feat(serve): burst-gated body stall eviction

The body budget from the prior commit is a generous absolute cap; alone it
just hands a body-phase slowloris a bigger window. Add a stall gate under
that cap that distinguishes a slowloris trickle from a slow-but-legit
client by requiring BURSTS, not a mere average rate:

- BodyStallGate: each body read is bounded by min(body cap, mark + stall).
  The stall mark advances only when body_burst_bytes accumulate since the
  last advance, so a steady sub-burst trickle never moves it and is evicted
  at ~body_stall_timeout, while a bursty slow client keeps resetting it.
- Two words of state; one add + one compare per read. Raw socket bytes are
  counted, so chunked framing counts and an MSS-fragmented burst still
  accumulates. Reuses the existing read_some deadline plumbing.
- Wired into read_body (fixed CL) and read_chunked_body (via fill_to, the
  single choke point all chunked reads pass through).
- New knobs body_burst_bytes (4 KiB) + body_stall_timeout (20s); effective
  floor ~205 B/s enforced in bursts.

Tests: body_smooth_trickle_evicted_at_stall_timeout (chunked; active
sub-burst trickle evicted at ~stall while the cap is far away) and
bursty_slow_body_survives_stall_gate (fixed CL; real bursts with sub-stall
gaps complete intact). 79 lib + 45 integration green; clippy --lib clean.
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Claude (sandbox)
2026-08-12 13:38:16 +00:00
parent 4f06265338
commit f3ccb6e468
3 changed files with 209 additions and 16 deletions
+93 -16
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@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ pub struct ConnLimits {
/// covered (that's the handler's business); the write phase has its own
/// per-write budget (`write_timeout`).
pub body_timeout: Duration,
/// Burst-gated body stall eviction: the bytes that must accumulate
/// since the last advance to count as a "burst" and reset the stall
/// clock. A body that dribbles fewer than this per `body_stall_timeout`
/// window is evicted — the discriminator between a slowloris trickle
/// (near-zero, smooth) and a slow-but-legit client (delivers real
/// bursts). The pair implies an effective floor of
/// body_burst_bytes / body_stall_timeout, enforced in bursts.
pub body_burst_bytes: usize,
/// Max time since the last qualifying burst (`body_burst_bytes`)
/// before a stalled body read is evicted. Must comfortably exceed a
/// legit client's worst quiet gap (e.g. cellular RRC/handover/DRX
/// stalls). The absolute `body_timeout` always backstops it.
pub body_stall_timeout: Duration,
/// Per-write budget for response bytes: every `write_all` (the fixed
/// head+body, and each streamed chunk) must complete within this.
/// A client that stops reading mid-response is dropped when its
@@ -85,6 +98,8 @@ impl Default for ConnLimits {
keep_alive_timeout: Duration::from_secs(60),
head_timeout: Duration::from_secs(30),
body_timeout: Duration::from_secs(300),
body_burst_bytes: 4 * 1024,
body_stall_timeout: Duration::from_secs(20),
write_timeout: Duration::from_secs(30),
max_frame_payload: 1024 * 1024,
max_message_bytes: 4 * 1024 * 1024,
@@ -204,7 +219,7 @@ pub fn run_connection(
Err(ChunkedBodyErr::Io(_)) => return,
}
} else {
match read_body(raw, &mut buf, parsed.head_len, body_len, body_deadline) {
match read_body(raw, &mut buf, parsed.head_len, body_len, &limits, body_deadline) {
Ok(b) => (b, body_len),
// Timeout mid-body (and any other body io error) -> just
// close; there's no point talking HTTP to a client this far
@@ -421,6 +436,58 @@ fn read_head(
}
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// BodyStallGate — burst-gated stall eviction for body reads
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// Each body read is bounded by the SOONER of two deadlines: the absolute
// body cap (`body_timeout`, passed in as `cap`) and a sliding stall window
// (`mark + body_stall_timeout`). The stall mark only advances when the
// client delivers a full burst (`body_burst_bytes` accumulated since the
// last advance) — so a steady sub-burst trickle never moves the mark and
// is evicted at ~body_stall_timeout, while a bursty slow-but-legit client
// keeps resetting it and survives up to the absolute cap.
