* Re: [PATCH net-next v15 13/15] quic: add timer management
@ 2026-09-15 19:50 netdev-bot+sashiko
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From: netdev-bot+sashiko @ 2026-09-15 19:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: lucien.xin
Cc: netdev, quic, davem, kuba, edumazet, pabeni, horms, metze, mbuhl,
tfanelli, hepengtao, dreibh, linux-cifs, pc, linkinjeon, tom,
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aahringo, dhowells, matttbe, mail, xiyou.wangcong, alibuda,
jbaron, illiliti, sd, marcelo.leitner, daniel, andrew.gospodarek,
mef, paul
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential
issue(s) to consider:
Critical: 0 · High: 0 · Medium: 0 · Low: 2
- [Low] The new timer abstraction discards compile-time type and index
checking: quic_timer() in net/quic/socket.h returns void * (all…
- [Low] quic_timer_stop() (net/quic/timer.c:119) cancels the timer object
only; it never clears the matching QUIC_F_*_DEFERRED bit in…
--
quic: add timer management
This adds a quic_timer abstraction covering the loss, delayed ACK, path
validation, PMTU probing and pacing timers, with common start/reset/stop
helpers. Expiry while the socket is owned by a user is deferred through
sk_tsq_flags and dispatched from quic_release_cb().
A couple of questions below.
> diff --git a/net/quic/socket.c b/net/quic/socket.c
> index 8d3da3f03347b..2632f024029c0 100644
> --- a/net/quic/socket.c
> +++ b/net/quic/socket.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -214,6 +218,35 @@ static int quic_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
>
> static void quic_release_cb(struct sock *sk)
> {
> + /* Similar to tcp_release_cb(). */
> + unsigned long nflags, flags = smp_load_acquire(&sk->sk_tsq_flags);
> +
> + do {
> + if (!(flags & QUIC_DEFERRED_ALL))
> + return;
> + nflags = flags & ~QUIC_DEFERRED_ALL;
> + } while (!try_cmpxchg(&sk->sk_tsq_flags, &flags, nflags));
> +
> + if (flags & QUIC_F_LOSS_DEFERRED) {
> + quic_timer_loss_handler(sk);
> + __sock_put(sk);
> + }
[ ... ]
> diff --git a/net/quic/socket.h b/net/quic/socket.h
> index d7811391cc8b5..c5654fdc06b59 100644
> --- a/net/quic/socket.h
> +++ b/net/quic/socket.h
[ ... ]
> @@ -119,6 +147,11 @@ static inline struct quic_crypto *quic_crypto(const struct sock *sk, u8 level)
> return &quic_sk(sk)->crypto[level];
> }
>
> +static inline void *quic_timer(const struct sock *sk, u8 type)
> +{
> + return (void *)&quic_sk(sk)->timers[type];
> +}
[Severity: Low]
This isn't a bug today, but is the void * return here intentional? All
the sibling accessors in this header return typed pointers
(quic_cong(), quic_crypto(), quic_pnspace(), quic_paths()), so a wrong
type would still compile:
if (timer_delete(quic_timer(sk, type)))
With struct quic_timer being a union of struct timer_list and struct
hrtimer, passing QUIC_TIMER_PACE to quic_timer_reset()/quic_timer_stop()
would apply mod_timer()/timer_delete() to the hrtimer member, and
quic_timer_reset() has to catch that at runtime instead:
/* Note that type must never be QUIC_TIMER_PACE for this helper. */
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(type == QUIC_TIMER_PACE))
return;
quic_timer_start() and quic_timer_stop() make the same timer_list versus
hrtimer choice from type with no equivalent guard. There is also no
type < QUIC_TIMER_MAX taming here, and timers[] is the last member of
struct quic_sock.
Every caller in the series passes a compile-time enum constant
(quic_timer_init()/quic_timer_free(), and QUIC_TIMER_PMTU from
net/quic/packet.c), so nothing is reachable now. Would returning
struct quic_timer * (or keeping the pace hrtimer in its own field) let
the compiler enforce this while the interface is still new?
> diff --git a/net/quic/timer.c b/net/quic/timer.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..0dd6d6580bbd9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/net/quic/timer.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
[ ... ]
> +static void quic_timer_timeout(struct quic_timer *t, int type, int defer_bit,
> + void (*handler)(struct sock *sk))
> +{
> + struct quic_sock *qs = container_of(t, struct quic_sock, timers[type]);
> + struct sock *sk = &qs->inet.sk;
> +
> + bh_lock_sock(sk);
> + if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
> + if (!test_and_set_bit(defer_bit, &sk->sk_tsq_flags))
> + sock_hold(sk);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + handler(sk);
> +out:
> + bh_unlock_sock(sk);
> + sock_put(sk);
> +}
The type argument here duplicates information the timer pointer already
carries, so container_of(t, struct quic_sock, timers[type]) can disagree
with the slot the timer actually lives in and silently produce a wrong
struct sock *. Could the socket be derived from the timer pointer alone?
