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[PATCH 6/6] remote-curl: ensure last packet is a flush

From
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date
May 13, 2020, 18:04 UTC
Message-ID
<7a689da2bb820f70d9e668d656b088af2297d456.1589393036.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1589393036.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>

Currently, remote-curl acts as a proxy and blindly forwards packets between an HTTP server and fetch-pack. In the case of a stateless RPC connection where the connection is terminated before the transaction is complete, remote-curl will blindly forward the packets before waiting on more input from fetch-pack. Meanwhile, fetch-pack will read the transaction and continue reading, expecting more input to continue the transaction. This results in a deadlock between the two processes.

This can be seen in the following command which does not terminate:
	$ git -c protocol.version=2 clone https://github.com/git/git.git --shallow-since=20151012
	Cloning into 'git'...
whereas the v1 version does terminate as expected:
	$ git -c protocol.version=1 clone https://github.com/git/git.git --shallow-since=20151012
	Cloning into 'git'...
	fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly

Instead of blindly forwarding packets, raise a flag when a flush packet is encountered. Ensure that the last packet sent is a flush packet otherwise error out, breaking the deadlock.

This is not a complete solution to the problem, however. It is possible that a flush packet could be sent in the middle of a message and the connection could die immediately after. Then, remote-curl would not error out and fetch-pack would still be in the middle of a transaction and they would enter deadlock. A complete solution would involve reframing the stateless-connect protocol, possibly by introducing another control packet ("0002"?) as a stateless request separator packet which is always sent at the end of post_rpc().

Although this is not a complete solution, it is better than nothing and it resolves the reported issue for now.

Reported-by: Force Charlie <charlieio@outlook.com>
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
---
Notes:
    I wish there were some way to insert a timeout on the test case so that
    we don't block forever in case we regress.
 remote-curl.c          |  9 +++++++++
 t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index 8b740354e5..aab17851be 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ struct rpc_in_data {
 	struct active_request_slot *slot;
 	struct strbuf len_buf;
 	int remaining;
+	int last_flush;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -707,6 +708,8 @@ static size_t rpc_in(char *ptr, size_t eltsize,
 		data->rpc->any_written = 1;
 
 	while (unwritten) {
+		data->last_flush = 0;
+
 		if (!data->remaining) {
 			int digits_remaining = 4 - data->len_buf.len;
 			if (digits_remaining > unwritten)
@@ -720,6 +723,8 @@ static size_t rpc_in(char *ptr, size_t eltsize,
 				if (data->remaining < 0) {
 					die(_("remote-curl: bad line length character: %.4s"), data->len_buf.buf);
 				} else if (data->remaining <= 1) {
+					if (!data->remaining)
+						data->last_flush = 1;
 					data->remaining = 0;
 				} else if (data->remaining < 4) {
 					die(_("remote-curl: bad line length %d"), data->remaining);
@@ -960,6 +965,7 @@ static int post_rpc(struct rpc_state *rpc, int flush_received)
 	rpc_in_data.slot = slot;
 	strbuf_init(&rpc_in_data.len_buf, 4);
 	rpc_in_data.remaining = 0;
+	rpc_in_data.last_flush = 0;
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FILE, &rpc_in_data);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 0);
 
@@ -979,6 +985,9 @@ static int post_rpc(struct rpc_state *rpc, int flush_received)
 	if (rpc_in_data.remaining)
 		err = error(_("%d bytes are still expected"), rpc_in_data.remaining);
 
+	if (!rpc_in_data.last_flush)
+		err = error(_("last packet was not a flush"));
+
 	curl_slist_free_all(headers);
 	free(gzip_body);
 	return err;
diff --git a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
index 5039e66dc4..4570d0746c 100755
--- a/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
+++ b/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
@@ -586,6 +586,23 @@ test_expect_success 'clone with http:// using protocol v2' '
 	! grep "Send header: Transfer-Encoding: chunked" log
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone with http:// using protocol v2 and invalid parameters' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
+
+	test_must_fail env GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/log" GIT_TRACE_CURL="$(pwd)/log" \
+		git -c protocol.version=2 \
+		clone --shallow-since=20151012 "$HTTPD_URL/smart/http_parent" http_child_invalid 2>err &&
+
+	# Client requested to use protocol v2
+	grep "Git-Protocol: version=2" log &&
+	# Server responded using protocol v2
+	grep "git< version 2" log &&
+	# Verify that we errored out in the expected way
+	test_i18ngrep "last packet was not a flush" err &&
+	# Verify that the chunked encoding sending codepath is NOT exercised
+	! grep "Send header: Transfer-Encoding: chunked" log
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'clone big repository with http:// using protocol v2' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -f log" &&
 
-- 
2.26.2.706.g87896c9627
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  1. 0/6 remote-curl: partial fix for a deadlock with stateless rpcDenton Liu, May 13, 2020
  2. 1/6 remote-curl: fix typoDenton Liu, May 13, 2020
  3. 2/6 remote-curl: remove label indentationDenton Liu, May 13, 2020
  4. 3/6 transport: combine common cases with a fallthroughDenton Liu, May 13, 2020
  5. Eric SunshineMay 13, 2020
  6. Denton LiuMay 18, 2020
  7. Eric SunshineMay 18, 2020
  8. 4/6 pkt-line: extern packet_length()Denton Liu, May 13, 2020
  9. Eric SunshineMay 13, 2020
  10. Jeff KingMay 15, 2020
  11. Jeff KingMay 15, 2020
  12. 5/6 remote-curl: error on incomplete packetDenton Liu, May 13, 2020
  13. Jeff KingMay 15, 2020
  14. Denton LiuMay 18, 2020
  15. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  16. 6/6 remote-curl: ensure last packet is a flushDenton Liu, May 13, 2020
  17. Denton LiuMay 15, 2020
  18. Jeff KingMay 15, 2020
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  20. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  21. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  22. 0/7 remote-curl: fix deadlocks when remote server disconnectsDenton Liu, May 18, 2020
  23. 1/7 remote-curl: fix typoDenton Liu, May 18, 2020
  24. 2/7 remote-curl: remove label indentationDenton Liu, May 18, 2020
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  26. 4/7 pkt-line: extern packet_length()Denton Liu, May 18, 2020
  27. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  28. Eric SunshineMay 18, 2020
  29. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  30. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  31. 3/7 transport: extract common fetch_pack() callDenton Liu, May 18, 2020
  32. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  33. 6/7 pkt-line: PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_ENDDenton Liu, May 18, 2020
  34. 7/7 stateless-connect: send response end packetDenton Liu, May 18, 2020
  35. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  36. Denton LiuMay 18, 2020
  37. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  38. 5/7 remote-curl: error on incomplete packetDenton Liu, May 18, 2020
  39. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  40. Denton LiuMay 18, 2020
  41. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  42. Denton LiuMay 18, 2020
  43. Jeff KingMay 18, 2020
  44. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  45. Jeff KingMay 19, 2020
  46. Junio C HamanoMay 18, 2020
  47. 0/7 remote-curl: fix deadlocks when remote server disconnectsDenton Liu, May 19, 2020
  48. 1/7 remote-curl: fix typoDenton Liu, May 19, 2020
  49. 2/7 remote-curl: remove label indentationDenton Liu, May 19, 2020
  50. 3/7 transport: extract common fetch_pack() callDenton Liu, May 19, 2020
  51. 4/7 pkt-line: extern packet_length()Denton Liu, May 19, 2020
  52. Eric SunshineMay 19, 2020
  53. 6/7 pkt-line: define PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_ENDDenton Liu, May 19, 2020
  54. 5/7 remote-curl: error on incomplete packetDenton Liu, May 19, 2020
  55. 7/7 stateless-connect: send response end packetDenton Liu, May 19, 2020
  56. Jeff KingMay 19, 2020
  57. Denton LiuMay 19, 2020
  58. 8/7 fixup! pkt-line: extern packet_length()Denton Liu, May 19, 2020
  59. 9/9 fixup! remote-curl: error on incomplete packetDenton Liu, May 22, 2020
  60. Jeff KingMay 22, 2020
  61. Denton LiuMay 22, 2020
  62. Jeff KingMay 22, 2020

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