Commit aab691d512 did not fix all possible
scenarios in which the ns_statscounter_recursclients counter underflows.
The solution implemented therein can be ineffective e.g. when CNAME
chaining happens with prefetching enabled.
Here is an example recursive resolution scenario in which the
ns_statscounter_recursclients counter can underflow with the current
logic in effect:
1. Query processing starts, the answer is not found in the cache, so
recursion is started. The NS_CLIENTATTR_RECURSING attribute is set.
ns_statscounter_recursclients is incremented (Δ = +1).
2. Recursion completes, returning a CNAME. client->recursionquota is
non-NULL, so the NS_CLIENTATTR_RECURSING attribute remains set.
ns_statscounter_recursclients is decremented (Δ = 0).
3. Query processing restarts.
4. The current QNAME (the target of the CNAME from step 2) is found in
the cache, with a TTL low enough to trigger a prefetch.
5. query_prefetch() attaches to client->recursionquota.
ns_statscounter_recursclients is not incremented because
query_prefetch() does not do that (Δ = 0).
6. Query processing restarts.
7. The current QNAME (the target of the CNAME from step 4) is not found
in the cache, so recursion is started. client->recursionquota is
already attached to (since step 5) and the NS_CLIENTATTR_RECURSING
attribute is set (since step 1), so ns_statscounter_recursclients is
not incremented (Δ = 0).
8. The prefetch from step 5 completes. client->recursionquota is
detached from in prefetch_done(). ns_statscounter_recursclients is
not decremented because prefetch_done() does not do that (Δ = 0).
9. Recursion for the current QNAME completes. client->recursionquota
is already detached from, i.e. set to NULL (since step 8), and the
NS_CLIENTATTR_RECURSING attribute is set (since step 1), so
ns_statscounter_recursclients is decremented (Δ = -1).
Another possible scenario is that after step 7, recursion for the target
of the CNAME from step 4 completes before the prefetch for the CNAME
itself. fetch_callback() then notices that client->recursionquota is
non-NULL and decrements ns_statscounter_recursclients, even though
client->recursionquota was attached to by query_prefetch() and therefore
not accompanied by an incrementation of ns_statscounter_recursclients.
The net result is also an underflow.
Instead of trying to properly handle all possible orderings of events
set into motion by normal recursion and prefetch-triggered recursion,
adjust ns_statscounter_recursclients whenever the recursive clients
quota is successfully attached to or detached from. Remove the
NS_CLIENTATTR_RECURSING attribute altogether as its only purpose is made
obsolete by this change.
(cherry picked from commit f7482b68b9)
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