tcp: use GFP_ATOMIC in tcp_send_active_reset()

tcp_send_active_reset() can be called from contexts where gfp_any()
(in tcp_disconnect()) or sk->sk_allocation (in __tcp_close() and
mptcp_do_fastclose()) evaluates to GFP_KERNEL, which includes
__GFP_FS and __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM.

Allocating with GFP_KERNEL while holding the socket lock (sk_lock) creates
a lockdep dependency:
  sk_lock -> fs_reclaim

This causes false-positive lockdep circular locking warnings with storage
subsystems (such as nvme-tcp) that acquire socket locks in block I/O paths
and invoke tcp_disconnect() or close sockets upon teardown:
  set->srcu -> sk_lock -> fs_reclaim -> elevator_lock -> set->srcu

Active resets are small RST packet headers that should never
enter direct reclaim or block while holding socket locks.

Use sk_gfp_mask(sk, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN) inside tcp_send_active_reset()
and remove its priority argument. This preserves __GFP_MEMALLOC access
for SOCK_MEMALLOC sockets, suppresses allocation failure warnings,
and aligns with other control packet allocations (e.g. tcp_send_fin(),
__tcp_send_ack(), tcp_xmit_probe_skb()).

Fixes: 1da177e4c3 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260827095936.551524-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Eric Dumazet 2026-08-27 09:59:36 +00:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent c185c78e2a
commit 18666c73af
6 changed files with 14 additions and 18 deletions

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@ -765,8 +765,7 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_queue tcp_queue,
void tcp_send_probe0(struct sock *);
int tcp_write_wakeup(struct sock *, int mib);
void tcp_send_fin(struct sock *sk);
void tcp_send_active_reset(struct sock *sk, gfp_t priority,
enum sk_rst_reason reason);
void tcp_send_active_reset(struct sock *sk, enum sk_rst_reason reason);
int tcp_send_synack(struct sock *);
void tcp_push_one(struct sock *, unsigned int mss_now);
void __tcp_send_ack(struct sock *sk, u32 rcv_nxt, u16 flags);

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@ -3182,8 +3182,7 @@ void __tcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
/* Unread data was tossed, zap the connection. */
NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPABORTONCLOSE);
tcp_set_state(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, sk->sk_allocation,
SK_RST_REASON_TCP_ABORT_ON_CLOSE);
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, SK_RST_REASON_TCP_ABORT_ON_CLOSE);
} else if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_LINGER) && !sk->sk_lingertime) {
/* Check zero linger _after_ checking for unread data. */
sk->sk_prot->disconnect(sk, 0);
@ -3257,7 +3256,7 @@ void __tcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
if (READ_ONCE(tp->linger2) < 0) {
tcp_set_state(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC,
tcp_send_active_reset(sk,
SK_RST_REASON_TCP_ABORT_ON_LINGER);
__NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk),
LINUX_MIB_TCPABORTONLINGER);
@ -3276,7 +3275,7 @@ void __tcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
if (sk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSE) {
if (tcp_check_oom(sk, 0)) {
tcp_set_state(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC,
tcp_send_active_reset(sk,
SK_RST_REASON_TCP_ABORT_ON_MEMORY);
__NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk),
LINUX_MIB_TCPABORTONMEMORY);
@ -3377,14 +3376,14 @@ int tcp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
} else if (unlikely(tp->repair)) {
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_err, ECONNABORTED);
} else if (tcp_need_reset(old_state)) {
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, gfp_any(), SK_RST_REASON_TCP_STATE);
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, SK_RST_REASON_TCP_STATE);
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_err, ECONNRESET);
} else if (tp->snd_nxt != tp->write_seq &&
(1 << old_state) & (TCPF_CLOSING | TCPF_LAST_ACK)) {
/* The last check adjusts for discrepancy of Linux wrt. RFC
* states
*/
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, gfp_any(),
tcp_send_active_reset(sk,
SK_RST_REASON_TCP_DISCONNECT_WITH_DATA);
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_err, ECONNRESET);
} else if (old_state == TCP_SYN_SENT)
@ -5147,8 +5146,7 @@ int tcp_abort(struct sock *sk, int err)
bh_lock_sock(sk);
if (tcp_need_reset(sk->sk_state))
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC,
SK_RST_REASON_TCP_STATE);
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, SK_RST_REASON_TCP_STATE);
tcp_done_with_error(sk, err);
bh_unlock_sock(sk);

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@ -3849,9 +3849,9 @@ void tcp_send_fin(struct sock *sk)
* was unread data in the receive queue. This behavior is recommended
* by RFC 2525, section 2.17. -DaveM
*/
void tcp_send_active_reset(struct sock *sk, gfp_t priority,
enum sk_rst_reason reason)
void tcp_send_active_reset(struct sock *sk, enum sk_rst_reason reason)
{
gfp_t priority = sk_gfp_mask(sk, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
struct sk_buff *skb;
TCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), TCP_MIB_OUTRSTS);

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@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int tcp_out_of_resources(struct sock *sk, bool do_reset)
(!tp->snd_wnd && !tp->packets_out))
do_reset = true;
if (do_reset)
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC,
tcp_send_active_reset(sk,
SK_RST_REASON_TCP_ABORT_ON_MEMORY);
tcp_done(sk);
__NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPABORTONMEMORY);
@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ static void tcp_keepalive_timer(struct timer_list *t)
goto out;
}
}
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC, SK_RST_REASON_TCP_STATE);
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, SK_RST_REASON_TCP_STATE);
goto death;
}
@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ static void tcp_keepalive_timer(struct timer_list *t)
icsk->icsk_probes_out > 0) ||
(user_timeout == 0 &&
icsk->icsk_probes_out >= keepalive_probes(tp))) {
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC,
tcp_send_active_reset(sk,
SK_RST_REASON_TCP_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT);
tcp_write_err(sk);
goto out;

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@ -3109,8 +3109,7 @@ static void mptcp_do_fastclose(struct sock *sk)
*/
inet_csk(ssk)->icsk_ack.rcv_mss = TCP_MIN_MSS;
tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, ssk->sk_allocation,
SK_RST_REASON_TCP_ABORT_ON_CLOSE);
tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, SK_RST_REASON_TCP_ABORT_ON_CLOSE);
unlock:
release_sock(ssk);
}

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@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ mptcp_send_active_reset_reason(struct sock *sk)
enum sk_rst_reason reason;
reason = sk_rst_convert_mptcp_reason(subflow->reset_reason);
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC, reason);
tcp_send_active_reset(sk, reason);
}
/* Made the fwd mem carried by the given skb available to the msk,