[PATCH net-next v3 0/3] net: tcp: support probing OOM

From: menglong8 . dong
Date: Tue Aug 08 2023 - 12:15:33 EST


From: Menglong Dong <imagedong@xxxxxxxxxxx>

In this series, we make some small changes to make the tcp retransmission
become zero-window probes if the receiver drops the skb because of memory
pressure.

In the 1st patch, we reply a zero-window ACK if the skb is dropped
because out of memory, instead of dropping the skb silently.

In the 2nd patch, we allow a zero-window ACK to update the window.

In the 3rd patch, fix unexcepted socket die when snd_wnd is 0 in
tcp_retransmit_timer().

After these changes, the tcp can probe the OOM of the receiver forever.

Changes since v2:
- refactor the code to avoid code duplication in the 1st patch
- use after() instead of max() in tcp_rtx_probe0_timed_out()

Changes since v1:
- send 0 rwin ACK for the receive queue empty case when necessary in the
1st patch
- send the ACK immediately by using the ICSK_ACK_NOW flag in the 1st
patch
- consider the case of the connection restart from idle, as Neal comment,
in the 3rd patch

Menglong Dong (3):
net: tcp: send zero-window ACK when no memory
net: tcp: allow zero-window ACK update the window
net: tcp: fix unexcepted socket die when snd_wnd is 0

include/net/inet_connection_sock.h | 3 ++-
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 14 +++++++++++---
net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

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