kernel/linux.git/net/mptcp/protocol.h, branch v6.19.12

mptcp: fix receive space timestamp initialization

2026-02-26T23:01:11+00:00

[ Upstream commit 70274765fef555af92a1532d5bd5450c691fca9d ] MPTCP initialize the receive buffer stamp in mptcp_rcv_space_init(), using the provided subflow stamp. Such helper is invoked in several places; for passive sockets, space init happened at clone time. In such scenario, MPTCP ends-up accesses the subflow stamp before its initialization, leading to quite randomic timing for the first receive buffer auto-tune event, as the timestamp for newly created subflow is not refreshed there. Fix the issue moving the stamp initialization out of the mentioned helper, at the data transfer start, and always using a fresh timestamp. Fixes: 013e3179dbd2 ("mptcp: fix rcv space initialization") Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203-net-next-mptcp-misc-feat-6-20-v1-2-31ec8bfc56d1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

mptcp: ensure context reset on disconnect()

2025-12-23T08:12:25+00:00

After the blamed commit below, if the MPC subflow is already in TCP_CLOSE status or has fallback to TCP at mptcp_disconnect() time, mptcp_do_fastclose() skips setting the `send_fastclose flag` and the later __mptcp_close_ssk() does not reset anymore the related subflow context. Any later connection will be created with both the `request_mptcp` flag and the msk-level fallback status off (it is unconditionally cleared at MPTCP disconnect time), leading to a warning in subflow_data_ready(): WARNING: CPU: 26 PID: 8996 at net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 subflow_data_ready (net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 (discriminator 13)) Modules linked in: CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 8996 Comm: syz.22.39 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc7-05427-g11fc074f6c36 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 RIP: 0010:subflow_data_ready (net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 (discriminator 13)) Code: 90 0f 0b 90 90 e9 04 fe ff ff e8 b7 1e f5 fe 89 ee bf 07 00 00 00 e8 db 19 f5 fe 83 fd 07 0f 84 35 ff ff ff e8 9d 1e f5 fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 27 ff ff ff e8 8f 1e f5 fe 4c 89 e7 48 89 de e8 14 09 RSP: 0018:ffffc9002646fb30 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88813b218000 RCX: ffffffff825c8435 RDX: ffff8881300b3580 RSI: ffffffff825c8443 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 000000000000000b R08: ffffffff825c8435 R09: 000000000000000b R10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000000007 R12: ffff888131ac0000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f88330af6c0(0000) GS:ffff888a93dd2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f88330aefe8 CR3: 000000010ff59000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: tcp_data_ready (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5356) tcp_data_queue (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5445) tcp_rcv_state_process (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:7165) tcp_v4_do_rcv (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1955) __release_sock (include/net/sock.h:1158 (discriminator 6) net/core/sock.c:3180 (discriminator 6)) release_sock (net/core/sock.c:3737) mptcp_sendmsg (net/mptcp/protocol.c:1763 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1857) inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:853 (discriminator 7)) __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:727 (discriminator 15) net/socket.c:742 (discriminator 15) net/socket.c:2244 (discriminator 15)) __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2247) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1)) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) RIP: 0033:0x7f883326702d Address the issue setting an explicit `fastclosing` flag at fastclose time, and checking such flag after mptcp_do_fastclose(). Fixes: ae155060247b ("mptcp: fix duplicate reset on fastclose") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251212-net-mptcp-subflow_data_ready-warn-v1-2-d1f9fd1c36c8@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

mptcp: fallback earlier on simult connection

2025-12-23T08:12:25+00:00

Syzkaller reports a simult-connect race leading to inconsistent fallback status: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 33 at net/mptcp/subflow.c:1515 subflow_data_ready+0x40b/0x7c0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1515 Modules linked in: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 33 Comm: ksoftirqd/3 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:subflow_data_ready+0x40b/0x7c0 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1515 Code: 89 ee e8 78 61 3c f6 40 84 ed 75 21 e8 8e 66 3c f6 44 89 fe bf 07 00 00 00 e8 c1 61 3c f6 41 83 ff 07 74 09 e8 76 66 3c f6 90 <0f> 0b 90 e8 6d 66 3c f6 48 89 df e8 e5 ad ff ff 31 ff 89 c5 89 c6 RSP: 0018:ffffc900006cf338 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888031acd100 RCX: ffffffff8b7f2abf RDX: ffff88801e6ea440 RSI: ffffffff8b7f2aca RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000007 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000002c10 R12: ffff88802ba69900 R13: 1ffff920000d9e67 R14: ffff888046f81800 R15: 0000000000000004 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880d69bc000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000560fc0ca1670 CR3: 0000000032c3a000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 Call Trace: tcp_data_queue+0x13b0/0x4f90 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5197 tcp_rcv_state_process+0xfdf/0x4ec0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6922 tcp_v6_do_rcv+0x492/0x1740 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1672 tcp_v6_rcv+0x2976/0x41e0 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:1918 ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x188/0x1520 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:438 ip6_input_finish+0x1e4/0x4b0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:489 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:312 [inline] ip6_input+0x105/0x2f0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:500 dst_input include/net/dst.h:471 [inline] ip6_rcv_finish net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:79 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:312 [inline] ipv6_rcv+0x264/0x650 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:311 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x12d/0x1e0 net/core/dev.c:5979 __netif_receive_skb+0x1d/0x160 net/core/dev.c:6092 process_backlog+0x442/0x15e0 net/core/dev.c:6444 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xba/0x550 net/core/dev.c:7494 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7557 [inline] net_rx_action+0xa9f/0xfe0 net/core/dev.c:7684 handle_softirqs+0x216/0x8e0 kernel/softirq.c:579 run_ksoftirqd kernel/softirq.c:968 [inline] run_ksoftirqd+0x3a/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:960 smpboot_thread_fn+0x3f7/0xae0 kernel/smpboot.c:160 kthread+0x3c2/0x780 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x5d7/0x6f0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245 The TCP subflow can process the simult-connect syn-ack packet after transitioning to TCP_FIN1 state, bypassing the MPTCP fallback check, as the sk_state_change() callback is not invoked for * -> FIN_WAIT1 transitions. That will move the msk socket to an inconsistent status and the next incoming data will hit the reported splat. Close the race moving the simult-fallback check at the earliest possible stage - that is at syn-ack generation time. About the fixes tags: [2] was supposed to also fix this issue introduced by [3]. [1] is required as a dependence: it was not explicitly marked as a fix, but it is one and it has already been backported before [3]. In other words, this commit should be backported up to [3], including [2] and [1] if that's not already there. Fixes: 23e89e8ee7be ("tcp: Don't drop SYN+ACK for simultaneous connect().") [1] Fixes: 4fd19a307016 ("mptcp: fix inconsistent state on fastopen race") [2] Fixes: 1e777f39b4d7 ("mptcp: add MSG_FASTOPEN sendmsg flag support") [3] Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: syzbot+0ff6b771b4f7a5bce83b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/586 Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251212-net-mptcp-subflow_data_ready-warn-v1-1-d1f9fd1c36c8@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

tcp: introduce icsk->icsk_keepalive_timer

2025-11-26T03:28:29+00:00

sk->sk_timer has been used for TCP keepalives. Keepalive timers are not in fast path, we want to use sk->sk_timer storage for retransmit timers, for better cache locality. Create icsk->icsk_keepalive_timer and change keepalive code to no longer use sk->sk_timer. Added space is reclaimed in the following patch. This includes changes to MPTCP, which was also using sk_timer. Alias icsk->mptcp_tout_timer and icsk->icsk_keepalive_timer for inet_sk_diag_fill() sake. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251124175013.1473655-4-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

mptcp: leverage the backlog for RX packet processing

2025-11-25T03:49:43+00:00

When the msk socket is owned or the msk receive buffer is full, move the incoming skbs in a msk level backlog list. This avoid traversing the joined subflows and acquiring the subflow level socket lock at reception time, improving the RX performances. When processing the backlog, use the fwd alloc memory borrowed from the incoming subflow. skbs exceeding the msk receive space are not dropped; instead they are kept into the backlog until the receive buffer is freed. Dropping packets already acked at the TCP level is explicitly discouraged by the RFC and would corrupt the data stream for fallback sockets. Special care is needed to avoid adding skbs to the backlog of a closed msk and to avoid leaving dangling references into the backlog at subflow closing time. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-14-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

mptcp: introduce mptcp-level backlog

2025-11-25T03:49:43+00:00

We are soon using it for incoming data processing. MPTCP can't leverage the sk_backlog, as the latter is processed before the release callback, and such callback for MPTCP releases and re-acquire the socket spinlock, breaking the sk_backlog processing assumption. Add a skb backlog list inside the mptcp sock struct, and implement basic helper to transfer packet to and purge such list. Packets in the backlog are memory accounted and still use the incoming subflow receive memory, to allow back-pressure. The backlog size is implicitly bounded to the sum of subflows rcvbuf. When a subflow is closed, references from the backlog to such sock are removed. No packet is currently added to the backlog, so no functional changes intended here. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-13-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

mptcp: borrow forward memory from subflow

2025-11-25T03:49:42+00:00

In the MPTCP receive path, we release the subflow allocated fwd memory just to allocate it again shortly after for the msk. That could increases the failures chances, especially when we will add backlog processing, with other actions could consume the just released memory before the msk socket has a chance to do the rcv allocation. Replace the skb_orphan() call with an open-coded variant that explicitly borrows, the fwd memory from the subflow socket instead of releasing it. The borrowed memory does not have PAGE_SIZE granularity; rounding to the page size will make the fwd allocated memory higher than what is strictly required and could make the incoming subflow fwd mem consistently negative. Instead, keep track of the accumulated frag and borrow the full page at subflow close time. This allow removing the last drop in the TCP to MPTCP transition and the associated, now unused, MIB. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-12-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

mptcp: handle first subflow closing consistently

2025-11-25T03:49:42+00:00

Currently, as soon as the PM closes a subflow, the msk stops accepting data from it, even if the TCP socket could be still formally open in the incoming direction, with the notable exception of the first subflow. The root cause of such behavior is that code currently piggy back two separate semantic on the subflow->disposable bit: the subflow context must be released and that the subflow must stop accepting incoming data. The first subflow is never disposed, so it also never stop accepting incoming data. Use a separate bit to mark the latter status and set such bit in __mptcp_close_ssk() for all subflows. Beyond making per subflow behaviour more consistent this will also simplify the next patch. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-11-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

mptcp: make mptcp_destroy_common() static

2025-11-25T03:49:42+00:00

Such function is only used inside protocol.c, there is no need to expose it to the whole stack. Note that the function definition most be moved earlier to avoid forward declaration. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang Tested-by: Geliang Tang Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-9-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

mptcp: fix memcg accounting for passive sockets

2025-11-25T03:49:41+00:00

The passive sockets never got proper memcg accounting: the msk socket is associated with the memcg at accept time, but the passive subflows never got it right. At accept time, traverse the subflows list and associate each of them with the msk memcg, and try to do the same at join completion time, if the msk has been already accepted. Fixes: cf7da0d66cc1 ("mptcp: Create SUBFLOW socket for incoming connections") Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/298 Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/597 Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121-net-next-mptcp-memcg-backlog-imp-v1-4-1f34b6c1e0b1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski