Re: [PATCH net 1/1] tcp: check skb is non-NULL in tcp_rto_delta_us()

[Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>]

On 8/22/24 11:55 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 5:34 AM Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com> wrote:
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>> There have been multiple occassions where we have crashed in this path
>> because packets_out suggested there were packets on the write or retransmit
>> queues, but in fact there weren't leading to a NULL skb being dereferenced.
>> While we should fix that root cause we should also just make sure the skb
>> is not NULL before dereferencing it. Also add a warn once here to capture
>> some information if/when the problem case is hit again.
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>> Signed-off-by: Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com>
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> Hi Josh
> 
> We do not want a patch series of one patch, with the stack trace in
> the cover letter.
> Please send a standalone patch, with all the information in its changelog.
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> 1) Add Neal Cardwell in the CC list.
> 
> 2) Are you using TCP_REPAIR by any chance ?
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> 3) Please double check your kernel has these fixes.
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> commit 1f85e6267caca44b30c54711652b0726fadbb131    tcp: do not send
> empty skb from tcp_write_xmit()
> commit 0c175da7b0378445f5ef53904247cfbfb87e0b78     tcp: prohibit
> TCP_REPAIR_OPTIONS if data was already sent
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Thanks Eric. I will resend and also check the commits you mentioned. I 
didn't include the writeup in the patch submission b/c it was rather 
long and detailed, but will include it in a v2.

Josh