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@ericvh ericvh commented Sep 6, 2011

(will resend on lkml as well, but figured I try the github way for fun)

First off, let me apologize. Vacations and kernel.org disruptions have delayed me from getting you these bug fixes sooner in the cycle. There are a couple of protocol "bugs" fixed here dealing with lack of foresight in developing some of the new protocol extensions.

Thanks.

The following changes since commit ddf2835:

Linux 3.1-rc5 (2011-09-04 15:45:10 -0700)

are available in the git repository at:
git://github.com/ericvh/linux.git for-linus

Aneesh Kumar K.V (5):
fs/9p: Add fid before dentry instantiation
fs/9p: Don't update file type when updating file attributes
net/9p: Fix kernel crash with msize 512K
fs/9p: Add OS dependent open flags in 9p protocol
fs/9p: Always ask new inode in lookup for cache mode disabled

Jim Garlick (1):
fs/9p: Use protocol-defined value for lock/getlock 'type' field.

fs/9p/v9fs_vfs.h | 6 ++-
fs/9p/vfs_file.c | 36 ++++++++++---
fs/9p/vfs_inode.c | 139 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
fs/9p/vfs_super.c | 2 +-
include/net/9p/9p.h | 29 ++++++++++
net/9p/trans_virtio.c | 17 ++++--
7 files changed, 234 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)

kvaneesh and others added 6 commits September 6, 2011 08:17
d_instantiate marks the dentry positive. So a parallel lookup and mkdir of
the directory can find dentry that doesn't have fid attached. This can result
in both the code path doing v9fs_fid_add which results in v9fs_dentry leak.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <[email protected]>
We should only update attributes that we can change on stat2inode.
Also do file type initialization in v9fs_init_inode.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <[email protected]>
With msize equal to 512K (PAGE_SIZE * VIRTQUEUE_NUM), we hit multiple
crashes. This patch fix those.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <[email protected]>
Some of the flags are OS/arch dependent we add a 9p
protocol value which maps to asm-generic/fcntl.h values in Linux
Based on the original patch from Venkateswararao Jujjuri <[email protected]>

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]>
This make sure we don't end up reusing the unlinked inode object.
The ideal way is to use inode i_generation. But i_generation is
not available in userspace always.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email protected]>
@torvalds torvalds merged commit 51b8b4f into torvalds:master Sep 7, 2011
damentz referenced this pull request in zen-kernel/zen-kernel Sep 27, 2011
commit 130c5ce upstream.

This fixes the A->B/B->A locking dependency, see the warning below.

The function task_exit_notify() is called with (task_exit_notifier)
.rwsem set and then calls sync_buffer() which locks buffer_mutex. In
sync_start() the buffer_mutex was set to prevent notifier functions to
be started before sync_start() is finished. But when registering the
notifier, (task_exit_notifier).rwsem is locked too, but now in
different order than in sync_buffer(). In theory this causes a locking
dependency, what does not occur in practice since task_exit_notify()
is always called after the notifier is registered which means the lock
is already released.

However, after checking the notifier functions it turned out the
buffer_mutex in sync_start() is unnecessary. This is because
sync_buffer() may be called from the notifiers even if sync_start()
did not finish yet, the buffers are already allocated but empty. No
need to protect this with the mutex.

So we fix this theoretical locking dependency by removing buffer_mutex
in sync_start(). This is similar to the implementation before commit:

 750d857 oprofile: fix crash when accessing freed task structs

which introduced the locking dependency.

Lockdep warning:

oprofiled/4447 is trying to acquire lock:
 (buffer_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffffa0000e55>] sync_buffer+0x31/0x3ec [oprofile]

but task is already holding lock:
 ((task_exit_notifier).rwsem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff81058026>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x39/0x67

which lock already depends on the new lock.

the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 ((task_exit_notifier).rwsem){++++..}:
       [<ffffffff8106557f>] lock_acquire+0xf8/0x11e
       [<ffffffff81463a2b>] down_write+0x44/0x67
       [<ffffffff810581c0>] blocking_notifier_chain_register+0x52/0x8b
       [<ffffffff8105a6ac>] profile_event_register+0x2d/0x2f
       [<ffffffffa00013c1>] sync_start+0x47/0xc6 [oprofile]
       [<ffffffffa00001bb>] oprofile_setup+0x60/0xa5 [oprofile]
       [<ffffffffa00014e3>] event_buffer_open+0x59/0x8c [oprofile]
       [<ffffffff810cd3b9>] __dentry_open+0x1eb/0x308
       [<ffffffff810cd59d>] nameidata_to_filp+0x60/0x67
       [<ffffffff810daad6>] do_last+0x5be/0x6b2
       [<ffffffff810dbc33>] path_openat+0xc7/0x360
       [<ffffffff810dbfc5>] do_filp_open+0x3d/0x8c
       [<ffffffff810ccfd2>] do_sys_open+0x110/0x1a9
       [<ffffffff810cd09e>] sys_open+0x20/0x22
       [<ffffffff8146ad4b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

-> #0 (buffer_mutex){+.+...}:
       [<ffffffff81064dfb>] __lock_acquire+0x1085/0x1711
       [<ffffffff8106557f>] lock_acquire+0xf8/0x11e
       [<ffffffff814634f0>] mutex_lock_nested+0x63/0x309
       [<ffffffffa0000e55>] sync_buffer+0x31/0x3ec [oprofile]
       [<ffffffffa0001226>] task_exit_notify+0x16/0x1a [oprofile]
       [<ffffffff81467b96>] notifier_call_chain+0x37/0x63
       [<ffffffff8105803d>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x50/0x67
       [<ffffffff81058068>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
       [<ffffffff8105a718>] profile_task_exit+0x1a/0x1c
       [<ffffffff81039e8f>] do_exit+0x2a/0x6fc
       [<ffffffff8103a5e4>] do_group_exit+0x83/0xae
       [<ffffffff8103a626>] sys_exit_group+0x17/0x1b
       [<ffffffff8146ad4b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

other info that might help us debug this:

1 lock held by oprofiled/4447:
 #0:  ((task_exit_notifier).rwsem){++++..}, at: [<ffffffff81058026>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x39/0x67

stack backtrace:
Pid: 4447, comm: oprofiled Not tainted 2.6.39-00007-gcf4d8d4 #10
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff81063193>] print_circular_bug+0xae/0xbc
 [<ffffffff81064dfb>] __lock_acquire+0x1085/0x1711
 [<ffffffffa0000e55>] ? sync_buffer+0x31/0x3ec [oprofile]
 [<ffffffff8106557f>] lock_acquire+0xf8/0x11e
 [<ffffffffa0000e55>] ? sync_buffer+0x31/0x3ec [oprofile]
 [<ffffffff81062627>] ? mark_lock+0x42f/0x552
 [<ffffffffa0000e55>] ? sync_buffer+0x31/0x3ec [oprofile]
 [<ffffffff814634f0>] mutex_lock_nested+0x63/0x309
 [<ffffffffa0000e55>] ? sync_buffer+0x31/0x3ec [oprofile]
 [<ffffffffa0000e55>] sync_buffer+0x31/0x3ec [oprofile]
 [<ffffffff81058026>] ? __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x39/0x67
 [<ffffffff81058026>] ? __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x39/0x67
 [<ffffffffa0001226>] task_exit_notify+0x16/0x1a [oprofile]
 [<ffffffff81467b96>] notifier_call_chain+0x37/0x63
 [<ffffffff8105803d>] __blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x50/0x67
 [<ffffffff81058068>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
 [<ffffffff8105a718>] profile_task_exit+0x1a/0x1c
 [<ffffffff81039e8f>] do_exit+0x2a/0x6fc
 [<ffffffff81465031>] ? retint_swapgs+0xe/0x13
 [<ffffffff8103a5e4>] do_group_exit+0x83/0xae
 [<ffffffff8103a626>] sys_exit_group+0x17/0x1b
 [<ffffffff8146ad4b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Reported-by: Marcin Slusarz <[email protected]>
Cc: Carl Love <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
cuviper pushed a commit to cuviper/linux-uprobes that referenced this pull request Nov 3, 2011
* Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> wrote:

> The patch below addresses these concerns, serializes the output, tidies up the
> printout, resulting in this new output:

There's one bug remaining that my patch does not address: the vCPUs are not
printed in order:

# vCPU #0's dump:
# vCPU #2's dump:
# vCPU torvalds#24's dump:
# vCPU #5's dump:
# vCPU torvalds#39's dump:
# vCPU torvalds#38's dump:
# vCPU torvalds#51's dump:
# vCPU torvalds#11's dump:
# vCPU torvalds#10's dump:
# vCPU torvalds#12's dump:

This is undesirable as the order of printout is highly random, so successive
dumps are difficult to compare.

The patch below serializes the signalling itself. (this is on top of the
previous patch)

The patch also tweaks the vCPU printout line a bit so that it does not start
with '#', which is discarded if such messages are pasted into Git commit
messages.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <[email protected]>
torvalds pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 15, 2011
If the pte mapping in generic_perform_write() is unmapped between
iov_iter_fault_in_readable() and iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic(), the
"copied" parameter to ->end_write can be zero. ext4 couldn't cope with
it with delayed allocations enabled. This skips the i_disksize
enlargement logic if copied is zero and no new data was appeneded to
the inode.

 gdb> bt
 #0  0xffffffff811afe80 in ext4_da_should_update_i_disksize (file=0xffff88003f606a80, mapping=0xffff88001d3824e0, pos=0x1\
 08000, len=0x1000, copied=0x0, page=0xffffea0000d792e8, fsdata=0x0) at fs/ext4/inode.c:2467
 #1  ext4_da_write_end (file=0xffff88003f606a80, mapping=0xffff88001d3824e0, pos=0x108000, len=0x1000, copied=0x0, page=0\
 xffffea0000d792e8, fsdata=0x0) at fs/ext4/inode.c:2512
 #2  0xffffffff810d97f1 in generic_perform_write (iocb=<value optimized out>, iov=<value optimized out>, nr_segs=<value o\
 ptimized out>, pos=0x108000, ppos=0xffff88001e26be40, count=<value optimized out>, written=0x0) at mm/filemap.c:2440
 #3  generic_file_buffered_write (iocb=<value optimized out>, iov=<value optimized out>, nr_segs=<value optimized out>, p\
 os=0x108000, ppos=0xffff88001e26be40, count=<value optimized out>, written=0x0) at mm/filemap.c:2482
 #4  0xffffffff810db5d1 in __generic_file_aio_write (iocb=0xffff88001e26bde8, iov=0xffff88001e26bec8, nr_segs=0x1, ppos=0\
 xffff88001e26be40) at mm/filemap.c:2600
 #5  0xffffffff810db853 in generic_file_aio_write (iocb=0xffff88001e26bde8, iov=0xffff88001e26bec8, nr_segs=<value optimi\
 zed out>, pos=<value optimized out>) at mm/filemap.c:2632
 #6  0xffffffff811a71aa in ext4_file_write (iocb=0xffff88001e26bde8, iov=0xffff88001e26bec8, nr_segs=0x1, pos=0x108000) a\
 t fs/ext4/file.c:136
 #7  0xffffffff811375aa in do_sync_write (filp=0xffff88003f606a80, buf=<value optimized out>, len=<value optimized out>, \
 ppos=0xffff88001e26bf48) at fs/read_write.c:406
 #8  0xffffffff81137e56 in vfs_write (file=0xffff88003f606a80, buf=0x1ec2960 <Address 0x1ec2960 out of bounds>, count=0x4\
 000, pos=0xffff88001e26bf48) at fs/read_write.c:435
 #9  0xffffffff8113816c in sys_write (fd=<value optimized out>, buf=0x1ec2960 <Address 0x1ec2960 out of bounds>, count=0x\
 4000) at fs/read_write.c:487
 #10 <signal handler called>
 #11 0x00007f120077a390 in __brk_reservation_fn_dmi_alloc__ ()
 #12 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
 gdb> print offset
 $22 = 0xffffffffffffffff
 gdb> print idx
 $23 = 0xffffffff
 gdb> print inode->i_blkbits
 $24 = 0xc
 gdb> up
 #1  ext4_da_write_end (file=0xffff88003f606a80, mapping=0xffff88001d3824e0, pos=0x108000, len=0x1000, copied=0x0, page=0\
 xffffea0000d792e8, fsdata=0x0) at fs/ext4/inode.c:2512
 2512                    if (ext4_da_should_update_i_disksize(page, end)) {
 gdb> print start
 $25 = 0x0
 gdb> print end
 $26 = 0xffffffffffffffff
 gdb> print pos
 $27 = 0x108000
 gdb> print new_i_size
 $28 = 0x108000
 gdb> print ((struct ext4_inode_info *)((char *)inode-((int)(&((struct ext4_inode_info *)0)->vfs_inode))))->i_disksize
 $29 = 0xd9000
 gdb> down
 2467            for (i = 0; i < idx; i++)
 gdb> print i
 $30 = 0xd44acbee

