From: Bartosz Chronowski <immersa.bartosz.chronowski@gmail.com>
To: syzbot <syzbot+10a41dc44eef71aa9450@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
Cc: Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>,
horms@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
syzbot@lists.linux.dev, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net,
syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com, syzbot <syzbot@kernel.org>,
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tipc: defer local Nagle backlog xmit from receive path
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:29:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178671419949.2648204.15668657474779239190@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <GV1P189MB1988F6301FA670CA9818F7FCC6DB2@GV1P189MB1988.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
#syz test: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 1590cf0329716306e948a8fc29f1d3ee87d3989f
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index e564341e0216d35ae4fe539576b6e0be89b84ddb..0bf259672827db095046cda5646df047002dd663 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct sockaddr_pair {
* @peer: 'connected' peer for dgram/rdm
* @node: hash table node
* @mc_method: cookie for use between socket and broadcast layer
+ * @backlog_work: processes receive backlog under socket ownership
* @rcu: rcu struct for tipc_sock
* @group: TIPC communications group
* @oneway: message count in one direction (FIXME)
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ struct tipc_sock {
struct sockaddr_tipc peer;
struct rhash_head node;
struct tipc_mc_method mc_method;
+ struct work_struct backlog_work;
struct rcu_head rcu;
struct tipc_group *group;
u32 oneway;
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ struct tipc_sock {
};
static int tipc_sk_backlog_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
+static void tipc_sk_backlog_work(struct work_struct *work);
static void tipc_data_ready(struct sock *sk);
static void tipc_write_space(struct sock *sk);
static void tipc_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk);
@@ -520,6 +523,7 @@ static int tipc_sk_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
sk->sk_data_ready = tipc_data_ready;
sk->sk_write_space = tipc_write_space;
sk->sk_destruct = tipc_sock_destruct;
+ INIT_WORK(&tsk->backlog_work, tipc_sk_backlog_work);
tsk->conn_timeout = CONN_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT;
tsk->group_is_open = true;
atomic_set(&tsk->dupl_rcvcnt, 0);
@@ -2417,6 +2421,17 @@ static int tipc_sk_backlog_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
return 0;
}
+static void tipc_sk_backlog_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ struct tipc_sock *tsk = container_of(work, struct tipc_sock,
+ backlog_work);
+ struct sock *sk = &tsk->sk;
+
+ lock_sock(sk);
+ release_sock(sk);
+ sock_put(sk);
+}
+
/**
* tipc_sk_enqueue - extract all buffers with destination 'dport' from
* inputq and try adding them to socket or backlog queue
@@ -2434,18 +2449,30 @@ static void tipc_sk_enqueue(struct sk_buff_head *inputq, struct sock *sk,
struct sk_buff *skb;
unsigned int lim;
atomic_t *dcnt;
+ bool deferred = false;
+ bool owned;
+ bool local_backlog;
u32 onode;
while (skb_queue_len(inputq)) {
if (unlikely(time_after_eq(jiffies, time_limit)))
- return;
+ break;
skb = tipc_skb_dequeue(inputq, dport);
if (unlikely(!skb))
- return;
+ break;
- /* Add message directly to receive queue if possible */
- if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
+ /*
+ * A local Nagle backlog may loop back into this socket while its
+ * spinlock is held. Queue the triggering input for processing under
+ * socket ownership, which keeps a concurrent sender from overtaking
+ * the already queued output.
+ */
+ owned = sock_owned_by_user(sk);
+ local_backlog = !skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_write_queue) &&
+ in_own_node(sock_net(sk),
+ tsk_peer_node(tipc_sk(sk)));
+ if (!owned && !local_backlog) {
tipc_sk_filter_rcv(sk, skb, xmitq);
continue;
}
@@ -2456,6 +2483,7 @@ static void tipc_sk_enqueue(struct sk_buff_head *inputq, struct sock *sk,
atomic_set(dcnt, 0);
lim = rcvbuf_limit(sk, skb) + atomic_read(dcnt);
if (likely(!sk_add_backlog(sk, skb, lim))) {
+ deferred |= !owned;
trace_tipc_sk_overlimit1(sk, skb, TIPC_DUMP_SK_BKLGQ,
"bklg & rcvq >90% allocated!");
continue;
@@ -2472,6 +2500,12 @@ static void tipc_sk_enqueue(struct sk_buff_head *inputq, struct sock *sk,
}
break;
}
+
+ if (deferred) {
+ sock_hold(sk);
+ if (!schedule_work(&tipc_sk(sk)->backlog_work))
+ sock_put(sk);
+ }
}
/**
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-14 13:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-12 13:00 [PATCH] tipc: defer local Nagle backlog xmit from receive path syzbot
2026-08-13 9:19 ` Tung Quang Nguyen
2026-08-14 13:29 ` Bartosz Chronowski [this message]
2026-08-14 14:00 ` [syzbot] [tipc?] BUG: soft lockup in do_sock_setsockopt syzbot
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