mptcp: do not block subflows creation on errors
If the MPTCP configuration allows for multiple subflows creation, and the first additional subflows never reach the fully established status - e.g. due to packets drop or reset - the in kernel path manager do not move to the next subflow. This patch introduces a new PM helper to cope with MPJ subflow creation failure and delay and hook it where appropriate. Such helper triggers additional subflow creation, as needed and updates the PM subflow counter, if the current one is closing. Additionally start all the needed additional subflows as soon as the MPTCP socket is fully established, so we don't have to cope with slow MPJ handshake blocking the next subflow creation. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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