Fix socket option {linger, {true, 0}} to abort TCP connections

Up until now, if {linger, {true, 0}} is set on the socket and there is
data in the port driver queue, the connection is not aborted until
the port queue is empty and close() is called on the underlying file
descriptor. This bug allows an idle TCP client to prevent a server
from terminating the connection and freeing resources. This patch
fixes the problem by discarding the port queue if the socket is closed
when {linger, {true, 0}} is set.

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/inet_drv.c b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/inet_drv.c
index a8c58a8149..80cb705896 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/drivers/common/inet_drv.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/drivers/common/inet_drv.c
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ static int my_strncasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
 #define TCP_ADDF_SHOW_ECONNRESET   64 /* Tell user about incoming RST */
 #define TCP_ADDF_DELAYED_ECONNRESET 128 /* An ECONNRESET error occured on send or shutdown */
 #define TCP_ADDF_SHUTDOWN_WR_DONE 256 /* A shutdown(sock, SHUT_WR) or SHUT_RDWR was made */
+#define TCP_ADDF_LINGER_ZERO 	  512 /* Discard driver queue on port close */
 
 /* *_REQ_* replies */
 #define INET_REP_ERROR       0
@@ -6318,6 +6319,13 @@ static int inet_set_opts(inet_descriptor* desc, char* ptr, int len)
 	    arg_sz = sizeof(li_val);
 	    DEBUGF(("inet_set_opts(%ld): s=%d, SO_LINGER=%d,%d",
 		    (long)desc->port, desc->s, li_val.l_onoff,li_val.l_linger));
+	    if (desc->sprotocol == IPPROTO_TCP) {
+		tcp_descriptor* tdesc = (tcp_descriptor*) desc;
+		if (li_val.l_onoff && li_val.l_linger == 0)
+		    tdesc->tcp_add_flags |= TCP_ADDF_LINGER_ZERO;
+		else
+		    tdesc->tcp_add_flags &= ~TCP_ADDF_LINGER_ZERO;
+	    }
 	    break;
 
 	case INET_OPT_PRIORITY: 
@@ -9699,6 +9707,8 @@ static void tcp_inet_flush(ErlDrvData e)
 	/* Discard send queue to avoid hanging port (OTP-7615) */
 	tcp_clear_output(desc);
     }
+    if (desc->tcp_add_flags & TCP_ADDF_LINGER_ZERO)
+	tcp_clear_output(desc);
 }
 
 static void tcp_inet_process_exit(ErlDrvData e, ErlDrvMonitor *monitorp) 
diff --git a/erts/preloaded/src/prim_inet.erl b/erts/preloaded/src/prim_inet.erl
index fb0f67aa8a..5e0b38aa68 100644
--- a/erts/preloaded/src/prim_inet.erl
+++ b/erts/preloaded/src/prim_inet.erl
@@ -146,11 +146,16 @@ shutdown_1(S, How) ->
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 close(S) when is_port(S) ->
-    case subscribe(S, [subs_empty_out_q]) of
-	{ok, [{subs_empty_out_q,N}]} when N > 0 ->
-	    close_pend_loop(S, N);   %% wait for pending output to be sent
+    case getopt(S, linger) of
+    	{ok,{true,0}} -> 
+	    close_port(S);
 	_ ->
-	    close_port(S)
+	    case subscribe(S, [subs_empty_out_q]) of
+		{ok, [{subs_empty_out_q,N}]} when N > 0 ->
+		    close_pend_loop(S, N);   %% wait for pending output to be sent
+		_ ->
+		    close_port(S)
+	    end
     end.
 
 close_pend_loop(S, N) ->