Re: [PATCH net-next v3 03/11] tls/sw: Use zero-length sendmsg() without MSG_MORE to flush

From: Simon Horman
Date: Sat Jun 03 2023 - 10:51:49 EST


On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 10:00:45PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 08:27:56PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> > + dan Carpenter
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 04:07:44PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> > > Allow userspace to end a TLS record without supplying any data by calling
> > > send()/sendto()/sendmsg() with no data and no MSG_MORE flag. This can be
> > > used to flush a previous send/splice that had MSG_MORE or SPLICE_F_MORE set
> > > or a sendfile() that was incomplete.
> > >
> > > Without this, a zero-length send to tls-sw is just ignored. I think
> > > tls-device will do the right thing without modification.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: Boris Pismenny <borisp@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > ---
> > > net/tls/tls_sw.c | 6 +++++-
> > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
> > > index cac1adc968e8..6aa6d17888f5 100644
> > > --- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
> > > +++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
> > > @@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ int tls_sw_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
> > > struct tls_rec *rec;
> > > int required_size;
> > > int num_async = 0;
> > > - bool full_record;
> > > + bool full_record = false;
> > > int record_room;
> > > int num_zc = 0;
> > > int orig_size;
> > > @@ -971,6 +971,9 @@ int tls_sw_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > + if (!msg_data_left(msg) && eor)
> > > + goto just_flush;
> > > +
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > the flow of this function is not entirely simple, so it is not easy for me
> > to manually verify this. But in combination gcc-12 -Wmaybe-uninitialized
> > and Smatch report that the following may be used uninitialised as a result
> > of this change:
> >
> > * msg_pl
>
> This warning seems correct to me.
>
> > * orig_size
>
> This warning assumes we hit the first warning and then hit the goto
> wait_for_memory;
>
> > * msg_en
>
> I don't get this warning on my system but it's the same thing. Hit the
> first warning then the goto wait_for_memory.
>
> > * required_size
>
> Same.
>
> > * try_to_copy
>
> I don't really understand this warning and I can't reproduce it.
> Strange.

Thanks Dan.

Of the above I think only the last one was flagged
by GCC but not Smatch. I can try investigating further if it is useful.