[PATCH iproute2-next] mptcp: add support for fullmesh flag
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Date: 2021-11-26 10:37:57
The link kernel supports this endpoint flag since v5.15, let's expose it to user-space. It allows creation on fullmesh topolgy via MPTCP subflow. Additionally update the related man-page, clarifying the behavior of related options. Acked-by: Mat Martineau <redacted> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> --- ip/ipmptcp.c | 3 ++- man/man8/ip-mptcp.8 | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ip/ipmptcp.c b/ip/ipmptcp.c
index 0f5b6e2d..433fa68d 100644
--- a/ip/ipmptcp.c
+++ b/ip/ipmptcp.c@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ static void usage(void) " ip mptcp limits show\n" " ip mptcp monitor\n" "FLAG-LIST := [ FLAG-LIST ] FLAG\n" - "FLAG := [ signal | subflow | backup ]\n"); + "FLAG := [ signal | subflow | backup | fullmesh ]\n"); exit(-1); }
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ static const struct { { "signal", MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_SIGNAL }, { "subflow", MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_SUBFLOW }, { "backup", MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_BACKUP }, + { "fullmesh", MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_FULLMESH }, }; static void print_mptcp_addr_flags(unsigned int flags)
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8 b/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8
index 22335b61..019debe2 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ ip-mptcp \- MPTCP path manager configuration .B subflow .RB "|" .B backup +.RB "|" +.B fullmesh .RB "]" .ti -8
@@ -103,22 +105,41 @@ is a unique numeric identifier for the given endpoint .TP .BR signal -the endpoint will be announced/signalled to each peer via an ADD_ADDR MPTCP -sub-option +The endpoint will be announced/signaled to each peer via an MPTCP ADD_ADDR +sub-option. Upon reception of an ADD_ADDR sub-option, the peer can try to +create additional subflows, see +.BR ADD_ADDR_ACCEPTED_NR. .TP .BR subflow -if additional subflow creation is allowed by MPTCP limits, the endpoint will -be used as the source address to create an additional subflow after that -the MPTCP connection is established. +If additional subflow creation is allowed by the MPTCP limits, the MPTCP +path manager will try to create an additional subflow using this endpoint +as the source address after the MPTCP connection is established. .TP .BR backup -the endpoint will be announced as a backup address, if this is a -.BR signal -endpoint, or the subflow will be created as a backup one if this is a +If this is a +.BR subflow +endpoint, the subflows created using this endpoint will have the backup +flag set during the connection process. This flag instructs the peer to +only send data on a given subflow when all non-backup subflows are +unavailable. This does not affect outgoing data, where subflow priority +is determined by the backup/non-backup flag received from the peer + +.TP +.BR fullmesh +If this is a +.BR subflow +endpoint and additional subflow creation is allowed by the MPTCP limits, +the MPTCP path manager will try to create an additional subflow for each +known peer address, using this endpoint as the source address. This will +occur after the MPTCP connection is established. If the peer did not +announce any additional addresses using the MPTCP ADD_ADDR sub-option, +this will behave the same as a plain .BR subflow -endpoint +endpoint. When the peer does announce addresses, each received ADD_ADDR +sub-option will trigger creation of an additional subflow to generate a +full mesh topology. .sp .PP
@@ -136,17 +157,29 @@ ip mptcp limits set change the MPTCP subflow creation limits .IR SUBFLOW_NR specifies the maximum number of additional subflows allowed for each MPTCP connection. Additional subflows can be created due to: incoming accepted -ADD_ADDR option, local +ADD_ADDR sub-option, local .BR subflow endpoints, additional subflows started by the peer. .TP .IR ADD_ADDR_ACCEPTED_NR -specifies the maximum number of ADD_ADDR suboptions accepted for each MPTCP -connection. The MPTCP path manager will try to create a new subflow for -each accepted ADD_ADDR option, respecting the +specifies the maximum number of incoming ADD_ADDR sub-options accepted for +each MPTCP connection. After receiving the specified number of ADD_ADDR +sub-options, any other incoming one will be ignored for the MPTCP connection +lifetime. When an ADD_ADDR sub-option is accepted and there are no local +.IR fullmesh +endpoints, the MPTCP path manager will try to create a new subflow using the +address in the ADD_ADDR sub-option as the destination address and a source +address determined using local routing resolution +When +.IR fullmesh +endpoints are available, the MPTCP path manager will try to create new subflows +using each +.IR fullmesh +endpoint as a source address and the peer's ADD_ADDR address as the destination. +In both cases the .IR SUBFLOW_NR -limit. +limit is enforced. .sp .PP
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