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    mptcp: fix length of MP_PRIO suboption · ec99a470
    Davide Caratti authored
    With version 0 of the protocol it was legal to encode the 'Subflow Id' in
    the MP_PRIO suboption, to specify which subflow would change its 'Backup'
    flag. This has been removed from v1 specification: thus, according to RFC
    8684 §3.3.8, the resulting 'Length' for MP_PRIO changed from 4 to 3 byte.
    
    Current Linux generates / parses MP_PRIO according to the old spec, using
    'Length' equal to 4, and hardcoding 1 as 'Subflow Id'; RFC compliance can
    improve if we change 'Length' in other to become 3, leaving a 'Nop' after
    the MP_PRIO suboption. In this way the kernel will emit and accept *only*
    MP_PRIO suboptions that are compliant to version 1 of the MPTCP protocol.
    
     unpatched 5.11-rc kernel:
     [root@bottarga ~]# tcpdump -tnnr unpatched.pcap | grep prio
     reading from file unpatched.pcap, link-type LINUX_SLL (Linux cooked v1)
     dropped privs to tcpdump
     IP 10.0.3.2.48433 > 10.0.1.1.10006: Flags [.], ack 1, win 502, options [nop,nop,TS val 4032325513 ecr 1876514270,mptcp prio non-backup id 1,mptcp dss ack 14084896651682217737], length 0
    
     patched 5.11-rc kernel:
     [root@bottarga ~]# tcpdump -tnnr patched.pcap | grep prio
     reading from file patched.pcap, link-type LINUX_SLL (Linux cooked v1)
     dropped privs to tcpdump
     IP 10.0.3.2.49735 > 10.0.1.1.10006: Flags [.], ack 1, win 502, options [nop,nop,TS val 1276737699 ecr 2686399734,mptcp prio non-backup,nop,mptcp dss ack 18433038869082491686], length 0
    
    Changes since v2:
     - when accounting for option space, don't increment 'TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO'
       and use 'TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO_ALIGN' instead, thanks to Matthieu Baerts.
    Changes since v1:
     - refactor patch to avoid using 'TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO' with its old value,
       thanks to Geliang Tang.
    
    Fixes: 06706542 ("mptcp: add the outgoing MP_PRIO support")
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMatthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@tessares.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavide Caratti <dcaratti@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMatteo Croce <mcroce@linux.microsoft.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/846cdd41e6ad6ec88ef23fee1552ab39c2f5a3d1.1612184361.git.dcaratti@redhat.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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