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Date:   Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:12:35 -0500
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To:     Arseniy Krasnov <avkrasnov@salutedevices.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 0/4] send credit update during setting
 SO_RCVLOWAT
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 06:59:03PM +0300, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12.12.2023 18:54, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 12:16:54AM +0300, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >>                                DESCRIPTION
> >>
> >> This patchset fixes old problem with hungup of both rx/tx sides and adds
> >> test for it. This happens due to non-default SO_RCVLOWAT value and
> >> deferred credit update in virtio/vsock. Link to previous old patchset:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/39b2e9fd-601b-189d-39a9-914e5574524c@sberdevices.ru/
> > 
> > 
> > Patchset:
> > 
> > Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > 
> > 
> > But I worry whether we actually need 3/8 in net not in net-next.
> 
> Because of "Fixes" tag ? I think this problem is not critical and reproducible
> only in special cases, but i'm not familiar with netdev process so good, so I don't
> have strong opinion. I guess @Stefano knows better.
> 
> Thanks, Arseniy

Fixes means "if you have that other commit then you need this commit
too". I think as a minimum you need to rearrange patches to make the
fix go in first. We don't want a regression followed by a fix.

> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> >> Here is what happens step by step:
> >>
> >>                                   TEST
> >>
> >>                             INITIAL CONDITIONS
> >>
> >> 1) Vsock buffer size is 128KB.
> >> 2) Maximum packet size is also 64KB as defined in header (yes it is
> >>    hardcoded, just to remind about that value).
> >> 3) SO_RCVLOWAT is default, e.g. 1 byte.
> >>
> >>
> >>                                  STEPS
> >>
> >>             SENDER                              RECEIVER
> >> 1) sends 128KB + 1 byte in a
> >>    single buffer. 128KB will
> >>    be sent, but for 1 byte
> >>    sender will wait for free
> >>    space at peer. Sender goes
> >>    to sleep.
> >>
> >>
> >> 2)                                     reads 64KB, credit update not sent
> >> 3)                                     sets SO_RCVLOWAT to 64KB + 1
> >> 4)                                     poll() -> wait forever, there is
> >>                                        only 64KB available to read.
> >>
> >> So in step 4) receiver also goes to sleep, waiting for enough data or
> >> connection shutdown message from the sender. Idea to fix it is that rx
> >> kicks tx side to continue transmission (and may be close connection)
> >> when rx changes number of bytes to be woken up (e.g. SO_RCVLOWAT) and
> >> this value is bigger than number of available bytes to read.
> >>
> >> I've added small test for this, but not sure as it uses hardcoded value
> >> for maximum packet length, this value is defined in kernel header and
> >> used to control deferred credit update. And as this is not available to
> >> userspace, I can't control test parameters correctly (if one day this
> >> define will be changed - test may become useless). 
> >>
> >> Head for this patchset is:
> >> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/commit/?id=021b0c952f226236f2edf89c737efb9a28d1422d
> >>
> >> Link to v1:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231108072004.1045669-1-avkrasnov@salutedevices.com/
> >> Link to v2:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231119204922.2251912-1-avkrasnov@salutedevices.com/
> >> Link to v3:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231122180510.2297075-1-avkrasnov@salutedevices.com/
> >> Link to v4:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231129212519.2938875-1-avkrasnov@salutedevices.com/
> >> Link to v5:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231130130840.253733-1-avkrasnov@salutedevices.com/
> >> Link to v6:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231205064806.2851305-1-avkrasnov@salutedevices.com/
> >> Link to v7:
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20231206211849.2707151-1-avkrasnov@salutedevices.com/
> >>
> >> Changelog:
> >> v1 -> v2:
> >>  * Patchset rebased and tested on new HEAD of net-next (see hash above).
> >>  * New patch is added as 0001 - it removes return from SO_RCVLOWAT set
> >>    callback in 'af_vsock.c' when transport callback is set - with that
> >>    we can set 'sk_rcvlowat' only once in 'af_vsock.c' and in future do
> >>    not copy-paste it to every transport. It was discussed in v1.
> >>  * See per-patch changelog after ---.
> >> v2 -> v3:
> >>  * See changelog after --- in 0003 only (0001 and 0002 still same).
> >> v3 -> v4:
> >>  * Patchset rebased and tested on new HEAD of net-next (see hash above).
> >>  * See per-patch changelog after ---.
> >> v4 -> v5:
> >>  * Change patchset tag 'RFC' -> 'net-next'.
> >>  * See per-patch changelog after ---.
> >> v5 -> v6:
> >>  * New patch 0003 which sends credit update during reading bytes from
> >>    socket.
> >>  * See per-patch changelog after ---.
> >> v6 -> v7:
> >>  * Patchset rebased and tested on new HEAD of net-next (see hash above).
> >>  * See per-patch changelog after ---.
> >> v7 -> v8:
> >>  * See per-patch changelog after ---.
> >>
> >> Arseniy Krasnov (4):
> >>   vsock: update SO_RCVLOWAT setting callback
> >>   virtio/vsock: send credit update during setting SO_RCVLOWAT
> >>   virtio/vsock: fix logic which reduces credit update messages
> >>   vsock/test: two tests to check credit update logic
> >>
> >>  drivers/vhost/vsock.c                   |   1 +
> >>  include/linux/virtio_vsock.h            |   1 +
> >>  include/net/af_vsock.h                  |   2 +-
> >>  net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c                |   9 +-
> >>  net/vmw_vsock/hyperv_transport.c        |   4 +-
> >>  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c        |   1 +
> >>  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c |  43 +++++-
> >>  net/vmw_vsock/vsock_loopback.c          |   1 +
> >>  tools/testing/vsock/vsock_test.c        | 175 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  9 files changed, 229 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> 2.25.1
> >