From: Jason Xing <kernelxing@tencent.com>

In production, there are so many cases about why the RST skb is sent but
we don't have a very convenient/fast method to detect the exact underlying
reasons.

RST is implemented in two kinds: passive kind (like tcp_v4_send_reset())
and active kind (like tcp_send_active_reset()). The former can be traced
carefully 1) in TCP, with the help of drop reasons, which is based on
Eric's idea[1], 2) in MPTCP, with the help of reset options defined in
RFC 8684. The latter is relatively independent, which should be
implemented on our own.

In this series, I focus on the fundamental implement mostly about how
the rstreason mechnism and the detailed passive part works as an
example, not including the active reset part. In future, we can go
further and refine those NOT_SPECIFIED reasons.

Here are some examples when tracing:
<idle>-0       [002] ..s1.  1830.262425: tcp_send_reset: skbaddr=x
        skaddr=x src=x dest=x state=x reason=NOT_SPECIFIED
<idle>-0       [002] ..s1.  1830.262425: tcp_send_reset: skbaddr=x
        skaddr=x src=x dest=x state=x reason=NO_SOCKET

[1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CANn89iJw8x-LqgsWOeJQQvgVg6DnL5aBRLi10QN2WBdr+X4k=w@mail.gmail.com/

v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240403185033.47ebc6a9@kernel.org/
1. rebase against the latest net-next tree

Jason Xing (6):
  net: introduce rstreason to detect why the RST is sent
  rstreason: prepare for passive reset
  rstreason: prepare for active reset
  tcp: support rstreason for passive reset
  mptcp: support rstreason for passive reset
  rstreason: make it work in trace world

 include/net/request_sock.h |  3 +-
 include/net/rstreason.h    | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/net/tcp.h          |  2 +-
 include/trace/events/tcp.h | 37 +++++++++++++--
 net/dccp/ipv4.c            | 10 ++--
 net/dccp/ipv6.c            | 10 ++--
 net/dccp/minisocks.c       |  3 +-
 net/ipv4/tcp.c             | 15 ++++--
 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c        | 14 +++---
 net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c   |  3 +-
 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c      |  4 +-
 net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c       |  9 ++--
 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c        | 17 ++++---
 net/mptcp/protocol.c       |  4 +-
 net/mptcp/subflow.c        | 33 ++++++++++----
 15 files changed, 209 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/net/rstreason.h

-- 
2.37.3

Hi Jason,

Thank you for your modifications, that's great!

Our CI did some validations and here is its report:

- KVM Validation: normal: Success! ✅
- KVM Validation: debug: Success! ✅
- KVM Validation: btf (only bpftest_all): Success! ✅
- Task: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/actions/runs/8550992244

Initiator: Patchew Applier
Commits: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/commits/6b1f99284a95
Patchwork: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/mptcp/list/?series=841302


If there are some issues, you can reproduce them using the same environment as
the one used by the CI thanks to a docker image, e.g.:

    $ cd [kernel source code]
    $ docker run -v "${PWD}:${PWD}:rw" -w "${PWD}" --privileged --rm -it \
        --pull always mptcp/mptcp-upstream-virtme-docker:latest \
        auto-normal

For more details:

    https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp-upstream-virtme-docker


Please note that despite all the efforts that have been already done to have a
stable tests suite when executed on a public CI like here, it is possible some
reported issues are not due to your modifications. Still, do not hesitate to
help us improve that ;-)

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