[PATCH] Bluetooth: L2CAP: Increase default socket buffer to hold large SDUs
From: Amir Abudubai
Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 16:42:50 EST
The L2CAP send path requires a full SDU to be assembled in the socket
buffer before transmission can begin. Therefore, the socket buffer must
be large enough to hold a worst-case SDU.
Derive the required buffer space from the worst-case parameters:
Maximum SDU plus length field: 65535 + 2 = 65537 bytes
At MPS 24: 2730 full PDUs + 17-byte tail
With 4-byte L2CAP headers: 28-byte full PDUs, 21-byte tail
At HCI MTU 27: 2730 * 2 + 1 = 5461 fragments
MPS 24 and MTU 27 are chosen because they produce the most fragmentation.
Apply a 4x safety factor because SKB_TRUESIZE can underestimate actual
usage because of class-size rounding and minimum allocations.
Signed-off-by: Amir Abudubai <amirabudubai@xxxxxxxxx>
---
The L2CAP send path deadlocks waiting for buffer space if it cannot fit
a full SDU in the send buffer. Using the system default typically causes
that to happen before the max allowed SDU. I didn't address the deadlock.
I just scaled the buffer so it is unlikely to happen unless the socket
gets resized after initialization.
include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h | 4 ++++
net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h b/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
index 54eddcdd341f..0cf1ca4ec3cd 100644
--- a/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
+++ b/include/net/bluetooth/l2cap.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include <linux/unaligned.h>
#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
/* L2CAP defaults */
#define L2CAP_DEFAULT_MTU 672
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@
#define L2CAP_DEFAULT_MAX_PDU_SIZE 1492 /* Sized for AMP packet */
#define L2CAP_DEFAULT_ACK_TO 200
#define L2CAP_DEFAULT_MAX_SDU_SIZE 0xFFFF
+#define L2CAP_MAX_SDU_FRAGS 5461 /* Sized for worst-case CoC fragmentation */
+#define L2CAP_DEFAULT_SNDBUF \
+ (4 * L2CAP_MAX_SDU_FRAGS * SKB_TRUESIZE(SKB_DATA_ALIGN(HCI_MIN_LE_MTU + BT_SKB_RESERVE)))
#define L2CAP_DEFAULT_SDU_ITIME 0xFFFFFFFF
#define L2CAP_DEFAULT_ACC_LAT 0xFFFFFFFF
#define L2CAP_BREDR_MAX_PAYLOAD 1019 /* 3-DH5 packet */
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
index 7a2551ef7f50..5f4fde8b4a6d 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap_sock.c
@@ -2046,6 +2046,7 @@ static struct sock *l2cap_sock_alloc(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
sk->sk_destruct = l2cap_sock_destruct;
sk->sk_sndtimeo = L2CAP_CONN_TIMEOUT;
+ sk->sk_sndbuf = L2CAP_DEFAULT_SNDBUF;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&l2cap_pi(sk)->rx_busy);
--
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