From: Wesley Atwell <atwellwea@gmail.com>
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Subject: [PATCH net 0/7] tcp: preserve advertised rwnd accounting across receive-memory decisions
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:55:53 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260311075600.948413-1-atwellwea@gmail.com> (raw)
This series keeps sender-visible TCP receive-window accounting tied to the
scaling basis that was in force when the window was advertised.
Problem
-------
`tp->rcv_wnd` is an advertised promise to the sender, but later
receive-memory admission and clamping could reconstruct that promise
through the mutable live `scaling_ratio`. After ratio drift, the stack
could retain or advertise a receive window that no longer matched the
local hard rmem budget.
Fix
---
- store the advertise-time scaling basis alongside `tp->rcv_wnd`
- refresh that pair at the TCP and MPTCP receive-window write sites
- consume the snapshot in receive-memory admission, clamping, and the
scaled-window quantization path
- preserve the snapshot across `TCP_REPAIR_WINDOW` restore when userspace
provides it, and fall back safely when legacy userspace cannot
- expose the accounting in tracepoints and cover the ABI/runtime contract
in selftests
Series layout
-------------
1. track the receive-window snapshot state and helpers
2. refresh the snapshot when TCP advertises or initializes windows
3. use the snapshot in receive-memory admission and clamping
4. extend `TCP_REPAIR_WINDOW` for exact restore plus legacy compatibility
5. refresh the TCP shadow window snapshot in MPTCP
6. expose rmem/backlog state in `rcvbuf_grow` tracepoints
7. cover legacy and extended repair-window layouts in selftests
Testing
-------
- `git diff --check origin/main..HEAD`
- `scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict --show-types` on patches 1-7
- `make -j8 headers`
- `make -j8 net/ipv4/tcp_input.o net/ipv4/tcp_output.o net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.o net/ipv4/tcp.o`
- `make -j8 C=1 CF='-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__' W=1 net/ipv4/tcp_input.o net/ipv4/tcp_output.o net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.o net/ipv4/tcp.o`
- `make SPHINXDIRS='networking/net_cachelines' htmldocs`
- `make -j8 vmlinux bzImage modules`
- `make -C tools/testing/selftests/net/tcp_ao -j8`
- `make -C tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp -j8`
- `packetdrill --dry_run` for `tcp_rcv_toobig.pkt` and
`tcp_rcv_toobig_default.pkt`
- `virtme-run` guest pass for both packetdrill tests
- feature-enabled guest pass for `restore_ipv4`, `self-connect_ipv4`, and
`mptcp_sockopt.sh`
Thanks,
Wesley
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base-commit: 908c344d5cfa0ee6efb3226d22ea661e078ebfa0
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2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-11 7:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-11 7:55 Wesley Atwell [this message]
2026-03-11 7:55 ` [PATCH net 1/7] tcp: track advertise-time scaling basis for rcv_wnd Wesley Atwell
2026-03-11 7:55 ` [PATCH net 2/7] tcp: preserve rcv_wnd snapshot when updating advertised windows Wesley Atwell
2026-03-11 7:55 ` [PATCH net 3/7] tcp: honor advertised receive window in memory admission and clamping Wesley Atwell
2026-03-11 7:55 ` [PATCH net 4/7] tcp: extend TCP_REPAIR_WINDOW with receive-window scaling snapshot Wesley Atwell
2026-03-11 7:55 ` [PATCH net 5/7] mptcp: refresh tcp rcv_wnd snapshot when syncing receive windows Wesley Atwell
2026-03-11 7:55 ` [PATCH net 6/7] tcp: expose rmem and backlog accounting in rcvbuf_grow tracepoints Wesley Atwell
2026-03-11 7:56 ` [PATCH net 7/7] selftests: tcp_ao: cover legacy and extended TCP_REPAIR_WINDOW layouts Wesley Atwell
2026-03-11 8:34 ` [PATCH net 0/7] tcp: preserve advertised rwnd accounting across receive-memory decisions Eric Dumazet
2026-03-12 0:41 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-03-12 1:49 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-03-12 0:43 ` Jakub Kicinski
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