add MPTCP socket protocol (optional) (#466)

Co-authored-by: Rob Ede <robjtede@icloud.com>

actix-server/CHANGES.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased - 2023-xx-xx
 
+- Add support for MultiPath TCP (MPTCP) with `MpTcp` enum and `ServerBuilder::mptcp()` method.
 - Minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is now 1.65.
 
 ## 2.2.0 - 2022-12-21

actix-server/src/builder.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ use crate::{
     Server,
 };
 
+/// Multipath TCP (MPTCP) preference.
+///
+/// Also see [`ServerBuilder::mptcp()`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub enum MpTcp {
+    /// MPTCP will not be used when binding sockets.
+    Disabled,
+
+    /// MPTCP will be attempted when binding sockets. If errors occur, regular TCP will be
+    /// attempted, too.
+    TcpFallback,
+
+    /// MPTCP will be used when binding sockets (with no fallback).
+    NoFallback,
+}
+
 /// [Server] builder.
 pub struct ServerBuilder {
     pub(crate) threads: usize,
@@ -19,6 +35,7 @@ pub struct ServerBuilder {
     pub(crate) backlog: u32,
     pub(crate) factories: Vec<Box<dyn InternalServiceFactory>>,
     pub(crate) sockets: Vec<(usize, String, MioListener)>,
+    pub(crate) mptcp: MpTcp,
     pub(crate) exit: bool,
     pub(crate) listen_os_signals: bool,
     pub(crate) cmd_tx: UnboundedSender<ServerCommand>,
@@ -43,6 +60,7 @@ impl ServerBuilder {
             factories: Vec::new(),
             sockets: Vec::new(),
             backlog: 2048,
+            mptcp: MpTcp::Disabled,
             exit: false,
             listen_os_signals: true,
             cmd_tx,
@@ -96,6 +114,24 @@ impl ServerBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Sets MultiPath TCP (MPTCP) preference on bound sockets.
+    ///
+    /// Multipath TCP (MPTCP) builds on top of TCP to improve connection redundancy and performance
+    /// by sharing a network data stream across multiple underlying TCP sessions. See [mptcp.dev]
+    /// for more info about MPTCP itself.
+    ///
+    /// MPTCP is available on Linux kernel version 5.6 and higher. In addition, you'll also need to
+    /// ensure the kernel option is enabled using `sysctl net.mptcp.enabled=1`.
+    ///
+    /// This method will have no effect if called after a `bind()`.
+    ///
+    /// [mptcp.dev]: https://www.mptcp.dev
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    pub fn mptcp(mut self, mptcp_enabled: MpTcp) -> Self {
+        self.mptcp = mptcp_enabled;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Sets the maximum per-worker number of concurrent connections.
     ///
     /// All socket listeners will stop accepting connections when this limit is reached for
@@ -144,7 +180,7 @@ impl ServerBuilder {
         U: ToSocketAddrs,
         N: AsRef<str>,
     {
-        let sockets = bind_addr(addr, self.backlog)?;
+        let sockets = bind_addr(addr, self.backlog, &self.mptcp)?;
 
         trace!("binding server to: {:?}", &sockets);
 
@@ -260,13 +296,14 @@ impl ServerBuilder {
 pub(super) fn bind_addr<S: ToSocketAddrs>(
     addr: S,
     backlog: u32,
+    mptcp: &MpTcp,
 ) -> io::Result<Vec<MioTcpListener>> {
     let mut opt_err = None;
     let mut success = false;
     let mut sockets = Vec::new();
 
     for addr in addr.to_socket_addrs()? {
-        match create_mio_tcp_listener(addr, backlog) {
+        match create_mio_tcp_listener(addr, backlog, mptcp) {
             Ok(lst) => {
                 success = true;
                 sockets.push(lst);

actix-server/src/lib.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ mod worker;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use self::socket::FromStream;
 pub use self::{
-    builder::ServerBuilder, handle::ServerHandle, server::Server, service::ServerServiceFactory,
+    builder::{MpTcp, ServerBuilder},
+    handle::ServerHandle,
+    server::Server,
+    service::ServerServiceFactory,
     test_server::TestServer,
 };
 

actix-server/src/socket.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ pub(crate) use {
     mio::net::UnixListener as MioUnixListener, std::os::unix::net::UnixListener as StdUnixListener,
 };
 
+use crate::builder::MpTcp;
+
 pub(crate) enum MioListener {
     Tcp(MioTcpListener),
     #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -223,10 +225,30 @@ mod unix_impl {
 pub(crate) fn create_mio_tcp_listener(
     addr: StdSocketAddr,
     backlog: u32,
+    mptcp: &MpTcp,
 ) -> io::Result<MioTcpListener> {
     use socket2::{Domain, Protocol, Socket, Type};
 
-    let socket = Socket::new(Domain::for_address(addr), Type::STREAM, Some(Protocol::TCP))?;
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+    let protocol = Protocol::TCP;
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    let protocol = if matches!(mptcp, MpTcp::Disabled) {
+        Protocol::TCP
+    } else {
+        Protocol::MPTCP
+    };
+
+    let socket = match Socket::new(Domain::for_address(addr), Type::STREAM, Some(protocol)) {
+        Ok(sock) => sock,
+
+        Err(err) if matches!(mptcp, MpTcp::TcpFallback) => {
+            tracing::warn!("binding socket as MPTCP failed: {err}");
+            tracing::warn!("falling back to TCP");
+            Socket::new(Domain::for_address(addr), Type::STREAM, Some(Protocol::TCP))?
+        }
+
+        Err(err) => return Err(err),
+    };
 
     socket.set_reuse_address(true)?;
     socket.set_nonblocking(true)?;
@@ -247,7 +269,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(format!("{}", addr), "127.0.0.1:8080");
 
         let addr: StdSocketAddr = "127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap();
-        let lst = create_mio_tcp_listener(addr, 128).unwrap();
+        let lst = create_mio_tcp_listener(addr, 128, &MpTcp::Disabled).unwrap();
         let lst = MioListener::Tcp(lst);
         assert!(format!("{:?}", lst).contains("TcpListener"));
         assert!(format!("{}", lst).contains("127.0.0.1"));