Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] virtio/vsock: some updates for MSG_PEEK flag

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Wed Jul 26 2023 - 06:03:26 EST


On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 08:29:08PM +0300, Arseniy Krasnov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This patchset does several things around MSG_PEEK flag support. In
> general words it reworks MSG_PEEK test and adds support for this flag
> in SOCK_SEQPACKET logic. Here is per-patch description:
>
> 1) This is cosmetic change for SOCK_STREAM implementation of MSG_PEEK:
> 1) I think there is no need of "safe" mode walk here as there is no
> "unlink" of skbs inside loop (it is MSG_PEEK mode - we don't change
> queue).
> 2) Nested while loop is removed: in case of MSG_PEEK we just walk
> over skbs and copy data from each one. I guess this nested loop
> even didn't behave as loop - it always executed just for single
> iteration.
>
> 2) This adds MSG_PEEK support for SOCK_SEQPACKET. It could be implemented
> be reworking MSG_PEEK callback for SOCK_STREAM to support SOCK_SEQPACKET
> also, but I think it will be more simple and clear from potential
> bugs to implemented it as separate function thus not mixing logics
> for both types of socket. So I've added it as dedicated function.
>
> 3) This is reworked MSG_PEEK test for SOCK_STREAM. Previous version just
> sent single byte, then tried to read it with MSG_PEEK flag, then read
> it in normal way. New version is more complex: now sender uses buffer
> instead of single byte and this buffer is initialized with random
> values. Receiver tests several things:
> 1) Read empty socket with MSG_PEEK flag.
> 2) Read part of buffer with MSG_PEEK flag.
> 3) Read whole buffer with MSG_PEEK flag, then checks that it is same
> as buffer from 2) (limited by size of buffer from 2) of course).
> 4) Read whole buffer without any flags, then checks that it is same
> as buffer from 3).
>
> 4) This is MSG_PEEK test for SOCK_SEQPACKET. It works in the same way
> as for SOCK_STREAM, except it also checks combination of MSG_TRUNC
> and MSG_PEEK.

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>



> Head is:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/commit/?id=a5a91f546444940f3d75e2edf3c53b4d235f0557
>
> Link to v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230618062451.79980-1-AVKrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Link to v2:
> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20230719192708.1775162-1-AVKrasnov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Changelog:
> v1 -> v2:
> * Patchset is rebased on the new HEAD of net-next.
> * 0001: R-b tag added.
> * 0003: check return value of 'send()' call.
> v2 -> v3:
> * Patchset is rebased (and tested) on the new HEAD of net-next.
> * 'RFC' tag is replaced with 'net-next'.
> * Small refactoring in 0004:
> '__test_msg_peek_client()' -> 'test_msg_peek_client()'.
> '__test_msg_peek_server()' -> 'test_msg_peek_server()'.
>
> Arseniy Krasnov (4):
> virtio/vsock: rework MSG_PEEK for SOCK_STREAM
> virtio/vsock: support MSG_PEEK for SOCK_SEQPACKET
> vsock/test: rework MSG_PEEK test for SOCK_STREAM
> vsock/test: MSG_PEEK test for SOCK_SEQPACKET
>
> net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 104 +++++++++++++-----
> tools/testing/vsock/vsock_test.c | 136 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.25.1