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subject: mptcp: Fix conflicts between MPTCP and sockmap
version: 5
url: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/?series=1021864

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Upstream branch: 3249e8a
series: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/?series=1021864
version: 5

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Upstream branch: f1d8c65
series: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/?series=1021864
version: 5

The sockmap feature allows bpf syscall from userspace, or based on bpf
sockops, replacing the sk_prot of sockets during protocol stack processing
with sockmap's custom read/write interfaces.
'''
tcp_rcv_state_process()
  subflow_syn_recv_sock()
    tcp_init_transfer(BPF_SOCK_OPS_PASSIVE_ESTABLISHED_CB)
      bpf_skops_established       <== sockops
        bpf_sock_map_update(sk)   <== call bpf helper
          tcp_bpf_update_proto()  <== update sk_prot
'''
Consider two scenarios:

1. When the server has MPTCP enabled and the client also requests MPTCP,
   the sk passed to the BPF program is a subflow sk. Since subflows only
   handle partial data, replacing their sk_prot is meaningless and will
   cause traffic disruption.

2. When the server has MPTCP enabled but the client sends a TCP SYN
   without MPTCP, subflow_syn_recv_sock() performs a fallback on the
   subflow, replacing the subflow sk's sk_prot with the native sk_prot.
   '''
   subflow_ulp_fallback()
    subflow_drop_ctx()
      mptcp_subflow_ops_undo_override()
   '''
   Subsequently, accept::mptcp_stream_accept::mptcp_fallback_tcp_ops()
   converts the subflow to plain TCP.

For the first case, we should prevent it from being combined with sockmap
by setting sk_prot->psock_update_sk_prot to NULL, which will be blocked by
sockmap's own flow.

For the second case, since subflow_syn_recv_sock() has already restored
sk_prot to native tcp_prot/tcpv6_prot, no further action is needed.

Fixes: cec37a6 ("mptcp: Handle MP_CAPABLE options for outgoing connections")
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <[email protected]>
The sockmap feature allows bpf syscall from userspace, or based
on bpf sockops, replacing the sk_prot of sockets during protocol stack
processing with sockmap's custom read/write interfaces.
'''
tcp_rcv_state_process()
  syn_recv_sock()/subflow_syn_recv_sock()
    tcp_init_transfer(BPF_SOCK_OPS_PASSIVE_ESTABLISHED_CB)
      bpf_skops_established       <== sockops
        bpf_sock_map_update(sk)   <== call bpf helper
          tcp_bpf_update_proto()  <== update sk_prot
'''

When the server has MPTCP enabled but the client sends a TCP SYN
without MPTCP, subflow_syn_recv_sock() performs a fallback on the
subflow, replacing the subflow sk's sk_prot with the native sk_prot.
'''
subflow_syn_recv_sock()
  subflow_ulp_fallback()
    subflow_drop_ctx()
      mptcp_subflow_ops_undo_override()
'''

Then, this subflow can be normally used by sockmap, which replaces the
native sk_prot with sockmap's custom sk_prot. The issue occurs when the
user executes accept::mptcp_stream_accept::mptcp_fallback_tcp_ops().
Here, it uses sk->sk_prot to compare with the native sk_prot, but this
is incorrect when sockmap is used, as we may incorrectly set
sk->sk_socket->ops.

This fix uses the more generic sk_family for the comparison instead.

Additionally, this also prevents a WARNING from occurring:

result from ./scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh:
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 337 at net/mptcp/protocol.c:68 mptcp_stream_accept \
(net/mptcp/protocol.c:4005)
Modules linked in:
...

PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
do_accept (net/socket.c:1989)
__sys_accept4 (net/socket.c:2028 net/socket.c:2057)
__x64_sys_accept (net/socket.c:2067)
x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:41)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)
RIP: 0033:0x7f87ac92b83d

---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Fixes: cec37a6 ("mptcp: Handle MP_CAPABLE options for outgoing connections")
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Sitnicki <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <[email protected]>
Add test cases to verify that when MPTCP falls back to plain TCP sockets,
they can properly work with sockmap.

Additionally, add test cases to ensure that sockmap correctly rejects
MPTCP sockets as expected.

Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <[email protected]>
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At least one diff in series https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/?series=1021864 irrelevant now. Closing PR.

@kernel-patches-daemon-bpf kernel-patches-daemon-bpf bot deleted the series/1021864=>bpf-next branch November 13, 2025 21:47
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