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Currently, upon the reception of an ADD_ADDR (and when the fullmesh flag
is not used), the in-kernel PM will create new subflows using the local
address the routing configuration will pick.
It would be easier to pick local addresses from a selected list of
endpoints, and use it only once, than relying on routing rules.
Use case: both the client (C) and the server (S) have two addresses (a
and b). The client establishes the connection between C(a) and S(a).
Once established, the server announces its additional address S(b). Once
received, the client connects to it using its second address C(b).
Compared to a situation without the 'laminar' endpoint for C(b), the
client didn't use this address C(b) to establish a subflow to the
server's primary address S(a). So at the end, we have:
C S
C(a) --- S(a)
C(b) --- S(b)
In case of a 3rd address on each side (C(c) and S(c)), upon the
reception of an ADD_ADDR with S(c), the client should not pick C(b)
because it has already been used. C(c) should then be used.
Note that this situation is currently possible if C doesn't add any
endpoint, but configure the routing in order to pick C(b) for the route
to S(b), and pick C(c) for the route to S(c). That doesn't sound very
practical because it means knowing in advance the IP addresses that
will be used and announced by the server.
'laminar', like the idea of laminar flows: the different subflows don't
mix with each other on an endpoint, unlike the "turbulent" way traffic
is mixed by 'fullmesh'.
In the code, the new endpoint type is added. Similar to the other
subflow types, an MPTCP_INFO counter is added. While at it, hole are now
commented in struct mptcp_info, to remember next time that these holes
can no longer be used.
Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/503
Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250925-net-next-mptcp-c-flag-laminar-v1-15-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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When receiving an ADD_ADDR right after the 3WHS, the connection will
switch to 'fully established'. It means the MPTCP worker will be called
to treat two events, in this order: ADD_ADDR_RECEIVED, PM_ESTABLISHED.
The MPTCP endpoints cannot have the ID 0, because it is reserved to the
address and port used by the initial subflow. To be able to deal with
this case in different places, msk->mpc_endpoint_id contains the
endpoint ID linked to the initial subflow. This variable was only set
when treating the first PM_ESTABLISHED event, after ADD_ADDR_RECEIVED.
That's why in fill_local_addresses_vec(), the endpoint addresses were
compared with the one of the initial subflow, instead of only comparing
the IDs.
Instead, msk->mpc_endpoint_id is now set when treating ADD_ADDR_RECEIVED
as well, if needed, then the IDs can be compared.
To be able to do so, the code doing that is now in a dedicated helper,
and called from the functions linked to the two actions.
While at it, mptcp_endp_get_local_id() has also been moved up, next to
this new helper, because they are linked, and to be able to use it in
fill_local_addresses_vec() in the next commit.
Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250925-net-next-mptcp-c-flag-laminar-v1-14-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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All the 'unsigned int' variables from the 'pm_nl_pernet' structure are
bounded to MPTCP_PM_ADDR_MAX, currently set to 8. The endpoint ID is
also bounded by the protocol to 8-bit. MPTCP_PM_ADDR_MAX, if extended
later, will never over 8-bit.
So no need to use 'unsigned int' variables, 'u8' is enough.
Note that the exposed counters in MPTCP_INFO are already limited to
8-bit, same for pm->extra_subflows, and others. So it seems even better
to limit them to 8-bit.
Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250925-net-next-mptcp-c-flag-laminar-v1-13-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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It is currently not used.
It was in fact never used since its introduction in commit ff5a0b421cb2
("mptcp: faster active backup recovery"). It was probably initially
added to struct pm_nl_pernet during the development of this commit,
before being added to struct mptcp_pernet in ctrl.c, but not removed
from the first place.
Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250925-net-next-mptcp-c-flag-laminar-v1-12-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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A few variables linked to the in-kernel Path-Manager are confusing, and
it would help current and future developers, to clarify them.
One of them is 'addrs', which in fact represents the number of declared
endpoints, and not only the 'signal' endpoints.
No functional changes intended.
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-v1-11-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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A few variables linked to the in-kernel Path-Manager are confusing, and
it would help current and future developers, to clarify them.
One of them is 'local_addr_list', which in fact represents the list of
endpoints, and not only the 'subflow' endpoints.
No functional changes intended.
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-v1-10-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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A few variables linked to the in-kernel Path-Manager are confusing, and
it would help current and future developers, to clarify them.
One of them is 'local_addr_max', which in fact represents the maximum
number of 'subflow' endpoints that can be used to create new subflows,
and not the number of local addresses that have been used to create
subflows.
While at it, add an additional name for the corresponding variable in
MPTCP INFO: mptcpi_endp_subflow_max. Not to break the current uAPI, the
new name is added as a 'define' pointing to the former name. This will
then also help userspace devs.
Also move the variable and function next to the other 'endp_X_max' ones.
No functional changes intended.
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-v1-9-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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A few variables linked to the in-kernel Path-Manager are confusing, and
it would help current and future developers, to clarify them.
One of them is 'add_addr_accept_max', which in fact represents the limit
of ADD_ADDR that can be accepted: the limit set via 'ip mptcp limit
add_addr_accepted X' for example. It is not linked to the maximum number
of accepted ADD_ADDR.
While at it, add an additional name for the corresponding variable in
MPTCP INFO: mptcpi_limit_add_addr_accepted. Not to break the current
uAPI, the new name is added as a 'define' pointing to the former name.
This will then also help userspace devs.
No functional changes intended.
