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[PATCH v3 0/7] remote-curl: fix deadlocks when remote server disconnects

From
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date
May 19, 2020, 10:53 UTC
Message-ID
<cover.1589885479.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1589816718.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
The following command hangs forever:
	$ git -c protocol.version=2 clone https://github.com/git/git.git --shallow-since=20151012
	Cloning into 'git'...

This occurs because the --shallow-since arg is incorrect and the server dies early. However, remote-curl does not realise that the server errored out and just faithfully forwards the packets to fetch-pack before waiting on more input from fetch-pack. Meanwhile, fetch-pack keeps reading as it still expects more input. As a result, the processes deadlock. Original analysis by Peff: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200328154936.GA1217052@coredump.intra.peff.net/

Changes since v2:
* Use if-else tower in "transport: extract common fetch_pack() call"
* Rename to `lenbuf_hex` and remove null-terminator sentence in
  "pkt-line: extern packet_length()"
* Fix "a a" typo in "remote-curl: error on incomplete packet"
* Don't send flush packet after response end packet
* Move stateless delimiter checks closer to where message processing
  happens in do_fetch_pack_v2()
Changes since v1:
* Remove fallthrough in switch in favour of just extracting the common
  call out of the switch in patch 3
* Add more detail in function comment and use `const char linelen[4]` in
  patch 4
* Implement most of Peff's suggestions[0] in patch 5
* Only operate on stateless_connect() in patch 5
* Add tests in patch 5
* Drop "remote-curl: ensure last packet is a flush" in favour of
  "stateless-connect: send response end packet"
[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200515213844.GD115445@coredump.intra.peff.net/
Denton Liu (7):
  remote-curl: fix typo
  remote-curl: remove label indentation
  transport: extract common fetch_pack() call
  pkt-line: extern packet_length()
  remote-curl: error on incomplete packet
  pkt-line: define PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_END
  stateless-connect: send response end packet
 Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt           |  4 +-
 Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt       |  2 +
 builtin/fetch-pack.c                          |  2 +-
 connect.c                                     | 18 ++++-
 connect.h                                     |  4 ++
 fetch-pack.c                                  | 13 ++++
 pkt-line.c                                    | 17 ++++-
 pkt-line.h                                    | 11 +++
 remote-curl.c                                 | 70 +++++++++++++++++--
 remote.h                                      |  3 +-
 serve.c                                       |  2 +
 t/helper/test-pkt-line.c                      |  4 ++
 t/lib-httpd.sh                                |  2 +
 t/lib-httpd/apache.conf                       |  8 +++
 .../incomplete-body-upload-pack-v2-http.sh    |  3 +
 .../incomplete-length-upload-pack-v2-http.sh  |  3 +
 t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh                        | 47 +++++++++++++
 transport.c                                   | 28 +++-----
 18 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 t/lib-httpd/incomplete-body-upload-pack-v2-http.sh
 create mode 100644 t/lib-httpd/incomplete-length-upload-pack-v2-http.sh
Range-diff against v2:
1:  b390875f87 = 1:  b390875f87 remote-curl: fix typo
2:  a2b28c0b28 = 2:  a2b28c0b28 remote-curl: remove label indentation
3:  3a42575bd5 < -:  ---------- transport: extract common fetch_pack() call
-:  ---------- > 3:  c118baa5a2 transport: extract common fetch_pack() call
4:  c2b9d033bb ! 4:  36885943b2 pkt-line: extern packet_length()
    @@ Commit message
         need to access the length header. In order to simplify this, extern
         packet_length() so that the logic can be reused.
     
    -    Change the function parameter from a `const char *` to
    -    `const char linelen[4]`. Even though these two types behave identically
    -    as function parameters, use the array notation to semantically indicate
    -    exactly what this function is expecting as an argument.
    +    Change the function parameter from `const char *linelen` to
    +    `const char lenbuf_hex[4]`. Even though these two types behave
    +    identically as function parameters, use the array notation to
    +    semantically indicate exactly what this function is expecting as an
    +    argument. Also, rename it from linelen to lenbuf_hex as the former
    +    sounds like it should be an integral type which is misleading.
     
