Re: [PATCH net] net/smc: avoid overwriting when adjusting sock bufsizes

[Paolo Abeni]

On Fri, 2024-05-31 at 16:54 +0800, Wen Gu wrote:
> When copying smc settings to clcsock, avoid setting clcsock's sk_sndbuf
> to sysctl_tcp_wmem[1], since this may overwrite the value set by
> tcp_sndbuf_expand() in TCP connection establishment.
> 
> And the other setting sk_{snd|rcv}buf to sysctl value in
> smc_adjust_sock_bufsizes() can also be omitted since the initialization
> of smc sock and clcsock has set sk_{snd|rcv}buf to smc.sysctl_{w|r}mem
> or ipv4_sysctl_tcp_{w|r}mem[1].
> 
> Fixes: 30c3c4a4497c ("net/smc: Use correct buffer sizes when switching between TCP and SMC")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5eaf3858-e7fd-4db8-83e8-3d7a3e0e9ae2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gu <guwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> FYI,
> The detailed motivation and testing can be found in the link above.

My understanding is that there is an open question here if this is the
expected and desired behavior.

@Wenjia, @Jan: could you please have a look?

Thanks!

Paolo