[ ... ]
> +void quic_timer_stop(struct sock *sk, u8 type)
> +{
> + if (type == QUIC_TIMER_PACE) {
> + if (hrtimer_try_to_cancel(quic_timer(sk, type)) == 1)
> + sock_put(sk);
> + return;
> + }
> + if (timer_delete(quic_timer(sk, type)))
> + sock_put(sk);
> +}
[Severity: Low]
Can a stopped timer still get its handler called? quic_timer_stop()
cancels the timer object but leaves the matching QUIC_F_*_DEFERRED bit
set, and quic_release_cb() is the only place that clears those bits and
it dispatches each one unconditionally:
quic_timer_timeout() (timer already fired, socket owned by user)
if (!test_and_set_bit(defer_bit, &sk->sk_tsq_flags))
sock_hold(sk);
then quic_timer_stop() runs and only does:
if (timer_delete(quic_timer(sk, type)))
sock_put(sk);
and later quic_release_cb() still does:
if (flags & QUIC_F_LOSS_DEFERRED) {
quic_timer_loss_handler(sk);
__sock_put(sk);
}
The same applies to quic_timer_free() from quic_destroy_sock().
tcp_write_timer_handler() re-checks icsk->icsk_pending before acting;
here the handlers do no such re-validation.
The reference accounting is balanced and all five handlers are empty in
this patch, and the only quic_timer_stop() calls in the series are the
five teardown calls inside quic_timer_free(), so nothing misbehaves yet.
Once the handlers have real bodies, should quic_timer_stop() also clear
the deferred bit (and drop the reference it holds), or should each
handler re-validate its timer state?
> diff --git a/net/quic/timer.h b/net/quic/timer.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..4f63660376027
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/net/quic/timer.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
[ ... ]
> +struct quic_timer {
> + union {
> + struct timer_list t;
> + struct hrtimer hr;
> + };
> +};
[ ... ]
--
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@ 2026-09-14 13:49 Xin Long
2026-09-14 13:49 ` [PATCH net-next v15 13/15] quic: add timer management Xin Long
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From: Xin Long @ 2026-09-14 13:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: network dev, quic
Cc: davem, kuba, Eric Dumazet, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman,
Stefan Metzmacher, Moritz Buhl, Tyler Fanelli, Pengtao He,
Thomas Dreibholz, linux-cifs, Paulo Alcantara, Namjae Jeon,
Tom Talpey, kernel-tls-handshake, Chuck Lever, Jeff Layton,
Steve Dickson, Hannes Reinecke, Alexander Aring, David Howells,
Matthieu Baerts, John Ericson, Cong Wang, D . Wythe, Jason Baron,
illiliti, Sabrina Dubroca, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner,
Daniel Stenberg, Andy Gospodarek, mef, paul
Introduction
============
The QUIC protocol, defined in RFC 9000, is a secure, multiplexed transport
built on top of UDP. It enables low-latency connection establishment,
stream-based communication with flow control, and supports connection
migration across network paths, while ensuring confidentiality, integrity,
and availability.
This implementation introduces QUIC support in Linux Kernel, offering
several key advantages:
- In-Kernel QUIC Support for Subsystems: Enables kernel subsystems
such as SMB and NFS to operate over QUIC with minimal changes. Once the
handshake is complete via the net/handshake APIs, data exchange proceeds
over standard in-kernel transport interfaces.
- Standard Socket API Semantics: Implements core socket operations
(listen(), accept(), connect(), sendmsg(), recvmsg(), close(),
getsockopt(), setsockopt(), getsockname(), and getpeername()),
allowing user space to interact with QUIC sockets in a familiar,
POSIX-compliant way.
- ALPN-Based Connection Dispatching: Supports in-kernel ALPN
(Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation) routing, allowing demultiplexing
of QUIC connections across different user-space processes based
on the ALPN identifiers.
- Performance Enhancements: Handles all control messages in-kernel
to reduce syscall overhead, incorporates zero-copy mechanisms such as
sendfile() to minimize data movement, and is also structured to support
future crypto hardware offloads.
This implementation offers fundamental support for the following RFCs:
- RFC9000 - QUIC: A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure Transport
- RFC9001 - Using TLS to Secure QUIC
- RFC9002 - QUIC Loss Detection and Congestion Control
- RFC9221 - An Unreliable Datagram Extension to QUIC
- RFC9287 - Greasing the QUIC Bit
- RFC9368 - Compatible Version Negotiation for QUIC
- RFC9369 - QUIC Version 2
The socket APIs for QUIC follow the RFC draft [1]:
- The Sockets API Extensions for In-kernel QUIC Implementations
Implementation
==============
The central design is to implement QUIC within the kernel while delegating
the handshake to userspace.
Only the processing and creation of raw TLS Handshake Messages are handled
in userspace, facilitated by a TLS library like GnuTLS. These messages are
exchanged between kernel and userspace via sendmsg() and recvmsg(), with
cryptographic details conveyed through control messages (cmsg).
The entire QUIC protocol, aside from the TLS Handshake Messages processing
and creation, is managed in the kernel. Rather than using an Upper Layer
Protocol (ULP) layer, this implementation establishes a socket of type
IPPROTO_QUIC (similar to IPPROTO_MPTCP), operating over UDP tunnels.
For kernel consumers, they can initiate a handshake request from the kernel
to userspace using the existing net/handshake netlink. The userspace
component, such as tlshd service [2], then manages the processing
of the QUIC handshake request.
- Handshake Architecture:
┌──────┐ ┌──────┐
│ APP1 │ │ APP2 │ ...
└──────┘ └──────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ {quic_client/server_handshake()} │<─────────────┐
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌─────────────┐
{send/recvmsg()} {set/getsockopt()} │ tlshd │
[CMSG handshake_info] [SOCKOPT_CRYPTO_SECRET] └─────────────┘
[SOCKOPT_TRANSPORT_PARAM_EXT] │ ^
│ ^ │ ^ │ │
Userspace │ │ │ │ │ │
──────────────│─│──────────────────│─│──────────────────│───│───────
Kernel │ │ │ │ │ │
v │ v │ v │
┌──────────────────┬───────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
│ protocol, timer, │ socket (IPPROTO_QUIC) │<──┐ │ handshake │
│ ├───────────────────────┤ │ │netlink APIs │
│ common, family, │ outqueue | inqueue │ │ └─────────────┘
│ ├───────────────────────┤ │ │ │
│ stream, connid, │ frame │ │ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐
│ ├───────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ │
│ path, pnspace, │ packet │ │───│ SMB │ │ NFS │...
│ ├───────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ │
│ cong, crypto │ UDP tunnels │ │ └─────┘ └─────┘
└──────────────────┴───────────────────────┘ └──────┴───────┘
- User Data Architecture:
┌──────┐ ┌──────┐
│ APP1 │ │ APP2 │ ...
└──────┘ └──────┘
{send/recvmsg()} {set/getsockopt()} {recvmsg()}
[CMSG stream_info] [SOCKOPT_KEY_UPDATE] [EVENT conn update]
[SOCKOPT_CONNECTION_MIGRATION] [EVENT stream update]
[SOCKOPT_STREAM_OPEN/RESET/STOP]
│ ^ │ ^ ^
Userspace │ │ │ │ │
──────────────│─│───────────────│─│─────────────────────│───────────
Kernel │ │ │ │ │
v │ v │ ┌──────────────────┘
┌──────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
│ protocol, timer, │ socket (IPPROTO_QUIC) │<──┐{kernel_send/recvmsg()}
│ ├───────────────────────┤ │{kernel_set/getsockopt()}
│ common, family, │ outqueue | inqueue │ │{kernel_recvmsg()}
│ ├───────────────────────┤ │
│ stream, connid, │ frame │ │ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐
│ ├───────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ │
│ path, pnspace, │ packet │ │───│ SMB │ │ NFS │...
│ ├───────────────────────┤ │ │ │ │ │
│ cong, crypto │ UDP tunnels │ │ └─────┘ └─────┘
└──────────────────┴───────────────────────┘ └──────┴───────┘
Interface
=========
This implementation supports a mapping of QUIC into sockets APIs. Similar
to TCP and SCTP, a typical Server and Client use the following system call
sequence to communicate:
Client Server
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
sockfd = socket(IPPROTO_QUIC) listenfd = socket(IPPROTO_QUIC)
bind(sockfd) bind(listenfd)
listen(listenfd)
connect(sockfd)
quic_client_handshake(sockfd)
sockfd = accept(listenfd)
quic_server_handshake(sockfd, cert)
sendmsg(sockfd) recvmsg(sockfd)
close(sockfd) close(sockfd)
close(listenfd)
Please note that quic_client_handshake() and quic_server_handshake()
functions are currently sourced from libquic [3]. These functions are
responsible for receiving and processing the raw TLS handshake messages
until the completion of the handshake process.
For utilization by kernel consumers, it is essential to have tlshd
service [2] installed and running in userspace. This service receives
and manages kernel handshake requests for kernel sockets. In the kernel,
the APIs closely resemble those used in userspace:
Client Server
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
__sock_create(IPPROTO_QUIC, &sock) __sock_create(IPPROTO_QUIC, &sock)
kernel_bind(sock) kernel_bind(sock)
kernel_listen(sock)
kernel_connect(sock)
tls_client_hello_x509(args:{sock})
kernel_accept(sock, &newsock)
tls_server_hello_x509(args:{newsock})
kernel_sendmsg(sock) kernel_recvmsg(newsock)
sock_release(sock) sock_release(newsock)
sock_release(sock)
Please be aware that tls_client_hello_x509() and tls_server_hello_x509()
are APIs from net/handshake/. They are used to dispatch the handshake
request to the userspace tlshd service and subsequently block until the
handshake process is completed.
Use Cases
=========
- Samba
Stefan Metzmacher has integrated Linux QUIC into Samba for both client
and server roles [4].
- tlshd
The tlshd daemon [2] facilitates Linux QUIC handshake requests from
kernel sockets. This is essential for enabling protocols like SMB
and NFS over QUIC.
- curl
Linux QUIC is being integrated into curl [5] for HTTP/3. Example usage:
# curl --http3-only https://nghttp2.org:4433/
# curl --http3-only https://www.google.com/
# curl --http3-only https://facebook.com/
# curl --http3-only https://outlook.office.com/
# curl --http3-only https://cloudflare-quic.com/
- httpd-portable
Moritz Buhl has deployed an HTTP/3 server over Linux QUIC [6] that is
accessible via Firefox and curl:
https://d.moritzbuhl.de/pub
- NetPerfMeter
The latest NetPerfMeter release supports Linux QUIC and can be used to
run performance evaluations [10].
