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")
Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/536
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
---
Notes:
- I tried to find a simple solution that can hopefully be backported to
cover the 'CDN' use-case.
- I tried to find a solution respecting the 'accepted add addr' limit,
but I don't see how to... That's why here I limit the exception a
maximum: when this limit is 0 (default case), only the first ADD_ADDR,
etc. Feel free to share what you think about that.
- I have some additional code doing some cleanup, and I started to look
at #503, which is a bit linked to that.
- v2: move conditions to new helper (Geliang) + rename var, squash comm.
---
net/mptcp/pm.c | 7 +++++--
net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
net/mptcp/protocol.h | 7 +++++++
3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm.c b/net/mptcp/pm.c
index 02dfb379417e2843301f121039ec0d370b040ef7..edaf93fe6f86b32aee8e9bb88318b1dc2a7fcb5e 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm.c
@@ -637,9 +637,12 @@ void mptcp_pm_add_addr_received(const struct sock *ssk,
} else {
__MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net((struct sock *)msk), MPTCP_MIB_ADDADDRDROP);
}
- /* id0 should not have a different address */
+ /* - id0 should not have a different address
+ * - special case for C-flag: linked to fill_local_addresses_vec()
+ */
} else if ((addr->id == 0 && !mptcp_pm_is_init_remote_addr(msk, addr)) ||
- (addr->id > 0 && !READ_ONCE(pm->accept_addr))) {
+ (addr->id > 0 && !READ_ONCE(pm->accept_addr) &&
+ !mptcp_pm_add_addr_c_flag_case(msk))) {
mptcp_pm_announce_addr(msk, addr, true);
mptcp_pm_add_addr_send_ack(msk);
} else if (mptcp_pm_schedule_work(msk, MPTCP_PM_ADD_ADDR_RECEIVED)) {
diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
index f30df8e884a0b3de9fb092e5774cafe08f6350ce..d7cd89fa6a11a1ea7703edbfbdf2bbe86a6a3054 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
@@ -389,10 +389,12 @@ static unsigned int fill_local_addresses_vec(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
struct mptcp_addr_info mpc_addr;
struct pm_nl_pernet *pernet;
unsigned int subflows_max;
+ bool c_flag_case;
int i = 0;
pernet = pm_nl_get_pernet_from_msk(msk);
subflows_max = mptcp_pm_get_subflows_max(msk);
+ c_flag_case = remote->id && mptcp_pm_add_addr_c_flag_case(msk);
mptcp_local_address((struct sock_common *)msk, &mpc_addr);
@@ -409,6 +411,10 @@ static unsigned int fill_local_addresses_vec(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
locals[i].flags = entry->flags;
locals[i].ifindex = entry->ifindex;
+ if (c_flag_case)
+ __clear_bit(locals[i].addr.id,
+ msk->pm.id_avail_bitmap);
+
/* Special case for ID0: set the correct ID */
if (mptcp_addresses_equal(&locals[i].addr, &mpc_addr, locals[i].addr.port))
locals[i].addr.id = 0;
@@ -419,6 +425,37 @@ static unsigned int fill_local_addresses_vec(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
}
rcu_read_unlock();
+ /* Special case: peer sets the C flag, accept one ADD_ADDR if default
+ * limits are used -- accepting no ADD_ADDR -- and use subflow endpoints
+ */
+ if (!i && c_flag_case) {
+ unsigned int local_addr_max = mptcp_pm_get_local_addr_max(msk);
+
+ while (msk->pm.local_addr_used < local_addr_max &&
+ msk->pm.subflows < subflows_max) {
+ struct mptcp_pm_local *local = &locals[i];
+
+ if (!select_local_address(pernet, msk, local))
+ break;
+
+ __clear_bit(local->addr.id, msk->pm.id_avail_bitmap);
+
+ if (!mptcp_pm_addr_families_match(sk, &local->addr,
+ remote))
+ continue;
+
+ if (mptcp_addresses_equal(&local->addr, &mpc_addr,
+ local->addr.port))
+ continue;
+
+ msk->pm.local_addr_used++;
+ msk->pm.subflows++;
+ i++;
+ }
+
+ return i;
+ }
+
/* If the array is empty, fill in the single
* 'IPADDRANY' local address
*/
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 9b5a248bad40491b678671b53f5f540d396a2a63..dd0662defd41c84474e44c559c571e3594b85d9e 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -1196,6 +1196,13 @@ static inline void mptcp_pm_close_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
}
+static inline bool mptcp_pm_add_addr_c_flag_case(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
+{
+ return READ_ONCE(msk->pm.remote_deny_join_id0) &&
+ msk->pm.local_addr_used == 0 &&
+ mptcp_pm_get_add_addr_accept_max(msk) == 0;
+}
+
void mptcp_sockopt_sync_locked(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk);
static inline struct mptcp_ext *mptcp_get_ext(const struct sk_buff *skb)
--
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