netdev - Re: [net,v3] tcp: correct handling of extreme memory squeeze

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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 03:10:37 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [net,v3] tcp: correct handling of extreme memory squeeze

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:13:04 -0500 you wrote:
> From: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@...hat.com>
> 
> Testing with iperf3 using the "pasta" protocol splicer has revealed
> a bug in the way tcp handles window advertising in extreme memory
> squeeze situations.
> 
> Under memory pressure, a socket endpoint may temporarily advertise
> a zero-sized window, but this is not stored as part of the socket data.
> The reasoning behind this is that it is considered a temporary setting
> which shouldn't influence any further calculations.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v3] tcp: correct handling of extreme memory squeeze
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/8c670bdfa58e

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