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From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: coreteam@netfilter.org, matttbe@kernel.org,
	Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH nft] doc: add MPTCP subtypes documentation to man page
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:14:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260929141425.4852-1-fmancera@suse.de> (raw)

In addition, document the limitation when there are multiple MPTCP
options.

Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
---
 doc/payload-expression.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/payload-expression.txt b/doc/payload-expression.txt
index ceccfdaa..f1de0956 100644
--- a/doc/payload-expression.txt
+++ b/doc/payload-expression.txt
@@ -805,6 +805,32 @@ TCP option matching also supports raw expression syntax to access arbitrary opti
 [verse]
 *tcp option* *@*'number'*,*'offset'*,*'length'
 
+.MPTCP subtypes
+[options="header"]
+|============================
+|Keyword| Description
+|mp-capable|
+Multipath capable
+|mp-join|
+Join connection
+|dss|
+Data sequence signal
+|add-addr|
+Add address
+|remove-addr|
+Remove address
+|mp-prio|
+Change subflow priority
+|mp-fail|
+Fallback to single-path TCP
+|mp-fastclose|
+Fast close
+|mp-tcprst|
+Subflow reset
+|============================
+
+Data types can be queried with 'nft describe tcp option mptcp subtype'.
+
 .IP Options
 [options="header"]
 |==================
@@ -833,6 +859,18 @@ filter input tcp option sack-perm exists counter
 filter input tcp option maxseg size lt 536
 --------------------
 
+.matching MPTCP suboptions
+--------------------
+filter input tcp option mptcp subtype mp-join drop
+--------------------
+
+[NOTE]
+====================
+Netfilter currently evaluates only the first MPTCP option found in the TCP
+header. If a packet contains multiple MPTCP options, a rule attempting to match
+the second option will never match.
+====================
+
 .matching IPv6 exthdr
 ---------------------
 ip6 filter input frag more-fragments 1 counter
-- 
2.55.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-29 14:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-29 14:14 Fernando Fernandez Mancera [this message]
2026-09-30 18:38 ` [PATCH nft] doc: add MPTCP subtypes documentation to man page Matthieu Baerts
2026-10-01  8:58   ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-10-06 17:06     ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-10-06 20:40       ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera

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