This is 100% reproducible with some autonuma development code tuned in
a very aggressive manner (not normal way even for knumad) which does
"exotic" changes to the ptes. It wouldn't normally trigger but I don't
see why it can't happen normally if the page is added to swap cache in
between the two faults leading to "copied" being zero (which then
hangs in ext4). So it should be fixed. Especially possible with lumpy
reclaim (albeit disabled if compaction is enabled) as that would
ignore the young bits in the ptes.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
tworaz pushed a commit to tworaz/linux that referenced this pull request Jan 9, 2012
commit f7ab9b4 upstream.

Without tmpfs, shmem_readpage() is not compiled in causing an OOPS as
soon as we try to allocate some swappable pages for GEM.

Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel: Modules linked in: i915(+) drm_kms_helper cfbcopyarea video backlight cfbimgblt cfbfillrect
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel: Pid: 1125, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.37Harlie torvalds#10 To be filled by O.E.M./To be filled by O.E.M.
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel: EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010246 CPU: 3
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel: EIP is at 0x0
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel: EAX: 00000000 EBX: f7b7d000 ECX: f3383100 EDX: f7b7d000
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel: ESI: f1456118 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f2303c98 ESP: f2303c7c
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel: Process modprobe (pid: 1125, ti=f2302000 task=f259cd80 task.ti=f2302000)
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel: Stack:
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie udevd-work[1072]: '/sbin/modprobe -b pci:v00008086d00000046sv00000000sd00000000bc03sc00i00' unexpected exit with status 0x0009
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  c1074061 000000d0 f2f42b80 00000000 000a13d2 f2d5dcc0 00000001 f2303cac
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  c107416f 00000000 000a13d2 00000000 f2303cd4 f8d620ed f2cee620 00001000
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  00000000 000a13d2 f1456118 f2d5dcc0 f1a40000 00001000 f2303d04 f8d637ab
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  [<c1074061>] ? do_read_cache_page+0x71/0x160
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  [<c107416f>] ? read_cache_page_gfp+0x1f/0x30
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  [<f8d620ed>] ? i915_gem_object_get_pages+0xad/0x1d0 [i915]
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  [<f8d637ab>] ? i915_gem_object_bind_to_gtt+0xeb/0x2d0 [i915]
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  [<f8d65961>] ? i915_gem_object_pin+0x151/0x190 [i915]
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  [<c11e16ed>] ? drm_gem_object_init+0x3d/0x60
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  [<f8d65aa5>] ? i915_gem_init_ringbuffer+0x105/0x1e0 [i915]
Jan 19 22:52:26 harlie kernel:  [<f8d571b7>] ? i915_driver_load+0x667/0x1160 [i915]

Reported-by: John J. Stimson-III <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
jkstrick pushed a commit to jkstrick/linux that referenced this pull request Feb 11, 2012
If the netdev is already in NETREG_UNREGISTERING/_UNREGISTERED state, do not
update the real num tx queues. netdev_queue_update_kobjects() is already
called via remove_queue_kobjects() at NETREG_UNREGISTERING time. So, when
upper layer driver, e.g., FCoE protocol stack is monitoring the netdev
event of NETDEV_UNREGISTER and calls back to LLD ndo_fcoe_disable() to remove
extra queues allocated for FCoE, the associated txq sysfs kobjects are already
removed, and trying to update the real num queues would cause something like
below:

...
PID: 25138  TASK: ffff88021e64c440  CPU: 3   COMMAND: "kworker/3:3"
 #0 [ffff88021f007760] machine_kexec at ffffffff810226d9
 #1 [ffff88021f0077d0] crash_kexec at ffffffff81089d2d
 #2 [ffff88021f0078a0] oops_end at ffffffff813bca78
 #3 [ffff88021f0078d0] no_context at ffffffff81029e72
 #4 [ffff88021f007920] __bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffff8102a155
 #5 [ffff88021f0079f0] bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffff8102a23e
 torvalds#6 [ffff88021f007a00] do_page_fault at ffffffff813bf32e
 torvalds#7 [ffff88021f007b10] page_fault at ffffffff813bc045
    [exception RIP: sysfs_find_dirent+17]
    RIP: ffffffff81178611  RSP: ffff88021f007bc0  RFLAGS: 00010246
    RAX: ffff88021e64c440  RBX: ffffffff8156cc63  RCX: 0000000000000004
    RDX: ffffffff8156cc63  RSI: 0000000000000000  RDI: 0000000000000000
    RBP: ffff88021f007be0   R8: 0000000000000004   R9: 0000000000000008
    R10: ffffffff816fed00  R11: 0000000000000004  R12: 0000000000000000
    R13: ffffffff8156cc63  R14: 0000000000000000  R15: ffff8802222a0000
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
 torvalds#8 [ffff88021f007be8] sysfs_get_dirent at ffffffff81178c07
 torvalds#9 [ffff88021f007c18] sysfs_remove_group at ffffffff8117ac27
torvalds#10 [ffff88021f007c48] netdev_queue_update_kobjects at ffffffff813178f9
torvalds#11 [ffff88021f007c88] netif_set_real_num_tx_queues at ffffffff81303e38
torvalds#12 [ffff88021f007cc8] ixgbe_set_num_queues at ffffffffa0249763 [ixgbe]
torvalds#13 [ffff88021f007cf8] ixgbe_init_interrupt_scheme at ffffffffa024ea89 [ixgbe]
torvalds#14 [ffff88021f007d48] ixgbe_fcoe_disable at ffffffffa0267113 [ixgbe]
torvalds#15 [ffff88021f007d68] vlan_dev_fcoe_disable at ffffffffa014fef5 [8021q]
torvalds#16 [ffff88021f007d78] fcoe_interface_cleanup at ffffffffa02b7dfd [fcoe]
torvalds#17 [ffff88021f007df8] fcoe_destroy_work at ffffffffa02b7f08 [fcoe]
torvalds#18 [ffff88021f007e18] process_one_work at ffffffff8105d7ca
torvalds#19 [ffff88021f007e68] worker_thread at ffffffff81060513
torvalds#20 [ffff88021f007ee8] kthread at ffffffff810648b6
torvalds#21 [ffff88021f007f48] kernel_thread_helper at ffffffff813c40f4

Signed-off-by: Yi Zou <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Ross Brattain <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Stephen Ko <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]>
zachariasmaladroit pushed a commit to galaxys-cm7miui-kernel/linux that referenced this pull request Feb 11, 2012
If the netdev is already in NETREG_UNREGISTERING/_UNREGISTERED state, do not
update the real num tx queues. netdev_queue_update_kobjects() is already
called via remove_queue_kobjects() at NETREG_UNREGISTERING time. So, when
upper layer driver, e.g., FCoE protocol stack is monitoring the netdev
event of NETDEV_UNREGISTER and calls back to LLD ndo_fcoe_disable() to remove
extra queues allocated for FCoE, the associated txq sysfs kobjects are already
removed, and trying to update the real num queues would cause something like
below:

...
PID: 25138  TASK: ffff88021e64c440  CPU: 3   COMMAND: "kworker/3:3"
 #0 [ffff88021f007760] machine_kexec at ffffffff810226d9
 #1 [ffff88021f0077d0] crash_kexec at ffffffff81089d2d
 #2 [ffff88021f0078a0] oops_end at ffffffff813bca78
 #3 [ffff88021f0078d0] no_context at ffffffff81029e72
 #4 [ffff88021f007920] __bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffff8102a155
 #5 [ffff88021f0079f0] bad_area_nosemaphore at ffffffff8102a23e
 torvalds#6 [ffff88021f007a00] do_page_fault at ffffffff813bf32e
 torvalds#7 [ffff88021f007b10] page_fault at ffffffff813bc045
    [exception RIP: sysfs_find_dirent+17]
    RIP: ffffffff81178611  RSP: ffff88021f007bc0  RFLAGS: 00010246
    RAX: ffff88021e64c440  RBX: ffffffff8156cc63  RCX: 0000000000000004
    RDX: ffffffff8156cc63  RSI: 0000000000000000  RDI: 0000000000000000
    RBP: ffff88021f007be0   R8: 0000000000000004   R9: 0000000000000008
    R10: ffffffff816fed00  R11: 0000000000000004  R12: 0000000000000000
    R13: ffffffff8156cc63  R14: 0000000000000000  R15: ffff8802222a0000
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
 torvalds#8 [ffff88021f007be8] sysfs_get_dirent at ffffffff81178c07
 torvalds#9 [ffff88021f007c18] sysfs_remove_group at ffffffff8117ac27
torvalds#10 [ffff88021f007c48] netdev_queue_update_kobjects at ffffffff813178f9
torvalds#11 [ffff88021f007c88] netif_set_real_num_tx_queues at ffffffff81303e38
torvalds#12 [ffff88021f007cc8] ixgbe_set_num_queues at ffffffffa0249763 [ixgbe]
torvalds#13 [ffff88021f007cf8] ixgbe_init_interrupt_scheme at ffffffffa024ea89 [ixgbe]
torvalds#14 [ffff88021f007d48] ixgbe_fcoe_disable at ffffffffa0267113 [ixgbe]
torvalds#15 [ffff88021f007d68] vlan_dev_fcoe_disable at ffffffffa014fef5 [8021q]
torvalds#16 [ffff88021f007d78] fcoe_interface_cleanup at ffffffffa02b7dfd [fcoe]
torvalds#17 [ffff88021f007df8] fcoe_destroy_work at ffffffffa02b7f08 [fcoe]
torvalds#18 [ffff88021f007e18] process_one_work at ffffffff8105d7ca
torvalds#19 [ffff88021f007e68] worker_thread at ffffffff81060513
torvalds#20 [ffff88021f007ee8] kthread at ffffffff810648b6
torvalds#21 [ffff88021f007f48] kernel_thread_helper at ffffffff813c40f4

Signed-off-by: Yi Zou <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Ross Brattain <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Stephen Ko <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]>
tworaz pushed a commit to tworaz/linux that referenced this pull request Feb 13, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 torvalds#6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 torvalds#7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 torvalds#8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 torvalds#9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
xXorAa pushed a commit to xXorAa/linux that referenced this pull request Feb 17, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 torvalds#6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 torvalds#7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 torvalds#8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 torvalds#9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request Feb 23, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request Mar 1, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request Mar 19, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request Mar 22, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request Apr 2, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request Apr 9, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request Apr 11, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request Apr 12, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
psanford pushed a commit to retailnext/linux that referenced this pull request Apr 16, 2012
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/907778

commit ea51d13 upstream.

