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Diffstat (limited to 'resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c | 111 |
1 files changed, 109 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c index a255d5e132..8599f4c6a6 100644 --- a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c +++ b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c @@ -1031,7 +1031,10 @@ gaih_getanswer_slice (const querybuf *answer, int anslen, const char *qname, int h_namelen = 0; if (ancount == 0) - return NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND; + { + *h_errnop = HOST_NOT_FOUND; + return NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND; + } while (ancount-- > 0 && cp < end_of_message && had_error == 0) { @@ -1208,7 +1211,14 @@ gaih_getanswer_slice (const querybuf *answer, int anslen, const char *qname, /* Special case here: if the resolver sent a result but it only contains a CNAME while we are looking for a T_A or T_AAAA record, we fail with NOTFOUND instead of TRYAGAIN. */ - return canon == NULL ? NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN : NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND; + if (canon != NULL) + { + *h_errnop = HOST_NOT_FOUND; + return NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND; + } + + *h_errnop = NETDB_INTERNAL; + return NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN; } @@ -1222,11 +1232,101 @@ gaih_getanswer (const querybuf *answer1, int anslen1, const querybuf *answer2, enum nss_status status = NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND; + /* Combining the NSS status of two distinct queries requires some + compromise and attention to symmetry (A or AAAA queries can be + returned in any order). What follows is a breakdown of how this + code is expected to work and why. We discuss only SUCCESS, + TRYAGAIN, NOTFOUND and UNAVAIL, since they are the only returns + that apply (though RETURN and MERGE exist). We make a distinction + between TRYAGAIN (recoverable) and TRYAGAIN' (not-recoverable). + A recoverable TRYAGAIN is almost always due to buffer size issues + and returns ERANGE in errno and the caller is expected to retry + with a larger buffer. + + Lastly, you may be tempted to make significant changes to the + conditions in this code to bring about symmetry between responses. + Please don't change anything without due consideration for + expected application behaviour. Some of the synthesized responses + aren't very well thought out and sometimes appear to imply that + IPv4 responses are always answer 1, and IPv6 responses are always + answer 2, but that's not true (see the implementation of send_dg + and send_vc to see response can arrive in any order, particularly + for UDP). However, we expect it holds roughly enough of the time + that this code works, but certainly needs to be fixed to make this + a more robust implementation. + + ---------------------------------------------- + | Answer 1 Status / | Synthesized | Reason | + | Answer 2 Status | Status | | + |--------------------------------------------| + | SUCCESS/SUCCESS | SUCCESS | [1] | + | SUCCESS/TRYAGAIN | TRYAGAIN | [5] | + | SUCCESS/TRYAGAIN' | SUCCESS | [1] | + | SUCCESS/NOTFOUND | SUCCESS | [1] | + | SUCCESS/UNAVAIL | SUCCESS | [1] | + | TRYAGAIN/SUCCESS | TRYAGAIN | [2] | + | TRYAGAIN/TRYAGAIN | TRYAGAIN | [2] | + | TRYAGAIN/TRYAGAIN' | TRYAGAIN | [2] | + | TRYAGAIN/NOTFOUND | TRYAGAIN | [2] | + | TRYAGAIN/UNAVAIL | TRYAGAIN | [2] | + | TRYAGAIN'/SUCCESS | SUCCESS | [3] | + | TRYAGAIN'/TRYAGAIN | TRYAGAIN | [3] | + | TRYAGAIN'/TRYAGAIN' | TRYAGAIN' | [3] | + | TRYAGAIN'/NOTFOUND | TRYAGAIN' | [3] | + | TRYAGAIN'/UNAVAIL | UNAVAIL | [3] | + | NOTFOUND/SUCCESS | SUCCESS | [3] | + | NOTFOUND/TRYAGAIN | TRYAGAIN | [3] | + | NOTFOUND/TRYAGAIN' | TRYAGAIN' | [3] | + | NOTFOUND/NOTFOUND | NOTFOUND | [3] | + | NOTFOUND/UNAVAIL | UNAVAIL | [3] | + | UNAVAIL/SUCCESS | UNAVAIL | [4] | + | UNAVAIL/TRYAGAIN | UNAVAIL | [4] | + | UNAVAIL/TRYAGAIN' | UNAVAIL | [4] | + | UNAVAIL/NOTFOUND | UNAVAIL | [4] | + | UNAVAIL/UNAVAIL | UNAVAIL | [4] | + ---------------------------------------------- + + [1] If the first response is a success we return success. + This ignores the state of the second answer and in fact + incorrectly sets errno and h_errno to that of the second + answer. However because the response is a success we ignore + *errnop and *h_errnop (though that means you touched errno on + success). We are being conservative here and returning the + likely IPv4 response in the first answer as a success. + + [2] If the first response is a recoverable TRYAGAIN we return + that instead of looking at the second response. The + expectation here is that we have failed to get an IPv4 response + and should retry both queries. + + [3] If the first response was not a SUCCESS and the second + response is not NOTFOUND (had a SUCCESS, need to TRYAGAIN, + or failed entirely e.g. TRYAGAIN' and UNAVAIL) then use the + result from the second response, otherwise the first responses + status is used. Again we have some odd side-effects when the + second response is NOTFOUND because we overwrite *errnop and + *h_errnop that means that a first answer of NOTFOUND might see + its *errnop and *h_errnop values altered. Whether it matters + in practice that a first response NOTFOUND has the wrong + *errnop and *h_errnop is undecided. + + [4] If the first response is UNAVAIL we return that instead of + looking at the second response. The expectation here is that + it will have failed similarly e.g. configuration failure. + + [5] Testing this code is complicated by the fact that truncated + second response buffers might be returned as SUCCESS if the + first answer is a SUCCESS. To fix this we add symmetry to + TRYAGAIN with the second response. If the second response + is a recoverable error we now return TRYAGIN even if the first + response was SUCCESS. */ + if (anslen1 > 0) status = gaih_getanswer_slice(answer1, anslen1, qname, &pat, &buffer, &buflen, errnop, h_errnop, ttlp, &first); + if ((status == NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS || status == NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND || (status == NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN /* We want to look at the second answer in case of an @@ -1242,8 +1342,15 @@ gaih_getanswer (const querybuf *answer1, int anslen1, const querybuf *answer2, &pat, &buffer, &buflen, errnop, h_errnop, ttlp, &first); + /* Use the second response status in some cases. */ if (status != NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS && status2 != NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND) status = status2; + /* Do not return a truncated second response (unless it was + unavoidable e.g. unrecoverable TRYAGAIN). */ + if (status == NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS + && (status2 == NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN + && *errnop == ERANGE && *h_errnop != NO_RECOVERY)) + status = NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN; } return status; |