kernel/linux.git/net/tipc/msg.h, branch v6.12.80

net: tipc: remove unused static inlines

2022-01-27T13:53:27+00:00

IIUC the TIPC msg helpers are not meant to provide and exhaustive API, so remove the unused ones. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: tipc: fix FB_MTU eat two pages

2021-06-28T20:31:57+00:00

FB_MTU is used in 'tipc_msg_build()' to alloc smaller skb when memory allocation fails, which can avoid unnecessary sending failures. The value of FB_MTU now is 3744, and the data size will be: (3744 + SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)) + \ SKB_DATA_ALIGN(BUF_HEADROOM + BUF_TAILROOM + 3)) which is larger than one page(4096), and two pages will be allocated. To avoid it, replace '3744' with a calculation: (PAGE_SIZE - SKB_DATA_ALIGN(BUF_OVERHEAD) - \ SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info))) What's more, alloc_skb_fclone() will call SKB_DATA_ALIGN for data size, and it's not necessary to make alignment for buf_size in tipc_buf_acquire(). So, just remove it. Fixes: 4c94cc2d3d57 ("tipc: fall back to smaller MTU if allocation of local send skb fails") Signed-off-by: Menglong Dong Acked-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: add automatic session key exchange

2020-09-18T20:58:37+00:00

With support from the master key option in the previous commit, it becomes easy to make frequent updates/exchanges of session keys between authenticated cluster nodes. Basically, there are two situations where the key exchange will take in place: - When a new node joins the cluster (with the master key), it will need to get its peer's TX key, so that be able to decrypt further messages from that peer. - When a new session key is generated (by either user manual setting or later automatic rekeying feature), the key will be distributed to all peer nodes in the cluster. A key to be exchanged is encapsulated in the data part of a 'MSG_CRYPTO /KEY_DISTR_MSG' TIPC v2 message, then xmit-ed as usual and encrypted by using the master key before sending out. Upon receipt of the message it will be decrypted in the same way as regular messages, then attached as the sender's RX key in the receiver node. In this way, the key exchange is reliable by the link layer, as well as security, integrity and authenticity by the crypto layer. Also, the forward security will be easily achieved by user changing the master key actively but this should not be required very frequently. The key exchange feature is independent on the presence of a master key Note however that the master key still is needed for new nodes to be able to join the cluster. It is also optional, and can be turned off/on via the sysfs: 'net/tipc/key_exchange_enabled' [default 1: enabled]. Backward compatibility is guaranteed because for nodes that do not have master key support, key exchange using master key ie. tx_key = 0 if any will be shortly discarded at the message validation step. In other words, the key exchange feature will be automatically disabled to those nodes. v2: fix the "implicit declaration of function 'tipc_crypto_key_flush'" error in node.c. The function only exists when built with the TIPC "CONFIG_TIPC_CRYPTO" option. v3: use 'info->extack' for a message emitted due to netlink operations instead (- David's comment). Reported-by: kernel test robot Acked-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: introduce encryption master key

2020-09-18T20:58:37+00:00

In addition to the supported cluster & per-node encryption keys for the en/decryption of TIPC messages, we now introduce one option for user to set a cluster key as 'master key', which is simply a symmetric key like the former but has a longer life cycle. It has two purposes: - Authentication of new member nodes in the cluster. New nodes, having no knowledge of current session keys in the cluster will still be able to join the cluster as long as they know the master key. This is because all neighbor discovery (LINK_CONFIG) messages must be encrypted with this key. - Encryption of session encryption keys during automatic exchange and update of those.This is a feature we will introduce in a later commit in this series. We insert the new key into the currently unused slot 0 in the key array and start using it immediately once the user has set it. After joining, a node only knowing the master key should be fully communicable to existing nodes in the cluster, although those nodes may have their own session keys activated (i.e. not the master one). To support this, we define a 'grace period', starting from the time a node itself reports having no RX keys, so the existing nodes will use the master key for encryption instead. The grace period can be extended but will automatically stop after e.g. 5 seconds without a new report. This is also the basis for later key exchanging feature as the new node will be impossible to decrypt anything without the support from master key. For user to set a master key, we define a new netlink flag - 'TIPC_NLA_NODE_KEY_MASTER', so it can be added to the current 'set key' netlink command to specify the setting key to be a master key. Above all, the traditional cluster/per-node key mechanism is guaranteed to work when user comes not to use this master key option. This is also compatible to legacy nodes without the feature supported. Even this master key can be updated without any interruption of cluster connectivity but is so is needed, this has to be coordinated and set by the user. Acked-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: Use struct_size() helper

