netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12] Exchange MPTCP DATA_FIN/DATA

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:02:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, mptcp@...ts.01.org,
        matthieu.baerts@...sares.net, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12] Exchange MPTCP DATA_FIN/DATA_ACK before
 TCP FIN

From: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:11:58 -0700

> This series allows the MPTCP-level connection to be closed with the
> peers exchanging DATA_FIN and DATA_ACK according to the state machine in
> appendix D of RFC 8684. The process is very similar to the TCP
> disconnect state machine. 
> 
> The prior code sends DATA_FIN only when TCP FIN packets are sent, and
> does not allow for the MPTCP-level connection to be half-closed.
> 
> Patch 8 ("mptcp: Use full MPTCP-level disconnect state machine") is the
> core of the series. Earlier patches in the series have some small fixes
> and helpers in preparation, and the final four small patches do some
> cleanup.

Series applied, thanks.