sctp: save transmit error to sk_err in sctp_outq_flush

Every time when sctp calls sctp_outq_flush, it sends out the chunks of
control queue, retransmit queue and data queue. Even if some trunks are
failed to transmit, it still has to flush all the transports, as it's
the only chance to clean that transmit_list.

So the latest transmit error here should be returned back. This transmit
error is an internal error of sctp stack.

I checked all the places where it uses the transmit error (the return
value of sctp_outq_flush), most of them are actually just save it to
sk_err.

Except for sctp_assoc/endpoint_bh_rcv, they will drop the chunk if
it's failed to send a REPLY, which is actually incorrect, as we can't
be sure the error that sctp_outq_flush returns is from sending that
REPLY.

So it's meaningless for sctp_outq_flush to return error back.

This patch is to save transmit error to sk_err in sctp_outq_flush, the
new error can update the old value. Eventually, sctp_wait_for_* would
check for it.

Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index 31b7bc35895d..f2597a9eff74 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ sctp_xmit_t sctp_packet_transmit_chunk(struct sctp_packet *packet,
 				       int one_packet, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	sctp_xmit_t retval;
-	int error = 0;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: packet:%p size:%Zu chunk:%p size:%d\n", __func__,
 		 packet, packet->size, chunk, chunk->skb ? chunk->skb->len : -1);
@@ -188,6 +187,8 @@ sctp_xmit_t sctp_packet_transmit_chunk(struct sctp_packet *packet,
 	switch ((retval = (sctp_packet_append_chunk(packet, chunk)))) {
 	case SCTP_XMIT_PMTU_FULL:
 		if (!packet->has_cookie_echo) {
+			int error = 0;
+
 			error = sctp_packet_transmit(packet, gfp);
 			if (error < 0)
 				chunk->skb->sk->sk_err = -error;