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linux/Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) 27069e7cb3 mptcp: disable active MPTCP in case of blackhole
An MPTCP firewall blackhole can be detected if the following SYN
retransmission after a fallback to "plain" TCP is accepted.

In case of blackhole, a similar technique to the one in place with TFO
is now used: MPTCP can be disabled for a certain period of time, 1h by
default. This time period will grow exponentially when more blackhole
issues get detected right after MPTCP is re-enabled and will reset to
the initial value when the blackhole issue goes away.

The blackhole period can be modified thanks to a new sysctl knob:
blackhole_timeout. Two new MIB counters help understanding what's
happening:

- 'Blackhole', incremented when a blackhole is detected.
- 'MPCapableSYNTXDisabled', incremented when an MPTCP connection
  directly falls back to TCP during the blackhole period.

Because the technique is inspired by the one used by TFO, an important
part of the new code is similar to what can find in tcp_fastopen.c, with
some adaptations to the MPTCP case.

Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/57
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240909-net-next-mptcp-fallback-x-mpc-v1-3-da7ebb4cd2a3@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2024-09-11 15:57:50 -07:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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MPTCP Sysfs variables
=====================
/proc/sys/net/mptcp/* Variables
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add_addr_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
Set the timeout after which an ADD_ADDR control message will be
resent to an MPTCP peer that has not acknowledged a previous
ADD_ADDR message.
The default value matches TCP_RTO_MAX. This is a per-namespace
sysctl.
Default: 120
allow_join_initial_addr_port - BOOLEAN
Allow peers to send join requests to the IP address and port number used
by the initial subflow if the value is 1. This controls a flag that is
sent to the peer at connection time, and whether such join requests are
accepted or denied.
Joins to addresses advertised with ADD_ADDR are not affected by this
value.
This is a per-namespace sysctl.
Default: 1
available_schedulers - STRING
Shows the available schedulers choices that are registered. More packet
schedulers may be available, but not loaded.
blackhole_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
Initial time period in second to disable MPTCP on active MPTCP sockets
when a MPTCP firewall blackhole issue happens. This time period will
grow exponentially when more blackhole issues get detected right after
MPTCP is re-enabled and will reset to the initial value when the
blackhole issue goes away.
0 to disable the blackhole detection.
Default: 3600
checksum_enabled - BOOLEAN
Control whether DSS checksum can be enabled.
DSS checksum can be enabled if the value is nonzero. This is a
per-namespace sysctl.
Default: 0
close_timeout - INTEGER (seconds)
Set the make-after-break timeout: in absence of any close or
shutdown syscall, MPTCP sockets will maintain the status
unchanged for such time, after the last subflow removal, before
moving to TCP_CLOSE.
The default value matches TCP_TIMEWAIT_LEN. This is a per-namespace
sysctl.
Default: 60
enabled - BOOLEAN
Control whether MPTCP sockets can be created.
MPTCP sockets can be created if the value is 1. This is a
per-namespace sysctl.
Default: 1 (enabled)
pm_type - INTEGER
Set the default path manager type to use for each new MPTCP
socket. In-kernel path management will control subflow
connections and address advertisements according to
per-namespace values configured over the MPTCP netlink
API. Userspace path management puts per-MPTCP-connection subflow
connection decisions and address advertisements under control of
a privileged userspace program, at the cost of more netlink
traffic to propagate all of the related events and commands.
This is a per-namespace sysctl.
* 0 - In-kernel path manager
* 1 - Userspace path manager
Default: 0
scheduler - STRING
Select the scheduler of your choice.
Support for selection of different schedulers. This is a per-namespace
sysctl.
Default: "default"
stale_loss_cnt - INTEGER
The number of MPTCP-level retransmission intervals with no traffic and
pending outstanding data on a given subflow required to declare it stale.
The packet scheduler ignores stale subflows.
A low stale_loss_cnt value allows for fast active-backup switch-over,
an high value maximize links utilization on edge scenarios e.g. lossy
link with high BER or peer pausing the data processing.
This is a per-namespace sysctl.
Default: 4