Fix T3RTX timer starvation

src/association/mod.rs

@@ -1685,7 +1685,8 @@ impl Association {
             self.timers.stop(Timer::T3RTX);
         } else {
             trace!("[{}] T3-rtx timer start (pt2)", self.side);
-            self.timers.start(Timer::T3RTX, now, self.rto_mgr.get_rto());
+            self.timers
+                .restart_if_stale(Timer::T3RTX, now, self.rto_mgr.get_rto());
         }
 
         // Update congestion control parameters
@@ -1825,7 +1826,8 @@ impl Association {
         if !self.inflight_queue.is_empty() {
             // Start timer. (noop if already started)
             trace!("[{}] T3-rtx timer start (pt3)", self.side);
-            self.timers.start(Timer::T3RTX, now, self.rto_mgr.get_rto());
+            self.timers
+                .restart_if_stale(Timer::T3RTX, now, self.rto_mgr.get_rto());
         } else if state == AssociationState::ShutdownPending {
             // No more outstanding, send shutdown.
             should_awake_write_loop = true;
@@ -2053,7 +2055,8 @@ impl Association {
         if !chunks.is_empty() {
             // Start timer. (noop if already started)
             trace!("[{}] T3-rtx timer start (pt1)", self.side);
-            self.timers.start(Timer::T3RTX, now, self.rto_mgr.get_rto());
+            self.timers
+                .restart_if_stale(Timer::T3RTX, now, self.rto_mgr.get_rto());
 
             for p in &self.bundle_data_chunks_into_packets(chunks) {
                 if let Ok(raw) = p.marshal() {

src/association/timer.rs

@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ impl TimerTable {
         self.data[timer as usize] = Some(time);
     }
 
+    /// Restarts the timer if the current instant is none or elapsed.
+    pub fn restart_if_stale(&mut self, timer: Timer, now: Instant, interval: u64) {
+        if let Some(current) = self.data[timer as usize] {
+            if current >= now {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.start(timer, now, interval);
+    }
+
     pub fn stop(&mut self, timer: Timer) {
         self.data[timer as usize] = None;
         self.retrans[timer as usize] = 0;

src/endpoint/endpoint_test.rs

@@ -2212,6 +2212,76 @@ fn test_association_handle_packet_before_init() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+// This test reproduces an issue related to having regular messages (regular acks) which keep
+// rescheduling the T3RTX timer before it can ever fire.
+#[test]
+fn test_old_rtx_on_regular_acks() -> Result<()> {
+    let si: u16 = 6;
+    let mut sbuf = vec![0u8; 1000];
+    for i in 0..sbuf.len() {
+        sbuf[i] = (i & 0xff) as u8;
+    }
+
+    let (mut pair, client_ch, server_ch) = create_association_pair(AckMode::Normal, 0)?;
+    pair.latency = Duration::from_millis(500);
+    establish_session_pair(&mut pair, client_ch, server_ch, si)?;
+
+    // Send 20 packet at a regular interval that is < RTO
+    for i in 0..20u32 {
+        println!("sending packet {}", i);
+        sbuf[0..4].copy_from_slice(&i.to_be_bytes());
+        let n = pair.client_stream(client_ch, si)?.write_sctp(
+            &Bytes::from(sbuf.clone()),
+            PayloadProtocolIdentifier::Binary,
+        )?;
+        assert_eq!(sbuf.len(), n, "unexpected length of received data");
+        pair.client.drive(pair.time, pair.server.addr);
+
+        // drop a few transmits
+        if i >= 5 && i < 10 {
+            pair.client.outbound.clear();
+        }
+
+        pair.drive_client();
+        pair.drive_server();
+        pair.time += Duration::from_millis(500);
+    }
+
+    pair.drive_client();
+    pair.drive_server();
+
+    let mut buf = vec![0u8; 3000];
+
+    // All packets must readable correctly
+    for i in 0..20 {
+        {
+            let q = &pair
+                .server_conn_mut(server_ch)
+                .streams
+                .get(&si)
+                .unwrap()
+                .reassembly_queue;
+            println!("q.is_readable()={}", q.is_readable());
+            assert!(q.is_readable(), "should be readable at {}", i);
+        }
+
+        let chunks = pair.server_stream(server_ch, si)?.read_sctp()?.unwrap();
+        let (n, ppi) = (chunks.len(), chunks.ppi);
+        chunks.read(&mut buf)?;
+        assert_eq!(n, sbuf.len(), "unexpected length of received data");
+        assert_eq!(ppi, PayloadProtocolIdentifier::Binary, "unexpected ppi");
+        assert_eq!(
+            u32::from_be_bytes([buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3]]),
+            i,
+            "unexpected received data"
+        );
+    }
+
+    close_association_pair(&mut pair, client_ch, server_ch, si);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /*
 TODO: The following tests will be moved to sctp-async tests:
 struct FakeEchoConn {