      ## pkt-line.c ##
     @@ pkt-line.c: static int get_packet_data(int fd, char **src_buf, size_t *src_size,
    @@ pkt-line.c: static int get_packet_data(int fd, char **src_buf, size_t *src_size,
      }
      
     -static int packet_length(const char *linelen)
    -+int packet_length(const char linelen[4])
    ++int packet_length(const char lenbuf_hex[4])
      {
    - 	int val = hex2chr(linelen);
    - 	return (val < 0) ? val : (val << 8) | hex2chr(linelen + 2);
    +-	int val = hex2chr(linelen);
    +-	return (val < 0) ? val : (val << 8) | hex2chr(linelen + 2);
    ++	int val = hex2chr(lenbuf_hex);
    ++	return (val < 0) ? val : (val << 8) | hex2chr(lenbuf_hex + 2);
    + }
    + 
    + enum packet_read_status packet_read_with_status(int fd, char **src_buffer,
     
      ## pkt-line.h ##
     @@ pkt-line.h: int write_packetized_from_buf(const char *src_in, size_t len, int fd_out);
    @@ pkt-line.h: int write_packetized_from_buf(const char *src_in, size_t len, int fd
      
     +/*
     + * Convert a four hex digit packet line length header into its numeric
    -+ * representation. linelen should not be null-terminated.
    ++ * representation.
     + *
     + * If linelen contains non-hex characters, return -1. Otherwise, return the
     + * numeric value of the length header.
     + */
    -+int packet_length(const char linelen[4]);
    ++int packet_length(const char lenbuf_hex[4]);
     +
      /*
       * Read a packetized line into a buffer like the 'packet_read()' function but
5:  52ce5fdffd ! 5:  91d330620a remote-curl: error on incomplete packet
    @@ Commit message
         results in a deadlock between the two processes.
     
         For a stateless connection, inspect packets before sending them and
    -    error out if a a packet line packet is incomplete.
    +    error out if a packet line packet is incomplete.
     
         Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
     
6:  744b078324 ! 6:  ff83344e9e pkt-line: PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_END
    @@ Metadata
     Author: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
     
      ## Commit message ##
    -    pkt-line: PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_END
    +    pkt-line: define PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_END
     
         In a future commit, we will use PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_END to separate
         messages proxied by remote-curl. To prepare for this, add the
7:  4b079bcd83 ! 7:  c26e160fbc stateless-connect: send response end packet
    @@ Commit message
                 Cloning into 'git'...
                 fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly
     
    -    Instead of blindly forwarding packets, make remote-curl insert response
    -    end and flush packets after proxying the responses from the remote
    -    server when using stateless_connect(). On the RPC client side, ensure
    -    that each response ends as described.
    +    Instead of blindly forwarding packets, make remote-curl insert a
    +    response end packet after proxying the responses from the remote server
    +    when using stateless_connect(). On the RPC client side, ensure that each
    +    response ends as described.
     
         A separate control packet is chosen because we need to be able to
         differentiate between what the remote server sends and remote-curl's
    @@ Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt: Supported if the helper has the "connect" c
      	(both request and response) must consist of zero or more
     -	PKT-LINEs, terminating in a flush packet. The client must not
     +	PKT-LINEs, terminating in a flush packet. Response messages will
    -+	have a response end packet before the flush packet to indicate
    -+	the end of a response.  The client must not
    ++	then have a response end packet after the flush packet to
    ++	indicate the end of a response.  The client must not
      	expect the server to store any state in between request-response
      	pairs.  After the connection ends, the remote helper exits.
      +
    @@ builtin/fetch-pack.c: int cmd_fetch_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char
     
      ## connect.c ##
     @@ connect.c: static int process_ref_v2(const char *line, struct ref ***list)
    + 	return ret;
    + }
    + 
    ++void check_stateless_delimiter(int stateless_rpc,
    ++			      struct packet_reader *reader,
    ++			      const char *error)
    ++{
    ++	if (!stateless_rpc)
    ++		return; /* not in stateless mode, no delimiter expected */
    ++	if (packet_reader_read(reader) != PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_END)
    ++		die("%s", error);
    ++}
    ++
      struct ref **get_remote_refs(int fd_out, struct packet_reader *reader,
      			     struct ref **list, int for_push,
      			     const struct argv_array *ref_prefixes,
    @@ connect.c: struct ref **get_remote_refs(int fd_out, struct packet_reader *reader
      	if (reader->status != PACKET_READ_FLUSH)
      		die(_("expected flush after ref listing"));
      