Test Coverage
=============
The Coverage (gcov) of Functional and Interop Tests:
https://d.moritzbuhl.de/lcov
- Functional Tests
The libquic self-tests (make check) pass on all major architectures:
x86_64, i386, s390x, aarch64, ppc64le.
- Interop tests
Interoperability was validated using the QUIC Interop Runner [7] against
all major userland QUIC stacks. Results are available at:
https://d.moritzbuhl.de/
- Fuzzing via Syzkaller
Syzkaller has been running kernel fuzzing with QUIC for weeks using
tests/syzkaller/ in libquic [3].
- Performance Testing
Performance was benchmarked using iperf [8] over a 100G NIC using
various MTUs and packet sizes:
- QUIC vs. kTLS:
UNIT size:1024 size:4096 size:16384 size:65536
Gbits/sec QUIC | kTLS QUIC | kTLS QUIC | kTLS QUIC | kTLS
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
mtu:1500 2.27 | 3.26 3.02 | 6.97 3.36 | 9.74 3.48 | 10.8
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
mtu:9000 3.66 | 3.72 5.87 | 8.92 7.03 | 11.2 8.04 | 11.4
- QUIC(disable_1rtt_encryption) vs. TCP:
UNIT size:1024 size:4096 size:16384 size:65536
Gbits/sec QUIC | TCP QUIC | TCP QUIC | TCP QUIC | TCP
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
mtu:1500 3.09 | 4.59 4.46 | 14.2 5.07 | 21.3 5.18 | 23.9
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
mtu:9000 4.60 | 4.65 8.41 | 14.0 11.3 | 28.9 13.5 | 39.2
The performance gap between QUIC and kTLS may be attributed to:
- The absence of Generic Segmentation Offload (GSO) for QUIC.
- An additional data copy on the transmission (TX) path.
- Extra encryption required for header protection in QUIC.
- A longer header length for the stream data in QUIC.
Patches
=======
Note: This implementation is organized into five parts and submitted across
two patchsets for review. This patchset includes Parts 1–2, while Parts 3–5
will be submitted in a subsequent patchset. For complete series, see [9].
1. Infrastructure (2):
net: define IPPROTO_QUIC and SOL_QUIC constants
net: build socket infrastructure for QUIC protocol
2. Subcomponents (13):
quic: provide common utilities and data structures
quic: provide family ops for address and protocol
quic: provide quic.h header files for kernel and userspace
quic: add stream management
quic: add connection id management
quic: add path management
quic: add congestion control
quic: add packet number space
quic: add crypto key derivation and installation
quic: add crypto packet encryption and decryption
quic: add timer management
quic: add packet builder base
quic: add packet parser base
3. Data Processing (8):
quic: add frame encoder and decoder base
quic: implement outqueue transmission and flow control
quic: implement outqueue sack and retransmission
quic: implement inqueue receiving and flow control
quic: implement frame creation functions
quic: implement frame processing functions
quic: implement packet creation functions
quic: implement packet processing functions
4. Socket APIs (6):
quic: support bind/listen/connect/accept/close()
quic: support sendmsg() and recvmsg()
quic: support socket options related to interaction after handshake
quic: support socket options related to settings prior to handshake
quic: support socket options related to setup during handshake
quic: support socket ioctls and socket dump via procfs
5. Documentation and Selftests (3):
Documentation: describe QUIC protocol interface in quic.rst
quic: create sample test using handshake APIs for kernel consumers
selftests: net: add tests for QUIC protocol
Notice: The QUIC module is currently labeled as "EXPERIMENTAL".
All contributors are recognized in the respective patches with the tag of
'Signed-off-by:'. Special thanks to Moritz Buhl and Stefan Metzmacher whose
practical use cases and insightful feedback have been instrumental in
shaping the design and advancing the development.
References
==========
[1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-lxin-quic-socket-apis
[2] https://github.com/oracle/ktls-utils
[3] https://github.com/lxin/quic
[4] https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba/-/merge_requests/4019
[5] https://github.com/moritzbuhl/curl/tree/linux_curl
[6] https://github.com/moritzbuhl/httpd-portable
[7] https://github.com/quic-interop/quic-interop-runner
[8] https://github.com/lxin/iperf
[9] https://github.com/lxin/net-next/commits/quic/
[10] https://www.nntb.no/~dreibh/netperfmeter/
Changes in v2-v15: See individual patch changelogs for details.