//
// State is two words (`mark`, `since_mark`); the per-read cost is one add
// and one compare. Bytes counted are RAW socket bytes (progress = the
// client is sending *something*), so chunked framing counts too, and a
// burst that the kernel fragments into several reads still accumulates.
struct BodyStallGate {
cap: Instant,
stall_timeout: Duration,
burst_bytes: usize,
mark: Instant,
since_mark: usize,
}
impl BodyStallGate {
fn new(cap: Instant, limits: &ConnLimits, now: Instant) -> Self {
Self {
cap,
stall_timeout: limits.body_stall_timeout,
burst_bytes: limits.body_burst_bytes,
mark: now,
since_mark: 0,
}
}
/// Deadline for the next read: the sooner of the absolute cap and the
/// current stall window.
fn deadline(&self) -> Instant {
(self.mark + self.stall_timeout).min(self.cap)
}
/// Record `n` freshly-read raw body bytes; advance the stall mark if a
/// full burst has accumulated since the last advance.
fn record(&mut self, n: usize, now: Instant) {
self.since_mark += n;
if self.since_mark >= self.burst_bytes {
self.mark = now;
self.since_mark = 0;
}
}
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// read_body
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -430,7 +497,8 @@ fn read_body(
buf: &mut Vec<u8>,
head_len: usize,
body_len: usize,
deadline: Instant,
limits: &ConnLimits,
cap: Instant,
) -> io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
// Bytes already in `buf` past the head belong to the body.
let already = buf.len().saturating_sub(head_len);
@@ -442,13 +510,17 @@ fn read_body(
return Ok(buf[head_len..head_len + body_len].to_vec());
}
// Read until we have the rest, bounded by the body budget (anchored
// by the caller when the head finished parsing).
// Read until we have the rest, bounded by the body cap AND the
// burst-gated stall window (whichever is sooner).
let mut gate = BodyStallGate::new(cap, limits, Instant::now());
let mut total_read = already;
while total_read < body_len {
match read_some(fd, buf, 8 * 1024, deadline) {
match read_some(fd, buf, 8 * 1024, gate.deadline()) {
Ok(0) => return Err(io::Error::new(ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "client closed during body")),
Ok(n) => total_read += n,
Ok(n) => {
total_read += n;
gate.record(n, Instant::now());
}
Err(e) => return Err(e),
}
}
@@ -489,23 +561,25 @@ fn read_chunked_body(
limits: &ConnLimits,
deadline: Instant,
) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, usize), ChunkedBodyErr> {
// Ensure `buf` holds at least `until` bytes, reading on the request
// deadline. Io(TimedOut) on expiry, UnexpectedEof on early close.
// Ensure `buf` holds at least `until` bytes, reading under the body
// stall gate (absolute cap AND burst-gated stall window). Io(TimedOut)
// on expiry, UnexpectedEof on early close. All chunked socket reads
// funnel through here, so recording bytes here covers the whole path.
fn fill_to(
fd: RawFd,
buf: &mut Vec<u8>,
until: usize,
deadline: Instant,
gate: &mut BodyStallGate,
) -> Result<(), ChunkedBodyErr> {
while buf.len() < until {
match read_some(fd, buf, 8 * 1024, deadline) {
match read_some(fd, buf, 8 * 1024, gate.deadline()) {
Ok(0) => {
return Err(ChunkedBodyErr::Io(io::Error::new(
ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof,
"client closed during chunked body",
)))
}
Ok(_) => {}
Ok(n) => gate.record(n, Instant::now()),
Err(e) => return Err(ChunkedBodyErr::Io(e)),
}
}
@@ -520,7 +594,7 @@ fn read_chunked_body(
buf: &mut Vec<u8>,
from: usize,
max_line: usize,
deadline: Instant,
gate: &mut BodyStallGate,
) -> Result<usize, ChunkedBodyErr> {
let mut scan = from;
loop {
@@ -533,16 +607,19 @@ fn read_chunked_body(
return Err(ChunkedBodyErr::Malformed);
}
}
fill_to(fd, buf, buf.len() + 1, deadline)?;
fill_to(fd, buf, buf.len() + 1, gate)?;
}
}
// `deadline` is the absolute body cap; the gate layers the burst-gated
// stall window under it. All reads below go through find_crlf/fill_to.
let mut gate = BodyStallGate::new(deadline, limits, Instant::now());
let mut pos = head_len;
let mut decoded: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
loop {
// ----- size line: HEX[;extensions]\r\n -----
let line_end = find_crlf(fd, buf, pos, MAX_SIZE_LINE, deadline)?;
let line_end = find_crlf(fd, buf, pos, MAX_SIZE_LINE, &mut gate)?;
let line = &buf[pos..line_end];
let size_str = match line.iter().position(|&b| b == b';') {
Some(i) => &line[..i], // chunk extensions: ignored
@@ -559,7 +636,7 @@ fn read_chunked_body(
// ----- trailer section: zero or more header lines, then CRLF -----
let trailer_start = pos;
loop {
let t_end = find_crlf(fd, buf, pos, MAX_SIZE_LINE.max(1024), deadline)?;
let t_end = find_crlf(fd, buf, pos, MAX_SIZE_LINE.max(1024), &mut gate)?;
let empty = t_end == pos;
pos = t_end + 2;
if empty {
@@ -576,7 +653,7 @@ fn read_chunked_body(
}
// ----- chunk payload + trailing CRLF -----
fill_to(fd, buf, pos + size + 2, deadline)?;
fill_to(fd, buf, pos + size + 2, &mut gate)?;
decoded.extend_from_slice(&buf[pos..pos + size]);
if &buf[pos + size..pos + size + 2] != b"\r\n" {
return Err(ChunkedBodyErr::Malformed);
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@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ pub struct Config {
/// to full body). Sized for slow links, so much larger than
/// `head_timeout`. See `ConnLimits::body_timeout`.
pub body_timeout: Duration,
/// Burst size that resets the body stall clock. A body dribbling fewer
/// than this per `body_stall_timeout` window is evicted — the slowloris
/// / slow-legit discriminator. See `ConnLimits::body_burst_bytes`.
pub body_burst_bytes: usize,
/// Max time since the last qualifying body burst before eviction;
/// backstopped by `body_timeout`. See `ConnLimits::body_stall_timeout`.
pub body_stall_timeout: Duration,
/// Per-write budget for response bytes (the fixed head+body write, and
/// each streamed chunk). See `ConnLimits::write_timeout`.
pub write_timeout: Duration,
@@ -97,6 +104,8 @@ impl Config {
read_buf_size: 8 * 1024,
head_timeout: Duration::from_secs(30),
body_timeout: Duration::from_secs(300),
body_burst_bytes: 4 * 1024,
body_stall_timeout: Duration::from_secs(20),
write_timeout: Duration::from_secs(30),
max_body_bytes: 16 * 1024 * 1024,
drain_timeout: Duration::from_secs(30),
@@ -117,6 +126,8 @@ impl Config {
keep_alive_timeout: self.keep_alive_timeout,
head_timeout: self.head_timeout,
body_timeout: self.body_timeout,
body_burst_bytes: self.body_burst_bytes,
body_stall_timeout: self.body_stall_timeout,
write_timeout: self.write_timeout,
max_frame_payload: self.max_frame_payload,
max_message_bytes: self.max_message_bytes,
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@@ -462,6 +462,39 @@ fn spawn_server_with_timeouts(
panic!("server didn't come up on {addr}");
}
/// Spawn a server with the body stall-gate knobs under test; keep-alive
/// and head budgets are set out of the way so only the body path matters.