2020-06-20T03:15:25+00:00

Make use of the struct_size() helper instead of an open-coded version in order to avoid any potential type mistakes. This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle and, audited and fixed manually. Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: update a binding service via broadcast

2020-06-17T15:53:34+00:00

Currently, updating binding table (add service binding to name table/withdraw a service binding) is being sent over replicast. However, if we are scaling up clusters to > 100 nodes/containers this method is less affection because of looping through nodes in a cluster one by one. It is worth to use broadcast to update a binding service. This way, the binding table can be updated on all peer nodes in one shot. Broadcast is used when all peer nodes, as indicated by a new capability flag TIPC_NAMED_BCAST, support reception of this message type. Four problems need to be considered when introducing this feature. 1) When establishing a link to a new peer node we still update this by a unicast 'bulk' update. This may lead to race conditions, where a later broadcast publication/withdrawal bypass the 'bulk', resulting in disordered publications, or even that a withdrawal may arrive before the corresponding publication. We solve this by adding an 'is_last_bulk' bit in the last bulk messages so that it can be distinguished from all other messages. Only when this message has arrived do we open up for reception of broadcast publications/withdrawals. 2) When a first legacy node is added to the cluster all distribution will switch over to use the legacy 'replicast' method, while the opposite happens when the last legacy node leaves the cluster. This entails another risk of message disordering that has to be handled. We solve this by adding a sequence number to the broadcast/replicast messages, so that disordering can be discovered and corrected. Note however that we don't need to consider potential message loss or duplication at this protocol level. 3) Bulk messages don't contain any sequence numbers, and will always arrive in order. Hence we must exempt those from the sequence number control and deliver them unconditionally. We solve this by adding a new 'is_bulk' bit in those messages so that they can be recognized. 4) Legacy messages, which don't contain any new bits or sequence numbers, but neither can arrive out of order, also need to be exempt from the initial synchronization and sequence number check, and delivered unconditionally. Therefore, we add another 'is_not_legacy' bit to all new messages so that those can be distinguished from legacy messages and the latter delivered directly. v1->v2: - fix warning issue reported by kbuild test robot - add santiy check to drop the publication message with a sequence number that is lower than the agreed synch point Signed-off-by: kernel test robot Signed-off-by: Hoang Huu Le Acked-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: add test for Nagle algorithm effectiveness

2020-05-26T22:16:52+00:00

When streaming in Nagle mode, we try to bundle small messages from user as many as possible if there is one outstanding buffer, i.e. not ACK-ed by the receiving side, which helps boost up the overall throughput. So, the algorithm's effectiveness really depends on when Nagle ACK comes or what the specific network latency (RTT) is, compared to the user's message sending rate. In a bad case, the user's sending rate is low or the network latency is small, there will not be many bundles, so making a Nagle ACK or waiting for it is not meaningful. For example: a user sends its messages every 100ms and the RTT is 50ms, then for each messages, we require one Nagle ACK but then there is only one user message sent without any bundles. In a better case, even if we have a few bundles (e.g. the RTT = 300ms), but now the user sends messages in medium size, then there will not be any difference at all, that says 3 x 1000-byte data messages if bundled will still result in 3 bundles with MTU = 1500. When Nagle is ineffective, the delay in user message sending is clearly wasted instead of sending directly. Besides, adding Nagle ACKs will consume some processor load on both the sending and receiving sides. This commit adds a test on the effectiveness of the Nagle algorithm for an individual connection in the network on which it actually runs. Particularly, upon receipt of a Nagle ACK we will compare the number of bundles in the backlog queue to the number of user messages which would be sent directly without Nagle. If the ratio is good (e.g. >= 2), Nagle mode will be kept for further message sending. Otherwise, we will leave Nagle and put a 'penalty' on the connection, so it will have to spend more 'one-way' messages before being able to re-enter Nagle. In addition, the 'ack-required' bit is only set when really needed that the number of Nagle ACKs will be reduced during Nagle mode. Testing with benchmark showed that with the patch, there was not much difference in throughput for small messages since the tool continuously sends messages without a break, so Nagle would still take in effect. Acked-by: Ying Xue Acked-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: add support for broadcast rcv stats dumping

