Hello Mat,

this looks good to me! Let's discuss on Wednesday in Montreal before the
deadline.


Cheers,
Christoph

On 06/07/18 - 15:22:14, Mat Martineau wrote:
> 
> Hello -
> 
> Those of us in the weekly web conference yesterday discussed options for a
> Linux Plumber's Conference networking track talk
> (http://vger.kernel.org/lpc-networking.html). The deadline is coming up very
> soon, on Wednesday, 11 July.
> 
> Here's a draft proposal, please comment!
> 
> """
> 
> Implementing Multipath TCP requires both adding a layer above TCP and
> modifying the core in a number of places. The layer additions are relatively
> straightforward: adding a new IPPROTO_MPTCP protocol type, overriding
> existing callbacks from the IP layer, and adding to TCP option handling. But
> even after extensive efforts to minimize changes to the TCP core there are a
> handful of modifications required in order to support MPTCP. Unlike
> protocols that layer cleanly entirely above TCP, MPTCP must integrate with
> low-level TCP operations involving receive windows, sending and receiving
> ACKs, and the RST and FIN signals. We will show where the TCP core will be
> affected, why the changes cannot be avoided, and what we have done to avoid
> impacting TCP performance.
> 
> """
> 
> --
> Mat Martineau
> Intel OTC