diff --git a/.topmsg b/.topmsg index 3179420b6ca8f..9c9b1ef66f0ec 100644 --- a/.topmsg +++ b/.topmsg @@ -1,4 +1,18 @@ -From: Matthieu Baerts -Subject: [PATCH] t/mptcp-add-mptcp-reset-option-support +From: Florian Westphal +Subject: [PATCH] mptcp: add mptcp reset option support -Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts +The MPTCP reset option allows to carry a mptcp-specific error code that +provides more information on the nature of a connection reset. + +Reset option data received gets stored in the subflow context so it can +be sent to userspace via the 'subflow closed' netlink event. + +When a subflow is closed, the desired error code that should be sent to +the peer is also placed in the subflow context structure. + +If a reset is sent before subflow establishment could complete, e.g. on +HMAC failure during an MP_JOIN operation, the mptcp skb extension is +used to store the reset information. + +Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau +Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal