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apache-http-server/include/ap_listen.h
Joe Orton 4915c21524 Add Multipath TCP (MPTCP) support (Proxy)
Multipath TCP (MPTCP), standardized in RFC8684 [1],
is a TCP extension that enables a TCP connection to
use different paths.

Multipath TCP has been used for several use cases.
On smartphones, MPTCP enables seamless handovers between
cellular and Wi-Fi networks while preserving established
connections. This use-case is what pushed Apple to use
MPTCP since 2013 in multiple applications [2]. On dual-stack
hosts, Multipath TCP enables the TCP connection to
automatically use the best performing path, either IPv4
or IPv6. If one path fails, MPTCP automatically uses
the other path.

To benefit from MPTCP, both the client and the server
have to support it. Multipath TCP is a backward-compatible
TCP extension that is enabled by default on recent
Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat, ...). Multipath
TCP is included in the Linux kernel since version 5.6 [3].
To use it on Linux, an application must explicitly enable
it when creating the socket. No need to change anything
else in the application.

Adding the possibility to create MPTCP sockets would thus
be a really fine addition to httpd, by allowing clients
to make use of their different interfaces.

This patch introduces the possibilty to connect to backend
servers using MPTCP. Note however that these changes are
only available on Linux, as IPPROTO_MPTCP is Linux specific
for the time being.

For proxies, we can connect using MPTCP by passing the
\"multipathtcp\" parameter:

ProxyPass \"/example\" \"http://backend.example.com\" multipathtcp=On

We then store this information in the worker and create sockets
appropriately according to this value.

Link: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8684.html [1]
Link: https://www.tessares.net/apples-mptcp-story-so-far/ [2]
Link: https://www.mptcp.dev [3]
Add Multipath TCP (MPTCP) support (Core)

Multipath TCP (MPTCP), standardized in RFC8684 [1],
is a TCP extension that enables a TCP connection to
use different paths.

Multipath TCP has been used for several use cases.
On smartphones, MPTCP enables seamless handovers between
cellular and Wi-Fi networks while preserving established
connections. This use-case is what pushed Apple to use
MPTCP since 2013 in multiple applications [2]. On dual-stack
hosts, Multipath TCP enables the TCP connection to
automatically use the best performing path, either IPv4
or IPv6. If one path fails, MPTCP automatically uses
the other path.

To benefit from MPTCP, both the client and the server
have to support it. Multipath TCP is a backward-compatible
TCP extension that is enabled by default on recent
Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat, ...). Multipath
TCP is included in the Linux kernel since version 5.6 [3].
To use it on Linux, an application must explicitly enable
it when creating the socket. No need to change anything
else in the application.

Adding the possibility to create MPTCP sockets would thus
be a really fine addition to httpd, by allowing clients
to make use of their different interfaces.

This patch introduces the possibility to listen with MPTCP
sockets. Note however that these changes are only available
on Linux, as IPPROTO_MPTCP is Linux specific for the time being.

To do so, we extended the Listen directive to include
a \"multipathtcp\" option, allowing to create MPTCP sockets
instead of regular TCP ones:

Listen 80 options=multipathtcp

We then store this information in flags for the listen directive
and create sockets appropriately according to this value.

Link: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8684.html [1]
Link: https://www.tessares.net/apples-mptcp-story-so-far/ [2]
Link: https://www.mptcp.dev [3]