Xin Long (15):
net: define IPPROTO_QUIC and SOL_QUIC constants
net: build socket infrastructure for QUIC protocol
quic: provide common utilities and data structures
quic: provide family ops for address and protocol
quic: provide quic.h header files for kernel and userspace
quic: add stream management
quic: add connection id management
quic: add path management
quic: add congestion control
quic: add packet number space
quic: add crypto key derivation and installation
quic: add crypto packet encryption and decryption
quic: add timer management
quic: add packet builder base
quic: add packet parser base
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 39 +
MAINTAINERS | 9 +
include/linux/quic.h | 38 +
include/linux/socket.h | 1 +
include/trace/events/sock.h | 3 +-
include/uapi/linux/in.h | 2 +
include/uapi/linux/quic.h | 241 ++++
net/Kconfig | 1 +
net/Makefile | 1 +
net/quic/Kconfig | 35 +
net/quic/Makefile | 9 +
net/quic/common.c | 565 ++++++++
net/quic/common.h | 220 +++
net/quic/cong.c | 340 +++++
net/quic/cong.h | 132 ++
net/quic/connid.c | 283 ++++
net/quic/connid.h | 183 +++
net/quic/crypto.c | 1251 +++++++++++++++++
net/quic/crypto.h | 88 ++
net/quic/family.c | 446 ++++++
net/quic/family.h | 44 +
net/quic/packet.c | 1055 ++++++++++++++
net/quic/packet.h | 123 ++
net/quic/path.c | 589 ++++++++
net/quic/path.h | 192 +++
net/quic/pnspace.c | 273 ++++
net/quic/pnspace.h | 201 +++
net/quic/protocol.c | 403 ++++++
net/quic/protocol.h | 57 +
net/quic/socket.c | 654 +++++++++
net/quic/socket.h | 242 ++++
net/quic/stream.c | 416 ++++++
net/quic/stream.h | 133 ++
net/quic/timer.c | 154 ++
net/quic/timer.h | 45 +
tools/include/uapi/linux/in.h | 2 +
.../perf/trace/beauty/include/linux/socket.h | 1 +
usr/include/Makefile | 1 +
38 files changed, 8471 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/quic.h
create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/quic.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/Kconfig
create mode 100644 net/quic/Makefile
create mode 100644 net/quic/common.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/common.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/cong.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/cong.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/connid.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/connid.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/crypto.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/crypto.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/family.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/family.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/packet.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/packet.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/path.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/path.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/pnspace.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/pnspace.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/protocol.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/protocol.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/socket.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/socket.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/stream.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/stream.h
create mode 100644 net/quic/timer.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/timer.h
--
2.47.1
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2026-09-14 13:49 [PATCH net-next v15 00/15] net: introduce QUIC infrastructure and core subcomponents Xin Long
@ 2026-09-14 13:49 ` Xin Long
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Xin Long @ 2026-09-14 13:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: network dev, quic
Cc: davem, kuba, Eric Dumazet, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman,
Stefan Metzmacher, Moritz Buhl, Tyler Fanelli, Pengtao He,
Thomas Dreibholz, linux-cifs, Paulo Alcantara, Namjae Jeon,
Tom Talpey, kernel-tls-handshake, Chuck Lever, Jeff Layton,
Steve Dickson, Hannes Reinecke, Alexander Aring, David Howells,
Matthieu Baerts, John Ericson, Cong Wang, D . Wythe, Jason Baron,
illiliti, Sabrina Dubroca, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner,
Daniel Stenberg, Andy Gospodarek, mef, paul
This patch introduces 'quic_timer' to unify and manage the five main
timers used in QUIC: loss detection, delayed ACK, path validation,
PMTU probing, and pacing. These timers are critical for driving
retransmissions, connection liveness, and flow control.
Each timer type is initialized, started, reset, or stopped using a common
set of operations.
- quic_timer_reset(): Reset a timer with type and timeout
- quic_timer_start(): Start a timer with type and timeout
- quic_timer_stop(): Stop a timer with type
Although handler functions for each timer are defined, they are currently
placeholders; their logic will be implemented in upcoming patches for
packet transmission and outqueue handling.
Deferred timer actions are also integrated through quic_release_cb(),
which dispatches to the appropriate handler when timers expire.
Signed-off-by: Tyler Fanelli <tfanelli@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
---
Sashiko, do not report any of the following concerns:
- Ignore the concern about timeout = 0 being silently ignored in
quic_timer_start() and quic_timer_reset(). A timeout value of 0 means
no timer is armed by design; callers do not use it to request immediate
expiration. Immediate timer expiry should be handled explicitly by the
caller if needed.
- Ignore the potential truncation of 64-bit timeout values in
usecs_to_jiffies(). QUIC timer values are bounded by protocol and
implementation limits and cannot exceed the range accepted by
usecs_to_jiffies(). Therefore, the conversion to unsigned int does not
truncate a valid QUIC timeout value.
- Ignore the concern about QUIC_TIMER_PACE accepting a zero timeout.
Callers of quic_timer_start() with QUIC_TIMER_PACE will ensure the
timeout is never 0 in the next patchset, so the pacing timer does not
need an additional zero-timeout check here.
- Ignore the concern about timer callbacks racing with quic_timer_free().
quic_timer_free() is called from quic_destroy_sock() only after
quic_close() has set sk_state to CLOSED. In the next patchset, any
timer callback that runs after that point checks sk_state and returns
immediately when it is CLOSED, without accessing the other quic_sock
members. Therefore, asynchronous timer cancellation does not result in
a use-after-free here.
- Ignore the concern about quic_tsq_enum sharing bit positions with TCP's
tsq_enum. sk_tsq_flags is used independently by each socket protocol,
and QUIC's deferred flags are only interpreted by QUIC's release_cb
path. There is no cross-protocol interpretation of these bits, so
reusing the low bits is safe and does not require starting the QUIC
enum above TCP's range.
- Ignore the concern about QUIC_F_MTU_REDUCED_DEFERRED being cleared
without a matching __sock_put(). The QUIC_F_MTU_REDUCED_DEFERRED
handling in quic_release_cb() will be added in the next patch, before
anything sets this bit and takes the corresponding socket reference.
Therefore, this patch cannot trigger the described reference leak.
- Ignore the concern about the timeout parameter having different
semantics for QUIC_TIMER_PACE. This is intentional: QUIC_TIMER_PACE
expects an absolute timestamp in nanoseconds, while the other timer
types expect a relative delay in microseconds. The callers use the
appropriate units and semantics for each timer type.
- Ignore the concern about the hrtimer_is_queued() / sock_hold() race.
quic_timer_start() is called under the socket lock in the next
patchset, so concurrent callers cannot execute this check-and-arm
sequence simultaneously. Therefore, only one caller can observe the
timer as unqueued and take the corresponding sock_hold().
- Ignore the concern about quic_timer_pace_timeout() potentially reaching
a sleeping cra_exit() through sock_put(). The crypto algorithms used by
QUIC have cra_exit() implementations that do not sleep; their teardown
paths only perform non-sleeping operations. Therefore, releasing the
socket reference from the softirq context of the pace timer is safe.
- Ignore the concern about the timer-held socket reference preventing
quic_destroy_sock() from running. quic_destroy_sock() is called from
quic_close() via sk_common_release(), so quic_timer_free() is reached
during socket close and can cancel the pending timers and release their
references. The timers therefore do not keep closed sockets alive until
expiration.
- Ignore the concern about leaking the socket counters in
quic_init_sock(). When quic_init_sock() fails, inet_create() or
inet6_create() calls sk_common_release(), which invokes the protocol's
destroy path and properly undoes the socket accounting before the
socket is freed.
v5:
- Rename QUIC_TSQ_DEFERRED to QUIC_PACE_DEFERRED.
v11:
- Note for AI reviews: it is safe to avoid synchronous timer shutdown,
as the timer holds a socket reference and handlers will not access
pnspace/crypto/cong data once sk_state is closed in later patches.
- Note for AI reviews: QUIC_F_MTU_REDUCED_DEFERRED will be used in a
later patch; handling in quic_release_cb() will be added then.
- Set maximum line length to 80 characters.
- Add a check for type in quic_timer_reset().
- Extract quic_timer_timeout() from
quic_timer_sack/loss/path/pmtu/pace_timeout() (noted by AI review).
v12:
- Remove quic_timer_reset_path() as it is no longer used.
---
net/quic/Makefile | 2 +-
net/quic/socket.c | 33 ++++++++++
net/quic/socket.h | 33 ++++++++++
net/quic/timer.c | 154 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
net/quic/timer.h | 45 ++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 266 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 net/quic/timer.c
create mode 100644 net/quic/timer.h
diff --git a/net/quic/Makefile b/net/quic/Makefile
index 58bb18f7926d..2ccf01ad9e22 100644
--- a/net/quic/Makefile
+++ b/net/quic/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_IP_QUIC) += quic.o
quic-y := common.o family.o protocol.o socket.o stream.o connid.o path.o \
- cong.o pnspace.o crypto.o
+ cong.o pnspace.o crypto.o timer.o
diff --git a/net/quic/socket.c b/net/quic/socket.c
index 8d3da3f03347..2632f024029c 100644
--- a/net/quic/socket.c
+++ b/net/quic/socket.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ static int quic_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
quic_path_init(quic_paths(sk));
quic_cong_init(quic_cong(sk));
+ quic_timer_init(sk);
+
if (quic_stream_init(quic_streams(sk)))
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ static void quic_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
{
u8 i;
+ quic_timer_free(sk);
+
for (i = 0; i < QUIC_PNSPACE_MAX; i++)
quic_pnspace_free(quic_pnspace(sk, i));
