[PATCH net-next 0/8] mptcp: pm: in-kernel: increase limits
From: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)
Date: Fri May 08 2026 - 13:42:12 EST
Allow switching from 8 to 64 for the maximum number of subflows and
accepted ADD_ADDR, and from 8 to 255 for the number of MPTCP endpoints.
The previous limit of 8 subflows makes sense in most cases. Using more
subflows will very likely *not* improve the situation, and could even
decrease the performances. But there are no technical limitations nor
performance impact to raise this limit, so let's do it: this will allow
people with very specific use-cases, and researchers to easily create
more subflows, and measure the performance impact by themselves.
- Patches 1-2: increase subflows and accepted ADD_ADDR limits.
- Patches 3-4: increase endpoints limit.
- Patches 5-7: validate the new limits: 64 subflows, 255 endpoints.
- Patch 8: selftests: use send()/recv() instead of sendto()/recvfrom().
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) (8):
mptcp: pm: in-kernel: explicitly limit batches to array size
mptcp: pm: in-kernel: increase all limits to 64
mptcp: pm: kernel: allow flushing more than 8 endpoints
mptcp: pm: in-kernel: increase endpoints limit
selftests: mptcp: join: allow changing ifaces nr per test
selftests: mptcp: join: validate 8x8 subflows
selftests: mptcp: pm: validate new limits
selftests: mptcp: pm: use simpler send/recv forms
net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++--------
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh | 33 ++++++++++-
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.sh | 56 +++++++++++-------
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_nl_ctl.c | 8 +--
4 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 6a4c4656b0d2d4056a1f0c35442db4e8a5cf8021
change-id: 20260508-net-next-mptcp-pm-inc-limits-b825af50e400
Best regards,
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Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>