From: T S Rameshkumar <rameshsv06@gmail.com>
To: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@kernel.org>,
Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org>,
Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, mptcp@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Petar Sakic <petar.sakic@ink.fish>,
T S Rameshkumar <rameshkumar.t@phytecembedded.in>
Subject: [PATCH] mptcp: push queued data on passive TFO subflows becoming established
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 15:22:31 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008095231.103186-1-rameshkumar.t@phytecembedded.in> (raw)
With TCP Fast Open on an MPTCP listener, if the server application
writes data while the passive subflow is still in SYN_RECV (after
consuming the client's SYN data but before the MP_CAPABLE third ACK
arrives), __mptcp_subflow_active() refuses transmission and the data
is queued into the msk write queue.
When the MPC third ACK arrives, check_fully_established() marks the
subflow established, but because the third ACK carries no DSS data,
the queued bytes remain stranded until the peer sends more data.
Fix this by:
1. Invoking __mptcp_check_push() in check_fully_established() when
subflow->is_mptfo is set.
2. Setting MPTCP_PUSH_PENDING and scheduling the MPTCP worker in
subflow_state_change() so that once the underlying subflow transitions
to TCP_ESTABLISHED, pending queued bytes are immediately flushed.
Reported-by: Petar Sakic <petar.sakic@ink.fish>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAFPPu1gU2Y-D+d4i3F0MoNkYK+e1U+=X3qf6QycjfKBw+8snPg@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: e00b63056fb4 ("fastopen: only mark MPTFO subflows with SYN data")
Signed-off-by: T S Rameshkumar <rameshkumar.t@phytecembedded.in>
---
net/mptcp/options.c | 7 +++++++
net/mptcp/subflow.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/mptcp/options.c b/net/mptcp/options.c
index ce0de02f5..d5238fa11 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/options.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/options.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,13 @@ static bool check_fully_established(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk,
mptcp_data_lock((struct sock *)msk);
__mptcp_subflow_fully_established(msk, subflow, mp_opt);
+ /* Passive TFO: the application may have written data while the
+ * subflow was still in SYN_RECV; __mptcp_subflow_active() refused
+ * it then and nothing else spools the msk write queue when the
+ * MPC third ack (no DSS) arrives. Push it now.
+ */
+ if (subflow->is_mptfo)
+ __mptcp_check_push((struct sock *)msk, ssk);
mptcp_data_unlock((struct sock *)msk);
check_notify:
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index f0a6725d2..f499073a6 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -1894,6 +1894,11 @@ static void subflow_state_change(struct sock *sk)
if (subflow->resetting)
return;
+ if (subflow->is_mptfo) {
+ set_bit(MPTCP_PUSH_PENDING, &mptcp_sk(parent)->cb_flags);
+ mptcp_schedule_work(parent);
+ }
+
/* as recvmsg() does not acquire the subflow socket for ssk selection
* a fin packet carrying a DSS can be unnoticed if we don't trigger
* the data available machinery here.
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 9:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 9:52 T S Rameshkumar [this message]
2026-10-08 9:59 ` [PATCH] mptcp: push queued data on passive TFO subflows becoming established Petar Sakic
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2026-10-08 8:59 Bug report mptcp: passive TFO: data written by the server before the MPC third ACK is never sent Petar Sakic
2026-10-08 10:05 ` [PATCH] mptcp: push queued data on passive TFO subflows becoming established T S Rameshkumar
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