http2: Update nghttp2 to v1.40.0

bazel/foreign_cc/BUILD

@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ envoy_cmake_external(
     defines = ["NGHTTP2_STATICLIB"],
     lib_source = "@com_github_nghttp2_nghttp2//:all",
     static_libraries = select({
-        "//bazel:windows_x86_64": ["nghttp2.lib"],
-        "//conditions:default": ["libnghttp2.a"],
+        "//bazel:windows_x86_64": ["nghttp2_static.lib"],
+        "//conditions:default": ["libnghttp2_static.a"],
     }),
 )
 

bazel/repository_locations.bzl

@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ REPOSITORY_LOCATIONS = dict(
         urls = ["https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/archive/v2.1.0-beta3.tar.gz"],
     ),
     com_github_nghttp2_nghttp2 = dict(
-        sha256 = "25b623cd04dc6a863ca3b34ed6247844effe1aa5458229590b3f56a6d53cd692",
-        strip_prefix = "nghttp2-1.39.1",
-        urls = ["https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/download/v1.39.1/nghttp2-1.39.1.tar.gz"],
+        sha256 = "eb9d9046495a49dd40c7ef5d6c9907b51e5a6b320ea6e2add11eb8b52c982c47",
+        strip_prefix = "nghttp2-1.40.0",
+        urls = ["https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/download/v1.40.0/nghttp2-1.40.0.tar.gz"],
     ),
     io_opentracing_cpp = dict(
         sha256 = "015c4187f7a6426a2b5196f0ccd982aa87f010cf61f507ae3ce5c90523f92301",

source/common/http/http2/codec_impl.cc

@@ -1066,6 +1066,13 @@ ConnectionImpl::Http2Options::Http2Options(const Http2Settings& http2_settings)
   if (http2_settings.allow_metadata_) {
     nghttp2_option_set_user_recv_extension_type(options_, METADATA_FRAME_TYPE);
   }
+
+  // nghttp2 v1.39.2 lowered the internal flood protection limit from 10K to 1K of ACK frames. This
+  // new limit may cause the internal nghttp2 mitigation to trigger more often (as it requires just
+  // 9K of incoming bytes for smallest 9 byte SETTINGS frame), bypassing the same mitigation and its
+  // associated behavior in the envoy HTTP/2 codec. Since envoy does not rely on this mitigation,
+  // set back to the old 10K number to avoid any changes in the HTTP/2 codec behavior.
+  nghttp2_option_set_max_outbound_ack(options_, 10000);
 }
 
 ConnectionImpl::Http2Options::~Http2Options() { nghttp2_option_del(options_); }

test/integration/http2_integration_test.cc

@@ -1440,16 +1440,19 @@ const int64_t TransmitThreshold = 100 * 1024 * 1024;
 } // namespace
 
 void Http2FloodMitigationTest::setNetworkConnectionBufferSize() {
-  // nghttp2 library has its own internal mitigation for outbound control frames. The mitigation is
-  // triggered when there are more than 10000 PING or SETTINGS frames with ACK flag in the nghttp2
-  // internal outbound queue. It is possible to trigger this mitigation in nghttp2 before triggering
-  // Envoy's own flood mitigation. This can happen when a buffer larger enough to contain over 10K
-  // PING or SETTINGS frames is dispatched to the nghttp2 library. To prevent this from happening
-  // the network connection receive buffer needs to be smaller than 90Kb (which is 10K SETTINGS
-  // frames). Set it to the arbitrarily chosen value of 32K.
+  // nghttp2 library has its own internal mitigation for outbound control frames (see
+  // NGHTTP2_DEFAULT_MAX_OBQ_FLOOD_ITEM). The default nghttp2 mitigation threshold of 1K is modified
+  // to 10K in the ConnectionImpl::Http2Options::Http2Options. The mitigation is triggered when
+  // there are more than 10000 PING or SETTINGS frames with ACK flag in the nghttp2 internal
+  // outbound queue. It is possible to trigger this mitigation in nghttp2 before triggering Envoy's
+  // own flood mitigation. This can happen when a buffer large enough to contain over 10K PING or
+  // SETTINGS frames is dispatched to the nghttp2 library. To prevent this from happening the
+  // network connection receive buffer needs to be smaller than 90Kb (which is 10K SETTINGS frames).
+  // Set it to the arbitrarily chosen value of 32K. Note that this buffer has 16K lower bound.
   config_helper_.addConfigModifier([](envoy::config::bootstrap::v2::Bootstrap& bootstrap) -> void {
     RELEASE_ASSERT(bootstrap.mutable_static_resources()->listeners_size() >= 1, "");
     auto* listener = bootstrap.mutable_static_resources()->mutable_listeners(0);
+
     listener->mutable_per_connection_buffer_limit_bytes()->set_value(32 * 1024);
   });
 }

tools/spelling_dictionary.txt

@@ -1123,3 +1123,4 @@ zag
 zig
 zipkin
 zlib
+OBQ