If the pte mapping in generic_perform_write() is unmapped between
iov_iter_fault_in_readable() and iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic(), the
"copied" parameter to ->end_write can be zero. ext4 couldn't cope with
it with delayed allocations enabled. This skips the i_disksize
enlargement logic if copied is zero and no new data was appeneded to
the inode.

 gdb> bt
 #0  0xffffffff811afe80 in ext4_da_should_update_i_disksize (file=0xffff88003f606a80, mapping=0xffff88001d3824e0, pos=0x1\
 08000, len=0x1000, copied=0x0, page=0xffffea0000d792e8, fsdata=0x0) at fs/ext4/inode.c:2467
 #1  ext4_da_write_end (file=0xffff88003f606a80, mapping=0xffff88001d3824e0, pos=0x108000, len=0x1000, copied=0x0, page=0\
 xffffea0000d792e8, fsdata=0x0) at fs/ext4/inode.c:2512
 #2  0xffffffff810d97f1 in generic_perform_write (iocb=<value optimized out>, iov=<value optimized out>, nr_segs=<value o\
 ptimized out>, pos=0x108000, ppos=0xffff88001e26be40, count=<value optimized out>, written=0x0) at mm/filemap.c:2440
 #3  generic_file_buffered_write (iocb=<value optimized out>, iov=<value optimized out>, nr_segs=<value optimized out>, p\
 os=0x108000, ppos=0xffff88001e26be40, count=<value optimized out>, written=0x0) at mm/filemap.c:2482
 #4  0xffffffff810db5d1 in __generic_file_aio_write (iocb=0xffff88001e26bde8, iov=0xffff88001e26bec8, nr_segs=0x1, ppos=0\
 xffff88001e26be40) at mm/filemap.c:2600
 #5  0xffffffff810db853 in generic_file_aio_write (iocb=0xffff88001e26bde8, iov=0xffff88001e26bec8, nr_segs=<value optimi\
 zed out>, pos=<value optimized out>) at mm/filemap.c:2632
 torvalds#6  0xffffffff811a71aa in ext4_file_write (iocb=0xffff88001e26bde8, iov=0xffff88001e26bec8, nr_segs=0x1, pos=0x108000) a\
 t fs/ext4/file.c:136
 torvalds#7  0xffffffff811375aa in do_sync_write (filp=0xffff88003f606a80, buf=<value optimized out>, len=<value optimized out>, \
 ppos=0xffff88001e26bf48) at fs/read_write.c:406
 torvalds#8  0xffffffff81137e56 in vfs_write (file=0xffff88003f606a80, buf=0x1ec2960 <Address 0x1ec2960 out of bounds>, count=0x4\
 000, pos=0xffff88001e26bf48) at fs/read_write.c:435
 torvalds#9  0xffffffff8113816c in sys_write (fd=<value optimized out>, buf=0x1ec2960 <Address 0x1ec2960 out of bounds>, count=0x\
 4000) at fs/read_write.c:487
 torvalds#10 <signal handler called>
 torvalds#11 0x00007f120077a390 in __brk_reservation_fn_dmi_alloc__ ()
 torvalds#12 0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
 gdb> print offset
 $22 = 0xffffffffffffffff
 gdb> print idx
 $23 = 0xffffffff
 gdb> print inode->i_blkbits
 $24 = 0xc
 gdb> up
 #1  ext4_da_write_end (file=0xffff88003f606a80, mapping=0xffff88001d3824e0, pos=0x108000, len=0x1000, copied=0x0, page=0\
 xffffea0000d792e8, fsdata=0x0) at fs/ext4/inode.c:2512
 2512                    if (ext4_da_should_update_i_disksize(page, end)) {
 gdb> print start
 $25 = 0x0
 gdb> print end
 $26 = 0xffffffffffffffff
 gdb> print pos
 $27 = 0x108000
 gdb> print new_i_size
 $28 = 0x108000
 gdb> print ((struct ext4_inode_info *)((char *)inode-((int)(&((struct ext4_inode_info *)0)->vfs_inode))))->i_disksize
 $29 = 0xd9000
 gdb> down
 2467            for (i = 0; i < idx; i++)
 gdb> print i
 $30 = 0xd44acbee

This is 100% reproducible with some autonuma development code tuned in
a very aggressive manner (not normal way even for knumad) which does
"exotic" changes to the ptes. It wouldn't normally trigger but I don't
see why it can't happen normally if the page is added to swap cache in
between the two faults leading to "copied" being zero (which then
hangs in ext4). So it should be fixed. Especially possible with lumpy
reclaim (albeit disabled if compaction is enabled) as that would
ignore the young bits in the ptes.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Brad Figg <[email protected]>
psanford pushed a commit to retailnext/linux that referenced this pull request Apr 16, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/931719

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 torvalds#6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 torvalds#7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 torvalds#8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 torvalds#9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request Apr 19, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request May 4, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request May 4, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request May 5, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
koenkooi pushed a commit to koenkooi/linux that referenced this pull request May 7, 2012
…S block during isolation for migration

commit 0bf380b upstream.

When isolating for migration, migration starts at the start of a zone
which is not necessarily pageblock aligned.  Further, it stops isolating
when COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX pages are isolated so migrate_pfn is generally
not aligned.  This allows isolate_migratepages() to call pfn_to_page() on
an invalid PFN which can result in a crash.  This was originally reported
against a 3.0-based kernel with the following trace in a crash dump.

PID: 9902   TASK: d47aecd0  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "memcg_process_s"
 #0 [d72d3ad0] crash_kexec at c028cfdb
 #1 [d72d3b24] oops_end at c05c5322
 #2 [d72d3b38] __bad_area_nosemaphore at c0227e60
 #3 [d72d3bec] bad_area at c0227fb6
 #4 [d72d3c00] do_page_fault at c05c72e
 #5 [d72d3c80] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: 00000000  EBX: 000c0000  ECX: 00000001  EDX: 00000807  EBP: 000c0000
    DS:  007b      ESI: 00000001  ES:  007b      EDI: f3000a80  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0060      EIP: c030b15a  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010002
 #6 [d72d3cb4] isolate_migratepages at c030b15a
 #7 [d72d3d1] zone_watermark_ok at c02d26cb
 #8 [d72d3d2c] compact_zone at c030b8d
 #9 [d72d3d68] compact_zone_order at c030bba1
torvalds#10 [d72d3db4] try_to_compact_pages at c030bc84
torvalds#11 [d72d3ddc] __alloc_pages_direct_compact at c02d61e7
torvalds#12 [d72d3e08] __alloc_pages_slowpath at c02d66c7
torvalds#13 [d72d3e78] __alloc_pages_nodemask at c02d6a97
torvalds#14 [d72d3eb8] alloc_pages_vma at c030a845
torvalds#15 [d72d3ed4] do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page at c03178eb
torvalds#16 [d72d3f00] handle_mm_fault at c02f36c6
torvalds#17 [d72d3f30] do_page_fault at c05c70ed
torvalds#18 [d72d3fb] error_code (via page_fault) at c05c47a4
    EAX: b71ff000  EBX: 00000001  ECX: 00001600  EDX: 00000431
    DS:  007b      ESI: 08048950  ES:  007b      EDI: bfaa3788
    SS:  007b      ESP: bfaa36e0  EBP: bfaa3828  GS:  6f50
    CS:  0073      EIP: 080487c8  ERR: ffffffff  EFLAGS: 00010202

It was also reported by Herbert van den Bergh against 3.1-based kernel
with the following snippet from the console log.

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 01c00008
IP: [<c0522399>] isolate_migratepages+0x119/0x390
*pdpt = 000000002f7ce001 *pde = 0000000000000000

It is expected that it also affects 3.2.x and current mainline.

The problem is that pfn_valid is only called on the first PFN being
checked and that PFN is not necessarily aligned.  Lets say we have a case
like this

H = MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES boundary
| = pageblock boundary
m = cc->migrate_pfn
f = cc->free_pfn
o = memory hole

H------|------H------|----m-Hoooooo|ooooooH-f----|------H

The migrate_pfn is just below a memory hole and the free scanner is beyond
the hole.  When isolate_migratepages started, it scans from migrate_pfn to
migrate_pfn+pageblock_nr_pages which is now in a memory hole.  It checks
pfn_valid() on the first PFN but then scans into the hole where there are
not necessarily valid struct pages.

This patch ensures that isolate_migratepages calls pfn_valid when
necessary.

Reported-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Herbert van den Bergh <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 19, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 20, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 21, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
kuba-moo pushed a commit to linux-netdev/testing that referenced this pull request Nov 21, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: NipaLocal <nipa@local>
intel-lab-lkp pushed a commit to intel-lab-lkp/linux that referenced this pull request Nov 21, 2025
This is a follow up of commit aa251c8 ("tcp: fix too slow
tcp_rcvbuf_grow() action") which brought again the issue that I tried
to fix in commit 65c5287 ("tcp: fix sk_rcvbuf overshoot")

We also recently increased tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB in commit 572be9b
("tcp: increase tcp_rmem[2] to 32 MB")

Idea of this patch is to not let tcp_rcvbuf_grow() grow sk->sk_rcvbuf
too fast for small RTT flows. If sk->sk_rcvbuf is too big, this can
force NIC driver to not recycle pages from their page pool, and also
can cause cache evictions for DDIO enabled cpus/NIC, as receivers
are usually slower than senders.

Add net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt sysctl, set by default to 1000 usec (1 ms)

If RTT if smaller than the sysctl value, use the RTT/tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt
ratio to control sk_rcvbuf inflation.

Tested:

Pair of hosts with a 200Gbit IDPF NIC. Using netperf/netserver

Client initiates 8 TCP bulk flows, asking netserver to use CPU torvalds#10 only.

super_netperf 8 -H server -T,10 -l 30

On server, use perf -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow while test is running.

Before:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1153.051201: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=398 rtt_us=382 copied=6905856 inq=180224 space=6115328 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.138752: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=446 rtt_us=413 copied=5529600 inq=180224 space=4505600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1153.361484: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=415 rtt_us=380 copied=7061504 inq=204800 space=6725632 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1153.457642: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=483 rtt_us=421 copied=5885952 inq=720896 space=4407296 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23763511 rcv_ssthresh=22223271 window_clamp=22278291 rcv_wnd=21430272 famil
 1153.466002: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=308 rtt_us=281 copied=3244032 inq=180224 space=2883584 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1153.747792: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=394 rtt_us=332 copied=4460544 inq=585728 space=3063808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41992059 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41373696 famil
 1154.260747: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=652 rtt_us=226 copied=10977280 inq=737280 space=9486336 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29197743 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28368896 fami
 1154.375019: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=461 rtt_us=443 copied=7573504 inq=507904 space=6856704 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25288704 famil
 1154.463072: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=408 copied=7983104 inq=200704 space=7065600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25579520 famil
 1154.474658: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=507 rtt_us=459 copied=5586944 inq=540672 space=4718592 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=17852266 rcv_ssthresh=16692999 window_clamp=16736499 rcv_wnd=16056320 famil
 1154.584657: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=494 rtt_us=427 copied=8126464 inq=204800 space=7782400 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25878235 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25600000 famil
 1154.702117: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=480 rtt_us=406 copied=5734400 inq=180224 space=5349376 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=21286912 famil
 1155.941595: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=717 rtt_us=670 copied=11042816 inq=3784704 space=7159808 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=14614528 fam
 1156.384735: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=473 copied=9011200 inq=180224 space=7258112 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=19581357 rcv_ssthresh=18333222 window_clamp=18357522 rcv_wnd=18018304 famil
 1157.821676: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=529 rtt_us=272 copied=8224768 inq=602112 space=6545408 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=67000000 rcv_ssthresh=62793576 window_clamp=62812500 rcv_wnd=62115840 famil
 1158.906379: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=710 rtt_us=445 copied=11845632 inq=540672 space=10240000 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29205935 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=28536832 fam
 1164.600160: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=841 rtt_us=430 copied=12976128 inq=1290240 space=11304960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=31165538 rcv_ssthresh=29212591 window_clamp=29217691 rcv_wnd=27856896 fa
 1165.163572: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=845 rtt_us=800 copied=12632064 inq=540672 space=7921664 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=27666235 rcv_ssthresh=25912795 window_clamp=25937095 rcv_wnd=25260032 fami
 1165.653464: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=388 rtt_us=309 copied=4493312 inq=180224 space=3874816 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=44854314 rcv_ssthresh=41995899 window_clamp=42050919 rcv_wnd=41713664 famil
 1166.651211: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=556 rtt_us=553 copied=6328320 inq=540672 space=5554176 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=23068672 rcv_ssthresh=21571860 window_clamp=21626880 rcv_wnd=20946944 famil

After:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rcvbuf_low_rtt=1000
perf record -a -e tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow sleep 30 ; perf script|tail -20|cut -c30-230
 1457.053149: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=24 copied=1441792 inq=40960 space=1269760 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2960741 rcv_ssthresh=2605474 window_clamp=2775694 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1458.000778: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=31 copied=1441792 inq=24576 space=1400832 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3060163 rcv_ssthresh=2810042 window_clamp=2868902 rcv_wnd=2674688 family=AF_I
 1458.088059: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=190 rtt_us=110 copied=3227648 inq=385024 space=2781184 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6728240 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6307725 rcv_wnd=5799936 family=AF
 1458.148549: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=232 rtt_us=129 copied=3956736 inq=237568 space=2842624 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6731333 rcv_ssthresh=6252705 window_clamp=6310624 rcv_wnd=5918720 family=AF
 1458.466861: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=193 rtt_us=83 copied=2949120 inq=180224 space=2457600 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=5751438 rcv_ssthresh=5357689 window_clamp=5391973 rcv_wnd=5054464 family=AF_
 1458.775476: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=257 rtt_us=127 copied=4304896 inq=352256 space=3346432 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8067131 rcv_ssthresh=7523275 window_clamp=7562935 rcv_wnd=7061504 family=AF
 1458.776631: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=200 rtt_us=96 copied=3260416 inq=143360 space=2768896 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6397256 rcv_ssthresh=5938567 window_clamp=5997427 rcv_wnd=5828608 family=AF_
 1459.707973: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=215 rtt_us=96 copied=2506752 inq=163840 space=1388544 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3068867 rcv_ssthresh=2768282 window_clamp=2877062 rcv_wnd=2555904 family=AF_
 1460.246494: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=231 rtt_us=80 copied=3756032 inq=204800 space=3117056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=7288091 rcv_ssthresh=6773725 window_clamp=6832585 rcv_wnd=6471680 family=AF_
 1460.714596: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=270 rtt_us=110 copied=4714496 inq=311296 space=3719168 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8957739 rcv_ssthresh=8339020 window_clamp=8397880 rcv_wnd=7933952 family=AF
 1462.029977: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=101 rtt_us=19 copied=1105920 inq=40960 space=1036288 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=1986560 family=AF_I
 1462.802385: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=89 rtt_us=45 copied=1069056 inq=0 space=1064960 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2338970 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2192784 rcv_wnd=2035712 family=AF_INET6
 1462.918648: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=105 rtt_us=33 copied=1441792 inq=180224 space=1069056 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2383282 rcv_ssthresh=2091684 window_clamp=2234326 rcv_wnd=1896448 family=AF_
 1463.222533: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=273 rtt_us=144 copied=4603904 inq=385024 space=3469312 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8422564 rcv_ssthresh=7891053 window_clamp=7896153 rcv_wnd=7409664 family=AF
 1466.519312: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=130 rtt_us=23 copied=1343488 inq=0 space=1261568 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2780158 rcv_ssthresh=2493778 window_clamp=2606398 rcv_wnd=2494464 family=AF_INET6
 1466.681003: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=128 rtt_us=21 copied=1441792 inq=12288 space=1343488 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=2932027 rcv_ssthresh=2578555 window_clamp=2748775 rcv_wnd=2568192 family=AF_I
 1470.689959: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=255 rtt_us=122 copied=3932160 inq=204800 space=3551232 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=8182038 rcv_ssthresh=7647384 window_clamp=7670660 rcv_wnd=7442432 family=AF
 1471.754154: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=188 rtt_us=95 copied=2138112 inq=577536 space=1429504 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3113650 rcv_ssthresh=2806426 window_clamp=2919046 rcv_wnd=2248704 family=AF_
 1476.813542: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=269 rtt_us=99 copied=3088384 inq=180224 space=2564096 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=6219470 rcv_ssthresh=5771893 window_clamp=5830753 rcv_wnd=5509120 family=AF_
 1477.738309: tcp:tcp_rcvbuf_grow: time=166 rtt_us=54 copied=1777664 inq=180224 space=1417216 ooo=0 scaling_ratio=240 rcvbuf=3117118 rcv_ssthresh=2874958 window_clamp=2922298 rcv_wnd=2613248 family=AF_

We can see sk_rcvbuf values are much smaller, and that rtt_us (estimation of rtt
from a receiver point of view) is kept small, instead of being bloated.

No difference in throughput.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
ruslanbay pushed a commit to ruslanbay/linux that referenced this pull request Nov 21, 2025
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2122364

commit 9d98cf4 upstream.

Both jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() and jbd2_journal_shrink_checkpoint_list()
periodically release j_list_lock after processing a batch of buffers to
avoid long hold times on the j_list_lock. However, since both functions
contend for j_list_lock, the combined time spent waiting and processing
can be significant.

jbd2_journal_shrink_checkpoint_list() explicitly calls cond_resched() when
need_resched() is true to avoid softlockups during prolonged operations.
But jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() only exits its loop when need_resched() is
true, relying on potentially sleeping functions like __flush_batch() or
wait_on_buffer() to trigger rescheduling. If those functions do not sleep,
the kernel may hit a softlockup.

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 156s! [kworker/u129:2:373]
CPU: 3 PID: 373 Comm: kworker/u129:2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.6.0+ torvalds#10
Hardware name: Huawei TaiShan 2280 /BC11SPCD, BIOS 1.27 06/13/2017
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:2)
pstate: 20000005 (nzCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x358/0x418
lr : jbd2_log_do_checkpoint+0x31c/0x438 [jbd2]
Call trace:
 native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x358/0x418
 jbd2_log_do_checkpoint+0x31c/0x438 [jbd2]
 __jbd2_log_wait_for_space+0xfc/0x2f8 [jbd2]
 add_transaction_credits+0x3bc/0x418 [jbd2]
 start_this_handle+0xf8/0x560 [jbd2]
 jbd2__journal_start+0x118/0x228 [jbd2]
 __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x110/0x188 [ext4]
 ext4_do_writepages+0x3dc/0x740 [ext4]
 ext4_writepages+0xa4/0x190 [ext4]
 do_writepages+0x94/0x228
 __writeback_single_inode+0x48/0x318
 writeback_sb_inodes+0x204/0x590
 __writeback_inodes_wb+0x54/0xf8
 wb_writeback+0x2cc/0x3d8
 wb_do_writeback+0x2e0/0x2f8
 wb_workfn+0x80/0x2a8
 process_one_work+0x178/0x3e8
 worker_thread+0x234/0x3b8
 kthread+0xf0/0x108
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

So explicitly call cond_resched() in jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() to avoid
softlockup.

Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alice C. Munduruca <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Edoardo Canepa <[email protected]>
nathanlynch added a commit to AMDESE/linux-sdxi that referenced this pull request Nov 22, 2025
We're now passing tests with cst_blk polling. Looks like we can
sustain multiple threads per channel as well.

