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* [PATCH net 0/7] tcp: preserve advertised rwnd accounting across receive-memory decisions
@ 2026-03-11  7:55 Wesley Atwell
  2026-03-11  7:55 ` [PATCH net 1/7] tcp: track advertise-time scaling basis for rcv_wnd Wesley Atwell
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  0 siblings, 9 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Wesley Atwell @ 2026-03-11  7:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: davem, kuba, pabeni, edumazet, ncardwell, dsahern, matttbe,
	martineau, netdev, mptcp
  Cc: kuniyu, horms, geliang, corbet, skhan, rostedt, mhiramat,
	mathieu.desnoyers, 0x7f454c46, linux-doc, linux-trace-kernel,
	linux-kselftest, linux-kernel, linux-api, atwellwea

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

---
base-commit: 908c344d5cfa0ee6efb3226d22ea661e078ebfa0
-- 
2.43.0


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2026-03-11  7:55 ` [PATCH net 2/7] tcp: preserve rcv_wnd snapshot when updating advertised windows Wesley Atwell
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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
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