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Date:      Mon, 9 Mar 2020 04:15:08 -0700
From:      Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
To:        Michael Tuexen <michael.tuexen@lurchi.franken.de>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCTP sendmsgx
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> On 9 March 2020, at 04:11, Michael Tuexen =
<michael.tuexen@lurchi.franken.de> wrote:
>=20
>> On 9. Mar 2020, at 11:55, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote:
>>=20
>>>=20
>>>> On 9. Mar 2020, at 11:01, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> wrote:
>>>>=20
>>>>> I am trying to get sctp_sendmsgx to work and not having a lot of =
success.  I have not been able to find any examples on the web of using =
it.  I have a client using sctp_sendmsg working fine.  I need to make =
use of the multihoming feature which requires sctp_sendmsgx.    I =
changed the call to sctp_sendmsgx, and changed the address count to 2.  =
However, all I get is an EINVAL response.  Looking through the code =
there are at least 2 different possible causes, but I can't distinguish =
between them. I do have two address structures in the address field.  =
Are there any examples of how to build a client with sctp_sendmsgx?
>>>>=20
>>>> I am now making some progress.  If you are using the sctp_sendmsg =
function the sa_len or sin_len field is not used.  However, sctp_sendx =
does use it.  Leaving it at zero causes
>>> Yepp, filling out the sa_len field is important.
>>>> the problem.  sendx now sends a connection init to the remote host. =
 There is no server running there yet.  It hangs for quite some time and =
doesn't try the multihome address.  I seem to recall reading something =
about that so will investigate that tomorrow.=20
>>> What do you see on the wire? I would expect INIT chunks to be sent =
to the two addresses you provided.
>>=20
>> If I have both network connections working, there is an INIT chunk on =
the primary network followed by a ABORT chunk response.  Then the client =
sits waiting for a response which=20
> When the INIT is received, the association is dead. Are you using a =
one-to-many style socket (SOCK_SEQPACKET as the second parameter to =
socket())?
> Then you would need subscribe to notifications to get an indication =
that the peer is not there. If you would use a one-to-one style
> socket (using SOCK_STREAM as the second argument of socket()), you =
could use the implicit or explicit connection setup and use
> select() to figure out, that the peer has rejected the association.
>> never comes.  If I disconnect the primary network cable, then after =
about 5 seconds of starting the client, I get the INIT and ABORT chunks =
on the secondary network.  I haven't=20
> The INIT retransmission timer is 3 seconds in 12.1, I guess. You can =
change it using
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6458#section-8.1.1
>> figured out how to control the time, or how to make it switch to the =
secondary when the network connection is there, but the server is not =
responding.
> SCTP does failover automatically. Please note that receiving an ABORT =
is a (final) response from the peer and no retransmissions
> will happen. Retransmissions only happen, when there is no response.
>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Please note that sctp_sendx() is deprecated (like sctp_sendmsg()). =
Please consider using sctp_sendv().
>>> See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6458#section-9.12
>>=20
>> Thats quite interesting.  This must have occurred after the Steven's =
book came out.  There is no man entry for sctp_sendv in FBSD 12.1.  =
However, I do see it in sctp_sys_calls.c=20
> Yes, the RFC was finalised after the book chapters were written, I =
think.
>> so I will have to figure it out from there.  Likewise there is no =
indication those calls are depreciated in the man pages.
> That is a good point. The man pages need some work. The BSD stack =
should be pretty much supporting
> the API described in the RFC. If something doesn't work as described =
in the RFC, I consider it a bug.

Thanks a lot.  This is quite helpful.  I was using a one to many client. =
 I'll have to rethink that. =20

-- Doug





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