When booted with:

console=ttyS0 debug sdxi.enabled=1 sdxi.dma_engine=1 dmatest.polled=1 dmatest.iterations=10 dmatest.run=1

[    1.023413] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: SDXI 1.1 device found
[    1.024332] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: sfunc:0x80 descmax:4294967296 dbstride:0x1000 akeymax:65536 cxtmax:64 opgrps:0x7d8
[    1.026535] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: sq created, id=0, cxt_ctl=ffff8a03815b0000
[    1.049694] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: allocated 65 irq vectors
[    1.051583] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: sdxi_dev_start: function state: active
[    1.052809] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: activated
[    1.053745] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: sq created, id=1, cxt_ctl=ffff8a03815b0040
[    1.059877] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: WARN: Device release is not defined so it is not safe to unbind this driver while in use
[    1.438238] dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan0
[    1.439131] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: private_candidate: dma0chan0 busy
[    1.441249] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: private_candidate: wrong capabilities
[    1.443373] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: private_candidate: wrong capabilities
[    1.445556] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: private_candidate: wrong capabilities
[    1.447670] dmatest: Started 1 threads using dma0chan0
[    1.447866] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a03853250c0[2]: submitted
[    1.450059] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 1
[    1.450132] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 2
[    1.451888] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.453486] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.456275] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #1: 'test passed' with src_off=0x0 dst_off=0x0 len=0x4000 (0)
[    1.458078] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325540[3]: submitted
[    1.459607] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 2
[    1.461081] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 3
[    1.462138] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.463304] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.464190] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #2: 'test passed' with src_off=0x5c7 dst_off=0x233 len=0x2ae0 (0)
[    1.465596] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a03853256c0[4]: submitted
[    1.466763] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 3
[    1.468446] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 4
[    1.470069] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.470934] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.471834] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #3: 'test passed' with src_off=0x2708 dst_off=0x2085 len=0x921 (0)
[    1.473259] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325840[5]: submitted
[    1.474395] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 4
[    1.474401] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 5
[    1.474406] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.477805] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.479525] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #4: 'test passed' with src_off=0x33e dst_off=0x1f8 len=0x3bce (0)
[    1.480997] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a03853259c0[6]: submitted
[    1.482117] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 5
[    1.482956] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 6
[    1.483807] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.484631] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.485467] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #5: 'test passed' with src_off=0x99d dst_off=0x338 len=0x33ed (0)
[    1.486970] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325b40[7]: submitted
[    1.488091] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 6
[    1.488905] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 7
[    1.489744] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.490596] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.491398] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#6: 'test passed' with src_off=0x9ae dst_off=0xd93 len=0x31b6 (0)
[    1.492883] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325cc0[8]: submitted
[    1.494019] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 7
[    1.494803] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 8
[    1.495631] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.496521] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.497321] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#7: 'test passed' with src_off=0xcf dst_off=0x93f len=0x350d (0)
[    1.498747] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325e40[9]: submitted
[    1.499934] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 8
[    1.500703] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 9
[    1.501488] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.502386] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.503256] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#8: 'test passed' with src_off=0x216 dst_off=0x13ff len=0x1ca1 (0)
[    1.504682] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385600040[a]: submitted
[    1.505893] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 9
[    1.506690] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 10
[    1.507492] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.508384] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.509262] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#9: 'test passed' with src_off=0x10e dst_off=0x637 len=0x2157 (0)
[    1.510676] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a03856001c0[b]: submitted
[    1.511939] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 10
[    1.512777] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 11
[    1.513545] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.514409] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.516190] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#10: 'test passed' with src_off=0x1d82 dst_off=0xc1 len=0x1e7b (0)
[    1.518091] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: summary 10 tests, 0 failures 219.23 iops 2301 KB/s (0)

Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <[email protected]>
nathanlynch added a commit to AMDESE/linux-sdxi that referenced this pull request Nov 22, 2025
We're now passing tests with cst_blk polling. Looks like we can
sustain multiple threads per channel as well.

When booted with:

console=ttyS0 debug sdxi.enabled=1 sdxi.dma_engine=1 dmatest.polled=1 dmatest.iterations=10 dmatest.run=1

[    1.023413] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: SDXI 1.1 device found
[    1.024332] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: sfunc:0x80 descmax:4294967296 dbstride:0x1000 akeymax:65536 cxtmax:64 opgrps:0x7d8
[    1.026535] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: sq created, id=0, cxt_ctl=ffff8a03815b0000
[    1.049694] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: allocated 65 irq vectors
[    1.051583] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: sdxi_dev_start: function state: active
[    1.052809] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: activated
[    1.053745] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: sq created, id=1, cxt_ctl=ffff8a03815b0040
[    1.059877] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: WARN: Device release is not defined so it is not safe to unbind this driver while in use
[    1.438238] dmatest: Added 1 threads using dma0chan0
[    1.439131] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: private_candidate: dma0chan0 busy
[    1.441249] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: private_candidate: wrong capabilities
[    1.443373] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: private_candidate: wrong capabilities
[    1.445556] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: private_candidate: wrong capabilities
[    1.447670] dmatest: Started 1 threads using dma0chan0
[    1.447866] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a03853250c0[2]: submitted
[    1.450059] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 1
[    1.450132] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 2
[    1.451888] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.453486] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.456275] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #1: 'test passed' with src_off=0x0 dst_off=0x0 len=0x4000 (0)
[    1.458078] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325540[3]: submitted
[    1.459607] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 2
[    1.461081] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 3
[    1.462138] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.463304] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.464190] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #2: 'test passed' with src_off=0x5c7 dst_off=0x233 len=0x2ae0 (0)
[    1.465596] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a03853256c0[4]: submitted
[    1.466763] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 3
[    1.468446] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 4
[    1.470069] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.470934] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.471834] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #3: 'test passed' with src_off=0x2708 dst_off=0x2085 len=0x921 (0)
[    1.473259] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325840[5]: submitted
[    1.474395] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 4
[    1.474401] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 5
[    1.474406] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.477805] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.479525] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #4: 'test passed' with src_off=0x33e dst_off=0x1f8 len=0x3bce (0)
[    1.480997] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a03853259c0[6]: submitted
[    1.482117] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 5
[    1.482956] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 6
[    1.483807] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.484631] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.485467] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result #5: 'test passed' with src_off=0x99d dst_off=0x338 len=0x33ed (0)
[    1.486970] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325b40[7]: submitted
[    1.488091] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 6
[    1.488905] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 7
[    1.489744] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.490596] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.491398] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#6: 'test passed' with src_off=0x9ae dst_off=0xd93 len=0x31b6 (0)
[    1.492883] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325cc0[8]: submitted
[    1.494019] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 7
[    1.494803] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 8
[    1.495631] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.496521] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.497321] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#7: 'test passed' with src_off=0xcf dst_off=0x93f len=0x350d (0)
[    1.498747] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385325e40[9]: submitted
[    1.499934] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 8
[    1.500703] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 9
[    1.501488] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.502386] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.503256] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#8: 'test passed' with src_off=0x216 dst_off=0x13ff len=0x1ca1 (0)
[    1.504682] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a0385600040[a]: submitted
[    1.505893] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 9
[    1.506690] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 10
[    1.507492] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.508384] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.509262] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#9: 'test passed' with src_off=0x10e dst_off=0x637 len=0x2157 (0)
[    1.510676] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: vchan ffff8a0382f0ee28: txd ffff8a03856001c0[b]: submitted
[    1.511939] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 1 doorbell: 10
[    1.512777] sdxi 0000:00:03.0: Ringing context 0 doorbell: 11
[    1.513545] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying source buffer...
[    1.514409] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: verifying dest buffer...
[    1.516190] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: result torvalds#10: 'test passed' with src_off=0x1d82 dst_off=0xc1 len=0x1e7b (0)
[    1.518091] dmatest: dma0chan0-copy0: summary 10 tests, 0 failures 219.23 iops 2301 KB/s (0)

Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <[email protected]>
1Naim pushed a commit to CachyOS/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 1, 2025
Luca Abeni reported this:
| BUG: scheduling while atomic: kworker/u8:2/15203/0x00000003
| CPU: 1 PID: 15203 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Not tainted 4.19.1-rt3 torvalds#10
| Call Trace:
|  rt_spin_lock+0x3f/0x50
|  gen6_read32+0x45/0x1d0 [i915]
|  g4x_get_vblank_counter+0x36/0x40 [i915]
|  trace_event_raw_event_i915_pipe_update_start+0x7d/0xf0 [i915]

The tracing events use trace_intel_pipe_update_start() among other events
use functions acquire spinlock_t locks which are transformed into
sleeping locks on PREEMPT_RT. A few trace points use
intel_get_crtc_scanline(), others use ->get_vblank_counter() wich also
might acquire a sleeping locks on PREEMPT_RT.
At the time the arguments are evaluated within trace point, preemption
is disabled and so the locks must not be acquired on PREEMPT_RT.

Based on this I don't see any other way than disable trace points on
PREMPT_RT.

Acked-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Luca Abeni <[email protected]>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]>
intel-lab-lkp pushed a commit to intel-lab-lkp/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 3, 2025
When interrupting perf stat in repeat mode with a signal the signal is
passed to the child process but the repeat doesn't terminate:
```
$ perf stat -v --null --repeat 10 sleep 1
Control descriptor is not initialized
[ perf stat: executing run #1 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #2 ... ]
^Csleep: Interrupt
[ perf stat: executing run #3 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #4 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #5 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#6 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#7 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#8 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#9 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#10 ... ]

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1' (10 runs):

            0.9500 +- 0.0512 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  5.39% )

0.01user 0.02system 0:09.53elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 18940maxresident)k
29944inputs+0outputs (0major+2629minor)pagefaults 0swaps
```

Terminate the repeated run and give a reasonable exit value:
```
$ perf stat -v --null --repeat 10 sleep 1
Control descriptor is not initialized
[ perf stat: executing run #1 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #2 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #3 ... ]
^Csleep: Interrupt

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1' (10 runs):

             0.680 +- 0.321 seconds time elapsed  ( +- 47.16% )

Command exited with non-zero status 130
0.00user 0.01system 0:02.05elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 70688maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (0major+5002minor)pagefaults 0swaps
```

Note, this also changes the exit value for non-repeat runs when
interrupted by a signal.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
intel-lab-lkp pushed a commit to intel-lab-lkp/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 4, 2025
When interrupting perf stat in repeat mode with a signal the signal is
passed to the child process but the repeat doesn't terminate:
```
$ perf stat -v --null --repeat 10 sleep 1
Control descriptor is not initialized
[ perf stat: executing run #1 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #2 ... ]
^Csleep: Interrupt
[ perf stat: executing run #3 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #4 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #5 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#6 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#7 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#8 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#9 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#10 ... ]

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1' (10 runs):

            0.9500 +- 0.0512 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  5.39% )

0.01user 0.02system 0:09.53elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 18940maxresident)k
29944inputs+0outputs (0major+2629minor)pagefaults 0swaps
```

Terminate the repeated run and give a reasonable exit value:
```
$ perf stat -v --null --repeat 10 sleep 1
Control descriptor is not initialized
[ perf stat: executing run #1 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #2 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #3 ... ]
^Csleep: Interrupt

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1' (10 runs):

             0.680 +- 0.321 seconds time elapsed  ( +- 47.16% )

Command exited with non-zero status 130
0.00user 0.01system 0:02.05elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 70688maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (0major+5002minor)pagefaults 0swaps
```

Note, this also changes the exit value for non-repeat runs when
interrupted by a signal.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Thomas Richter <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
mj22226 pushed a commit to mj22226/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 5, 2025
When interrupting perf stat in repeat mode with a signal the signal is
passed to the child process but the repeat doesn't terminate:
```
$ perf stat -v --null --repeat 10 sleep 1
Control descriptor is not initialized
[ perf stat: executing run #1 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #2 ... ]
^Csleep: Interrupt
[ perf stat: executing run #3 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #4 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #5 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#6 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#7 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#8 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#9 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#10 ... ]

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1' (10 runs):

            0.9500 +- 0.0512 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  5.39% )

0.01user 0.02system 0:09.53elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 18940maxresident)k
29944inputs+0outputs (0major+2629minor)pagefaults 0swaps
```

Terminate the repeated run and give a reasonable exit value:
```
$ perf stat -v --null --repeat 10 sleep 1
Control descriptor is not initialized
[ perf stat: executing run #1 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #2 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #3 ... ]
^Csleep: Interrupt

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1' (10 runs):

             0.680 +- 0.321 seconds time elapsed  ( +- 47.16% )

Command exited with non-zero status 130
0.00user 0.01system 0:02.05elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 70688maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (0major+5002minor)pagefaults 0swaps
```

Note, this also changes the exit value for non-repeat runs when
interrupted by a signal.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Thomas Richter <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
1054009064 pushed a commit to 1054009064/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 6, 2025
commit 9d274c1 upstream.

We have been seeing crashes on duplicate keys in
btrfs_set_item_key_safe():

  BTRFS critical (device vdb): slot 4 key (450 108 8192) new key (450 108 8192)
  ------------[ cut here ]------------
  kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/ctree.c:2620!
  invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
  CPU: 0 PID: 3139 Comm: xfs_io Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.9.0 torvalds#6
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014
  RIP: 0010:btrfs_set_item_key_safe+0x11f/0x290 [btrfs]

With the following stack trace:

  #0  btrfs_set_item_key_safe (fs/btrfs/ctree.c:2620:4)
  #1  btrfs_drop_extents (fs/btrfs/file.c:411:4)
  #2  log_one_extent (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:4732:9)
  #3  btrfs_log_changed_extents (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:4955:9)
  #4  btrfs_log_inode (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:6626:9)
  #5  btrfs_log_inode_parent (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:7070:8)
  torvalds#6  btrfs_log_dentry_safe (fs/btrfs/tree-log.c:7171:8)
  torvalds#7  btrfs_sync_file (fs/btrfs/file.c:1933:8)
  torvalds#8  vfs_fsync_range (fs/sync.c:188:9)
  torvalds#9  vfs_fsync (fs/sync.c:202:9)
  torvalds#10 do_fsync (fs/sync.c:212:9)
  torvalds#11 __do_sys_fdatasync (fs/sync.c:225:9)
  torvalds#12 __se_sys_fdatasync (fs/sync.c:223:1)
  torvalds#13 __x64_sys_fdatasync (fs/sync.c:223:1)
  torvalds#14 do_syscall_x64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52:14)
  torvalds#15 do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:83:7)
  torvalds#16 entry_SYSCALL_64+0xaf/0x14c (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)

So we're logging a changed extent from fsync, which is splitting an
extent in the log tree. But this split part already exists in the tree,
triggering the BUG().

This is the state of the log tree at the time of the crash, dumped with
drgn (https://github.com/osandov/drgn/blob/main/contrib/btrfs_tree.py)
to get more details than btrfs_print_leaf() gives us:

  >>> print_extent_buffer(prog.crashed_thread().stack_trace()[0]["eb"])
  leaf 33439744 level 0 items 72 generation 9 owner 18446744073709551610
  leaf 33439744 flags 0x100000000000000
  fs uuid e5bd3946-400c-4223-8923-190ef1f18677
  chunk uuid d58cb17e-6d02-494a-829a-18b7d8a399da
          item 0 key (450 INODE_ITEM 0) itemoff 16123 itemsize 160
                  generation 7 transid 9 size 8192 nbytes 8473563889606862198
                  block group 0 mode 100600 links 1 uid 0 gid 0 rdev 0
                  sequence 204 flags 0x10(PREALLOC)
                  atime 1716417703.220000000 (2024-05-22 15:41:43)
                  ctime 1716417704.983333333 (2024-05-22 15:41:44)
                  mtime 1716417704.983333333 (2024-05-22 15:41:44)
                  otime 17592186044416.000000000 (559444-03-08 01:40:16)
          item 1 key (450 INODE_REF 256) itemoff 16110 itemsize 13
                  index 195 namelen 3 name: 193
          item 2 key (450 XATTR_ITEM 1640047104) itemoff 16073 itemsize 37
                  location key (0 UNKNOWN.0 0) type XATTR
                  transid 7 data_len 1 name_len 6
                  name: user.a
                  data a
          item 3 key (450 EXTENT_DATA 0) itemoff 16020 itemsize 53
                  generation 9 type 1 (regular)
                  extent data disk byte 303144960 nr 12288
                  extent data offset 0 nr 4096 ram 12288
                  extent compression 0 (none)
          item 4 key (450 EXTENT_DATA 4096) itemoff 15967 itemsize 53
                  generation 9 type 2 (prealloc)
                  prealloc data disk byte 303144960 nr 12288
                  prealloc data offset 4096 nr 8192
          item 5 key (450 EXTENT_DATA 8192) itemoff 15914 itemsize 53
                  generation 9 type 2 (prealloc)
                  prealloc data disk byte 303144960 nr 12288
                  prealloc data offset 8192 nr 4096
  ...

So the real problem happened earlier: notice that items 4 (4k-12k) and 5
(8k-12k) overlap. Both are prealloc extents. Item 4 straddles i_size and
item 5 starts at i_size.

Here is the state of the filesystem tree at the time of the crash:

  >>> root = prog.crashed_thread().stack_trace()[2]["inode"].root
  >>> ret, nodes, slots = btrfs_search_slot(root, BtrfsKey(450, 0, 0))
  >>> print_extent_buffer(nodes[0])
  leaf 30425088 level 0 items 184 generation 9 owner 5
  leaf 30425088 flags 0x100000000000000
  fs uuid e5bd3946-400c-4223-8923-190ef1f18677
  chunk uuid d58cb17e-6d02-494a-829a-18b7d8a399da
  	...
          item 179 key (450 INODE_ITEM 0) itemoff 4907 itemsize 160
                  generation 7 transid 7 size 4096 nbytes 12288
                  block group 0 mode 100600 links 1 uid 0 gid 0 rdev 0
                  sequence 6 flags 0x10(PREALLOC)
                  atime 1716417703.220000000 (2024-05-22 15:41:43)
                  ctime 1716417703.220000000 (2024-05-22 15:41:43)
                  mtime 1716417703.220000000 (2024-05-22 15:41:43)
                  otime 1716417703.220000000 (2024-05-22 15:41:43)
          item 180 key (450 INODE_REF 256) itemoff 4894 itemsize 13
                  index 195 namelen 3 name: 193
          item 181 key (450 XATTR_ITEM 1640047104) itemoff 4857 itemsize 37
                  location key (0 UNKNOWN.0 0) type XATTR
                  transid 7 data_len 1 name_len 6
                  name: user.a
                  data a
          item 182 key (450 EXTENT_DATA 0) itemoff 4804 itemsize 53
                  generation 9 type 1 (regular)
                  extent data disk byte 303144960 nr 12288
                  extent data offset 0 nr 8192 ram 12288
                  extent compression 0 (none)
          item 183 key (450 EXTENT_DATA 8192) itemoff 4751 itemsize 53
                  generation 9 type 2 (prealloc)
                  prealloc data disk byte 303144960 nr 12288
                  prealloc data offset 8192 nr 4096

Item 5 in the log tree corresponds to item 183 in the filesystem tree,
but nothing matches item 4. Furthermore, item 183 is the last item in
the leaf.

btrfs_log_prealloc_extents() is responsible for logging prealloc extents
beyond i_size. It first truncates any previously logged prealloc extents
that start beyond i_size. Then, it walks the filesystem tree and copies
the prealloc extent items to the log tree.

If it hits the end of a leaf, then it calls btrfs_next_leaf(), which
unlocks the tree and does another search. However, while the filesystem
tree is unlocked, an ordered extent completion may modify the tree. In
particular, it may insert an extent item that overlaps with an extent
item that was already copied to the log tree.

This may manifest in several ways depending on the exact scenario,
including an EEXIST error that is silently translated to a full sync,
overlapping items in the log tree, or this crash. This particular crash
is triggered by the following sequence of events:

- Initially, the file has i_size=4k, a regular extent from 0-4k, and a
  prealloc extent beyond i_size from 4k-12k. The prealloc extent item is
  the last item in its B-tree leaf.
- The file is fsync'd, which copies its inode item and both extent items
  to the log tree.
- An xattr is set on the file, which sets the
  BTRFS_INODE_COPY_EVERYTHING flag.
- The range 4k-8k in the file is written using direct I/O. i_size is
  extended to 8k, but the ordered extent is still in flight.
- The file is fsync'd. Since BTRFS_INODE_COPY_EVERYTHING is set, this
  calls copy_inode_items_to_log(), which calls
  btrfs_log_prealloc_extents().
- btrfs_log_prealloc_extents() finds the 4k-12k prealloc extent in the
  filesystem tree. Since it starts before i_size, it skips it. Since it
  is the last item in its B-tree leaf, it calls btrfs_next_leaf().
- btrfs_next_leaf() unlocks the path.
- The ordered extent completion runs, which converts the 4k-8k part of
  the prealloc extent to written and inserts the remaining prealloc part
  from 8k-12k.
- btrfs_next_leaf() does a search and finds the new prealloc extent
  8k-12k.
- btrfs_log_prealloc_extents() copies the 8k-12k prealloc extent into
  the log tree. Note that it overlaps with the 4k-12k prealloc extent
  that was copied to the log tree by the first fsync.
- fsync calls btrfs_log_changed_extents(), which tries to log the 4k-8k
  extent that was written.
- This tries to drop the range 4k-8k in the log tree, which requires
  adjusting the start of the 4k-12k prealloc extent in the log tree to
  8k.
- btrfs_set_item_key_safe() sees that there is already an extent
  starting at 8k in the log tree and calls BUG().

Fix this by detecting when we're about to insert an overlapping file
extent item in the log tree and truncating the part that would overlap.

CC: [email protected] # 6.1+
Reviewed-by: Filipe Manana <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Harshvardhan Jha <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
ZXlieC pushed a commit to Xlie-Electronic-Customs/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 7, 2025
… 'T'

When perf report with annotation for a symbol, press 's' and 'T', then exit
the annotate browser. Once annotate the same symbol, the annotate browser
will crash.

The browser.arch was required to be correctly updated when data type
feature was enabled by 'T'. Usually it was initialized by symbol__annotate2
function. If a symbol has already been correctly annotated at the first
time, it should not call the symbol__annotate2 function again, thus the
browser.arch will not get initialized. Then at the second time to show the
annotate browser, the data type needs to be displayed but the browser.arch
is empty.

Stack trace as below:

Perf: Segmentation fault
-------- backtrace --------
    #0 0x55d365 in ui__signal_backtrace setup.c:0
    #1 0x7f5ff1a3e930 in __restore_rt libc.so.6[3e930]
    #2 0x570f08 in arch__is perf[570f08]
    #3 0x562186 in annotate_get_insn_location perf[562186]
    #4 0x562626 in __hist_entry__get_data_type annotate.c:0
    #5 0x56476d in annotation_line__write perf[56476d]
    torvalds#6 0x54e2db in annotate_browser__write annotate.c:0
    torvalds#7 0x54d061 in ui_browser__list_head_refresh perf[54d061]
    torvalds#8 0x54dc9e in annotate_browser__refresh annotate.c:0
    torvalds#9 0x54c03d in __ui_browser__refresh browser.c:0
    torvalds#10 0x54ccf8 in ui_browser__run perf[54ccf8]
    torvalds#11 0x54eb92 in __hist_entry__tui_annotate perf[54eb92]
    torvalds#12 0x552293 in do_annotate hists.c:0
    torvalds#13 0x55941c in evsel__hists_browse hists.c:0
    torvalds#14 0x55b00f in evlist__tui_browse_hists perf[55b00f]
    torvalds#15 0x42ff02 in cmd_report perf[42ff02]
    torvalds#16 0x494008 in run_builtin perf.c:0
    torvalds#17 0x494305 in handle_internal_command perf.c:0
    torvalds#18 0x410547 in main perf[410547]
    torvalds#19 0x7f5ff1a295d0 in __libc_start_call_main libc.so.6[295d0]
    torvalds#20 0x7f5ff1a29680 in __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 libc.so.6[29680]
    torvalds#21 0x410b75 in _start perf[410b75]

Fixes: 1d4374a ("perf annotate: Add 'T' hot key to toggle data type display")
Reviewed-by: James Clark <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Tianyou Li <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
ZXlieC pushed a commit to Xlie-Electronic-Customs/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 7, 2025
When using perf record with the `--overwrite` option, a segmentation fault
occurs if an event fails to open. For example:

  perf record -e cycles-ct -F 1000 -a --overwrite
  Error:
  cycles-ct:H: PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts. Try 'perf stat'
  perf: Segmentation fault
      #0 0x6466b6 in dump_stack debug.c:366
      #1 0x646729 in sighandler_dump_stack debug.c:378
      #2 0x453fd1 in sigsegv_handler builtin-record.c:722
      #3 0x7f8454e65090 in __restore_rt libc-2.32.so[54090]
      #4 0x6c5671 in __perf_event__synthesize_id_index synthetic-events.c:1862
      #5 0x6c5ac0 in perf_event__synthesize_id_index synthetic-events.c:1943
      torvalds#6 0x458090 in record__synthesize builtin-record.c:2075
      torvalds#7 0x45a85a in __cmd_record builtin-record.c:2888
      torvalds#8 0x45deb6 in cmd_record builtin-record.c:4374
      torvalds#9 0x4e5e33 in run_builtin perf.c:349
      torvalds#10 0x4e60bf in handle_internal_command perf.c:401
      torvalds#11 0x4e6215 in run_argv perf.c:448
      torvalds#12 0x4e653a in main perf.c:555
      torvalds#13 0x7f8454e4fa72 in __libc_start_main libc-2.32.so[3ea72]
      torvalds#14 0x43a3ee in _start ??:0

The --overwrite option implies --tail-synthesize, which collects non-sample
events reflecting the system status when recording finishes. However, when
evsel opening fails (e.g., unsupported event 'cycles-ct'), session->evlist
is not initialized and remains NULL. The code unconditionally calls
record__synthesize() in the error path, which iterates through the NULL
evlist pointer and causes a segfault.

To fix it, move the record__synthesize() call inside the error check block, so
it's only called when there was no error during recording, ensuring that evlist
is properly initialized.

Fixes: 4ea648a ("perf record: Add --tail-synthesize option")
Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
ZXlieC pushed a commit to Xlie-Electronic-Customs/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 7, 2025
When interrupting perf stat in repeat mode with a signal the signal is
passed to the child process but the repeat doesn't terminate:
```
$ perf stat -v --null --repeat 10 sleep 1
Control descriptor is not initialized
[ perf stat: executing run #1 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #2 ... ]
^Csleep: Interrupt
[ perf stat: executing run #3 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #4 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #5 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#6 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#7 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#8 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#9 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run torvalds#10 ... ]

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1' (10 runs):

            0.9500 +- 0.0512 seconds time elapsed  ( +-  5.39% )

0.01user 0.02system 0:09.53elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 18940maxresident)k
29944inputs+0outputs (0major+2629minor)pagefaults 0swaps
```

Terminate the repeated run and give a reasonable exit value:
```
$ perf stat -v --null --repeat 10 sleep 1
Control descriptor is not initialized
[ perf stat: executing run #1 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #2 ... ]
[ perf stat: executing run #3 ... ]
^Csleep: Interrupt

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1' (10 runs):

             0.680 +- 0.321 seconds time elapsed  ( +- 47.16% )

Command exited with non-zero status 130
0.00user 0.01system 0:02.05elapsed 0%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 70688maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (0major+5002minor)pagefaults 0swaps
```

Note, this also changes the exit value for non-repeat runs when
interrupted by a signal.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Thomas Richter <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
alexcaoys pushed a commit to alexcaoys/linux-qcom-x1e that referenced this pull request Dec 8, 2025
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942215

When the Timer operation is called, there are no arguments, and
acpi_ex_resolve_operands will be called with an out-of-bounds stack pointer
as num_operands is 0.

This does not usually cause any problems, as acpi_ex_resolve_operands will
ignore the parameter when the operation requires no arguments, as is the
case.

However, when the code is compiled with UBSAN, it will trigger, leading to
an oops with invalid opcode on Linux.

Fix it by using a NULL parameter when num_operands is 0.

[    8.285428] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[    8.286436] CPU: 18 PID: 1522 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.15.0-10-generic torvalds#10
[    8.287505] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFD/S2600WFD, BIOS SE5C620.86B.0D.01.0395.022720191340 02/27/2019
[    8.288495] RIP: 0010:acpi_ds_exec_end_op+0x1be/0x7a6
[    8.289658] Code: 7b 0a 48 89 da 44 89 45 d4 48 98 48 8d 34 c3 e8 f8 3c 01 00 44 8b 45 d4 85 c0 41 89 c6 75 22 eb 9e 44 89 c0 41 80 f8 0b 76 02 <0f> 0b 48 8b 04 c5 c0 c0 ca aa 48 89 df ff d0 0f 1f 00 41 89 c4 eb
[    8.291858] RSP: 0018:ffffc38561a3f6d0 EFLAGS: 00010286
[    8.292888] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffa0aa87c91800 RCX: 0000000000000040
[    8.294056] RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: ffffffffaacabf40 RDI: 00000000000002cb
[    8.295839] RBP: ffffc38561a3f700 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa0aa9f5a1000
[    8.296030] IPMI message handler: version 39.2
[    8.297554] R10: ffffa0aa89cdec00 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: 0000000000000000
[    8.297556] R13: ffffa0aa9f5a10a0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[    8.297558] FS:  00007f68ba26b8c0(0000) GS:ffffa0d60ca80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    8.297560] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    8.297561] CR2: 00007fdbb3b9eec8 CR3: 00000001176ba001 CR4: 00000000007706e0
[    8.297563] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[    8.297564] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[    8.297565] PKRU: 55555554
[    8.297566] Call Trace:
[    8.297569]  acpi_ps_parse_loop+0x587/0x660
[    8.297574]  acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x1af/0x552
[    8.297578]  acpi_ps_execute_method+0x208/0x2ca
[    8.297580]  acpi_ns_evaluate+0x34e/0x4f0
[    8.297583]  acpi_evaluate_object+0x18e/0x3b4
[    8.297587]  acpi_evaluate_dsm+0xb3/0x120
[    8.297593]  ? acpi_evaluate_dsm+0xb3/0x120
[    8.297596]  nfit_intel_shutdown_status+0xed/0x1a0 [nfit]
[    8.297606]  acpi_nfit_add_dimm+0x3cb/0x660 [nfit]
[    8.297614]  acpi_nfit_register_dimms+0x141/0x460 [nfit]
[    8.297620]  acpi_nfit_init+0x54f/0x620 [nfit]
[    8.327895]  acpi_nfit_add+0x18c/0x1f0 [nfit]
[    8.329341]  acpi_device_probe+0x49/0x170
[    8.330815]  really_probe+0x209/0x410
[    8.330820]  __driver_probe_device+0x109/0x180
[    8.330823]  driver_probe_device+0x23/0x90
[    8.330825]  __driver_attach+0xac/0x1b0
[    8.330828]  ? __device_attach_driver+0xe0/0xe0
[    8.330831]  bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xc0
[    8.330834]  driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
[    8.330835]  bus_add_driver+0x135/0x1f0
[    8.330837]  driver_register+0x95/0xf0
[    8.330840]  acpi_bus_register_driver+0x39/0x50
[    8.344874]  nfit_init+0x168/0x1000 [nfit]
[    8.344882]  ? 0xffffffffc0735000
[    8.344885]  do_one_initcall+0x46/0x1d0
[    8.350927]  ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x18c/0x2c0
[    8.350933]  do_init_module+0x62/0x290
[    8.350940]  load_module+0xaa3/0xb30
[    8.350944]  __do_sys_finit_module+0xbf/0x120
[    8.350948]  __x64_sys_finit_module+0x18/0x20
[    8.350951]  do_syscall_64+0x59/0xc0
[    8.350955]  ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x37/0xb0
[    8.350959]  ? irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x9/0x20
[    8.350963]  ? irqentry_exit+0x19/0x30
[    8.350965]  ? exc_page_fault+0x89/0x160
[    8.350968]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30
[    8.350971]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[    8.350975] RIP: 0033:0x7f68ba7fc94d
[    8.350978] Code: 5b 41 5c c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d b3 64 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[    8.350980] RSP: 002b:00007ffc7e0b93c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000139
[    8.350984] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055bbb29a4a00 RCX: 00007f68ba7fc94d
[    8.350985] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007f68ba9923fe RDI: 0000000000000006
[    8.350987] RBP: 0000000000020000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[    8.350988] R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f68ba9923fe
[    8.350989] R13: 000055bbb28e3a20 R14: 000055bbb297d940 R15: 000055bbb297ea60

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Pisati <[email protected]>
reigadegr pushed a commit to reigadegr/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 10, 2025
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942215

When the Timer operation is called, there are no arguments, and
acpi_ex_resolve_operands will be called with an out-of-bounds stack pointer
as num_operands is 0.

This does not usually cause any problems, as acpi_ex_resolve_operands will
ignore the parameter when the operation requires no arguments, as is the
case.

However, when the code is compiled with UBSAN, it will trigger, leading to
an oops with invalid opcode on Linux.

Fix it by using a NULL parameter when num_operands is 0.

