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Message-Id: <20240727-upstream-iproute2-net-20240726-mptcp-man-user-feedback-v1-5-c6398c2014ea@kernel.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 12:10:34 +0200
From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@...nel.org>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 MPTCP Upstream <mptcp@...ts.linux.dev>, 
 Mat Martineau <martineau@...nel.org>, Geliang Tang <geliang@...nel.org>, 
 "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2-net 5/7] man: mptcp: 'fullmesh' has to be used
 with 'subflow'

'fullmesh' affects the subflow creation, it has to be used with the
'subflow' flag. That's what is enforced on the kernel side.

Acked-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@...nel.org>
---
 man/man8/ip-mptcp.8 | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8 b/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8
index f3d09bab..4c1161fe 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8
+++ b/man/man8/ip-mptcp.8
@@ -190,7 +190,14 @@ this will behave the same as a plain
 .BR subflow
 endpoint. When the peer does announce addresses, each received ADD_ADDR
 sub-option will trigger creation of an additional subflow to generate a
-full mesh topology.
+full mesh topology. This
+.BR fullmesh
+flag should always be used in combination with the
+.BR subflow
+one to be useful, except for the address used by the initial subflow,
+where
+.BR subflow
+is then optional.
 
 .TP
 .BR implicit

-- 
2.45.2


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