2020-05-26T22:16:52+00:00

This commit enables dumping the statistics of a broadcast-receiver link like the traditional 'broadcast-link' one (which is for broadcast- sender). The link dumping can be triggered via netlink (e.g. the iproute2/tipc tool) by the link flag - 'TIPC_NLA_LINK_BROADCAST' as the indicator. The name of a broadcast-receiver link of a specific peer will be in the format: 'broadcast-link:'. For example: Link Window:50 packets RX packets:7841 fragments:2408/440 bundles:0/0 TX packets:0 fragments:0/0 bundles:0/0 RX naks:0 defs:124 dups:0 TX naks:21 acks:0 retrans:0 Congestion link:0 Send queue max:0 avg:0 In addition, the broadcast-receiver link statistics can be reset in the usual way via netlink by specifying that link name in command. Note: the 'tipc_link_name_ext()' is removed because the link name can now be retrieved simply via the 'l->name'. Acked-by: Ying Xue Acked-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: introduce Gap ACK blocks for broadcast link

2020-05-26T22:16:52+00:00

As achieved through commit 9195948fbf34 ("tipc: improve TIPC throughput by Gap ACK blocks"), we apply the same mechanism for the broadcast link as well. The 'Gap ACK blocks' data field in a 'PROTOCOL/STATE_MSG' will consist of two parts built for both the broadcast and unicast types: 31 16 15 0 +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | bgack_cnt | ugack_cnt | len | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ - | gap | ack | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ > bc gacks : : : | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ - | gap | ack | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ > uc gacks : : : | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ - which is "automatically" backward-compatible. We also increase the max number of Gap ACK blocks to 128, allowing upto 64 blocks per type (total buffer size = 516 bytes). Besides, the 'tipc_link_advance_transmq()' function is refactored which is applicable for both the unicast and broadcast cases now, so some old functions can be removed and the code is optimized. With the patch, TIPC broadcast is more robust regardless of packet loss or disorder, latency, ... in the underlying network. Its performance is boost up significantly. For example, experiment with a 5% packet loss rate results: $ time tipc-pipe --mc --rdm --data_size 123 --data_num 1500000 real 0m 42.46s user 0m 1.16s sys 0m 17.67s Without the patch: $ time tipc-pipe --mc --rdm --data_size 123 --data_num 1500000 real 8m 27.94s user 0m 0.55s sys 0m 2.38s Acked-by: Ying Xue Acked-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: Tuong Lien Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: Add a missing case of TIPC_DIRECT_MSG type

2020-03-26T18:21:02+00:00

In the commit f73b12812a3d ("tipc: improve throughput between nodes in netns"), we're missing a check to handle TIPC_DIRECT_MSG type, it's still using old sending mechanism for this message type. So, throughput improvement is not significant as expected. Besides that, when sending a large message with that type, we're also handle wrong receiving queue, it should be enqueued in socket receiving instead of multicast messages. Fix this by adding the missing case for TIPC_DIRECT_MSG. Fixes: f73b12812a3d ("tipc: improve throughput between nodes in netns") Reported-by: Tuong Lien Signed-off-by: Hoang Le Acked-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller