Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
[TCP]: Update comment of SACK block validator
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
Just came across what RFC2018 states about generation of valid
SACK blocks in case of reneging. Alter comment a bit to point
out clearly.

IMHO, there isn't any reason to change code because the
validation is there for a purpose (counters will inform user
about decision TCP made if this case ever surfaces).

Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
  • Loading branch information
Ilpo Järvinen authored and David S. Miller committed Oct 10, 2007
1 parent 95eacd2 commit 0e83533
Showing 1 changed file with 9 additions and 2 deletions.
11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -1027,8 +1027,15 @@ static void tcp_update_reordering(struct sock *sk, const int metric,
* SACK block range validation checks that the received SACK block fits to
* the expected sequence limits, i.e., it is between SND.UNA and SND.NXT.
* Note that SND.UNA is not included to the range though being valid because
* it means that the receiver is rather inconsistent with itself (reports
* SACK reneging when it should advance SND.UNA).
* it means that the receiver is rather inconsistent with itself reporting
* SACK reneging when it should advance SND.UNA. Such SACK block this is
* perfectly valid, however, in light of RFC2018 which explicitly states
* that "SACK block MUST reflect the newest segment. Even if the newest
* segment is going to be discarded ...", not that it looks very clever
* in case of head skb. Due to potentional receiver driven attacks, we
* choose to avoid immediate execution of a walk in write queue due to
* reneging and defer head skb's loss recovery to standard loss recovery
* procedure that will eventually trigger (nothing forbids us doing this).
*
* Implements also blockage to start_seq wrap-around. Problem lies in the
* fact that though start_seq (s) is before end_seq (i.e., not reversed),
Expand Down

0 comments on commit 0e83533

Please sign in to comment.