The SPOE was refactored. Several parameters were deprecated. Fragmentation
and async capabilities support were removed. The default log-format was
updated too.
So, the SPOE documentation was updated accordingly.
The related issue is #2502.
The SPOE applet is rewritten to use its own buffers. It is not a huge change
because, once started, the only responsibility of the SPOE applet is to
transfer the ACK frame to the SPOE filter. So it means it does not send any
data to the opposite endpoint, the NOTIFY frame was already transferred
during the applet creation. And it does only receive one full frame. Once
received, it can exit.
The related issue is #2502.
Errors triggered by a SPOE filter intance, mainly the processing timeout, are
now forwarded to the SPOE applet. This way, an error can be reported to the SPOP
mux stream to abort it early.
Note that, for now, no abort reaon is set because the SPOP connection is not
closed. Only the SPOP stream is aborted. But thanks to this patch, the SPOE
applet can be released immediately, instead of waiting for the ACK frame or an
error on the mux side.
The related issue is #2502.
Reintroduce the pipelining support. Everyting was alredy in place to be able
to multiplex the streams on a SPOP connection. Here, the pipelining support
is annonced and checked in the agent replies. A hard-coded limit to 20
streams is set if the pipelining is supported on both sides. Otherwise, it
is disabled and only one stream at a time is allowed.
The related issue is #2502.
Some conformance checks on received frames are added with this patch. Idea
is to detect invalid frames and ignore unknown ones if possible. All checks
are performed on the frame metatdata, mainly on the stream and the frame
identifiers.
The related issue is #2502.
The SPOE applet is just a pass-through now. It is no longer reponsible to
check the frame size. On the other hand, the SPOP multiplexer negociate the
maximum frame size with the agent. So, it seems logical to store this
negociated value in the mux and no longer in the applet context.
The related issue is #2502.
Just like the previous patch, here we avoid a buffer copy between the SPOE
applet and the SPOE filter for the ACK reply. The buffer from the SPOE
context is used to retrieve the ACK reply from the channel response buffer.
The related issue is #2502.
Instead of using a buffer from the SPOE filter to store the NOTIFY frame, to
copy it in a trash buffer in the SPOE applet to add meta-data and then tranfer
it to the channel, the original buffer is directly transfered to the channel
during the SPOE applet creation.
The SPOE applet is thus simplied, the I/O handler is now only responsible to
retrieve the ACK reply.
The related issue is #2502.
Now SPOP connections can be reused, it could be pretty useful to know the
reuse rate. The corresponding backend and server counters are already
incremented, but not displayed on the stats HTML page. Thanks to this patch,
it is now possible to get it, just like for HTTP proxies.
The related issue is #2502.
Thanks to this patch, SPOP connections can now be inserted in idle
connections list of the server or the session. There is no multiplexing by
SPOP connecitons can be reused. It is the same mechanics than for other
muxes. Noting really new. But it is a huge improvement.
The related issue is #2502.
Force the SPOP servers to use the SPOE engine identifier as pool connection
name. This way, idle SPOP connections, once implemented, of different engine
but using the same backend will not be mixed up.
The related issue is #2502.
The reuse "always" mode is forced for SPOP backends. For now, SPOP
connections cannot be idle, but once implemented, thanks to this patch, it
will be possible to reuse SPOP connections.
The related issue is #2502.
In connect_server() function, there is a test to be able to reuse idle
connections for HTX streams only. Till now, only HTTP connections can be
idle. And this tests was added to be sure to now reuse idle connections for
legacy HTTP streams. But the legacy HTTP was removed in HAProxy-2.1. So we
can safely remove this test.
The related issue is #2502.
With this patch, we force the connection pool name of SPOP server to the
SPOE engine identifier. This way, SPOP idle connections cannot be shared
between diffrente engines.
The related issue is #2502.
The internal sample fetch "spoe.engine-id" is added. It may be used to
retrieve the current engine identifier, but only if the client endpoint is
an SPOE applet. For now, this sample is not documented. It will only be used
to set the connection pool name for a specific engine. This way, several
engine can use the same SPOP backend without sharing their idle connections.