@@ -214,6 +218,35 @@ static int quic_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
static void quic_release_cb(struct sock *sk)
{
+ /* Similar to tcp_release_cb(). */
+ unsigned long nflags, flags = smp_load_acquire(&sk->sk_tsq_flags);
+
+ do {
+ if (!(flags & QUIC_DEFERRED_ALL))
+ return;
+ nflags = flags & ~QUIC_DEFERRED_ALL;
+ } while (!try_cmpxchg(&sk->sk_tsq_flags, &flags, nflags));
+
+ if (flags & QUIC_F_LOSS_DEFERRED) {
+ quic_timer_loss_handler(sk);
+ __sock_put(sk);
+ }
+ if (flags & QUIC_F_SACK_DEFERRED) {
+ quic_timer_sack_handler(sk);
+ __sock_put(sk);
+ }
+ if (flags & QUIC_F_PATH_DEFERRED) {
+ quic_timer_path_handler(sk);
+ __sock_put(sk);
+ }
+ if (flags & QUIC_F_PMTU_DEFERRED) {
+ quic_timer_pmtu_handler(sk);
+ __sock_put(sk);
+ }
+ if (flags & QUIC_F_PACE_DEFERRED) {
+ quic_timer_pace_handler(sk);
+ __sock_put(sk);
+ }
}
static int quic_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
diff --git a/net/quic/socket.h b/net/quic/socket.h
index d7811391cc8b..c5654fdc06b5 100644
--- a/net/quic/socket.h
+++ b/net/quic/socket.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
#include "cong.h"
#include "protocol.h"
+#include "timer.h"
extern struct proto quic_prot;
extern struct proto quicv6_prot;
@@ -32,6 +33,31 @@ enum quic_state {
QUIC_SS_ESTABLISHED = TCP_ESTABLISHED,
};
+enum quic_tsq_enum {
+ QUIC_MTU_REDUCED_DEFERRED,
+ QUIC_LOSS_DEFERRED,
+ QUIC_SACK_DEFERRED,
+ QUIC_PATH_DEFERRED,
+ QUIC_PMTU_DEFERRED,
+ QUIC_PACE_DEFERRED,
+};
+
+enum quic_tsq_flags {
+ QUIC_F_MTU_REDUCED_DEFERRED = BIT(QUIC_MTU_REDUCED_DEFERRED),
+ QUIC_F_LOSS_DEFERRED = BIT(QUIC_LOSS_DEFERRED),
+ QUIC_F_SACK_DEFERRED = BIT(QUIC_SACK_DEFERRED),
+ QUIC_F_PATH_DEFERRED = BIT(QUIC_PATH_DEFERRED),
+ QUIC_F_PMTU_DEFERRED = BIT(QUIC_PMTU_DEFERRED),
+ QUIC_F_PACE_DEFERRED = BIT(QUIC_PACE_DEFERRED),
+};
+
+#define QUIC_DEFERRED_ALL (QUIC_F_MTU_REDUCED_DEFERRED | \
+ QUIC_F_LOSS_DEFERRED | \
+ QUIC_F_SACK_DEFERRED | \
+ QUIC_F_PATH_DEFERRED | \
+ QUIC_F_PMTU_DEFERRED | \
+ QUIC_F_PACE_DEFERRED)
+
struct quic_sock {
struct inet_sock inet;
struct list_head reqs;
@@ -47,6 +73,8 @@ struct quic_sock {
struct quic_cong cong;
struct quic_pnspace space[QUIC_PNSPACE_MAX];
struct quic_crypto crypto[QUIC_CRYPTO_MAX];
+
+ struct quic_timer timers[QUIC_TIMER_MAX];
};
struct quic6_sock {
@@ -119,6 +147,11 @@ static inline struct quic_crypto *quic_crypto(const struct sock *sk, u8 level)
return &quic_sk(sk)->crypto[level];
}
+static inline void *quic_timer(const struct sock *sk, u8 type)
+{
+ return (void *)&quic_sk(sk)->timers[type];
+}
+
static inline bool quic_is_establishing(struct sock *sk)
{
return sk->sk_state == QUIC_SS_ESTABLISHING;
diff --git a/net/quic/timer.c b/net/quic/timer.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0dd6d6580bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/quic/timer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/* QUIC kernel implementation
+ * (C) Copyright Red Hat Corp. 2023
+ *
+ * This file is part of the QUIC kernel implementation
+ *
+ * Initialization/cleanup for QUIC protocol support.
+ *
+ * Written or modified by:
+ * Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#include "socket.h"
+
+static void quic_timer_timeout(struct quic_timer *t, int type, int defer_bit,
+ void (*handler)(struct sock *sk))
+{
+ struct quic_sock *qs = container_of(t, struct quic_sock, timers[type]);
+ struct sock *sk = &qs->inet.sk;
+
+ bh_lock_sock(sk);
+ if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
+ if (!test_and_set_bit(defer_bit, &sk->sk_tsq_flags))
+ sock_hold(sk);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ handler(sk);
+out:
+ bh_unlock_sock(sk);
+ sock_put(sk);
+}
+
+void quic_timer_sack_handler(struct sock *sk)
+{
+}
+
+static void quic_timer_sack_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+ quic_timer_timeout((struct quic_timer *)t, QUIC_TIMER_SACK,
+ QUIC_SACK_DEFERRED, quic_timer_sack_handler);
+}
+
+void quic_timer_loss_handler(struct sock *sk)
+{
+}
+
+static void quic_timer_loss_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+ quic_timer_timeout((struct quic_timer *)t, QUIC_TIMER_LOSS,
+ QUIC_LOSS_DEFERRED, quic_timer_loss_handler);
+}
+
+void quic_timer_path_handler(struct sock *sk)
+{
+}
+
