Re: [PATCH] sctp: set association state to established in dupcook_a handler

[Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 03:38:40PM +0800, xufengzhang.main@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Xufeng Zhang <xufeng.zhang@windriver.com>
> 
> While sctp handling a duplicate COOKIE-ECHO and the action is
> 'Association restart', sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a() will processing
> the unexpected COOKIE-ECHO for peer restart, but it does not set
> the association state to SCTP_STATE_ESTABLISHED, so the association
> could stuck in SCTP_STATE_SHUTDOWN_PENDING state forever.
> This violates the sctp specification:
>   RFC 4960 5.2.4. Handle a COOKIE ECHO when a TCB Exists
>   Action
>   A) In this case, the peer may have restarted. .....
>      After this, the endpoint shall enter the ESTABLISHED state.
> 
> Fix this problem by adding a SCTP_CMD_NEW_STATE cmd to the command
> list so as to set the restart association to SCTP_STATE_ESTABLISHED
> state properly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xufeng Zhang <xufeng.zhang@windriver.com>
> ---
>  net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
> index 618ec7e..528f1c8 100644
> --- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
> +++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
> @@ -1779,6 +1779,8 @@ static sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_dupcook_a(struct net *net,
>  
>  	/* Update the content of current association. */
>  	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_UPDATE_ASSOC, SCTP_ASOC(new_asoc));
> +	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_NEW_STATE,
> +			SCTP_STATE(SCTP_STATE_ESTABLISHED));
>  	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_REPLY, SCTP_CHUNK(repl));
>  	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_EVENT_ULP, SCTP_ULPEVENT(ev));
>  	return SCTP_DISPOSITION_CONSUME;
> -- 
> 1.7.0.2
> 
> 

Looks reasonable to me, thanks

nit: The RFC indicate the association should enter the ESTABLISHED state after
preforming all other actions, so it seems that the state change should occur
after the ULP event is sent

Neil