Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 4 authors, 2026-03-03

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] tcp: Add net.ipv4.tcp_purge_receive_queue sysctl

From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-02-26 01:43:56
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:46:33 +0800 Leon Hwang wrote:
Issue:
When a TCP socket in the CLOSE_WAIT state receives a RST packet, the
current implementation does not clear the socket's receive queue. This
causes SKBs in the queue to remain allocated until the socket is
explicitly closed by the application. As a consequence:

1. The page pool pages held by these SKBs are not released.
On what kernel version and driver are you observing this?
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