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Currently, upon the reception of an ADD_ADDR (and when the fullmesh flag is not used), the in-kernel PM will create new subflows using the local address the routing configuration will pick. It would be easier to pick local addresses from a selected list of endpoints, and use it only once, than relying on routing rules. Use case: both the client (C) and the server (S) have two addresses (a and b). The client establishes the connection between C(a) and S(a). Once established, the server announces its additional address S(b). Once received, the client connects to it using its second address C(b). Compared to a situation without the 'laminar' endpoint for C(b), the client didn't use this address C(b) to establish a subflow to the server's primary address S(a). So at the end, we have: C S C(a) --- S(a) C(b) --- S(b) In case of a 3rd address on each side (C(c) and S(c)), upon the reception of an ADD_ADDR with S(c), the client should not pick C(b) because it has already been used. C(c) should then be used. Note that this situation is currently possible if C doesn't add any endpoint, but configure the routing in order to pick C(b) for the route to S(b), and pick C(c) for the route to S(c). That doesn't sound very practical because it means knowing in advance the IP addresses that will be used and announced by the server. 'laminar', like the idea of laminar flows: the different subflows don't mix with each other on an endpoint, unlike the "turbulent" way traffic is mixed by 'fullmesh'. In the code, the new endpoint type is added. Similar to the other subflow types, an MPTCP_INFO counter is added. While at it, hole are now commented in struct mptcp_info, to remember next time that these holes can no longer be used. Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/503 Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250925-net-next-mptcp-c-flag-laminar-v1-15-ad126cc47c6b@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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