[SCTP]: Verify all the paths to a peer via heartbeat before using them.

This patch implements Path Initialization procedure as described in
Sec 2.36 of RFC4460.

Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/sctp/user.h b/include/net/sctp/user.h
index 8a6bef6f91eb..1b7aae6cdd82 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/user.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/user.h
@@ -560,9 +560,18 @@ struct sctp_paddrinfo {
 } __attribute__((packed, aligned(4)));
 
 /* Peer addresses's state. */
+/* UNKNOWN: Peer address passed by the upper layer in sendmsg or connect[x]
+ * calls.
+ * UNCONFIRMED: Peer address received in INIT/INIT-ACK address parameters.
+ *              Not yet confirmed by a heartbeat and not available for data
+ *              transfers.
+ * ACTIVE : Peer address confirmed, active and available for data transfers.
+ * INACTIVE: Peer address inactive and not available for data transfers.
+ */
 enum sctp_spinfo_state {
         SCTP_INACTIVE,
         SCTP_ACTIVE,
+        SCTP_UNCONFIRMED,
         SCTP_UNKNOWN = 0xffff  /* Value used for transport state unknown */
 };