tcp_socket.h

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// Copyright (C) 2011-2018 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
//
// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.

#ifndef TCP_SOCKET_H
#define TCP_SOCKET_H 1

#ifndef BOOST_ASIO_HPP
#error "asio.hpp must be included before including this, see asiolink.h as to why"
#endif

#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <unistd.h>             // for some IPC/network system calls

#include <algorithm>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstddef>

#include <boost/bind.hpp>
#include <boost/numeric/conversion/cast.hpp>

#include <util/buffer.h>
#include <util/io_utilities.h>

#include <asiolink/io_asio_socket.h>
#include <asiolink/io_endpoint.h>
#include <asiolink/io_service.h>
#include <asiolink/tcp_endpoint.h>

namespace isc {
namespace asiolink {

class BufferTooLarge : public IOError {
public:
    BufferTooLarge(const char* file, size_t line, const char* what) :
        IOError(file, line, what) {}
};

template <typename C>
class TCPSocket : public IOAsioSocket<C> {
private:
    TCPSocket(const TCPSocket&);
    TCPSocket& operator=(const TCPSocket&);

public:

    TCPSocket(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket& socket);

    TCPSocket(IOService& service);

    virtual ~TCPSocket();

    virtual int getNative() const {
#if BOOST_VERSION < 106600
        return (socket_.native());
#else
        return (socket_.native_handle());
#endif
    }

    virtual int getProtocol() const {
        return (IPPROTO_TCP);
    }

    virtual bool isOpenSynchronous() const {
        return (false);
    }

    bool isUsable() const {
        // If the socket is open it doesn't mean that it is still usable. The connection
        // could have been closed on the other end. We have to check if we can still
        // use this socket.
        if (socket_.is_open()) {
            // Remember the current non blocking setting.
            const bool non_blocking_orig = socket_.non_blocking();
            // Set the socket to non blocking mode. We're going to test if the socket
            // returns would_block status on the attempt to read from it.
            socket_.non_blocking(true);

            boost::system::error_code ec;
            char data[2];

            // Use receive with message peek flag to avoid removing the data awaiting
            // to be read.
            socket_.receive(boost::asio::buffer(data, sizeof(data)),
                            boost::asio::socket_base::message_peek,
                            ec);

            // Revert the original non_blocking flag on the socket.
            socket_.non_blocking(non_blocking_orig);

            // If the connection is alive we'd typically get would_block status code.
            // If there are any data that haven't been read we may also get success
            // status. We're guessing that try_again may also be returned by some
            // implementations in some situations. Any other error code indicates a
            // problem with the connection so we assume that the connection has been
            // closed.
            return (!ec || (ec.value() == boost::asio::error::try_again) ||
                    (ec.value() == boost::asio::error::would_block));
        }

        return (false);
    }

    virtual void open(const IOEndpoint* endpoint, C& callback);

    virtual void asyncSend(const void* data, size_t length,
                           const IOEndpoint* endpoint, C& callback);

    void asyncSend(const void* data, size_t length, C& callback);

    virtual void asyncReceive(void* data, size_t length, size_t offset,
                              IOEndpoint* endpoint, C& callback);

    virtual bool processReceivedData(const void* staging, size_t length,
                                     size_t& cumulative, size_t& offset,
                                     size_t& expected,
                                     isc::util::OutputBufferPtr& outbuff);

    virtual void cancel();

    virtual void close();

    virtual boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket& getASIOSocket() const {
        return (socket_);
    }

private:
    // Two variables to hold the socket - a socket and a pointer to it.  This
    // handles the case where a socket is passed to the TCPSocket on
    // construction, or where it is asked to manage its own socket.
    boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket*      socket_ptr_;    
    boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket&      socket_;        

    // TODO: Remove temporary buffer
    // The current implementation copies the buffer passed to asyncSend() into
    // a temporary buffer and precedes it with a two-byte count field.  As
    // ASIO should really be just about sending and receiving data, the TCP
    // code should not do this.  If the protocol using this requires a two-byte
    // count, it should add it before calling this code.  (This may be best
    // achieved by altering isc::dns::buffer to have pairs of methods:
    // getLength()/getTCPLength(), getData()/getTCPData(), with the getTCPXxx()
    // methods taking into account a two-byte count field.)
    //
    // The option of sending the data in two operations, the count followed by
    // the data was discounted as that would lead to two callbacks which would
    // cause problems with the stackless coroutine code.
    isc::util::OutputBufferPtr   send_buffer_;   
};

