[PATCH v1 0/6] TLS read_sock performance scalability

[PATCH v1 0/6] TLS read_sock performance scalability

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

I'd like to encourage in-kernel kTLS consumers (i.e., NFS and
NVMe/TCP) to coalesce on the use of read_sock. When I suggested
this to Hannes, he reported a number of nagging performance
scalability issues with read_sock. This series is an attempt to
run these issues down and get them fixed before we convert the
above sock_recvmsg consumers over to read_sock.

Each patch's commit message speaks for itself, so I won't repeat
that content here.

Series is based on commit ab99e1167293 ("Merge branch
'net-ethtool-track-tx-pause-storm'") in the net-next tree.

---

Chuck Lever (6):
  tls: Fix dangling skb pointer in tls_sw_read_sock()
  tls: Factor tls_strp_msg_release() from tls_strp_msg_done()
  tls: Suppress spurious saved_data_ready during read_sock
  tls: Flush backlog before tls_rx_rec_wait in read_sock
  tls: Restructure tls_sw_read_sock() into submit/deliver phases
  tls: Enable batch async decryption in read_sock

 net/tls/tls.h      |   2 +
 net/tls/tls_strp.c |  36 ++++++++++-
 net/tls/tls_sw.c   | 157 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 3 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH v1 1/6] tls: Fix dangling skb pointer in tls_sw_read_sock()

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

Evaluating a dangling pointer is undefined behavior under the C
standard. In tls_sw_read_sock(), consume_skb(skb) in the fully-
consumed path frees the skb, but the "do { } while (skb)" loop
condition then evaluates that freed pointer. Although the value is
never dereferenced -- the loop either continues and overwrites skb,
or exits -- any future change that adds a dereference between
consume_skb() and the loop condition would produce a silent
use-after-free.

Fixes: 662fbcec32f4 ("net/tls: implement ->read_sock()")
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 net/tls/tls_sw.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index a656ce235758..108d417dcfb7 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -2355,7 +2355,7 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 		goto read_sock_end;
 
 	decrypted = 0;
-	do {
+	for (;;) {
 		if (!skb_queue_empty(&ctx->rx_list)) {
 			skb = __skb_dequeue(&ctx->rx_list);
 			rxm = strp_msg(skb);
@@ -2406,10 +2406,11 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 				goto read_sock_requeue;
 		} else {
 			consume_skb(skb);
+			skb = NULL;
 			if (!desc->count)
-				skb = NULL;
+				break;
 		}
-	} while (skb);
+	}
 
 read_sock_end:
 	tls_rx_reader_release(sk, ctx);
-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] tls: Fix dangling skb pointer in tls_sw_read_sock()

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Thu,  5 Mar 2026 16:13:57 -0500 Chuck Lever wrote:
> Evaluating a dangling pointer is undefined behavior under the C
> standard.

Reference?

Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] tls: Fix dangling skb pointer in tls_sw_read_sock()

[Chuck Lever]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2026, at 5:19 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu,  5 Mar 2026 16:13:57 -0500 Chuck Lever wrote:
>> Evaluating a dangling pointer is undefined behavior under the C
>> standard.
>
> Reference?

ISO/IEC 9899:2011 (C11), §6.2.4 paragraph 2:

"The value of a pointer becomes indeterminate when the object it
points to (or just past) reaches the end of its lifetime."

For the next revision of this series, the patch description
will include this reference.


-- 
Chuck Lever

[PATCH v1 2/6] tls: Factor tls_strp_msg_release() from tls_strp_msg_done()

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

tls_strp_msg_done() conflates releasing the current record with
checking for the next one via tls_strp_check_rcv(). Batch
processing requires releasing a record without immediately
triggering that check, so the release step is separated into
tls_strp_msg_release(). tls_strp_msg_done() is preserved as a
wrapper for existing callers.

