Re: [PATCH net 2/3] mptcp: sockopt: fix getting IPV6_V6ONLY

From: Simon Horman
Date: Wed Mar 19 2025 - 11:41:09 EST


On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 09:11:32PM +0100, Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) wrote:
> When adding a socket option support in MPTCP, both the get and set parts
> are supposed to be implemented.
>
> IPV6_V6ONLY support for the setsockopt part has been added a while ago,
> but it looks like the get part got forgotten. It should have been
> present as a way to verify a setting has been set as expected, and not
> to act differently from TCP or any other socket types.
>
> Not supporting this getsockopt(IPV6_V6ONLY) blocks some apps which want
> to check the default value, before doing extra actions. On Linux, the
> default value is 0, but this can be changed with the net.ipv6.bindv6only
> sysctl knob. On Windows, it is set to 1 by default. So supporting the
> get part, like for all other socket options, is important.
>
> Everything was in place to expose it, just the last step was missing.
> Only new code is added to cover this specific getsockopt(), that seems
> safe.
>
> Fixes: c9b95a135987 ("mptcp: support IPV6_V6ONLY setsockopt")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/550
> Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Matthieu, all,

TBH, I would lean towards this being net-next material rather than a fix
for net. But that notwithstanding this looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>