The documentation will be added later, mainly because other SPOE sample
fetches will be added, and some changes are expected.
The related issue is #2502.
SPOE functions definitions were splitted on 2 or more lines, with the return
type alone on the first line. It is unusual in the HAProxy code.
The related issue is #2502.
It is the huge part of the series. The patch is not so huge, it removes
functions to produce or consume frames. The SPOE applet is pretty light
now. But since this patch, the SPOP multiplexer is now used. The SPOP mode
is now automatically ised for SPOP backends. So if there are bugs in the
SPOP multiplexer, they will be visible now.
The related issue is #2502.
The SPOP health-checks are now performed using the SPOP multiplexer. This
will be fixed later, but for now, it is considered as a L4 health-check and
no specific status code is reported. It means the corresponding vtest script
is marked as broken for now.
Functionnaly speaking, the same is performed. A connection is opened, a
HELLO frame is sent to the agent and we wait for the HELLO frame from the
agent in reply. But only L4OK, L4KO or L4TOUT will be reported.
The related issue is #2502.
It is no possible yet to use it. Idles connections and pipelining mode are
not supported for now. But it should be possible to open a SPOP connection,
perform the HELLO handshake, send a NOTIFY frame based on data produced by
the client side and receive the corresponding ACK frame to transfer its
content to the client side.
The related issue is #2502.
Structures describing the SPOE applet context, the SPOE filter configuration
and context and the SPOE messages and groups are moved in the C file. In
spoe-t.h file, it remains the structure describing an SPOE agent and flags
used by both sides.
In addition, the SPOE frontend, created for a given SPOE engine, is moved
from the SPOE filter configuration to the SPOE agent structure.
The related issue is #2502.
The inline array used to store, the configured messages per event in the
SPOE agent structure, is replaced by a dynamic array, allocated during the
configuration parsing. The main purpose of this change is to be able to move
all stuff regarding the SPOE filter and applet in the C file.
The related issue is #2502.
A SPOP multiplexer will be added. Many flags, constants and structures will
be remove from the applet scope. So the "SPOP" prefix is used instead of
"SPOE", to be consistent.
The related issue is #2502.
se_opposite() function is added to let an endpoint retrieve the opposite
endpoint descriptor. Muxes supportng the zero-copy forwarding can now use
it. The se_shutdown() function too. This will be use by the SPOP multiplexer
to be able to retrieve the SPOE agent configuration attached to the applet
on client side.
The related issue is #2502.
It is a small change, but it is cleaner to no include stconn-t.h header in
connection-t.h, mainly to avoid circular definitions.
The related issue is #2502.
Applets can now define a shutdown callback function, just like the
multiplexer. It is especially usefull to get the abort reason. This will be
pretty useful to get the status code from the SPOP stream to report it at
the SPOe filter level.
The related issue is #2502.
The SPOE was significantly lightened. It is now possible to refactor it to
use a dedicated multiplexer. The first step is to add a SPOP mode for
proxies. The corresponding multiplexer mode is also added.
For now, there is no SPOP multiplexer, so it is only declarative. But at the
end, the SPOP multiplexer will be automatically selected for servers inside
a SPOP backend.
The related issue is #2502.
Management of idle applets is removed. Consequently, the pipelining support
is also removed. It is a huge change but it should be transparent for the
agents, except regarding the performances. Of course, being able to reuse
already openned connections and being able to multiplex frames on a given
connection is a must have. These features will be restored later.
hello and idle timeout are not longer used. Because an applet is spawned to
process a NOTIFY frame and closed after receiving the ACK reply, the
processing timeout is the only one required. In addition, the parameters to
limit the SPOE applet creation are no longer used too.
The related issue is #2502.
All the SPOE debugging is removed. The code will be easier to rework this
way and the debugging will be mainly moved in the SPOP multiplexter via the
trace API.
