tcp/dccp: drop SYN packets if accept queue is full

Per listen(fd, backlog) rules, there is really no point accepting a SYN,
sending a SYNACK, and dropping the following ACK packet if accept queue
is full, because application is not draining accept queue fast enough.

This behavior is fooling TCP clients that believe they established a
flow, while there is nothing at server side. They might then send about
10 MSS (if using IW10) that will be dropped anyway while server is under
stress.
Signed-off-by: NEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: NNeal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Acked-by: NYuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

include/net/inet_connection_sock.h

@@ -289,11 +289,6 @@ static inline int inet_csk_reqsk_queue_len(const struct sock *sk)
 	return reqsk_queue_len(&inet_csk(sk)->icsk_accept_queue);
 }
 
-static inline int inet_csk_reqsk_queue_young(const struct sock *sk)
-{
-	return reqsk_queue_len_young(&inet_csk(sk)->icsk_accept_queue);
-}
-
 static inline int inet_csk_reqsk_queue_is_full(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	return inet_csk_reqsk_queue_len(sk) >= sk->sk_max_ack_backlog;

net/dccp/ipv4.c

@@ -588,13 +588,7 @@ int dccp_v4_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (inet_csk_reqsk_queue_is_full(sk))
 		goto drop;
 
-	/*
-	 * Accept backlog is full. If we have already queued enough
-	 * of warm entries in syn queue, drop request. It is better than
-	 * clogging syn queue with openreqs with exponentially increasing
-	 * timeout.
-	 */
-	if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk) && inet_csk_reqsk_queue_young(sk) > 1)
+	if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk))
 		goto drop;
 
 	req = inet_reqsk_alloc(&dccp_request_sock_ops, sk, true);

net/dccp/ipv6.c

@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ static int dccp_v6_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (inet_csk_reqsk_queue_is_full(sk))
 		goto drop;
 
-	if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk) && inet_csk_reqsk_queue_young(sk) > 1)
+	if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk))
 		goto drop;
 
 	req = inet_reqsk_alloc(&dccp6_request_sock_ops, sk, true);

net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

@@ -6298,13 +6298,7 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 			goto drop;
 	}
 
-
-	/* Accept backlog is full. If we have already queued enough
-	 * of warm entries in syn queue, drop request. It is better than
-	 * clogging syn queue with openreqs with exponentially increasing
-	 * timeout.
-	 */
-	if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk) && inet_csk_reqsk_queue_young(sk) > 1) {
+	if (sk_acceptq_is_full(sk)) {
 		NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_LISTENOVERFLOWS);
 		goto drop;
 	}