mptcp: pm: in-kernel: usable client side with C-flag
commit 4b1ff850 upstream. When servers set the C-flag in their MP_CAPABLE to tell clients not to create subflows to the initial address and port, clients will likely not use their other endpoints. That's because the in-kernel path-manager uses the 'subflow' endpoints to create subflows only to the initial address and port. If the limits have not been modified to accept ADD_ADDR, the client doesn't try to establish new subflows. If the limits accept ADD_ADDR, the routing routes will be used to select the source IP. The C-flag is typically set when the server is operating behind a legacy Layer 4 load balancer, or using anycast IP address. Clients having their different 'subflow' endpoints setup, don't end up creating multiple subflows as expected, and causing some deployment issues. A special case is then added here: when servers set the C-flag in the MPC and directly sends an ADD_ADDR, this single ADD_ADDR is accepted. The 'subflows' endpoints will then be used with this new remote IP and port. This exception is only allowed when the ADD_ADDR is sent immediately after the 3WHS, and makes the client switching to the 'fully established' mode. After that, 'select_local_address()' will not be able to find any subflows, because 'id_avail_bitmap' will be filled in mptcp_pm_create_subflow_or_signal_addr(), when switching to 'fully established' mode. Fixes: df377be3 ("mptcp: add deny_join_id0 in mptcp_options_received") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/536 Reviewed-by:Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250925-net-next-mptcp-c-flag-laminar-v1-1-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org Signed-off-by:
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> [ Conflict in pm.c, because commit 498d7d8b ("mptcp: pm: remove '_nl' from mptcp_pm_nl_is_init_remote_addr") renamed an helper in the context, and it is not in this version. The same new code can be applied at the same place. Another conflict in pm.c, because commit 4d25247d ("mptcp: bypass in-kernel PM restrictions for non-kernel PMs") switched the modified 'if' statement to an 'else if', and is not in this version. The same modification can still be applied. Conflict in pm_kernel.c, because the modified code has been moved from pm_netlink.c to pm_kernel.c in commit 8617e85e ("mptcp: pm: split in-kernel PM specific code"), which is not in this version. The resolution is easy: simply by applying the patch where 'pm_kernel.c' has been replaced 'pm_netlink.c'. Conflict in pm_netlink.c, because commit b83fbca1 ("mptcp: pm: reduce entries iterations on connect") is not in this version. Instead of using the 'locals' variable (struct mptcp_pm_local *) from the new version and embedding a "struct mptcp_addr_info", we can simply continue to use the 'addrs' variable (struct mptcp_addr_info *). Because commit b9d69db8 ("mptcp: let the in-kernel PM use mixed IPv4 and IPv6 addresses") is not in this version, it is also required to pass an extra parameter to fill_local_addresses_vec(): struct mptcp_addr_info *remote, which is available from the caller side. Same with commit 4638de5a ("mptcp: handle local addrs announced by userspace PMs") adding the 'mptcp_' prefix to addresses_equal(). Conflict in protocol.h, because commit af3dc0ad ("mptcp: Remove unused declaration mptcp_sockopt_sync()") is not in this version and it removed one line in the context. The resolution is easy because the new function can still be added at the same place. A similar conflict has been resolved due to commit 95d68651 ("mptcp: fix subflow accounting on close"). ] Signed-off-by:
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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