tcp: refine tcp_write_queue_empty() implementation

Due to how tcp_sendmsg() is implemented, we can have an empty
skb at the tail of the write queue.

Most [1] tcp_write_queue_empty() callers want to know if there is
anything to send (payload and/or FIN)

Instead of checking if the sk_write_queue is empty, we need
to test if tp->write_seq == tp->snd_nxt

[1] tcp_send_fin() was the only caller that expected to
 see if an skb was in the write queue, I have changed the code
 to reuse the tcp_write_queue_tail() result.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>
Acked-by: Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 86b9a8766648..e460ea7f767b 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1766,9 +1766,18 @@ static inline bool tcp_skb_is_last(const struct sock *sk,
 	return skb_queue_is_last(&sk->sk_write_queue, skb);
 }
 
+/**
+ * tcp_write_queue_empty - test if any payload (or FIN) is available in write queue
+ * @sk: socket
+ *
+ * Since the write queue can have a temporary empty skb in it,
+ * we must not use "return skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_write_queue)"
+ */
 static inline bool tcp_write_queue_empty(const struct sock *sk)
 {
-	return skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_write_queue);
+	const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+
+	return tp->write_seq == tp->snd_nxt;
 }
 
 static inline bool tcp_rtx_queue_empty(const struct sock *sk)