tcp: TCP experimental option for SMC
The SMC protocol [1] relies on the use of a new TCP experimental option [2, 3]. With this option, SMC capabilities are exchanged between peers during the TCP three way handshake. This patch adds support for this experimental option to TCP. References: [1] SMC-R Informational RFC: http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7609 [2] Shared Use of TCP Experimental Options RFC 6994: https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc6994.txt [3] IANA ExID SMCR: http://www.iana.org/assignments/tcp-parameters/tcp-parameters.xhtml#tcp-exidsSigned-off-by: Ursula Braun <ubraun@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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