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From: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org,
	Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>,
	stable@kernel.org, Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 04/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: avoid window underflow
Date: Wed,  3 Jun 2026 09:25:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260603072527.174487-5-sw@simonwunderlich.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260603072527.174487-1-sw@simonwunderlich.de>

From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>

In batadv_tp_avail(), win_left is calculated with 32-bit unsigned
arithmetic: win_left = win_limit - tp_vars->last_sent;

During Fast Recovery, cwnd is inflated and last_sent advances rapidly. When
Fast Recovery ends, cwnd drops abruptly back to ss_threshold. If the newly
shrunk win_limit is less than last_sent, the unsigned subtraction will
underflow, wrapping to a massive positive value. Instead of returning that
the window is full (unavailable), it returns that the sender can continue
sending.

To handle this situation, it must be checked whether the windows end
sequence number (win_limit) has to be compared with the last sent sequence
number. If it would be before the last sent sequence number, then more acks
are needed before the transmission can be started again.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 33a3bb4a3345 ("batman-adv: throughput meter implementation")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
---
 net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
index beabc264a4f16..9ecbc6023cfc9 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c
@@ -817,10 +817,15 @@ static void batadv_tp_recv_ack(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 static bool batadv_tp_avail(struct batadv_tp_vars *tp_vars,
 			    size_t payload_len)
 {
+	u32 last_sent = READ_ONCE(tp_vars->last_sent);
 	u32 win_left, win_limit;
 
 	win_limit = atomic_read(&tp_vars->last_acked) + tp_vars->cwnd;
-	win_left = win_limit - tp_vars->last_sent;
+
+	if (batadv_seq_before(last_sent, win_limit))
+		win_left = win_limit - last_sent;
+	else
+		win_left = 0;
 
 	return win_left >= payload_len;
 }
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-03  7:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-03  7:25 [PATCH net-next 00/15] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2026-06-03 Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 01/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: keep unacked list in ascending ordered Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-05  2:20   ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 02/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: initialize dup_acks explicitly Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 03/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: initialize dec_cwnd explicitly Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` Simon Wunderlich [this message]
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 05/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: avoid divide-by-zero for dec_cwnd Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 06/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: fix fast recovery precondition Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 07/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: handle seqno wrap-around for fast recovery detection Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 08/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: add only finished tp_vars to lists Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 09/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: split vars into sender and receiver types Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 10/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: use locking for all congestion control variables Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 11/15] batman-adv: tp_meter: consolidate " Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 12/15] batman-adv: bla: annotate lasttime access with READ/WRITE_ONCE Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 13/15] batman-adv: prevent ELP transmission interval underflow Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 14/15] batman-adv: tt: sync local and global tvlv preparation return values Simon Wunderlich
2026-06-03  7:25 ` [PATCH net-next 15/15] batman-adv: tt: directly retrieve wifi flags of net_device Simon Wunderlich

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