    -+	if (stateless_rpc) {
    -+		if (packet_reader_read(reader) != PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_END)
    -+			die(_("expected response end packet after ref listing"));
    -+		if (packet_reader_read(reader) != PACKET_READ_FLUSH)
    -+			die(_("expected flush packet after response end"));
    -+	}
    ++	check_stateless_delimiter(stateless_rpc, reader,
    ++				  _("expected response end packet after ref listing"));
     +
      	return list;
      }
      
     
    - ## fetch-pack.c ##
    -@@ fetch-pack.c: static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
    - 	struct fetch_negotiator negotiator_alloc;
    - 	struct fetch_negotiator *negotiator;
    - 	int seen_ack = 0;
    -+	int check_http_delimiter;
    + ## connect.h ##
    +@@ connect.h: int server_supports_v2(const char *c, int die_on_error);
    + int server_supports_feature(const char *c, const char *feature,
    + 			    int die_on_error);
      
    - 	if (args->no_dependents) {
    - 		negotiator = NULL;
    -@@ fetch-pack.c: static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
    - 	}
    - 
    - 	while (state != FETCH_DONE) {
    -+		check_http_delimiter = 0;
    ++void check_stateless_delimiter(int stateless_rpc,
    ++			       struct packet_reader *reader,
    ++			       const char *error);
     +
    - 		switch (state) {
    - 		case FETCH_CHECK_LOCAL:
    - 			sort_ref_list(&ref, ref_compare_name);
    + #endif
    +
    + ## fetch-pack.c ##
    +@@ fetch-pack.c: enum fetch_state {
    + 	FETCH_DONE,
    + };
    + 
    ++static void do_check_stateless_delimiter(const struct fetch_pack_args *args,
    ++					 struct packet_reader *reader)
    ++{
    ++	check_stateless_delimiter(args->stateless_rpc, reader,
    ++				  _("git fetch-pack: expected response end packet"));
    ++}
    ++
    + static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
    + 				    int fd[2],
    + 				    const struct ref *orig_ref,
     @@ fetch-pack.c: static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
    + 			/* Process ACKs/NAKs */
    + 			switch (process_acks(negotiator, &reader, &common)) {
    + 			case READY:
    ++				/*
    ++				 * Don't check for response delimiter; get_pack() will
    ++				 * read the rest of this response.
    ++				 */
    + 				state = FETCH_GET_PACK;
    + 				break;
    + 			case COMMON_FOUND:
    +@@ fetch-pack.c: static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
    + 				seen_ack = 1;
      				/* fallthrough */
      			case NO_COMMON_FOUND:
    ++				do_check_stateless_delimiter(args, &reader);
      				state = FETCH_SEND_REQUEST;
    -+				check_http_delimiter = 1;
      				break;
      			}
    - 			break;
     @@ fetch-pack.c: static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
    + 			process_section_header(&reader, "packfile", 0);
    + 			if (get_pack(args, fd, pack_lockfile, sought, nr_sought))
      				die(_("git fetch-pack: fetch failed."));
    ++			do_check_stateless_delimiter(args, &reader);
      
      			state = FETCH_DONE;
    -+			check_http_delimiter = 1;
      			break;
    - 		case FETCH_DONE:
    - 			continue;
    - 		}
    -+
    -+		if (args->stateless_rpc && check_http_delimiter) {
    -+			if (packet_reader_read(&reader) != PACKET_READ_RESPONSE_END)
    -+				die(_("git fetch-pack: expected response end packet"));
    -+			if (packet_reader_read(&reader) != PACKET_READ_FLUSH)
    -+				die(_("git fetch-pack: expected flush packet"));
    -+		}
    - 	}
    - 
    - 	if (negotiator)
     
      ## remote-curl.c ##
     @@ remote-curl.c: static void check_pktline(struct check_pktline_state *state, const char *ptr, si
    @@ remote-curl.c: static int post_rpc(struct rpc_state *rpc, int stateless_connect,
      	if (rpc_in_data.pktline_state.remaining)
      		err = error(_("%d bytes of body are still expected"), rpc_in_data.pktline_state.remaining);
      
    -+	if (stateless_connect) {
    ++	if (stateless_connect)
     +		packet_response_end(rpc->in);
    -+		packet_flush(rpc->in);
    -+	}
     +
      	curl_slist_free_all(headers);
      	free(gzip_body);
-- 
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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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