Submitted by: Aperence <anthony.doeraene hotmail.com>
Github: closes #476


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1920586 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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/**
* @file ap_listen.h
* @brief Apache Listeners Library
*
* @defgroup APACHE_CORE_LISTEN Apache Listeners Library
* @ingroup APACHE_CORE
* @{
*/
#ifndef AP_LISTEN_H
#define AP_LISTEN_H
#include "apr_network_io.h"
#include "httpd.h"
#include "http_config.h"
#include "apr_optional.h"
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
typedef struct ap_slave_t ap_slave_t;
typedef struct ap_listen_rec ap_listen_rec;
typedef apr_status_t (*accept_function)(void **csd, ap_listen_rec *lr, apr_pool_t *ptrans);
/* Flags for ap_listen_rec.flags */
#define AP_LISTEN_SPECIFIC_ERRORS (0x0001)
#define AP_LISTEN_FREEBIND (0x0002)
#define AP_LISTEN_REUSEPORT (0x0004)
#define AP_LISTEN_V6ONLY (0x0008)
#define AP_LISTEN_MPTCP (0x0010)
/**
* @brief Apache's listeners record.
*
* These are used in the Multi-Processing Modules
* to setup all of the sockets for the MPM to listen to and accept on.
*/
struct ap_listen_rec {
/**
* The next listener in the list
*/
ap_listen_rec *next;
/**
* The actual socket
*/
apr_socket_t *sd;
/**
* The sockaddr the socket should bind to
*/
apr_sockaddr_t *bind_addr;
/**
* The accept function for this socket
*/
accept_function accept_func;
/**
* Is this socket currently active
*/
int active;
/**
* The default protocol for this listening socket.
*/
const char* protocol;
ap_slave_t *slave;
/**
* Various AP_LISTEN_* flags.
*/
apr_uint32_t flags;
};
/**
* The global list of ap_listen_rec structures
*/
AP_DECLARE_DATA extern ap_listen_rec *ap_listeners;
AP_DECLARE_DATA extern int ap_num_listen_buckets;
AP_DECLARE_DATA extern int ap_have_so_reuseport;
AP_DECLARE_DATA extern int ap_accept_errors_nonfatal;
AP_DECLARE(int) ap_accept_error_is_nonfatal(apr_status_t rv);
/**
* Setup all of the defaults for the listener list
*/
AP_DECLARE(void) ap_listen_pre_config(void);
/**
* Loop through the global ap_listen_rec list and create all of the required
* sockets. This executes the listen and bind on the sockets.
* @param s The global server_rec
* @return The number of open sockets.
*/
AP_DECLARE(int) ap_setup_listeners(server_rec *s);
/**
* This function duplicates ap_listeners into multiple buckets when configured
* to (see ListenCoresBucketsRatio) and the platform supports it (eg. number of
* online CPU cores and SO_REUSEPORT available).
* @param p The config pool
* @param s The global server_rec
* @param buckets The array of listeners buckets.
* @param num_buckets The total number of listeners buckets (array size).
* @remark If the given *num_buckets is 0 (input), it will be computed
* according to the platform capacities, otherwise (positive) it
* will be preserved. The number of listeners duplicated will
* always match *num_buckets, be it computed or given.
*/
AP_DECLARE(apr_status_t) ap_duplicate_listeners(apr_pool_t *p, server_rec *s,
ap_listen_rec ***buckets,
int *num_buckets);
/**
* Loop through the global ap_listen_rec list and close each of the sockets.
*/
AP_DECLARE_NONSTD(void) ap_close_listeners(void);
/**
* Loop through the given ap_listen_rec list and close each of the sockets.
* @param listeners The listener to close.
*/
AP_DECLARE_NONSTD(void) ap_close_listeners_ex(ap_listen_rec *listeners);
/**
* FIXMEDOC
*/
AP_DECLARE_NONSTD(int) ap_close_selected_listeners(ap_slave_t *);
/* Although these functions are exported from libmain, they are not really
* public functions. These functions are actually called while parsing the
* config file, when one of the LISTEN_COMMANDS directives is read. These
* should not ever be called by external modules. ALL MPMs should include
* LISTEN_COMMANDS in their command_rec table so that these functions are
* called.
*/
AP_DECLARE_NONSTD(const char *) ap_set_listenbacklog(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy, const char *arg);
AP_DECLARE_NONSTD(const char *) ap_set_listencbratio(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy, const char *arg);
AP_DECLARE_NONSTD(const char *) ap_set_listener(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy,
int argc, char *const argv[]);
AP_DECLARE_NONSTD(const char *) ap_set_send_buffer_size(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy,
const char *arg);
AP_DECLARE_NONSTD(const char *) ap_set_receive_buffer_size(cmd_parms *cmd,
void *dummy,
const char *arg);
AP_DECLARE_NONSTD(const char *) ap_set_accept_errors_nonfatal(cmd_parms *cmd,
void *dummy,
int flag);
#ifdef HAVE_SYSTEMD
APR_DECLARE_OPTIONAL_FN(int,
ap_find_systemd_socket, (process_rec *, apr_port_t));
APR_DECLARE_OPTIONAL_FN(int,
ap_systemd_listen_fds, (int));
#endif
#define LISTEN_COMMANDS \
AP_INIT_TAKE1("ListenBacklog", ap_set_listenbacklog, NULL, RSRC_CONF, \
"Maximum length of the queue of pending connections, as used by listen(2)"), \
AP_INIT_TAKE1("ListenCoresBucketsRatio", ap_set_listencbratio, NULL, RSRC_CONF, \
"Ratio between the number of CPU cores (online) and the number of listeners buckets"), \
AP_INIT_TAKE_ARGV("Listen", ap_set_listener, NULL, RSRC_CONF, \
"A port number or a numeric IP address and a port number, and an optional protocol"), \
AP_INIT_TAKE1("SendBufferSize", ap_set_send_buffer_size, NULL, RSRC_CONF, \
"Send buffer size in bytes"), \
AP_INIT_TAKE1("ReceiveBufferSize", ap_set_receive_buffer_size, NULL, \
RSRC_CONF, "Receive buffer size in bytes"), \
AP_INIT_FLAG("AcceptErrorsNonFatal", ap_set_accept_errors_nonfatal, NULL, \
RSRC_CONF, "Some accept() errors are not fatal to the process")
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif
/** @} */