{
        struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
        struct smc_sock *smc;
-       int rc;
+       int val, rc;
 
        smc = smc_sk(sk);
 
        if (rc)
                return rc;
 
+       if (optlen < sizeof(int))
+               return rc;
+       get_user(val, (int __user *)optval);
+
        lock_sock(sk);
        switch (optname) {
        case TCP_ULP:
                                rc = -EINVAL;
                }
                break;
+       case TCP_NODELAY:
+               if (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT && sk->sk_state != SMC_LISTEN) {
+                       if (val)
+                               mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &smc->conn.tx_work,
+                                                0);
+               }
+               break;
+       case TCP_CORK:
+               if (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT && sk->sk_state != SMC_LISTEN) {
+                       if (!val)
+                               mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &smc->conn.tx_work,
+                                                0);
+               }
+               break;
        default:
                break;
        }
 
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
 
 #include "smc.h"
 #include "smc_wr.h"
 #include "smc_tx.h"
 
 #define SMC_TX_WORK_DELAY      HZ
+#define SMC_TX_CORK_DELAY      (HZ >> 2)       /* 250 ms */
 
 /***************************** sndbuf producer *******************************/
 
        return rc;
 }
 
+static bool smc_tx_is_corked(struct smc_sock *smc)
+{
+       struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(smc->clcsock->sk);
+
+       return (tp->nonagle & TCP_NAGLE_CORK) ? true : false;
+}
+
 /* sndbuf producer: main API called by socket layer.
  * called under sock lock.
  */
                /* since we just produced more new data into sndbuf,
                 * trigger sndbuf consumer: RDMA write into peer RMBE and CDC
                 */
-               smc_tx_sndbuf_nonempty(conn);
+               if ((msg->msg_flags & MSG_MORE || smc_tx_is_corked(smc)) &&
+                   (atomic_read(&conn->sndbuf_space) >
+                                               (conn->sndbuf_size >> 1)))
+                       /* for a corked socket defer the RDMA writes if there
+                        * is still sufficient sndbuf_space available
+                        */
+                       schedule_delayed_work(&conn->tx_work,
+                                             SMC_TX_CORK_DELAY);
+               else
+                       smc_tx_sndbuf_nonempty(conn);
        } /* while (msg_data_left(msg)) */
 
        return send_done;
                        }
                        rc = 0;
                        if (conn->alert_token_local) /* connection healthy */
-                               schedule_delayed_work(&conn->tx_work,
-                                                     SMC_TX_WORK_DELAY);
+                               mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &conn->tx_work,
+                                                SMC_TX_WORK_DELAY);
                }
                goto out_unlock;
        }