Add Multipath TCP (MPTCP) support (Proxy)

Multipath TCP (MPTCP), standardized in RFC8684 [1],
is a TCP extension that enables a TCP connection to
use different paths.

Multipath TCP has been used for several use cases.
On smartphones, MPTCP enables seamless handovers between
cellular and Wi-Fi networks while preserving established
connections. This use-case is what pushed Apple to use
MPTCP since 2013 in multiple applications [2]. On dual-stack
hosts, Multipath TCP enables the TCP connection to
automatically use the best performing path, either IPv4
or IPv6. If one path fails, MPTCP automatically uses
the other path.

To benefit from MPTCP, both the client and the server
have to support it. Multipath TCP is a backward-compatible
TCP extension that is enabled by default on recent
Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat, ...). Multipath
TCP is included in the Linux kernel since version 5.6 [3].
To use it on Linux, an application must explicitly enable
it when creating the socket. No need to change anything
else in the application.

Adding the possibility to create MPTCP sockets would thus
be a really fine addition to httpd, by allowing clients
to make use of their different interfaces.

This patch introduces the possibilty to connect to backend
servers using MPTCP. Note however that these changes are
only available on Linux, as IPPROTO_MPTCP is Linux specific
for the time being.

For proxies, we can connect using MPTCP by passing the
\"multipathtcp\" parameter:

ProxyPass \"/example\" \"http://backend.example.com\" multipathtcp=On

We then store this information in the worker and create sockets
appropriately according to this value.

Link: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8684.html [1]
Link: https://www.tessares.net/apples-mptcp-story-so-far/ [2]
Link: https://www.mptcp.dev [3]
Add Multipath TCP (MPTCP) support (Core)

Multipath TCP (MPTCP), standardized in RFC8684 [1],
is a TCP extension that enables a TCP connection to
use different paths.

Multipath TCP has been used for several use cases.
On smartphones, MPTCP enables seamless handovers between
cellular and Wi-Fi networks while preserving established
connections. This use-case is what pushed Apple to use
MPTCP since 2013 in multiple applications [2]. On dual-stack
hosts, Multipath TCP enables the TCP connection to
automatically use the best performing path, either IPv4
or IPv6. If one path fails, MPTCP automatically uses
the other path.

To benefit from MPTCP, both the client and the server
have to support it. Multipath TCP is a backward-compatible
TCP extension that is enabled by default on recent
Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat, ...). Multipath
TCP is included in the Linux kernel since version 5.6 [3].
To use it on Linux, an application must explicitly enable
it when creating the socket. No need to change anything
else in the application.

Adding the possibility to create MPTCP sockets would thus
be a really fine addition to httpd, by allowing clients
to make use of their different interfaces.

This patch introduces the possibility to listen with MPTCP
sockets. Note however that these changes are only available
on Linux, as IPPROTO_MPTCP is Linux specific for the time being.

To do so, we extended the Listen directive to include
a \"multipathtcp\" option, allowing to create MPTCP sockets
instead of regular TCP ones:

Listen 80 options=multipathtcp

We then store this information in flags for the listen directive
and create sockets appropriately according to this value.

Link: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8684.html [1]
Link: https://www.tessares.net/apples-mptcp-story-so-far/ [2]
Link: https://www.mptcp.dev [3]

Submitted by: Aperence <anthony.doeraene hotmail.com>
Github: closes #476


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1920586 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

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                                                          -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 Changes with Apache 2.5.1
 
+  *) core: Add "multipathtcp" Listen option. PR 69292.
+     [Anthony Doeraene <anthony.doeraene hotmail.com>]
+
+  *) mod_proxy: Add "multipathtcp" worker parameter.  PR 69292.
+     [Anthony Doeraene <anthony.doeraene hotmail.com>]
+
   *) mod_authnz_ldap.c: Make sure the authentication variables are set in
      all cases where another module is the source of the authentication,
      and that authenticated user is looked up in LDAP. [Graham Leggett]