fn spawn_server_with_body_gate(
pipeline: Pipeline,
head: Duration,
body: Duration,
burst_bytes: usize,
stall: Duration,
) -> u16 {
let port = free_port();
let addr: SocketAddr = format!("127.0.0.1:{port}").parse().unwrap();
std::thread::spawn(move || {
let cfg = Config {
listener_pool: 2,
scheduler_threads: Some(2),
keep_alive_timeout: Duration::from_secs(30),
head_timeout: head,
body_timeout: body,
body_burst_bytes: burst_bytes,
body_stall_timeout: stall,
..Config::new(addr)
};
serve_with(cfg, pipeline).unwrap();
});
for _ in 0..50 {
if TcpStream::connect(addr).is_ok() {
return port;
}
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
}
panic!("server didn't come up on {addr}");
}
/// Read from `s` until the response head is complete (double CRLF). Only
/// suitable for responses with an empty body.
fn read_response_head(s: &mut TcpStream) -> Vec<u8> {
@@ -1003,6 +1036,78 @@ fn fixed_body_stall_killed_at_body_timeout() {
assert!(start.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(3), "close took too long");
}
/// Burst gate, NEGATIVE (chunked path): a client that ACTIVELY but SMOOTHLY
/// trickles sub-burst bytes is evicted at ~body_stall_timeout — even though
/// the absolute body_timeout is far away and the client never goes fully
/// silent. This is the slowloris-body case the gate exists to catch, and
/// exercises the fill_to gate in read_chunked_body.
#[test]
fn body_smooth_trickle_evicted_at_stall_timeout() {
let port = spawn_server_with_body_gate(
echo_pipeline(),
Duration::from_secs(30), // head_timeout out of the way
Duration::from_secs(30), // body_timeout out of the way (prove it's the STALL gate)
4096, // body_burst_bytes
Duration::from_millis(800), // body_stall_timeout under test
);
let mut s = TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", port)).unwrap();
s.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(5))).unwrap();
// Head + a chunk-size line announcing a 4096-byte chunk, then trickle
// its payload one byte at a time: never a full burst, so the stall mark
// never advances.
s.write_all(b"POST /echo HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: x\r\nTransfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n1000\r\n")
.unwrap();
let start = std::time::Instant::now();
let mut evicted = false;
for _ in 0..200 { // up to ~20s; eviction expected at ~800ms
if s.write_all(&[b'x']).is_err() {
evicted = true; // server closed on us -> write failed
break;
}
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
}
assert!(evicted, "server never evicted the smooth sub-burst trickle");
assert!(
start.elapsed() < Duration::from_secs(3),
"eviction took {:?}, expected ~800ms (stall gate, not the 30s cap)", start.elapsed()
);
}
/// Burst gate, POSITIVE (fixed-CL path): a slow-but-legit client that
/// delivers real bursts with gaps SHORTER than body_stall_timeout keeps
/// resetting the stall mark and completes intact. This is the slow IoT
/// upload the gate must NOT punish; exercises the read_body gate.
#[test]
fn bursty_slow_body_survives_stall_gate() {
let port = spawn_server_with_body_gate(
echo_pipeline(),
Duration::from_secs(30), // head_timeout out of the way
Duration::from_secs(30), // body_timeout out of the way
4096, // body_burst_bytes
Duration::from_secs(2), // body_stall_timeout: gaps stay under this
);
let mut s = TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", port)).unwrap();
s.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(10))).unwrap();
// Promise 3 * 4096 bytes, Connection: close so read_to_end lands the
// full echo.
let burst = vec![b'x'; 4096];
s.write_all(b"POST /echo HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: x\r\nContent-Length: 12288\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n")
.unwrap();
for i in 0..3 {
s.write_all(&burst).unwrap();
if i < 2 {
std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)); // < 2s stall window
}
}
let mut resp = Vec::new();
s.read_to_end(&mut resp).expect("expected full response");
assert_eq!(http_status(&resp), 200, "resp head: {:?}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&resp[..resp.len().min(120)]));
let body_at = resp.windows(4).position(|w| w == b"\r\n\r\n").expect("no head terminator") + 4;
let body = &resp[body_at..];
assert_eq!(body.len(), 12288, "echoed body truncated: {} bytes", body.len());
assert!(body.iter().all(|&b| b == b'x'), "echoed body corrupted");
}
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// SSE (v0.3 chunk 3)
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------