Don't copy 0 bytes into a full cork
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 09:41:52 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f64dd211-6449-4522-92e2-af1d5f238f73@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261102072112.4160195-12-alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
On 11/2/26 3:21 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> From: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
>
> psock->cork is a ring. sk_msg_memcopy_from_iter() writes at sg.curr.
> sk_msg_alloc() adds room at sg.end, where a full ring has a spare element.
>
> When only a part of the data fits, tcp_bpf_sendmsg() copies this part and
> flushes the cork. If nothing fits, it copies 0 bytes. This copy writes
> nothing, but it moves sg.curr to sg.end and returns -ENOSPC. Thus sendmsg()
> fails without a flush. sg.curr stays at sg.end, and from there a copy moves
> it past the spare element. Then a copy can skip the first new element, and
> the peer gets memory that nobody wrote.
>
> Skip the copy when sk_msg_alloc() adds nothing, as tls_sw_sendmsg_locked()
> does. This pass of the loop flushes the cork. The flush empties the element
> at sg.curr, thus the copy in the next pass starts at the first new element.
> Now sendmsg() on a full cork does not fail with ENOSPC. The prog runs on
> less data than it wants to cork, as it does when a part fits.
>
> The first Fixes tag is for the -ENOSPC without a flush. The commit in the
> second tag added the spare element. Since then sg.curr can move past it.
>
> Fixes: 604326b41a6f ("bpf, sockmap: convert to generic sk_msg interface")
> Fixes: 031097d9e079 ("net: skmsg: fix TLS 1.3 crash with full sk_msg")
> Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-03 1:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-02 7:20 [PATCH bpf v2 00/15] bpf, sockmap: Fixes for verdicts, redirects, corks and recvmsg() Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 7:20 ` [PATCH bpf v2 01/15] bpf, sockmap: Write sg.start when recvmsg() faults Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 8:32 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 7:20 ` [PATCH bpf v2 02/15] bpf, sockmap: Don't let an SK_DROP verdict stick Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 8:45 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 18:47 ` John Fastabend
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 03/15] bpf, sockmap: Don't let an SK_PASS verdict cover the next message Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 18:51 ` John Fastabend
2026-11-02 22:44 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-03 21:37 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 04/15] bpf, sockmap: Subtract all dropped bytes from the return value Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 11:19 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 19:12 ` John Fastabend
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 05/15] bpf, sockmap: Clear the resume state of a stopped psock Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 11:40 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 19:16 ` John Fastabend
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 06/15] bpf, sockmap: Give no progs to a TCP listener Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 12:00 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 19:31 ` John Fastabend
2026-11-03 21:37 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 07/15] bpf, sockmap: Check the target of an egress redirect before each send Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 12:32 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 16:18 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 19:36 ` John Fastabend
2026-11-03 21:38 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 08/15] net: Leave sk_stream_wait_memory() once the socket is dead Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 12:54 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 09/15] bpf, sockmap: Check the TCP state in recvmsg() Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-02 15:15 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 16:57 ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-11-03 21:38 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 10/15] bpf, sockmap: Reset the copy position when corking Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-03 1:39 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 11/15] bpf, sockmap: Don't copy 0 bytes into a full cork Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-03 1:41 ` Jiayuan Chen [this message]
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 12/15] bpf, sockmap: Clear the redirect target before the sk_msg prog runs Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-03 1:58 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 13/15] bpf, sockmap: Check that the redirected message is the cork Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-03 2:07 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 14/15] bpf, sockmap: Keep the rest of the cork after a redirect Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-03 2:25 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-03 21:38 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-02 7:21 ` [PATCH bpf v2 15/15] bpf, sockmap: Clear the end mark of elements added by push and pop Alexei Starovoitov
2026-11-03 2:51 ` Jiayuan Chen
2026-11-02 9:29 ` [PATCH bpf v2 00/15] bpf, sockmap: Fixes for verdicts, redirects, corks and recvmsg() MPTCP CI
2026-11-02 20:11 ` John Fastabend
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