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. 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 *). 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. ] Signed-off-by:
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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