+static void quic_timer_path_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+ quic_timer_timeout((struct quic_timer *)t, QUIC_TIMER_PATH,
+ QUIC_PATH_DEFERRED, quic_timer_path_handler);
+}
+
+void quic_timer_pmtu_handler(struct sock *sk)
+{
+}
+
+static void quic_timer_pmtu_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+ quic_timer_timeout((struct quic_timer *)t, QUIC_TIMER_PMTU,
+ QUIC_PMTU_DEFERRED, quic_timer_pmtu_handler);
+}
+
+void quic_timer_pace_handler(struct sock *sk)
+{
+}
+
+static enum hrtimer_restart quic_timer_pace_timeout(struct hrtimer *hr)
+{
+ quic_timer_timeout((struct quic_timer *)hr, QUIC_TIMER_PACE,
+ QUIC_PACE_DEFERRED, quic_timer_pace_handler);
+ return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
+void quic_timer_reset(struct sock *sk, u8 type, u64 timeout)
+{
+ struct timer_list *t = quic_timer(sk, type);
+
+ /* Note that type must never be QUIC_TIMER_PACE for this helper. */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(type == QUIC_TIMER_PACE))
+ return;
+ if (timeout && !mod_timer(t, jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies(timeout)))
+ sock_hold(sk);
+}
+
+void quic_timer_start(struct sock *sk, u8 type, u64 timeout)
+{
+ struct timer_list *t;
+ struct hrtimer *hr;
+
+ if (type == QUIC_TIMER_PACE) {
+ hr = quic_timer(sk, type);
+
+ if (!hrtimer_is_queued(hr)) {
+ hrtimer_start(hr, ns_to_ktime(timeout),
+ HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_SOFT);
+ sock_hold(sk);
+ }
+ return;
+ }
+
+ t = quic_timer(sk, type);
+ if (timeout && !timer_pending(t)) {
+ if (!mod_timer(t, jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies(timeout)))
+ sock_hold(sk);
+ }
+}
+
+void quic_timer_stop(struct sock *sk, u8 type)
+{
+ if (type == QUIC_TIMER_PACE) {
+ if (hrtimer_try_to_cancel(quic_timer(sk, type)) == 1)
+ sock_put(sk);
+ return;
+ }
+ if (timer_delete(quic_timer(sk, type)))
+ sock_put(sk);
+}
+
+void quic_timer_init(struct sock *sk)
+{
+ timer_setup(quic_timer(sk, QUIC_TIMER_LOSS), quic_timer_loss_timeout,
+ 0);
+ timer_setup(quic_timer(sk, QUIC_TIMER_SACK), quic_timer_sack_timeout,
+ 0);
+ timer_setup(quic_timer(sk, QUIC_TIMER_PATH), quic_timer_path_timeout,
+ 0);
+ timer_setup(quic_timer(sk, QUIC_TIMER_PMTU), quic_timer_pmtu_timeout,
+ 0);
+ /* Use hrtimer for pace timer, ensuring precise control over send
+ * timing.
+ */
+ hrtimer_setup(quic_timer(sk, QUIC_TIMER_PACE), quic_timer_pace_timeout,
+ CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_SOFT);
+}
+
+void quic_timer_free(struct sock *sk)
+{
+ quic_timer_stop(sk, QUIC_TIMER_LOSS);
+ quic_timer_stop(sk, QUIC_TIMER_SACK);
+ quic_timer_stop(sk, QUIC_TIMER_PATH);
+ quic_timer_stop(sk, QUIC_TIMER_PMTU);
+ quic_timer_stop(sk, QUIC_TIMER_PACE);
+}
diff --git a/net/quic/timer.h b/net/quic/timer.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f6366037602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/quic/timer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/* QUIC kernel implementation
+ * (C) Copyright Red Hat Corp. 2023
+ *
+ * This file is part of the QUIC kernel implementation
+ *
+ * Written or modified by:
+ * Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+enum {
+ QUIC_TIMER_LOSS, /* Loss detection timer: retransmit on packet loss */
+ QUIC_TIMER_SACK, /* ACK delay timer, also used as idle timer alias */
+ QUIC_TIMER_PATH, /* Path validation timer: verifies path connectivity */
+ QUIC_TIMER_PMTU, /* PLPMTUD probing timer */
+ QUIC_TIMER_PACE, /* Pacing timer: controls packet transmission pacing */
+ QUIC_TIMER_MAX,
+ QUIC_TIMER_IDLE = QUIC_TIMER_SACK,
+};
+
+struct quic_timer {
+ union {
+ struct timer_list t;
+ struct hrtimer hr;
+ };
+};
+
+#define QUIC_MIN_PROBE_TIMEOUT 5000000
+
+#define QUIC_MIN_PATH_TIMEOUT 1500000
+
+#define QUIC_MIN_IDLE_TIMEOUT 1000000
+#define QUIC_DEF_IDLE_TIMEOUT 30000000
+
+void quic_timer_reset(struct sock *sk, u8 type, u64 timeout);
+void quic_timer_start(struct sock *sk, u8 type, u64 timeout);
+void quic_timer_stop(struct sock *sk, u8 type);
+void quic_timer_init(struct sock *sk);
+void quic_timer_free(struct sock *sk);
+
+void quic_timer_loss_handler(struct sock *sk);
+void quic_timer_pace_handler(struct sock *sk);
+void quic_timer_path_handler(struct sock *sk);
+void quic_timer_sack_handler(struct sock *sk);
+void quic_timer_pmtu_handler(struct sock *sk);
--
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