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 net/tls/tls.h      |  1 +
 net/tls/tls_strp.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls.h b/net/tls/tls.h
index e8f81a006520..a97f1acef31d 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls.h
+++ b/net/tls/tls.h
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ int tls_strp_init(struct tls_strparser *strp, struct sock *sk);
 void tls_strp_data_ready(struct tls_strparser *strp);
 
 void tls_strp_check_rcv(struct tls_strparser *strp);
+void tls_strp_msg_release(struct tls_strparser *strp);
 void tls_strp_msg_done(struct tls_strparser *strp);
 
 int tls_rx_msg_size(struct tls_strparser *strp, struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_strp.c b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
index 98e12f0ff57e..a7648ebde162 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_strp.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
@@ -581,7 +581,16 @@ static void tls_strp_work(struct work_struct *w)
 	release_sock(strp->sk);
 }
 
-void tls_strp_msg_done(struct tls_strparser *strp)
+/**
+ * tls_strp_msg_release - release the current strparser message
+ * @strp: TLS stream parser instance
+ *
+ * Release the current record without triggering a check for the
+ * next record. Callers must invoke tls_strp_check_rcv() before
+ * releasing the socket lock, or queued data will stall until
+ * the next tls_strp_data_ready() event.
+ */
+void tls_strp_msg_release(struct tls_strparser *strp)
 {
 	WARN_ON(!strp->stm.full_len);
 
@@ -592,7 +601,11 @@ void tls_strp_msg_done(struct tls_strparser *strp)
 
 	WRITE_ONCE(strp->msg_ready, 0);
 	memset(&strp->stm, 0, sizeof(strp->stm));
+}
 
+void tls_strp_msg_done(struct tls_strparser *strp)
+{
+	tls_strp_msg_release(strp);
 	tls_strp_check_rcv(strp);
 }
 
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH v1 3/6] tls: Suppress spurious saved_data_ready during read_sock

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

During tls_sw_read_sock(), each record release triggers
tls_strp_msg_done(), which calls back through the strparser into
saved_data_ready(). For a batch of N records, the first N-1
wakeups are pure overhead: the read_sock callback is already
running and will pick up subsequent records on the next iteration.

Remove the per-record wakeup from the record-release path by
introducing tls_rx_rec_release(), which calls
tls_strp_msg_release() instead of tls_strp_msg_done(). Factor
tls_rx_msg_ready() out of tls_strp_read_sock() so that parsing a
record no longer fires the callback directly, and introduce
tls_strp_check_rcv_quiet() for use in tls_rx_rec_wait(), which
parses queued data without notifying. A single
tls_strp_check_rcv() at the read_sock_end exit point fires at
most one notification, and only when data remains after the loop
exits.

Acked-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 net/tls/tls.h      |  1 +
 net/tls/tls_strp.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 net/tls/tls_sw.c   | 13 +++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls.h b/net/tls/tls.h
index a97f1acef31d..d58d86e8e43e 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls.h
+++ b/net/tls/tls.h
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ int tls_strp_init(struct tls_strparser *strp, struct sock *sk);
 void tls_strp_data_ready(struct tls_strparser *strp);
 
 void tls_strp_check_rcv(struct tls_strparser *strp);
+void tls_strp_check_rcv_quiet(struct tls_strparser *strp);
 void tls_strp_msg_release(struct tls_strparser *strp);
 void tls_strp_msg_done(struct tls_strparser *strp);
 
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_strp.c b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
index a7648ebde162..7b9f5051becb 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_strp.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_strp.c
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ static int tls_strp_copyin(read_descriptor_t *desc, struct sk_buff *in_skb,
 		desc->count = 0;
 
 		WRITE_ONCE(strp->msg_ready, 1);
-		tls_rx_msg_ready(strp);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -539,11 +538,27 @@ static int tls_strp_read_sock(struct tls_strparser *strp)
 		return tls_strp_read_copy(strp, false);
 
 	WRITE_ONCE(strp->msg_ready, 1);
-	tls_rx_msg_ready(strp);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * tls_strp_check_rcv_quiet - parse without consumer notification
+ * @strp: TLS stream parser instance
+ *
+ * Parse queued data without firing the consumer notification. A subsequent
+ * tls_strp_check_rcv() is required before the socket lock is released;
+ * otherwise queued data stalls until the next tls_strp_data_ready() event.
+ */
+void tls_strp_check_rcv_quiet(struct tls_strparser *strp)
+{
+	if (unlikely(strp->stopped) || strp->msg_ready)
+		return;
+
+	if (tls_strp_read_sock(strp) == -ENOMEM)
+		queue_work(tls_strp_wq, &strp->work);
+}
+
 void tls_strp_check_rcv(struct tls_strparser *strp)
 {
 	if (unlikely(strp->stopped) || strp->msg_ready)
@@ -551,6 +566,8 @@ void tls_strp_check_rcv(struct tls_strparser *strp)
 
 	if (tls_strp_read_sock(strp) == -ENOMEM)
 		queue_work(tls_strp_wq, &strp->work);
+	else if (strp->msg_ready)
+		tls_rx_msg_ready(strp);
 }
 