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-v1-8-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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A few variables linked to the in-kernel Path-Manager are confusing, and
it would help current and future developers, to clarify them.
One of them is 'add_addr_signal_max', which in fact represents the
maximum number of 'signal' endpoints that can be used to announced
addresses, and not the number of ADD_ADDR that can be signalled.
While at it, add an additional name for the corresponding variable in
MPTCP INFO: mptcpi_endp_signal_max. Not to break the current uAPI, the
new name is added as a 'define' pointing to the former name. This will
then also help userspace devs.
No functional changes intended.
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-v1-7-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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A few variables linked to the in-kernel Path-Manager are confusing, and
it would help current and future developers, to clarify them.
One of them is 'subflows_max', which in fact represents the limit of
extra subflows: the limit set via 'ip mptcp limit subflows X' for
example. It is not linked to the maximum number of created / possible
subflows.
While at it, add an additional name for the corresponding variable in
MPTCP INFO: mptcpi_limit_extra_subflows. Not to break the current uAPI,
the new name is added as a 'define' pointing to the former name. This
will then also help userspace devs.
No functional changes intended.
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-v1-6-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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A few variables linked to the Path-Managers are confusing, and it would
help current and future developers, to clarify them.
One of them is 'subflows', which in fact represents the number of extra
subflows: all the additional subflows created after the initial one, and
not the total number of subflows.
While at it, add an additional name for the corresponding variable in
MPTCP INFO: mptcpi_extra_subflows. Not to break the current uAPI, the
new name is added as a 'define' pointing to the former name. This will
then also help userspace devs.
No functional changes intended.
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-v1-5-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Before this modification, this function was quite long with many levels
of indentations.
Each case can be split in a dedicated function: fullmesh, non-fullmesh.
To remove one level of indentation, msk->pm.subflows >= subflows_max is
now checked after having added one subflow, and stops the loop if it is
no longer possible to add new subflows. This is fine to do this because
this function should only be called if msk->pm.subflows < subflows_max.
No functional changes intended.
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-v1-4-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Before this modification, this function was quite long with many levels
of indentations.
Each case can be split in a dedicated function: fullmesh, C flag, any.
No functional changes intended.
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-v1-3-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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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: df377be38725 ("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>
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A flush of the MPTCP endpoints should not affect the MPTCP limits. In
other words, 'ip mptcp endpoint flush' should not change 'ip mptcp
limits'.
But it was the case: the MPTCP_PM_ATTR_RCV_ADD_ADDRS (add_addr_accepted)
limit was reset by accident. Removing the reset of this counter during a
flush fixes this issue.
Fixes: 01cacb00b35c ("mptcp: add netlink-based PM")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Thomas Dreibholz <dreibh@simula.no>
Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/579
Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250815-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-6-17-rc2-v1-2-521fe9957892@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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This patch defines the original in-kernel netlink path manager as a
new struct mptcp_pm_ops named "mptcp_pm_kernel", and register it in
mptcp_pm_kernel_register(). And define the userspace path manager as
a new struct mptcp_pm_ops named "mptcp_pm_userspace", and register it
in mptcp_pm_init().
To ensure that there's always a valid path manager available, the default
path manager "mptcp_pm_kernel" will be skipped in mptcp_pm_unregister().
Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <tanggeliang@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250313-net-next-mptcp-pm-ops-intro-v1-7-f4e4a88efc50@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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Instead of using kmalloc() or kzalloc() to allocate an entry and
then immediately duplicate another entry to the newly allocated
one, kmemdup() helper can be used to simplify the code.
Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <tanggeliang@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250313-net-next-mptcp-pm-ops-intro-v1-2-f4e4a88efc50@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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The registration of mptcp_genl_family is useful for both the in-kernel
and the userspace PM. It should then be done in pm_netlink.c.
On the other hand, the registration of the in-kernel pernet subsystem is
specific to the in-kernel PM, and should stay there in pm_kernel.c.
Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250313-net-next-mptcp-pm-ops-intro-v1-1-f4e4a88efc50@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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Before this patch, the PM code was dispersed in different places:
- pm.c had common code for all PMs
- pm_netlink.c was supposed to be about the in-kernel PM, but also had
exported common Netlink helpers, NL events for PM userspace daemons,
etc. quite confusing.
To clarify the code, a reorganisation is suggested here, only by moving
code around to avoid confusions:
- pm_netlink.c now only contains common PM Netlink code:
- PM events: this code was already there
- shared helpers around Netlink code that were already there as well
- more shared Netlink commands code from pm.c will come after
- pm_kernel.c now contains only code that is specific to the in-kernel
PM. Now all functions are either called from:
- pm.c: events coming from the core, when this PM is being used
- pm_netlink.c: for shared Netlink commands
- mptcp_pm_gen.c: for Netlink commands specific to the in-kernel PM
- sockopt.c: for the exported counters per netns
- (while at it, a useless 'return;' spot by checkpatch at the end of
mptcp_pm_nl_set_flags_all, has been removed)
The code around the PM is now less confusing, which should help for the
maintenance in the long term.
This will certainly impact future backports, but because other cleanups
have already done recently, and more are coming to ease the addition of
a new path-manager controlled with BPF (struct_ops), doing that now
seems to be a good time. Also, many issues around the PM have been fixed
a few months ago while increasing the code coverage in the selftests, so
such big reorganisation can be done with more confidence now.
No behavioural changes intended.
Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250307-net-next-mptcp-pm-reorg-v1-14-abef20ada03b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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