Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] mptcp: out-of-order queue pruning

Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:58:20 -0700
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.mptcp,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:02:12 +0200 Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) wrote:
> Under memory pressure, a pruning of the MPTCP-level OoO queue might be
> required as last resort, to avoid too long recoveries, or even stalls.
> Geliang and Gang managed to reproduce this behaviour, and Paolo
> improved the situation thanks to the following patches:
> 
> - Patches 1-2: improve the MPTCP-level retransmission schema to make
>   recoveries from memory pressure/after MPTCP-level drop significantly
>   faster.
> 
> - Patches 2-3: make the admission check way stricter for incoming
>   packets exceeding the memory limits, with some exceptions for fallback
>   sockets.
> 
> - Patch 5: implement OoO queue pruning for MPTCP.

Clashiko complains about a typo and has some suggestions which are
marked as Low but potentially worth addressing (stats naming?)
Please LMK if you completely disagree
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