3.6.11.1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit ae62ca7b03217be5e74759dc6d7698c95df498b3 ] commit 35f9c09fe9c72e (tcp: tcp_sendpages() should call tcp_push() once) added an internal flag : MSG_SENDPAGE_NOTLAST meant to be set on all frags but the last one for a splice() call. The condition used to set the flag in pipe_to_sendpage() relied on splice() user passing the exact number of bytes present in the pipe, or a smaller one. But some programs pass an arbitrary high value, and the test fails. The effect of this bug is a lack of tcp_push() at the end of a splice(pipe -> socket) call, and possibly very slow or erratic TCP sessions. We should both test sd->total_len and fact that another fragment is in the pipe (pipe->nrbufs > 1) Many thanks to Willy for providing very clear bug report, bisection and test programs. Reported-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> Bisected-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> Tested-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/splice.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c index 41514dd..c69fbb7 100644 --- a/fs/splice.c +++ b/fs/splice.c @@ -696,8 +696,10 @@ static int pipe_to_sendpage(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, return -EINVAL; more = (sd->flags & SPLICE_F_MORE) ? MSG_MORE : 0; - if (sd->len < sd->total_len) + + if (sd->len < sd->total_len && pipe->nrbufs > 1) more |= MSG_SENDPAGE_NOTLAST; + return file->f_op->sendpage(file, buf->page, buf->offset, sd->len, &pos, more); } -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html