The related issue is #2502.
Because the async mode was removed, it is no longer mandatory to announce a
different engine identifiers per thread for a given SPOE agent. This was
used to be sure requests and the corresponding responses are stuck on the
same thread.
So, now, a SPOE agent only announces one engine identifier on all
connections. No changes should be expected for agents.
The related issue is #2502.
The support for asynchronous mode, the ability to send messages on a
connection and receive the responses on any other connections, is removed.
It appears this feature was a bit overkill. And it is a problem for this
refactoring. This feature is removed and will not be restored at the end.
It is not a big deal for agent supporting the async mode because it is
usable if it is announced on both sides. HAProxy stops to announce it. This
should be transparent for agents.
The related issue is #2502.
It is the first patch of a long series to refactor the SPOE filter. The idea
is to rely on a dedicated multiplexer instead of hakcing HAProxy with a list
of applets processing a message queue.
First of all, optionnal features will be removed. Some will be restored at
the end, some others will just be removed. It is the case here. The frame
fragmentation support is removed. The only purpose of this feature is to be
able to support the streaming. Because it is out of the scope of this
refactoring, the fragmentation is removed.
The related issue is #2502.
It is possible to define TCP/HTTP rules in a named default section to
inherit from it in a proxy. However, there is an issue with L4/L5 rules.
Only the lists of the current frontend are checked to know if an eval must
be performed. Nothing is done for an empty list. Of course, the lists of the
default proxy must also be checked to be sure to not ignored default L4/L5
rules. It is now fixed.
This patch should fix the issue #2637. It must be backported as far as 2.6.
This commit is the renaming counterpart of the previous one, this time
for quic_conn module. Several elements related to TID affinity update
from quic_conn has been renamed : public functions, but also flag
renamed to QUIC_FL_CONN_TID_REBIND and trace event to
QUIC_EV_CONN_BIND_TID.
This should be backported with the same instruction as the previous
commit.
Since the following patch, protocol API to update a connection TID
affinity has been extended.
commit 1a43b9f32c
MINOR: proto: extend connection thread rebind API
The single callback set_affinity has been splitted in 3 different
functions which are called at different stages during listener_accept(),
depending on accept queue push success or not. However, the naming was
rendered confusing by the usage of function prefix 1 and 2.
Rename proto callback related to TID affinity update and use the
following names :
* bind_tid_prep
* bind_tid_commit
* bind_tid_reset
This commit should probably be backported at least up to 3.0 with the
above patch. This is because the fix was recently backported and it
would allow to keep changes minimal between the two versions. It could
even be backported up to 2.8 if there is no major conflict.
Every time a bandwidth limitation is evaluated on a channel, the analyze
expiration date is renewed, mainly based on the internal bandwidth
limitation filter expiration date. However, when the filter is called while
there is no data to filter, we skip all limitation computations to jump at
the end of the function. At this stage, the analyze expiration date is
renewed before exiting. But here the internal expiration date may be expired
and not reset.
To sum up, it is possible to set the analyze expiration date of a channel in
the past. It is unexpected and this could lead to a loop in process_stream.
To fix the issue, we just now take care to reset the internal expiration
date, if needed, before exiting.
This patch should fix the issue #2634. It must be backported as far as 2.8.
Add a sent bytes counter for each quic_conn instance. A secondary field
which only account bytes sent via GSO which is useful to ensure if this
is activated.
For the moment, these counters are reported on "show quic" but not
aggregated on proxy quic module stats.
UDP GSO on Linux is not implemented in every network devices. For
example, this is not available for veth devices frequently used in
container environment. In such case, EIO is reported on send()
invocation.
It is impossible to test at startup for proper GSO support in this case
as a listener may be bound on multiple network interfaces. Furthermore,
network interfaces may change during haproxy lifetime.
As such, the only option is to react on send syscall error when GSO is
used. The purpose of this patch is to implement a fallback when
encountering such conditions. Emission can be retried immediately by
trying to send each prepared datagrams individually.
