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+From 4b1ff850e0c1aacc23e923ed22989b827b9808f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
+Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:32:36 +0200
+Subject: mptcp: pm: in-kernel: usable client side with C-flag
+
+From: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
+
+commit 4b1ff850e0c1aacc23e923ed22989b827b9808f9 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: 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>
+[ Conflict in pm.c, because commit 498d7d8b75f1 ("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 8617e85e04bd ("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 b83fbca1b4c9 ("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 af3dc0ad3167 ("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>
+---
+ net/mptcp/pm.c | 7 ++++--
+ net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
+ net/mptcp/protocol.h | 8 +++++++
+ 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/net/mptcp/pm.c
++++ b/net/mptcp/pm.c
+@@ -227,9 +227,12 @@ void mptcp_pm_add_addr_received(const st
+ } 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_nl_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)) {
+--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
++++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+@@ -675,10 +675,12 @@ static unsigned int fill_local_addresses
+ 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);
+
+@@ -691,11 +693,26 @@ static unsigned int fill_local_addresses
+ continue;
+
+ if (msk->pm.subflows < subflows_max) {
++ bool is_id0;
++
+ msk->pm.subflows++;
+ addrs[i] = entry->addr;
+
++ is_id0 = mptcp_addresses_equal(&entry->addr,
++ &mpc_addr,
++ entry->addr.port);
++
++ if (c_flag_case &&
++ (entry->flags & MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_SUBFLOW)) {
++ __clear_bit(addrs[i].id,
++ msk->pm.id_avail_bitmap);
++
++ if (!is_id0)
++ msk->pm.local_addr_used++;
++ }
++
+ /* Special case for ID0: set the correct ID */
+- if (mptcp_addresses_equal(&entry->addr, &mpc_addr, entry->addr.port))
++ if (is_id0)
+ addrs[i].id = 0;
+
+ i++;
+@@ -703,6 +720,39 @@ static unsigned int fill_local_addresses
+ }
+ 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_addr_entry local;
++
++ 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;
++
++ addrs[i] = local.addr;
++
++ msk->pm.local_addr_used++;
++ msk->pm.subflows++;
++ i++;
++ }
++
++ return i;
++ }
++
+ /* If the array is empty, fill in the single
+ * 'IPADDRANY' local address
+ */
+--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
++++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+@@ -1080,6 +1080,14 @@ static inline void mptcp_pm_close_subflo
+ 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 &&
++ msk->pm.subflows < mptcp_pm_get_subflows_max(msk);
++}
++
+ void mptcp_sockopt_sync(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk);
+ void mptcp_sockopt_sync_locked(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk);
+