mptcp: pm: fix ADD_ADDR timer infinite retry on option space insufficient

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When TCP option space is insufficient (e.g., when sending ADD_ADDR with an
IPv6 address and port while tcp_timestamps is enabled), the original code
jumped to out_unlock without clearing the addr_signal flag. This caused
mptcp_pm_add_timer to keep rescheduling indefinitely, not sending ADD_ADDR,
preventing subsequent addresses in the endpoint list from being announced.

Handle this case by clearing the ADD_ADDR signal and skipping the matching
ADD_ADDR retransmission entry. The skip path cancels the matching timer
(with id check) and advances PM state progression, preserving forward
progress to subsequent PM work.

This cancellation is inherently best-effort. A concurrent add_timer
callback may already be running and may acquire pm.lock before the
cancel path updates entry state. In that case, one final ADD_ADDR
transmit attempt can still be executed.

Once the cancel path sets entry->retrans_times to ADD_ADDR_RETRANS_MAX,
the callback-side retrans_times check suppresses further ADD_ADDR
retransmissions.

Note that when an ADD_ADDR is being prepared, a pure-ACK is queued. On
the output side, it means that it is fine to skip non-pure-ACK packets,
when drop_other_suboptions is set: a pure-ACK will be processed soon
after.

Fixes: 00cfd77b90 ("mptcp: retransmit ADD_ADDR when timeout")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Li Xiasong <lixiasong1@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260515-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-7-1-rc4-v2-2-701e96419f2f@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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