TCP Auto Corking Comes To The Linux 3.14 Kernel Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 25 January 2014 at 10:22 AM EST. Add A Comment TCP auto corking and other new features is coming to the next Linux kernel release. Eric Dumazet of Google, who was working on the TCP auto corking patch-set, describes the networking feature as: With the introduction of TCP Small Queues, TSO auto sizing, and