1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/CHANGES b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
index 8f528ea24c48..8855331b2fba 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/CHANGES
+++ b/fs/cifs/CHANGES
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ Various fixes to make delete of open files behavior more predictable
 (when delete of an open file fails we mark the file as "delete-on-close"
 in a way that more servers accept, but only if we can first rename the
 file to a temporary name).  Add experimental support for more safely
-handling fcntl(F_SETLEASE).
+handling fcntl(F_SETLEASE).  Convert cifs to using blocking tcp
+sends, and also let tcp autotune the socket send and receive buffers.
+This reduces the number of EAGAIN errors returned by TCP/IP in
+high stress workloads (and the number of retries on socket writes
+when sending large SMBWriteX requests).
 
 Version 1.54
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