[PATCH net-next 1/2] l2tp: fix reorder timeout recovery

[PATCH net-next 1/2] l2tp: fix reorder timeout recovery

[James Chapman]

When L2TP data packet reordering is enabled, packets are held in a
queue while waiting for out-of-sequence packets. If a packet gets
lost, packets will be held until the reorder timeout expires, when we
are supposed to then advance to the sequence number of the next packet
but we don't currently do so. As a result, the data channel is stuck
because we are waiting for a packet that will never arrive - all
packets age out and none are passed.

The fix is to add a flag to the session context, which is set when the
reorder timeout expires and tells the receive code to reset the next
expected sequence number to that of the next packet in the queue.

Tested in a production L2TP network with Starent and Nortel L2TP gear.

Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>
---
 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c |    9 +++++++++
 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 456b52d..d1ab3a2 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ start:
 			       session->name, L2TP_SKB_CB(skb)->ns,
 			       L2TP_SKB_CB(skb)->length, session->nr,
 			       skb_queue_len(&session->reorder_q));
+			session->reorder_skip = 1;
 			__skb_unlink(skb, &session->reorder_q);
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			if (session->deref)
@@ -436,6 +437,14 @@ start:
 		}
 
 		if (L2TP_SKB_CB(skb)->has_seq) {
+			if (session->reorder_skip) {
+				PRINTK(session->debug, L2TP_MSG_SEQ, KERN_DEBUG,
+				       "%s: advancing nr to next pkt: %u -> %u",
+				       session->name, session->nr,
+				       L2TP_SKB_CB(skb)->ns);
+				session->reorder_skip = 0;
+				session->nr = L2TP_SKB_CB(skb)->ns;
+			}
 			if (L2TP_SKB_CB(skb)->ns != session->nr) {
 				PRINTK(session->debug, L2TP_MSG_SEQ, KERN_DEBUG,
 				       "%s: holding oos pkt %u len %d, "
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index 0bf60fc..9002634 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ struct l2tp_session {
 						 * categories */
 	int			reorder_timeout; /* configured reorder timeout
 						  * (in jiffies) */
+	int			reorder_skip;	/* set if skip to next nr */
 	int			mtu;
 	int			mru;
 	enum l2tp_pwtype	pwtype;
-- 
1.7.0.4

[PATCH net-next 2/2] l2tp: fix data packet sequence number handling

[James Chapman]

If enabled, L2TP data packets have sequence numbers which a receiver
can use to drop out of sequence frames or try to reorder them. The
first frame has sequence number 0, but the L2TP code currently expects
it to be 1. This results in the first data frame being handled as out
of sequence.

This one-line patch fixes the problem.

Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>
---
 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index d1ab3a2..0d6aedc 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ struct l2tp_session *l2tp_session_create(int priv_size, struct l2tp_tunnel *tunn
 
 		session->session_id = session_id;
 		session->peer_session_id = peer_session_id;
-		session->nr = 1;
+		session->nr = 0;
 
 		sprintf(&session->name[0], "sess %u/%u",
 			tunnel->tunnel_id, session->session_id);
-- 
1.7.0.4

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] l2tp: fix reorder timeout recovery

[David Miller]

From: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:43:08 +0100

> When L2TP data packet reordering is enabled, packets are held in a
> queue while waiting for out-of-sequence packets. If a packet gets
> lost, packets will be held until the reorder timeout expires, when we
> are supposed to then advance to the sequence number of the next packet
> but we don't currently do so. As a result, the data channel is stuck
> because we are waiting for a packet that will never arrive - all
> packets age out and none are passed.
> 
> The fix is to add a flag to the session context, which is set when the
> reorder timeout expires and tells the receive code to reset the next
> expected sequence number to that of the next packet in the queue.
> 
> Tested in a production L2TP network with Starent and Nortel L2TP gear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>

Applied, but reorder_skip should really be a 'bool'.

Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] l2tp: fix data packet sequence number handling

[David Miller]

From: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:43:09 +0100

> If enabled, L2TP data packets have sequence numbers which a receiver
> can use to drop out of sequence frames or try to reorder them. The
> first frame has sequence number 0, but the L2TP code currently expects
> it to be 1. This results in the first data frame being handled as out
> of sequence.
> 
> This one-line patch fixes the problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>

Applied.