[    8.285428] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[    8.286436] CPU: 18 PID: 1522 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.15.0-10-generic torvalds#10
[    8.287505] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFD/S2600WFD, BIOS SE5C620.86B.0D.01.0395.022720191340 02/27/2019
[    8.288495] RIP: 0010:acpi_ds_exec_end_op+0x1be/0x7a6
[    8.289658] Code: 7b 0a 48 89 da 44 89 45 d4 48 98 48 8d 34 c3 e8 f8 3c 01 00 44 8b 45 d4 85 c0 41 89 c6 75 22 eb 9e 44 89 c0 41 80 f8 0b 76 02 <0f> 0b 48 8b 04 c5 c0 c0 ca aa 48 89 df ff d0 0f 1f 00 41 89 c4 eb
[    8.291858] RSP: 0018:ffffc38561a3f6d0 EFLAGS: 00010286
[    8.292888] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffa0aa87c91800 RCX: 0000000000000040
[    8.294056] RDX: ffffffffffffffff RSI: ffffffffaacabf40 RDI: 00000000000002cb
[    8.295839] RBP: ffffc38561a3f700 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffa0aa9f5a1000
[    8.296030] IPMI message handler: version 39.2
[    8.297554] R10: ffffa0aa89cdec00 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: 0000000000000000
[    8.297556] R13: ffffa0aa9f5a10a0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[    8.297558] FS:  00007f68ba26b8c0(0000) GS:ffffa0d60ca80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    8.297560] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    8.297561] CR2: 00007fdbb3b9eec8 CR3: 00000001176ba001 CR4: 00000000007706e0
[    8.297563] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[    8.297564] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[    8.297565] PKRU: 55555554
[    8.297566] Call Trace:
[    8.297569]  acpi_ps_parse_loop+0x587/0x660
[    8.297574]  acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x1af/0x552
[    8.297578]  acpi_ps_execute_method+0x208/0x2ca
[    8.297580]  acpi_ns_evaluate+0x34e/0x4f0
[    8.297583]  acpi_evaluate_object+0x18e/0x3b4
[    8.297587]  acpi_evaluate_dsm+0xb3/0x120
[    8.297593]  ? acpi_evaluate_dsm+0xb3/0x120
[    8.297596]  nfit_intel_shutdown_status+0xed/0x1a0 [nfit]
[    8.297606]  acpi_nfit_add_dimm+0x3cb/0x660 [nfit]
[    8.297614]  acpi_nfit_register_dimms+0x141/0x460 [nfit]
[    8.297620]  acpi_nfit_init+0x54f/0x620 [nfit]
[    8.327895]  acpi_nfit_add+0x18c/0x1f0 [nfit]
[    8.329341]  acpi_device_probe+0x49/0x170
[    8.330815]  really_probe+0x209/0x410
[    8.330820]  __driver_probe_device+0x109/0x180
[    8.330823]  driver_probe_device+0x23/0x90
[    8.330825]  __driver_attach+0xac/0x1b0
[    8.330828]  ? __device_attach_driver+0xe0/0xe0
[    8.330831]  bus_for_each_dev+0x7c/0xc0
[    8.330834]  driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
[    8.330835]  bus_add_driver+0x135/0x1f0
[    8.330837]  driver_register+0x95/0xf0
[    8.330840]  acpi_bus_register_driver+0x39/0x50
[    8.344874]  nfit_init+0x168/0x1000 [nfit]
[    8.344882]  ? 0xffffffffc0735000
[    8.344885]  do_one_initcall+0x46/0x1d0
[    8.350927]  ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x18c/0x2c0
[    8.350933]  do_init_module+0x62/0x290
[    8.350940]  load_module+0xaa3/0xb30
[    8.350944]  __do_sys_finit_module+0xbf/0x120
[    8.350948]  __x64_sys_finit_module+0x18/0x20
[    8.350951]  do_syscall_64+0x59/0xc0
[    8.350955]  ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x37/0xb0
[    8.350959]  ? irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x9/0x20
[    8.350963]  ? irqentry_exit+0x19/0x30
[    8.350965]  ? exc_page_fault+0x89/0x160
[    8.350968]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30
[    8.350971]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[    8.350975] RIP: 0033:0x7f68ba7fc94d
[    8.350978] Code: 5b 41 5c c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d b3 64 0f 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[    8.350980] RSP: 002b:00007ffc7e0b93c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000139
[    8.350984] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055bbb29a4a00 RCX: 00007f68ba7fc94d
[    8.350985] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007f68ba9923fe RDI: 0000000000000006
[    8.350987] RBP: 0000000000020000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[    8.350988] R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f68ba9923fe
[    8.350989] R13: 000055bbb28e3a20 R14: 000055bbb297d940 R15: 000055bbb297ea60

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Andrea Righi <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Pisati <[email protected]>
reigadegr pushed a commit to reigadegr/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 10, 2025
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2131259

[ Upstream commit 48918ca ]

The test starts a workload and then opens events. If the events fail
to open, for example because of perf_event_paranoid, the gopipe of the
workload is leaked and the file descriptor leak check fails when the
test exits. To avoid this cancel the workload when opening the events
fails.

Before:
```
$ perf test -vv 7
  7: PERF_RECORD_* events & perf_sample fields:
 --- start ---
test child forked, pid 1189568
Using CPUID GenuineIntel-6-B7-1
 ------------------------------------------------------------
perf_event_attr:
  type                    	   0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
  config                  	   0xa00000000 (cpu_atom/PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES/)
  disabled                	   1
 ------------------------------------------------------------
sys_perf_event_open: pid 0  cpu -1  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
sys_perf_event_open failed, error -13
 ------------------------------------------------------------
perf_event_attr:
  type                             0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
  config                           0xa00000000 (cpu_atom/PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES/)
  disabled                         1
  exclude_kernel                   1
 ------------------------------------------------------------
sys_perf_event_open: pid 0  cpu -1  group_fd -1  flags 0x8 = 3
 ------------------------------------------------------------
perf_event_attr:
  type                             0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
  config                           0x400000000 (cpu_core/PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES/)
  disabled                         1
 ------------------------------------------------------------
sys_perf_event_open: pid 0  cpu -1  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
sys_perf_event_open failed, error -13
 ------------------------------------------------------------
perf_event_attr:
  type                             0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
  config                           0x400000000 (cpu_core/PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES/)
  disabled                         1
  exclude_kernel                   1
 ------------------------------------------------------------
sys_perf_event_open: pid 0  cpu -1  group_fd -1  flags 0x8 = 3
Attempt to add: software/cpu-clock/
..after resolving event: software/config=0/
cpu-clock -> software/cpu-clock/
 ------------------------------------------------------------
perf_event_attr:
  type                             1 (PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
  size                             136
  config                           0x9 (PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY)
  sample_type                      IP|TID|TIME|CPU
  read_format                      ID|LOST
  disabled                         1
  inherit                          1
  mmap                             1
  comm                             1
  enable_on_exec                   1
  task                             1
  sample_id_all                    1
  mmap2                            1
  comm_exec                        1
  ksymbol                          1
  bpf_event                        1
  { wakeup_events, wakeup_watermark } 1
 ------------------------------------------------------------
sys_perf_event_open: pid 1189569  cpu 0  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
sys_perf_event_open failed, error -13
perf_evlist__open: Permission denied
 ---- end(-2) ----
Leak of file descriptor 6 that opened: 'pipe:[14200347]'
 ---- unexpected signal (6) ----
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    #0 0x565358f6666e in child_test_sig_handler builtin-test.c:311
    #1 0x7f29ce849df0 in __restore_rt libc_sigaction.c:0
    #2 0x7f29ce89e95c in __pthread_kill_implementation pthread_kill.c:44
    #3 0x7f29ce849cc2 in raise raise.c:27
    #4 0x7f29ce8324ac in abort abort.c:81
    #5 0x565358f662d4 in check_leaks builtin-test.c:226
    torvalds#6 0x565358f6682e in run_test_child builtin-test.c:344
    torvalds#7 0x565358ef7121 in start_command run-command.c:128
    torvalds#8 0x565358f67273 in start_test builtin-test.c:545
    torvalds#9 0x565358f6771d in __cmd_test builtin-test.c:647
    torvalds#10 0x565358f682bd in cmd_test builtin-test.c:849
    torvalds#11 0x565358ee5ded in run_builtin perf.c:349
    torvalds#12 0x565358ee6085 in handle_internal_command perf.c:401
    torvalds#13 0x565358ee61de in run_argv perf.c:448
    torvalds#14 0x565358ee6527 in main perf.c:555
    torvalds#15 0x7f29ce833ca8 in __libc_start_call_main libc_start_call_main.h:74
    torvalds#16 0x7f29ce833d65 in __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34 libc-start.c:128
    torvalds#17 0x565358e391c1 in _start perf[851c1]
  7: PERF_RECORD_* events & perf_sample fields                       : FAILED!
```

After:
```
$ perf test 7
  7: PERF_RECORD_* events & perf_sample fields                       : Skip (permissions)
```

Fixes: 16d00fe ("perf tests: Move test__PERF_RECORD into separate object")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <[email protected]>
Cc: Chun-Tse Shao <[email protected]>
Cc: Howard Chu <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: James Clark <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Kan Liang <[email protected]>
Cc: Mark Rutland <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alice C. Munduruca <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <[email protected]>
reigadegr pushed a commit to reigadegr/linux that referenced this pull request Dec 10, 2025
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2131259

commit 0570327 upstream.

Before disabling SR-IOV via config space accesses to the parent PF,
sriov_disable() first removes the PCI devices representing the VFs.

Since commit 9d16947 ("PCI: Add global pci_lock_rescan_remove()")
such removal operations are serialized against concurrent remove and
rescan using the pci_rescan_remove_lock. No such locking was ever added
in sriov_disable() however. In particular when commit 18f9e9d
("PCI/IOV: Factor out sriov_add_vfs()") factored out the PCI device
removal into sriov_del_vfs() there was still no locking around the
pci_iov_remove_virtfn() calls.

On s390 the lack of serialization in sriov_disable() may cause double
remove and list corruption with the below (amended) trace being observed:

  PSW:  0704c00180000000 0000000c914e4b38 (klist_put+56)
  GPRS: 000003800313fb48 0000000000000000 0000000100000001 0000000000000001
	00000000f9b520a8 0000000000000000 0000000000002fbd 00000000f4cc9480
	0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000180692828
	00000000818e8000 000003800313fe2c 000003800313fb20 000003800313fad8
  #0 [3800313fb20] device_del at c9158ad5c
  #1 [3800313fb88] pci_remove_bus_device at c915105ba
  #2 [3800313fbd0] pci_iov_remove_virtfn at c9152f198
  #3 [3800313fc28] zpci_iov_remove_virtfn at c90fb67c0
  #4 [3800313fc60] zpci_bus_remove_device at c90fb6104
  #5 [3800313fca0] __zpci_event_availability at c90fb3dca
  torvalds#6 [3800313fd08] chsc_process_sei_nt0 at c918fe4a2
  torvalds#7 [3800313fd60] crw_collect_info at c91905822
  torvalds#8 [3800313fe10] kthread at c90feb390
  torvalds#9 [3800313fe68] __ret_from_fork at c90f6aa64
  torvalds#10 [3800313fe98] ret_from_fork at c9194f3f2.

This is because in addition to sriov_disable() removing the VFs, the
platform also generates hot-unplug events for the VFs. This being the
reverse operation to the hotplug events generated by sriov_enable() and
handled via pdev->no_vf_scan. And while the event processing takes
pci_rescan_remove_lock and checks whether the struct pci_dev still exists,
the lack of synchronization makes this checking racy.

Other races may also be possible of course though given that this lack of
locking persisted so long observable races seem very rare. Even on s390 the
list corruption was only observed with certain devices since the platform
events are only triggered by config accesses after the removal, so as long
as the removal finished synchronously they would not race. Either way the
locking is missing so fix this by adding it to the sriov_del_vfs() helper.

Just like PCI rescan-remove, locking is also missing in sriov_add_vfs()
including for the error case where pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device() is
called without the PCI rescan-remove lock being held. Even in the non-error
case, adding new PCI devices and buses should be serialized via the PCI
rescan-remove lock. Add the necessary locking.

Fixes: 18f9e9d ("PCI/IOV: Factor out sriov_add_vfs()")
Signed-off-by: Niklas Schnelle <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Benjamin Block <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Farhan Ali <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Julian Ruess <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alice C. Munduruca <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <[email protected]>
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