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net: fix divide by zero in tcp algorithm illinois
authorJesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:45:32 +0000 (02:45 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:47:16 +0000 (16:47 +0000)
commitdf769f065d7bebf0ddc5f61605dbb1d8ea5ee2d8
treee8f43a5343f27aa224ec2912cfe9caad38be1ba2
parenta6057bf0949d9764a5d5defd9a58ec03e80bbcdc
net: fix divide by zero in tcp algorithm illinois

[ Upstream commit 8f363b77ee4fbf7c3bbcf5ec2c5ca482d396d664 ]

Reading TCP stats when using TCP Illinois congestion control algorithm
can cause a divide by zero kernel oops.

The division by zero occur in tcp_illinois_info() at:
 do_div(t, ca->cnt_rtt);
where ca->cnt_rtt can become zero (when rtt_reset is called)

Steps to Reproduce:
 1. Register tcp_illinois:
     # sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=illinois
 2. Monitor internal TCP information via command "ss -i"
     # watch -d ss -i
 3. Establish new TCP conn to machine

Either it fails at the initial conn, or else it needs to wait
for a loss or a reset.

This is only related to reading stats.  The function avg_delay() also
performs the same divide, but is guarded with a (ca->cnt_rtt > 0) at its
calling point in update_params().  Thus, simply fix tcp_illinois_info().

Function tcp_illinois_info() / get_info() is called without
socket lock.  Thus, eliminate any race condition on ca->cnt_rtt
by using a local stack variable.  Simply reuse info.tcpv_rttcnt,
as its already set to ca->cnt_rtt.
Function avg_delay() is not affected by this race condition, as
its called with the socket lock.

Cc: Petr Matousek <pmatouse@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
net/ipv4/tcp_illinois.c