This patch adds IPPROTO_QUIC and SOL_QUIC constants to the networking subsystem. These definitions are essential for applications to set socket options and protocol identifiers related to the QUIC protocol. QUIC does not possess a protocol number allocated from IANA, and like IPPROTO_MPTCP, IPPROTO_QUIC is merely a value used when opening a QUIC socket with: socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_QUIC); Note we did not opt for UDP ULP for QUIC implementation due to several considerations: - QUIC's connection Migration requires at least 2 UDP sockets for one QUIC connection at the same time, not to mention the multipath feature in one of its draft RFCs. - In-Kernel QUIC, as a Transport Protocol, wants to provide users with the TCP or SCTP like Socket APIs, like connect()/listen()/accept()... Note that a single UDP socket might even be used for multiple QUIC connections. The use of IPPROTO_QUIC type sockets over UDP tunnel will effectively address these challenges and provides a more flexible and scalable solution. Signed-off-by: Xin Long --- include/linux/socket.h | 1 + include/uapi/linux/in.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h index 3b262487ec06..a7c05b064583 100644 --- a/include/linux/socket.h +++ b/include/linux/socket.h @@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ struct ucred { #define SOL_MCTP 285 #define SOL_SMC 286 #define SOL_VSOCK 287 +#define SOL_QUIC 288 /* IPX options */ #define IPX_TYPE 1 diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/in.h b/include/uapi/linux/in.h index ced0fc3c3aa5..34becd90d3a6 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/in.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/in.h @@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ enum { #define IPPROTO_RAW IPPROTO_RAW IPPROTO_SMC = 256, /* Shared Memory Communications */ #define IPPROTO_SMC IPPROTO_SMC + IPPROTO_QUIC = 261, /* A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure Transport */ +#define IPPROTO_QUIC IPPROTO_QUIC IPPROTO_MPTCP = 262, /* Multipath TCP connection */ #define IPPROTO_MPTCP IPPROTO_MPTCP IPPROTO_MAX -- 2.47.1