To support this, qc_send_ppkts() is able to iterate over each datagram
in a so-called non-GSO fallback mode. Between each emission, a datagram
header is rewritten in front of the buffer which allows the sending loop
to proceed until last datagram is emitted.
To complement this, quic_conn listener is flagged on first GSO send
error with value LI_F_UDP_GSO_NOTSUPP. This completely disables GSO for
all future emission with QUIC connections using this listener.
For the moment, non-GSO fallback mode is activated when EIO is reported
after GSO has been set. This is the error reported for the veth usage
described above.
QUIC datagrams are encoded during emission via the function
qc_prep_pkts(). By default, if GSO is not used, each datagram is
prefixed by a metadata header which specify its length and address of
its first quic_tx_packet instance.
If GSO is activated, metadata header won't be inserted for datagrams
following the first one sent in a single syscall. Length field will
contain the total size of these datagrams. This allows to support both
GSO and non-GSO prepared datagram in the same Tx buffer.
qc_send_ppkts() is invoked just after datagrams encoding. It iterates
over each metadata header in Tx buffer to sent each datagram
individually. If length field is bigger than network MTU, GSO usage is
assumed and qc_snd_buf() GSO parameter will be set.
Another important point to note regarding GSO implementation is that
during datagram encoding, packets from the same datagram instance are
attached together. However, if using GSO, consecutive packets from
different datagrams are also linked, but without
QUIC_FL_TX_PACKET_COALESCED flag. This allows to properly update
quic_conn status with all sent packets in qc_send_ppkts(). Packets from
different datagrams are then unlinked to treat them separately when
receiving corresponding ACK frames.
Add <gso_size> parameter to qc_snd_buf(). When non-null, this specifies
the value for socket option SOL_UDP/UDP_SEGMENT. This allows to send
several datagrams in a single call by splitting data multiple times at
<gso_size> boundary.
For now, <gso_size> remains set to 0 by caller, as such there should not
be any functional change.
Future commits will implement GSO support to be able to emit multiple
datagrams in a single syscall invocation. This will be used every time
there is more data to sent than the UDP network MTU.
No change will be done for Tx buffer encoding, in particular when using
extra metadata datagram header. When GSO will be used, length field will
contain the total length of all datagrams to emit in a single GSO
syscall send. As such, QUIC send functions will detect that GSO is in
use if total length is greater than MTU.
This last assumption forces to ensure that MTU is constant. Indeed, in
case qc_send() is interrupted, Tx buffer will be left with prepared
datagrams. These datagrams will be emitted at the next qc_send()
invocation. If MTU would change during these two calls, it would be
impossible to know if GSO was used or not. To prevent this, mark <mtu>
field of quic_cc_path as constant.
Add a startup test for GSO support in quic_test_socketopts() and
automatically activate it in qc_prep_pkts() when building datagrams as
big as MTU.
Also define a new config option tune.quic.disable-udp-gso. This is
useful to prevent warning on older platform or to debug an issue which
may be related to GSO.
QUIC haproxy implementation relies on specific OS features to activate
some UDP optimization. One of these is the ability to bind multiple
sockets on the same address, which is necessary to have a dedicated
socket for each QUIC connections. This feature support is tested during
startup via an internal proto-quic function. It automatically deactivate
socket per connection if OS is not compatible.
The purpose of this patch is to render this QUIC feature detection code
more generic. Function is renamed quic_test_socketopts() and is still
invoked on startup. Its internal code has been refactored to be able to
implement other features support test in it.
Return value has also been changed and is now taken into account. In
case of ERR_FATAL, haproxy startup will be interrupted. This happens on
socket() syscall failure used to duplicate a QUIC listener FD.
This commit will become necessary to detect GSO support on startup.
Let's encapsulate the check of all supported for now process internal limits in
a separate function. This will help in cases, when we need to simply check if
we have even only one limit set in the configuration file. It's important, as
the default value for a one limit (fd-hard-limits, for example) sometimes must
not affect the computation of the others.