// Constructor - caller manages socket

template <typename C>
TCPSocket<C>::TCPSocket(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket& socket) :
    socket_ptr_(NULL), socket_(socket), send_buffer_()
{
}

// Constructor - create socket on the fly

template <typename C>
TCPSocket<C>::TCPSocket(IOService& service) :
    socket_ptr_(new boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket(service.get_io_service())),
    socket_(*socket_ptr_)
{
}

// Destructor.  Only delete the socket if we are managing it.

template <typename C>
TCPSocket<C>::~TCPSocket()
{
    delete socket_ptr_;
}

// Open the socket.

template <typename C> void
TCPSocket<C>::open(const IOEndpoint* endpoint, C& callback) {
    // If socket is open on this end but has been closed by the peer,
    // we need to reconnect.
    if (socket_.is_open() && !isUsable()) {
        close();
    }
    // Ignore opens on already-open socket.  Don't throw a failure because
    // of uncertainties as to what precedes whan when using asynchronous I/O.
    // At also allows us a treat a passed-in socket as a self-managed socket.
    if (!socket_.is_open()) {
        if (endpoint->getFamily() == AF_INET) {
            socket_.open(boost::asio::ip::tcp::v4());
        }
        else {
            socket_.open(boost::asio::ip::tcp::v6());
        }

        // Set options on the socket:

        // Reuse address - allow the socket to bind to a port even if the port
        // is in the TIMED_WAIT state.
        socket_.set_option(boost::asio::socket_base::reuse_address(true));
    }

    // Upconvert to a TCPEndpoint.  We need to do this because although
    // IOEndpoint is the base class of UDPEndpoint and TCPEndpoint, it does not
    // contain a method for getting at the underlying endpoint type - that is in
    assert(endpoint->getProtocol() == IPPROTO_TCP);
    const TCPEndpoint* tcp_endpoint =
        static_cast<const TCPEndpoint*>(endpoint);

    // Connect to the remote endpoint.  On success, the handler will be
    // called (with one argument - the length argument will default to
    // zero).
    socket_.async_connect(tcp_endpoint->getASIOEndpoint(), callback);
}

// Send a message.  Should never do this if the socket is not open, so throw
// an exception if this is the case.

template <typename C> void
TCPSocket<C>::asyncSend(const void* data, size_t length, C& callback)
{
    if (socket_.is_open()) {

        try {
            send_buffer_.reset(new isc::util::OutputBuffer(length));
            send_buffer_->writeData(data, length);

            // Send the data.
            socket_.async_send(boost::asio::buffer(send_buffer_->getData(),
                                                   send_buffer_->getLength()),
                               callback);
        } catch (boost::numeric::bad_numeric_cast&) {
            isc_throw(BufferTooLarge,
                      "attempt to send buffer larger than 64kB");
        }

    } else {
        isc_throw(SocketNotOpen,
            "attempt to send on a TCP socket that is not open");
    }
}

template <typename C> void
TCPSocket<C>::asyncSend(const void* data, size_t length,
    const IOEndpoint*, C& callback)
{
    if (socket_.is_open()) {

        // Need to copy the data into a temporary buffer and precede it with
        // a two-byte count field.
        // TODO: arrange for the buffer passed to be preceded by the count
        try {
            // Ensure it fits into 16 bits
            uint16_t count = boost::numeric_cast<uint16_t>(length);

            // Copy data into a buffer preceded by the count field.
            send_buffer_.reset(new isc::util::OutputBuffer(length + 2));
            send_buffer_->writeUint16(count);
            send_buffer_->writeData(data, length);

            // ... and send it
            socket_.async_send(boost::asio::buffer(send_buffer_->getData(),
                               send_buffer_->getLength()), callback);
        } catch (boost::numeric::bad_numeric_cast&) {
            isc_throw(BufferTooLarge,
                      "attempt to send buffer larger than 64kB");
        }

    } else {
        isc_throw(SocketNotOpen,
            "attempt to send on a TCP socket that is not open");
    }
}

// Receive a message. Note that the "offset" argument is used as an index
// into the buffer in order to decide where to put the data.  It is up to the
// caller to initialize the data to zero
template <typename C> void
TCPSocket<C>::asyncReceive(void* data, size_t length, size_t offset,
    IOEndpoint* endpoint, C& callback)
{
    if (socket_.is_open()) {
        // Upconvert to a TCPEndpoint.  We need to do this because although
        // IOEndpoint is the base class of UDPEndpoint and TCPEndpoint, it
        // does not contain a method for getting at the underlying endpoint
        // type - that is in the derived class and the two classes differ on
        // return type.
        assert(endpoint->getProtocol() == IPPROTO_TCP);
        TCPEndpoint* tcp_endpoint = static_cast<TCPEndpoint*>(endpoint);

        // Write the endpoint details from the communications link.  Ideally
        // we should make IOEndpoint assignable, but this runs in to all sorts
        // of problems concerning the management of the underlying Boost
        // endpoint (e.g. if it is not self-managed, is the copied one
        // self-managed?) The most pragmatic solution is to let Boost take care
        // of everything and copy details of the underlying endpoint.
        tcp_endpoint->getASIOEndpoint() = socket_.remote_endpoint();

        // Ensure we can write into the buffer and if so, set the pointer to
        // where the data will be written.
        if (offset >= length) {
            isc_throw(BufferOverflow, "attempt to read into area beyond end of "
                                      "TCP receive buffer");
        }
        void* buffer_start = static_cast<void*>(static_cast<uint8_t*>(data) + offset);

        // ... and kick off the read.
        socket_.async_receive(boost::asio::buffer(buffer_start, length - offset), callback);

    } else {
        isc_throw(SocketNotOpen,
            "attempt to receive from a TCP socket that is not open");
    }
}

// Is the receive complete?

template <typename C> bool
TCPSocket<C>::processReceivedData(const void* staging, size_t length,
                                  size_t& cumulative, size_t& offset,
                                  size_t& expected,
                                  isc::util::OutputBufferPtr& outbuff)
{
    // Point to the data in the staging buffer and note how much there is.
    const uint8_t* data = static_cast<const uint8_t*>(staging);
    size_t data_length = length;

    // Is the number is "expected" valid?  It won't be unless we have received
    // at least two bytes of data in total for this set of receives.
    if (cumulative < 2) {

        // "expected" is not valid.  Did this read give us enough data to
        // work it out?
        cumulative += length;
        if (cumulative < 2) {

            // Nope, still not valid.  This must have been the first packet and
            // was only one byte long.  Tell the fetch code to read the next
            // packet into the staging buffer beyond the data that is already
            // there so that the next time we are called we have a complete
            // TCP count.
            offset = cumulative;
            return (false);
        }

        // Have enough data to interpret the packet count, so do so now.
        expected = isc::util::readUint16(data, cumulative);

        // We have two bytes less of data to process.  Point to the start of the
        // data and adjust the packet size.  Note that at this point,
        // "cumulative" is the true amount of data in the staging buffer, not
        // "length".
        data += 2;
        data_length = cumulative - 2;
    } else {

        // Update total amount of data received.
        cumulative += length;
    }

    // Regardless of anything else, the next read goes into the start of the
    // staging buffer.
    offset = 0;

    // Work out how much data we still have to put in the output buffer. (This
    // could be zero if we have just interpreted the TCP count and that was
    // set to zero.)
    if (expected >= outbuff->getLength()) {

        // Still need data in the output packet.  Copy what we can from the
        // staging buffer to the output buffer.
        size_t copy_amount = std::min(expected - outbuff->getLength(), data_length);
        outbuff->writeData(data, copy_amount);
    }

    // We can now say if we have all the data.
    return (expected == outbuff->getLength());
}

// Cancel I/O on the socket.  No-op if the socket is not open.

template <typename C> void
TCPSocket<C>::cancel() {
    if (socket_.is_open()) {
        socket_.cancel();
    }
}

// Close the socket down.  Can only do this if the socket is open and we are
// managing it ourself.

template <typename C> void
TCPSocket<C>::close() {
    if (socket_.is_open() && socket_ptr_) {
        socket_.close();
    }
}

} // namespace asiolink
} // namespace isc

#endif // TCP_SOCKET_H