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tls: don't rely on tx_work during send()
authorSabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:17:00 +0000 (11:17 +0200)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:41:45 +0000 (17:41 -0700)
commit7f846c65ca11e63d2409868ff039081f80e42ae4
tree6810463cc49cf24348534214c3e5dc197d0c70f6
parentb8a6ff84abbcbbc445463de58704686011edc8e1
tls: don't rely on tx_work during send()

With async crypto, we rely on tx_work to actually transmit records
once encryption completes. But while send() is running, both the
tx_lock and socket lock are held, so tx_work_handler cannot process
the queue of encrypted records, and simply reschedules itself. During
a large send(), this could last a long time, and use a lot of memory.

Transmit any pending encrypted records before restarting the main
loop of tls_sw_sendmsg_locked.

Fixes: a42055e8d2c3 ("net/tls: Add support for async encryption of records for performance")
Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/8396631478f70454b44afb98352237d33f48d34d.1760432043.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/tls/tls_sw.c