[PATCH net-next v2 1/6] net/tls: Bound consecutive no-data records in tls_sw_read_sock()

A record that delivers no payload -- an empty TLS 1.3 data record
today, a control record once read_sock_rectype() lands -- leaves
tls_sw_read_sock() in its loop without advancing the caller's read
descriptor. A peer that streams such records keeps the receive loop
running, and the socket lock held, for as long as the records
arrive.

Cap the number of consecutive no-data records consumed per call. The
count resets on any record that delivers bytes, so a normal stream
is unaffected; a peer supplying only empty records is bounded to
TLS_RX_NODATA_LIMIT iterations before the call returns 0. read_sock
consumers treat that as "no progress, re-poll" rather than EOF, so
the connection stays up and makes progress once real data arrives.

Only tls_sw_read_sock() needs this cap. Its consumers drive the receive
loop from kernel context -- a work item or service thread holding the
socket lock across the whole call with no return to userspace -- so an
unbounded empty-record stream keeps that context and the lock pinned
for as long as the flood lasts. The cap supplies the return boundary
that a system call would otherwise provide. tls_sw_splice_read()
and tls_sw_recvmsg() already have one: they run in the calling task's
context, reschedule while draining the socket backlog (cond_resched()
in __release_sock()), and drop the socket lock when the call returns. A
flood there costs the caller only its own scheduler time, so the cap
would add nothing.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
---
 net/tls/tls_sw.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index d4afc90fd796..087950ca639c 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -2049,6 +2049,11 @@ ssize_t tls_sw_splice_read(struct socket *sock,  loff_t *ppos,
 	goto splice_read_end;
 }
 
+/* Consecutive empty data records deliver no bytes; cap them per
+ * call so a peer streaming them cannot hold the socket lock here.
+ */
+#define TLS_RX_NODATA_LIMIT 16
+
 int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 		     sk_read_actor_t read_actor)
 {
@@ -2057,6 +2062,7 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 	struct tls_prot_info *prot = &tls_ctx->prot_info;
 	struct strp_msg *rxm = NULL;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
+	unsigned int nodata_count = 0;
 	struct sk_psock *psock;
 	size_t flushed_at = 0;
 	bool released = true;
@@ -2122,7 +2128,13 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 		 * here instead.
 		 */
 		if (rxm->full_len == 0) {
+			err = 0;
 			consume_skb(skb);
+			/* tls_rx_reader_release() announces any parsed record
+			 * on exit, so returning 0 here cannot strand it.
+			 */
+			if (++nodata_count >= TLS_RX_NODATA_LIMIT)
+				break;
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -2133,6 +2145,7 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 			goto read_sock_requeue;
 		}
 		copied += used;
+		nodata_count = 0;
 		if (used < rxm->full_len) {
 			rxm->offset += used;
 			rxm->full_len -= used;

-- 
2.54.0