Re: [PATCH net] can: j1939: j1939_xtp_rx_dat_one(): cancel session if receive TP.DT with error length

[Kurt Van Dijck <dev.kurt@vandijck-laurijssen.be>]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:21:31 +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 06:40:15PM +0800, Zhang Changzhong wrote:
> > On 2021/10/11 14:35, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 04:43:56PM +0800, Zhang Changzhong wrote:
> > >> On 2021/10/8 19:00, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > >>> On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 05:22:12PM +0800, Zhang Changzhong wrote:
> > >>>> Hi Kurt,
> > >>>> Sorry for the late reply.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 2021/9/30 15:42, Kurt Van Dijck wrote:
> > >>>>> On Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:33:20 +0800, Zhang Changzhong wrote:
> > >>>>>> According to SAE-J1939-21, the data length of TP.DT must be 8 bytes, so
> > >>>>>> cancel session when receive unexpected TP.DT message.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> SAE-j1939-21 indeed says that all TP.DT must be 8 bytes.
> > >>>>> However, the last TP.DT may contain up to 6 stuff bytes, which have no meaning.
> > >>>>> If I remember well, they are even not 'reserved'.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Agree, these bytes are meaningless for last TP.DT.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Fixes: 9d71dd0c7009 ("can: add support of SAE J1939 protocol")
> > >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@huawei.com>
> > >>>>>> ---
> > >>>>>>  net/can/j1939/transport.c | 7 +++++--
> > >>>>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> diff --git a/net/can/j1939/transport.c b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
> > >>>>>> index bb5c4b8..eedaeaf 100644
> > >>>>>> --- a/net/can/j1939/transport.c
> > >>>>>> +++ b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
> > >>>>>> @@ -1789,6 +1789,7 @@ static void j1939_xtp_rx_dpo(struct j1939_priv *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
> > >>>>>>  static void j1939_xtp_rx_dat_one(struct j1939_session *session,
> > >>>>>>  				 struct sk_buff *skb)
> > >>>>>>  {
> > >>>>>> +	enum j1939_xtp_abort abort = J1939_XTP_ABORT_FAULT;
> > >>>>>>  	struct j1939_priv *priv = session->priv;
> > >>>>>>  	struct j1939_sk_buff_cb *skcb, *se_skcb;
> > >>>>>>  	struct sk_buff *se_skb = NULL;
> > >>>>>> @@ -1803,9 +1804,11 @@ static void j1939_xtp_rx_dat_one(struct j1939_session *session,
> > >>>>>>  
> > >>>>>>  	skcb = j1939_skb_to_cb(skb);
> > >>>>>>  	dat = skb->data;
> > >>>>>> -	if (skb->len <= 1)
> > >>>>>> +	if (skb->len != 8) {
> > >>>>>>  		/* makes no sense */
> > >>>>>> +		abort = J1939_XTP_ABORT_UNEXPECTED_DATA;
> > >>>>>>  		goto out_session_cancel;
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I think this is a situation of
> > >>>>> "be strict on what you send, be tolerant on what you receive".
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Did you find a technical reason to abort a session because the last frame didn't
> > >>>>> bring overhead that you don't use?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> No technical reason. The only reason is that SAE-J1939-82 requires responder
> > >>>> to abort session if any TP.DT less than 8 bytes (section A.3.4, Row 7).
> > >>>
> > >>> Do you mean: "BAM Transport: Ensure DUT discards BAM transport when
> > >>> TP.DT data packets are not correct size" ... "Verify DUT discards the
> > >>> BAM transport if any TP.DT data packet has less than 8 bytes"?
> > >>
> > >> Yes.
> > > 
> > > OK, then I have some problems to understand this part:
> > > - 5.10.2.4 Connection Closure
> > >   The “connection abort” message is not allowed to be used by responders in the
> > >   case of a global destination (i.e. BAM).
> > > 
> > > My assumption would be: In case of broadcast transfer, multiple MCU are
> > > receivers. If one of MCU was not able to get complete TP.DT, it should
> > > not abort BAM for all.
> > > 
> > > So, "DUT discards the BAM transport" sounds for me as local action.
> > > Complete TP would be dropped locally.
> > 
> > Yeah, you are right. With this patch receivers drop BAM transport locally
> > because j1939_session_cancel() only send abort message in RTS/CTS transport.
> > 
> > For RTS/CTS transport, SAE-J1939-82 also has similar requirements:
> > "RTS/CTS Transport: Data field size of Transport Data packets for RTS/CTS
> > (DUT as Responder)"..."Verify DUT behavior, e.g., sends a TP.CM_CTS to have
> > packets resent or sends a TP.Conn_Abort, when it receives TP.DT data packets
> > with less than 8 bytes" (section A.3.6, Row 18)
> 
> You are right. Sounds plausible. If we find some device in the field
> which will need a workaround to support less than 8byte, then we will
> need to add some UAPI to configure it. By default we should follow the
> spec. @Kurt, do you have anything against it?

Zhang Changzhong suggested that this is part of compliance testing nowadays.
That obsoletes all technical arguments, and you have no choice than to adapt.

Kurt