Patch "tcp: Honor the eor bit in tcp_mtu_probe" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

@@ -1907,6 +1907,24 @@ static inline void tcp_mtu_check_reprobe
 	}
 }
 
+static bool tcp_can_coalesce_send_queue_head(struct sock *sk, int len)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb, *next;
+
+	skb = tcp_send_head(sk);
+	tcp_for_write_queue_from_safe(skb, next, sk) {
+		if (len <= skb->len)
+			break;
+
+		if (unlikely(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->eor))
+			return false;
+
+		len -= skb->len;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /* Create a new MTU probe if we are ready.
  * MTU probe is regularly attempting to increase the path MTU by
  * deliberately sending larger packets.  This discovers routing

@@ -1979,6 +1997,9 @@ static int tcp_mtu_probe(struct sock *sk
 			return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!tcp_can_coalesce_send_queue_head(sk, probe_size))
+		return -1;
+
 	/* We're allowed to probe.  Build it now. */
 	nskb = sk_stream_alloc_skb(sk, probe_size, GFP_ATOMIC, false);
 	if (!nskb)

@@ -2014,6 +2035,10 @@ static int tcp_mtu_probe(struct sock *sk
 			/* We've eaten all the data from this skb.
 			 * Throw it away. */
 			TCP_SKB_CB(nskb)->tcp_flags |= TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags;
+			/* If this is the last SKB we copy and eor is set
+			 * we need to propagate it to the new skb.
+			 */
+			TCP_SKB_CB(nskb)->eor = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->eor;
 			tcp_unlink_write_queue(skb, sk);
 			sk_wmem_free_skb(sk, skb);
 		} else {