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Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 14:42:58 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] selftests: mptcp: reduce bufferbloat and
 cleanup
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On Wed, 27 May 2026 22:11:33 +1000 Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) wrote:
> Bufferbloat is baaaad, even in our selftests: let's kill it (or at least
> reduce it). By doing that, the tests (seem to) have a more stable
> transfer, and are then less unstable. That's what patches 1-2 are doing,
> and they can be backported up to 5.10.

Could you explain a little more what this is actually fixing?
Does it give a huge increase in test stability?