FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDR" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDR" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x e84cb860ac3ce67ec6ecc364433fd5b412c448bc
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025102646-unwary-premises-4a2c@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From e84cb860ac3ce67ec6ecc364433fd5b412c448bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 22:53:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDR

The special C-flag case expects the ADD_ADDR to be received when
switching to 'fully-established'. But for various reasons, the ADD_ADDR
could be sent after the "4th ACK", and the special case doesn't work.

On NIPA, the new test validating this special case for the C-flag failed
a few times, e.g.

  102 default limits, server deny join id 0
        syn rx                 [FAIL] got 0 JOIN[s] syn rx expected 2

  Server ns stats
  (...)
  MPTcpExtAddAddrTx  1
  MPTcpExtEchoAdd    1

  Client ns stats
  (...)
  MPTcpExtAddAddr    1
  MPTcpExtEchoAddTx  1

        synack rx              [FAIL] got 0 JOIN[s] synack rx expected 2
        ack rx                 [FAIL] got 0 JOIN[s] ack rx expected 2
        join Rx                [FAIL] see above
        syn tx                 [FAIL] got 0 JOIN[s] syn tx expected 2
        join Tx                [FAIL] see above

I had a suspicion about what the issue could be: the ADD_ADDR might have
been received after the switch to the 'fully-established' state. The
issue was not easy to reproduce. The packet capture shown that the
ADD_ADDR can indeed be sent with a delay, and the client would not try
to establish subflows to it as expected.

A simple fix is not to mark the endpoints as 'used' in the C-flag case,
when looking at creating subflows to the remote initial IP address and
port. In this case, there is no need to try.

Note: newly added fullmesh endpoints will still continue to be used as
expected, thanks to the conditions behind mptcp_pm_add_addr_c_flag_case.

Fixes: 4b1ff850e0c1 ("mptcp: pm: in-kernel: usable client side with C-flag")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251020-net-mptcp-c-flag-late-add-addr-v1-1-8207030cb0e8@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
index e0f44dc232aa..2ae95476dba3 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ static void mptcp_pm_create_subflow_or_signal_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	}
 
 subflow:
+	/* No need to try establishing subflows to remote id0 if not allowed */
+	if (mptcp_pm_add_addr_c_flag_case(msk))
+		goto exit;
+
 	/* check if should create a new subflow */
 	while (msk->pm.local_addr_used < endp_subflow_max &&
 	       msk->pm.extra_subflows < limit_extra_subflows) {
@@ -401,6 +405,8 @@ static void mptcp_pm_create_subflow_or_signal_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 			__mptcp_subflow_connect(sk, &local, &addrs[i]);
 		spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 	}
+
+exit:
 	mptcp_pm_nl_check_work_pending(msk);
 }
 

[PATCH 5.15.y] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDR

[Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)]

[ Upstream commit e84cb860ac3ce67ec6ecc364433fd5b412c448bc ]

The special C-flag case expects the ADD_ADDR to be received when
switching to 'fully-established'. But for various reasons, the ADD_ADDR
could be sent after the "4th ACK", and the special case doesn't work.

On NIPA, the new test validating this special case for the C-flag failed
a few times, e.g.

  102 default limits, server deny join id 0
        syn rx                 [FAIL] got 0 JOIN[s] syn rx expected 2

  Server ns stats
  (...)
  MPTcpExtAddAddrTx  1
  MPTcpExtEchoAdd    1

  Client ns stats
  (...)
  MPTcpExtAddAddr    1
  MPTcpExtEchoAddTx  1

        synack rx              [FAIL] got 0 JOIN[s] synack rx expected 2
        ack rx                 [FAIL] got 0 JOIN[s] ack rx expected 2
        join Rx                [FAIL] see above
        syn tx                 [FAIL] got 0 JOIN[s] syn tx expected 2
        join Tx                [FAIL] see above

I had a suspicion about what the issue could be: the ADD_ADDR might have
been received after the switch to the 'fully-established' state. The
issue was not easy to reproduce. The packet capture shown that the
ADD_ADDR can indeed be sent with a delay, and the client would not try
to establish subflows to it as expected.

A simple fix is not to mark the endpoints as 'used' in the C-flag case,
when looking at creating subflows to the remote initial IP address and
port. In this case, there is no need to try.

Note: newly added fullmesh endpoints will still continue to be used as
expected, thanks to the conditions behind mptcp_pm_add_addr_c_flag_case.

Fixes: 4b1ff850e0c1 ("mptcp: pm: in-kernel: usable client side with C-flag")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251020-net-mptcp-c-flag-late-add-addr-v1-1-8207030cb0e8@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
[ applied to pm_netlink.c instead of pm_kernel.c ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
[ I took the version from Sasha from v6.1, and fixed an additional
  conflict in pm_netlink.c, because commit a88c9e496937 ("mptcp: do not
  block subflows creation on errors") is not in this version and changed
  the code around: check_work_pending() is now called directly, followed
  by a return instead of a goto. ]
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
---
 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index df46ca14ce23..e94b78a8b0ef 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -532,6 +532,12 @@ static void mptcp_pm_create_subflow_or_signal_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 		check_work_pending(msk);
 	}
 
+	/* No need to try establishing subflows to remote id0 if not allowed */
+	if (mptcp_pm_add_addr_c_flag_case(msk)) {
+		check_work_pending(msk);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* check if should create a new subflow */
 	if (msk->pm.local_addr_used < local_addr_max &&
 	    msk->pm.subflows < subflows_max &&
-- 
2.51.0

Re: [PATCH 5.15.y] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDR

[Sasha Levin]

Subject: mptcp: pm: in-kernel: C-flag: handle late ADD_ADDR
Queue: 5.15

Thanks for the backport!