 /* Lower sock lock held */
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 108d417dcfb7..a5905f4c1ae2 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1372,7 +1372,10 @@ tls_rx_rec_wait(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock, bool nonblock,
 			return ret;
 
 		if (!skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue)) {
-			tls_strp_check_rcv(&ctx->strp);
+			/* tls_strp_check_rcv() is called on the read_sock_end
+			 * path before the socket lock is released.
+			 */
+			tls_strp_check_rcv_quiet(&ctx->strp);
 			if (tls_strp_msg_ready(ctx))
 				break;
 		}
@@ -1853,6 +1856,11 @@ static int tls_record_content_type(struct msghdr *msg, struct tls_msg *tlm,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static void tls_rx_rec_release(struct tls_sw_context_rx *ctx)
+{
+	tls_strp_msg_release(&ctx->strp);
+}
+
 static void tls_rx_rec_done(struct tls_sw_context_rx *ctx)
 {
 	tls_strp_msg_done(&ctx->strp);
@@ -2383,7 +2391,7 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 			tlm = tls_msg(skb);
 			decrypted += rxm->full_len;
 
-			tls_rx_rec_done(ctx);
+			tls_rx_rec_release(ctx);
 		}
 
 		/* read_sock does not support reading control messages */
@@ -2413,6 +2421,7 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 	}
 
 read_sock_end:
+	tls_strp_check_rcv(&ctx->strp);
 	tls_rx_reader_release(sk, ctx);
 	return copied ? : err;
 
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH v1 4/6] tls: Flush backlog before tls_rx_rec_wait in read_sock

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

While lock_sock is held during read_sock, incoming TCP segments
land on sk->sk_backlog rather than sk->sk_receive_queue.
tls_rx_rec_wait() inspects only sk_receive_queue, so backlog
data remains invisible until release_sock() drains it, forcing
an extra workqueue cycle for records that arrive during
decryption.

Calling sk_flush_backlog() before tls_rx_rec_wait() moves
backlog data into sk_receive_queue, where tls_strp_check_rcv()
can parse it immediately. The existing tls_read_flush_backlog
call after decryption is retained for TCP window management.

Acked-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 net/tls/tls_sw.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index a5905f4c1ae2..70a9c2402ea1 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -2371,6 +2371,11 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 		} else {
 			struct tls_decrypt_arg darg;
 
+			/* Drain backlog so segments that arrived while the
+			 * lock was held appear on sk_receive_queue before
+			 * tls_rx_rec_wait waits for a new record.
+			 */
+			sk_flush_backlog(sk);
 			err = tls_rx_rec_wait(sk, NULL, true, released);
 			if (err <= 0)
 				goto read_sock_end;
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH v1 5/6] tls: Restructure tls_sw_read_sock() into submit/deliver phases

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

Pipelining multiple AEAD operations requires separating decryption
from delivery so that several records can be submitted before any
are passed to the read_actor callback. The main loop in
tls_sw_read_sock() is split into two explicit phases: a submit
phase that decrypts one record onto ctx->rx_list, and a deliver
phase that drains rx_list and passes each cleartext skb to the
read_actor callback.

With a single record per submit phase, behavior is identical to the
previous code. A subsequent patch will extend the submit phase to
pipeline multiple AEAD operations.

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 net/tls/tls_sw.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 70a9c2402ea1..0e72a74ab1ee 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -2338,8 +2338,8 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 	struct tls_context *tls_ctx = tls_get_ctx(sk);
 	struct tls_sw_context_rx *ctx = tls_sw_ctx_rx(tls_ctx);
 	struct tls_prot_info *prot = &tls_ctx->prot_info;
-	struct strp_msg *rxm = NULL;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
+	struct strp_msg *rxm;
 	struct sk_psock *psock;
 	size_t flushed_at = 0;
 	bool released = true;
@@ -2364,17 +2364,15 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 
 	decrypted = 0;
 	for (;;) {
-		if (!skb_queue_empty(&ctx->rx_list)) {
-			skb = __skb_dequeue(&ctx->rx_list);
-			rxm = strp_msg(skb);
-			tlm = tls_msg(skb);
-		} else {
-			struct tls_decrypt_arg darg;
+		struct tls_decrypt_arg darg;
 
