netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] mptcp: add support for changing the backup flag

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Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:25:40 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>
Cc:     Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next] mptcp: add support for changing the backup
 flag

On 12/9/21 2:10 AM, Davide Caratti wrote:
> Linux supports 'MPTCP_PM_CMD_SET_FLAGS' since v5.12, and this control has
> recently been extended to allow setting flags for a given endpoint id.
> Although there is no use for changing 'signal' or 'subflow' flags, it can
> be helpful to set/clear the backup bit on existing endpoints: add the 'ip
> mptcp endpoint change <...>' command for this purpose.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/158
> Acked-by: Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>
> Signed-off-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
> ---
>  ip/ipmptcp.c        | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
>  man/man8/ip-mptcp.8 | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 

does not apply to iproute2-next; please rebase.