This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled tcp: xps: fix reordering issues to the 3.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: tcp-xps-fix-reordering-issues.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 05b8b0474327041cd47b34607e4bcf0a9aaa4573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 07:44:20 +0000 Subject: tcp: xps: fix reordering issues From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 547669d483e5783d722772af1483fa474da7caf9 ] commit 3853b5841c01a ("xps: Improvements in TX queue selection") introduced ooo_okay flag, but the condition to set it is slightly wrong. In our traces, we have seen ACK packets being received out of order, and RST packets sent in response. We should test if we have any packets still in host queue. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c @@ -1032,11 +1032,13 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock &md5); tcp_header_size = tcp_options_size + sizeof(struct tcphdr); - if (tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) == 0) { + if (tcp_packets_in_flight(tp) == 0) tcp_ca_event(sk, CA_EVENT_TX_START); - skb->ooo_okay = 1; - } else - skb->ooo_okay = 0; + + /* if no packet is in qdisc/device queue, then allow XPS to select + * another queue. + */ + skb->ooo_okay = sk_wmem_alloc_get(sk) == 0; skb_push(skb, tcp_header_size); skb_reset_transport_header(skb); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.9/packet-set-transport-header-before-doing-xmit.patch queue-3.9/ipv6-fix-possible-crashes-in-ip6_cork_release.patch queue-3.9/netback-set-transport-header-before-passing-it-to-kernel.patch queue-3.9/tcp-xps-fix-reordering-issues.patch queue-3.9/net_sched-restore-overhead-xxx-handling.patch queue-3.9/net_sched-better-precise-estimation-on-packet-length-for-untrusted-packets.patch queue-3.9/ip_tunnel-fix-kernel-panic-with-icmp_dest_unreach.patch queue-3.9/tcp-fix-tcp_md5_hash_skb_data.patch queue-3.9/net_sched-htb-do-not-mix-1ns-and-64ns-time-units.patch queue-3.9/tuntap-set-transport-header-before-passing-it-to-kernel.patch queue-3.9/tuntap-correct-the-return-value-in-tun_set_iff.patch queue-3.9/net-force-a-reload-of-first-item-in-hlist_nulls_for_each_entry_rcu.patch queue-3.9/macvtap-set-transport-header-before-passing-skb-to-lower-device.patch queue-3.9/net-802-mrp-fix-lockdep-splat.patch -- 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