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Date:      Thu, 2 Apr 2015 15:35:22 +0300
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r280971 - in head: contrib/ipfilter/tools share/man/man4 sys/contrib/ipfilter/netinet sys/netinet sys/netipsec sys/netpfil/pf
Message-ID:  <20150402123522.GC64665@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <1427929676.82583.103.camel@freebsd.org>
References:  <201504012226.t31MQedN044443@svn.freebsd.org> <1427929676.82583.103.camel@freebsd.org>

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On Wed, Apr 01, 2015 at 05:07:56PM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote:
I> > Author: glebius
I> > Date: Wed Apr  1 22:26:39 2015
I> > New Revision: 280971
I> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/280971
I> > 
I> > Log:
I> >   o Use new function ip_fillid() in all places throughout the kernel,
I> >     where we want to create a new IP datagram.
I> >   o Add support for RFC6864, which allows to set IP ID for atomic IP
I> >     datagrams to any value, to improve performance. The behaviour is
I> >     controlled by net.inet.ip.rfc6864 sysctl knob, which is enabled by
I> >     default.
I> >   o In case if we generate IP ID, use counter(9) to improve performance.
I> >   o Gather all code related to IP ID into ip_id.c.
I> >   
I> >   Differential Revision:		https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2177
I> >   Reviewed by:			adrian, cy, rpaulo
I> >   Tested by:			Emeric POUPON <emeric.poupon stormshield.eu>
I> >   Sponsored by:			Netflix
I> >   Sponsored by:			Nginx, Inc.
I> >   Relnotes:			yes
I> > 
I> [...]
I> > +void
I> > +ip_fillid(struct ip *ip)
I> > +{
I> > +
I> > +	/*
I> > +	 * Per RFC6864 Section 4
I> > +	 *
I> > +	 * o  Atomic datagrams: (DF==1) && (MF==0) && (frag_offset==0)
I> > +	 * o  Non-atomic datagrams: (DF==0) || (MF==1) || (frag_offset>0)
I> > +	 */
I> > +	if (V_ip_rfc6864 && (ip->ip_off & htons(IP_DF)) == htons(IP_DF))
I> > +		ip->ip_id = 0;
I> > +	else if (V_ip_do_randomid)
I> > +		ip->ip_id = ip_randomid();
I> > +	else {
I> > +		counter_u64_add(V_ip_id, 1);
I> > +		ip->ip_id = htons((*(uint64_t *)zpcpu_get(V_ip_id)) & 0xffff);
I> > +	}
I> > +}
I> > +
I> 
I> This is completely bogus.  It's a big opacity violation (it relies on
I> what should be opaque private internal implementation details of
I> counter(9)).  The fact that the counter api doesn't provide a function
I> for retrieving one cpu's counter value should be a big clue there -- the
I> fact that you know the internals doesn't make it okay to reach behind
I> the counter and grab a value like that.  It may not even be safe to do
I> so on any given architecture; it certainly isn't safe on arm, and that
I> line of code above will work only by accident because you're throwing
I> way all but 16 bits.

I though about providing that API, but since it isn't safe in general,
I decided to not do that.

I> But even more importantly, this WILL result in multiple threads using
I> the same value at the same time...
I>  
I>  - Thread A on CPU 1 and thread B on CPU 2 both begin executing here at
I> the same time, and both get through counter_u64_add().
I>  - Thread A keeps running and uses CPU 1's new value, call it 27.
I>  - Thread B gets prempted between counter_u64_add() and zpcpu_get().
I> When it resumes it's now on CPU 1, so it retrieves value 27 as well.

This was already discussed in this thread:

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-head/2015-March/069864.html

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.



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