tcp: constify tcp_make_synack() socket argument

listener socket is not locked when tcp_make_synack() is called. We better make sure no field is written. There is one exception : Since SYNACK packets are attached to the listener at this moment (or SYN_RECV child in case of Fast Open), sock_wmalloc() needs to update sk->sk_wmem_alloc, but this is done using atomic operations so this is safe. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
jledet · Sep 25, 2015 · 5d062de · 5d062de
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diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ struct sock *tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 int tcp_v4_do_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int tcp_v4_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len);
 int tcp_connect(struct sock *sk);
-struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
+struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 				struct request_sock *req,
 				struct tcp_fastopen_cookie *foc);
 int tcp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags);

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2944,20 +2944,25 @@ int tcp_send_synack(struct sock *sk)
  * Allocate one skb and build a SYNACK packet.
  * @dst is consumed : Caller should not use it again.
  */
-struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
+struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 				struct request_sock *req,
 				struct tcp_fastopen_cookie *foc)
 {
-	struct tcp_out_options opts;
 	struct inet_request_sock *ireq = inet_rsk(req);
-	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
-	struct tcphdr *th;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	struct tcp_md5sig_key *md5 = NULL;
+	struct tcp_out_options opts;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int tcp_header_size;
+	struct tcphdr *th;
+	u16 user_mss;
 	int mss;
 
-	skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, MAX_TCP_HEADER, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	/* sk is a const pointer, because we want to express multiple cpus
+	 * might call us concurrently.
+	 * sock_wmalloc() will change sk->sk_wmem_alloc in an atomic way.
+	 */
+	skb = sock_wmalloc((struct sock *)sk, MAX_TCP_HEADER, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (unlikely(!skb)) {
 		dst_release(dst);
 		return NULL;
@@ -2968,8 +2973,9 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 	skb_dst_set(skb, dst);
 
 	mss = dst_metric_advmss(dst);
-	if (tp->rx_opt.user_mss && tp->rx_opt.user_mss < mss)
-		mss = tp->rx_opt.user_mss;
+	user_mss = READ_ONCE(tp->rx_opt.user_mss);
+	if (user_mss && user_mss < mss)
+		mss = user_mss;
 
 	memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES
@@ -3009,7 +3015,7 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 
 	/* RFC1323: The window in SYN & SYN/ACK segments is never scaled. */
 	th->window = htons(min(req->rcv_wnd, 65535U));
-	tcp_options_write((__be32 *)(th + 1), tp, &opts);
+	tcp_options_write((__be32 *)(th + 1), NULL, &opts);
 	th->doff = (tcp_header_size >> 2);
 	TCP_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk), TCP_MIB_OUTSEGS);