FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mptcp: do not drop partial packets" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 50c2d91c5dfa0e465826ec1f8dbad9cdc254bd85
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026052839-kudos-clear-0573@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 50c2d91c5dfa0e465826ec1f8dbad9cdc254bd85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shardul Bankar <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 06:27:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mptcp: do not drop partial packets

When a packet arrives with map_seq < ack_seq < end_seq, the beginning of the packet has already been acknowledged but the end contains new data. Currently the entire packet is dropped as "old data," forcing the sender to retransmit.

Instead, skip the already-acked bytes by adjusting the skb offset and enqueue only the new portion. Update bytes_received and ack_seq to reflect the new data consumed.

A previous attempt at this fix has been sent by Paolo Abeni [1], but had issues [2]: it also added a zero-window check and changed rcv_wnd_sent initialization, which caused test regressions. This version addresses only the partial packet handling without modifying receive window accounting.

index 4546a8b09884..859df49e16dc 100644
@@ -397,12 +397,26 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/* old data, keep it simple and drop the whole pkt, sender
-	 * will retransmit as needed, if needed.
+	/* Completely old data? */
+	if (!after64(MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq, msk->ack_seq)) {
+		MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_DUPDATA);
+		mptcp_drop(sk, skb);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/* Partial packet: map_seq < ack_seq < end_seq.
+	 * Skip the already-acked bytes and enqueue the new data.
 	 */
-	MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_DUPDATA);
-	mptcp_drop(sk, skb);
-	return false;
+	copy_len = MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq - msk->ack_seq;
+	MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->offset += msk->ack_seq - MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->map_seq;
+	MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->map_seq += msk->ack_seq -
+				      MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->map_seq;
+	msk->bytes_received += copy_len;
+	WRITE_ONCE(msk->ack_seq, msk->ack_seq + copy_len);
+
+	skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
+	__skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
+	return true;
 }
 
 static void mptcp_stop_rtx_timer(struct sock *sk)

From: Shardul Bankar <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit 50c2d91c5dfa0e465826ec1f8dbad9cdc254bd85 ]

When a packet arrives with map_seq < ack_seq < end_seq, the beginning of the packet has already been acknowledged but the end contains new data. Currently the entire packet is dropped as "old data," forcing the sender to retransmit.

Instead, skip the already-acked bytes by adjusting the skb offset and enqueue only the new portion. Update bytes_received and ack_seq to reflect the new data consumed.

A previous attempt at this fix has been sent by Paolo Abeni [1], but had issues [2]: it also added a zero-window check and changed rcv_wnd_sent initialization, which caused test regressions. This version addresses only the partial packet handling without modifying receive window accounting.

---
 net/mptcp/protocol.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

index 70bc440c615d7..b02c4885adbb9 100644
@@ -314,10 +314,26 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skb(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/* old data, keep it simple and drop the whole pkt, sender
-	 * will retransmit as needed, if needed.
+	/* Completely old data? */
+	if (!after64(MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq, msk->ack_seq)) {
+		MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_DUPDATA);
+		mptcp_drop(sk, skb);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/* Partial packet: map_seq < ack_seq < end_seq.
+	 * Skip the already-acked bytes and enqueue the new data.
 	 */
-	MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_DUPDATA);
+	copy_len = MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq - msk->ack_seq;
+	MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->offset += msk->ack_seq - MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->map_seq;
+	MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->map_seq += msk->ack_seq -
+				      MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->map_seq;
+	WRITE_ONCE(msk->ack_seq, msk->ack_seq + copy_len);
+
+	skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
+	__skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
+	return true;
+
 drop:
 	mptcp_drop(sk, skb);
 	return false;

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