public inbox for mptcp@lists.linux.dev
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Gang Yan <gang.yan@linux.dev>
To: mptcp@lists.linux.dev
Cc: pabeni@redhat.com, Gang Yan <yangang@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [RESEND PATCH mptcp-net] mptcp: sync the msk->sndbuf at accept() time
Date: Fri,  6 Mar 2026 14:23:16 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260306062316.1333680-1-gang.yan@linux.dev> (raw)

From: Gang Yan <yangang@kylinos.cn>

After an MPTCP connection is established, the sk_sndbuf of client's msk
can be updated through 'subflow_finish_connect'. However, the newly
accepted msk on the server side has a small sk_sndbuf than
msk->first->sk_sndbuf:

'''
MPTCP: msk:00000000e55b09db, msk->sndbuf:20480, msk->first->sndbuf:2626560
'''

This means that when the server immediately sends MSG_DONTWAIT data to
the client after the connection is established, it is more likely to
encounter EAGAIN.

This patch synchronizes the sk_sndbuf by triggering its update during accept.

Fixes: 8005184fd1ca ("mptcp: refactor sndbuf auto-tuning")
Link: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/602
Signed-off-by: Gang Yan <yangang@kylinos.cn>
---

Notes:
    Hi Paolo, Matt,
    
    Sorry for the late response for this patch. I've been analyzing this
    issue recently, and the basic picture is as follows:
    
    The root cause is a timing gap between msk creation and TCP sndbuf
    auto-tuning on the server side:
    
    1. When the server receives the SYN, mptcp_sk_clone_init() creates the
       msk and calls __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf(). At this point, the TCP
       subflow is still in SYN_RCVD state, so its sk_sndbuf has only the
       initial value (tcp_wmem[1], typically ~16KB).
    
    2. When the 3-way handshake completes (ACK received), the TCP stack
       calls tcp_init_buffer_space() -> tcp_sndbuf_expand(), which grows
       the subflow's sk_sndbuf based on MSS, congestion window, etc.
       (potentially up to tcp_wmem[2], ~4MB).
    
    3. However, this auto-tuning happens deep in the TCP stack without
       any callback to MPTCP, so msk->sk_sndbuf is never updated to
       reflect the new subflow sndbuf value.
    
    4. When accept() returns, msk->sk_sndbuf still holds the small initial
       value, while msk->first->sk_sndbuf has been auto-tuned to a much
       larger value.
    
    In contrast, the active (client) side doesn't have this issue because
    subflow_finish_connect() calls mptcp_propagate_state() after the TCP
    sndbuf auto-tuning has already occurred, ensuring proper synchronization.
    
    Thanks
    Gang

 net/mptcp/protocol.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index b5676b37f8f4..17e43aff4459 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -4232,6 +4232,7 @@ static int mptcp_stream_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock,
 
 		mptcp_graft_subflows(newsk);
 		mptcp_rps_record_subflows(msk);
+		__mptcp_propagate_sndbuf(newsk, mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow));
 
 		/* Do late cleanup for the first subflow as necessary. Also
 		 * deal with bad peers not doing a complete shutdown.
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-06  6:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-06  6:23 Gang Yan [this message]
2026-03-06  8:00 ` [RESEND PATCH mptcp-net] mptcp: sync the msk->sndbuf at accept() time MPTCP CI

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20260306062316.1333680-1-gang.yan@linux.dev \
    --to=gang.yan@linux.dev \
    --cc=mptcp@lists.linux.dev \
    --cc=pabeni@redhat.com \
    --cc=yangang@kylinos.cn \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox