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tcp: ULP infrastructure

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Add the infrustructure for attaching Upper Layer Protocols (ULPs) over TCP
sockets. Based on a similar infrastructure in tcp_cong.  The idea is that any
ULP can add its own logic by changing the TCP proto_ops structure to its own
methods.

Example usage:

setsockopt(sock, SOL_TCP, TCP_ULP, "tls", sizeof("tls"));

modules will call:
tcp_register_ulp(&tcp_tls_ulp_ops);

to register/unregister their ulp, with an init function and name.

A list of registered ulps will be returned by tcp_get_available_ulp, which is
hooked up to /proc.  Example:

$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_available_ulp
tls

There is currently no functionality to remove or chain ULPs, but
it should be possible to add these in the future if needed.

Signed-off-by: Boris Pismenny <borisp@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Watson <davejwatson@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Dave Watson 2017-06-14 11:37:14 -07:00 • committed by David S. Miller
parent 206f60e145
commit 734942cc4e
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@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ enum {
#define TCP_SAVED_SYN 28 /* Get SYN headers recorded for connection */
#define TCP_REPAIR_WINDOW 29 /* Get/set window parameters */
#define TCP_FASTOPEN_CONNECT 30 /* Attempt FastOpen with connect */
#define TCP_ULP 31 /* Attach a ULP to a TCP connection */
struct tcp_repair_opt {
__u32 opt_code;