-			/* Drain backlog so segments that arrived while the
-			 * lock was held appear on sk_receive_queue before
-			 * tls_rx_rec_wait waits for a new record.
-			 */
+		/* Phase 1: Submit -- decrypt one record onto rx_list.
+		 * Flush the backlog first so that segments that
+		 * arrived while the lock was held appear on
+		 * sk_receive_queue before tls_rx_rec_wait waits
+		 * for a new record.
+		 */
+		if (skb_queue_empty(&ctx->rx_list)) {
 			sk_flush_backlog(sk);
 			err = tls_rx_rec_wait(sk, NULL, true, released);
 			if (err <= 0)
@@ -2391,38 +2389,43 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 			released = tls_read_flush_backlog(sk, prot, INT_MAX,
 							  0, decrypted,
 							  &flushed_at);
-			skb = darg.skb;
+			decrypted += strp_msg(darg.skb)->full_len;
+			tls_rx_rec_release(ctx);
+			__skb_queue_tail(&ctx->rx_list, darg.skb);
+		}
+
+		/* Phase 2: Deliver -- drain rx_list to read_actor */
+		while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&ctx->rx_list)) != NULL) {
 			rxm = strp_msg(skb);
 			tlm = tls_msg(skb);
-			decrypted += rxm->full_len;
 
-			tls_rx_rec_release(ctx);
-		}
-
-		/* read_sock does not support reading control messages */
-		if (tlm->control != TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto read_sock_requeue;
-		}
-
-		used = read_actor(desc, skb, rxm->offset, rxm->full_len);
-		if (used <= 0) {
-			if (!copied)
-				err = used;
-			goto read_sock_requeue;
-		}
-		copied += used;
-		if (used < rxm->full_len) {
-			rxm->offset += used;
-			rxm->full_len -= used;
-			if (!desc->count)
+			/* read_sock does not support reading control messages */
+			if (tlm->control != TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
 				goto read_sock_requeue;
-		} else {
-			consume_skb(skb);
-			skb = NULL;
-			if (!desc->count)
-				break;
+			}
+
+			used = read_actor(desc, skb, rxm->offset,
+					  rxm->full_len);
+			if (used <= 0) {
+				if (!copied)
+					err = used;
+				goto read_sock_requeue;
+			}
+			copied += used;
+			if (used < rxm->full_len) {
+				rxm->offset += used;
+				rxm->full_len -= used;
+				if (!desc->count)
+					goto read_sock_requeue;
+			} else {
+				consume_skb(skb);
+				skb = NULL;
+			}
 		}
+		/* Drain all of rx_list before honoring !desc->count */
+		if (!desc->count)
+			break;
 	}
 
 read_sock_end:
-- 
2.53.0

[PATCH v1 6/6] tls: Enable batch async decryption in read_sock

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

tls_sw_read_sock() decrypts one TLS record at a time, blocking until
each AEAD operation completes before proceeding. Hardware async
crypto engines depend on pipelining multiple operations to achieve
full throughput, and the one-at-a-time model prevents that. Kernel
consumers such as NVMe-TCP and NFSD (when using TLS) are therefore
unable to benefit from hardware offload.

When ctx->async_capable is true, the submit phase now loops up to
TLS_READ_SOCK_BATCH (16) records. The first record waits via
tls_rx_rec_wait(); subsequent iterations use tls_strp_msg_ready()
and tls_strp_check_rcv() to collect records already queued on the
socket without blocking. Each record is submitted with darg.async
set, and all resulting skbs are appended to rx_list.

After the submit loop, a single tls_decrypt_async_wait() collects
all pending AEAD completions before the deliver phase passes
cleartext records to the consumer. The batch bound of 16 limits
concurrent memory consumption to 16 cleartext skbs plus their AEAD
contexts. If async_capable is false, the loop exits after one
record and the async wait is skipped, preserving prior behavior.

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 net/tls/tls_sw.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 0e72a74ab1ee..d5b9ee7aca57 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -2332,6 +2332,8 @@ ssize_t tls_sw_splice_read(struct socket *sock,  loff_t *ppos,
 	goto splice_read_end;
 }
 
+#define TLS_READ_SOCK_BATCH	16
+
 int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 		     sk_read_actor_t read_actor)
 {
@@ -2343,6 +2345,7 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 	struct sk_psock *psock;
 	size_t flushed_at = 0;
 	bool released = true;
+	bool async = false;
 	struct tls_msg *tlm;
 	ssize_t copied = 0;
 	ssize_t decrypted;
@@ -2365,33 +2368,71 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 	decrypted = 0;
 	for (;;) {
 		struct tls_decrypt_arg darg;
+		int nr_async = 0;
 
-		/* Phase 1: Submit -- decrypt one record onto rx_list.
+		/* Phase 1: Submit -- decrypt records onto rx_list.
 		 * Flush the backlog first so that segments that
 		 * arrived while the lock was held appear on
 		 * sk_receive_queue before tls_rx_rec_wait waits
 		 * for a new record.
 		 */
 		if (skb_queue_empty(&ctx->rx_list)) {
-			sk_flush_backlog(sk);
-			err = tls_rx_rec_wait(sk, NULL, true, released);
-			if (err <= 0)
-				goto read_sock_end;
+			while (nr_async < TLS_READ_SOCK_BATCH) {
+				if (nr_async == 0) {
+					sk_flush_backlog(sk);
+					err = tls_rx_rec_wait(sk, NULL,
+							      true,
+							      released);
+					if (err <= 0)
+						goto read_sock_end;
+				} else {
+					if (!tls_strp_msg_ready(ctx)) {
+						tls_strp_check_rcv_quiet(&ctx->strp);
+						if (!tls_strp_msg_ready(ctx))
+							break;
+					}
+					if (!tls_strp_msg_load(&ctx->strp,
+							       released))
+						break;
+				}
 
-			memset(&darg.inargs, 0, sizeof(darg.inargs));
+				memset(&darg.inargs, 0,
+				       sizeof(darg.inargs));
+				darg.async = ctx->async_capable;
 
-			err = tls_rx_one_record(sk, NULL, &darg);
-			if (err < 0) {
-				tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
+				err = tls_rx_one_record(sk, NULL, &darg);
+				if (err < 0) {
+					tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
+					goto read_sock_end;
+				}
+
+				async |= darg.async;
+				released = tls_read_flush_backlog(sk, prot,
+								  INT_MAX,
+								  0,
+								  decrypted,
+								  &flushed_at);
+				decrypted += strp_msg(darg.skb)->full_len;
+				tls_rx_rec_release(ctx);
+				__skb_queue_tail(&ctx->rx_list, darg.skb);
+				nr_async++;
+
+				if (!ctx->async_capable)
+					break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Async wait -- collect pending AEAD completions */
+		if (async) {
+			int ret = tls_decrypt_async_wait(ctx);
+
+			__skb_queue_purge(&ctx->async_hold);
+			async = false;
+			if (ret) {
+				__skb_queue_purge(&ctx->rx_list);
+				err = ret;
 				goto read_sock_end;
 			}
-
-			released = tls_read_flush_backlog(sk, prot, INT_MAX,
-							  0, decrypted,
-							  &flushed_at);
-			decrypted += strp_msg(darg.skb)->full_len;
-			tls_rx_rec_release(ctx);
-			__skb_queue_tail(&ctx->rx_list, darg.skb);
 		}
 
 		/* Phase 2: Deliver -- drain rx_list to read_actor */
@@ -2429,6 +2470,14 @@ int tls_sw_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 	}
 
 read_sock_end:
+	if (async) {
+		int ret = tls_decrypt_async_wait(ctx);
+
+		__skb_queue_purge(&ctx->async_hold);
+		__skb_queue_purge(&ctx->rx_list);
+		if (ret && !err)
+			err = ret;
+	}
 	tls_strp_check_rcv(&ctx->strp);
 	tls_rx_reader_release(sk, ctx);
 	return copied ? : err;
-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH v1 0/6] TLS read_sock performance scalability

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Thu,  5 Mar 2026 16:13:56 -0500 Chuck Lever wrote:
> I'd like to encourage in-kernel kTLS consumers (i.e., NFS and
> NVMe/TCP) to coalesce on the use of read_sock. When I suggested
> this to Hannes, he reported a number of nagging performance
> scalability issues with read_sock. This series is an attempt to
> run these issues down and get them fixed before we convert the
> above sock_recvmsg consumers over to read_sock.

This series seems to be lacking polish:
 - every patch which complicates the codebase should come with clear
   characterization of the perf win
 - increasing duplication / copy paste between recv and read sock paths
 - wouldn't the data_ready suppression equally apply to the recvmsg
   path?