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From: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: mptcp@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH mptcp-next v2 1/7] mptcp: prevent excessive coalescing on receive
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:03:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <70d5e604-26e1-43f0-a36d-504d2b99c584@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9c5947ad3b55695cb6000900acad5471b7314195.1733486870.git.pabeni@redhat.com>

Hi Paolo,

On 06/12/2024 13:10, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> Currently the skb size after coalescing is only limited by the skb
> layout (the skb must not carry frag_list). A single coalesced skb
> covering several MSS can potentially fill completely the receive
> buffer. In such a case, the snd win will zero until the receive buffer
> will be empty again, affecting tput badly.

Good idea! Thank you for having looked at this!

> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> ---
> No fixes tag because the problem is not very visible in practice
> currently, but will be apparent after the rx refactor.
> Still I hope this could affect positively the simlut flows self-tests

The modification looks safe enough to me: it should not make thing worst.

If it helps, a Fixes tag can be added and next to the 'Cc: stable' tag,
we can ask to backport this patch after a few weeks, no? e.g.

  Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # after -rc6

Cheers,
Matt
-- 
Sponsored by the NGI0 Core fund.


  reply	other threads:[~2024-12-10 12:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-06 12:09 [PATCH mptcp-next v2 0/7] mptcp: rx path refactor Paolo Abeni
2024-12-06 12:10 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 1/7] mptcp: prevent excessive coalescing on receive Paolo Abeni
2024-12-10 12:03   ` Matthieu Baerts [this message]
2024-12-21 10:00     ` Matthieu Baerts
2024-12-27  9:40       ` Paolo Abeni
2024-12-30 18:24         ` Matthieu Baerts
2024-12-06 12:10 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 2/7] tcp: fix recvbuffer adjust on sleeping rcvmsg Paolo Abeni
2024-12-06 12:10 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 3/7] mptcp: don't always assume copied data in mptcp_cleanup_rbuf() Paolo Abeni
2024-12-06 12:10 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 4/7] mptcp: consolidate subflow cleanup Paolo Abeni
2024-12-06 12:11 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 5/7] mptcp: move the whole rx path under msk socket lock protection Paolo Abeni
2024-12-06 12:11 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 6/7] mptcp: cleanup mem accounting Paolo Abeni
2024-12-07  1:45   ` Mat Martineau
2024-12-10  9:00     ` Paolo Abeni
2024-12-06 12:11 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 7/7] net: dismiss sk_forward_alloc_get() Paolo Abeni
2024-12-06 13:17 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v2 0/7] mptcp: rx path refactor MPTCP CI
2024-12-06 16:41 ` Paolo Abeni
2024-12-21  2:12 ` Mat Martineau
2024-12-21 11:17 ` Matthieu Baerts

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