udhcpd: optional IP selection based on MAC hash
authorVladislav Grishenko <themiron@mail.ru>
Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:31:30 +0000 (13:31 +0100)
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:31:30 +0000 (13:31 +0100)
function                                             old     new   delta
find_free_or_expired_nip                             153     225     +72

Signed-off-by: Vladislav Grishenko <themiron@mail.ru>
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
networking/udhcp/Config.src
networking/udhcp/leases.c

index dcd493f..750a53a 100644 (file)
@@ -39,7 +39,21 @@ config FEATURE_UDHCPD_WRITE_LEASES_EARLY
          If selected, udhcpd will write a new file with leases every
          time a new lease has been accepted, thus eliminating the need
          to send SIGUSR1 for the initial writing or updating. Any timed
-         rewriting remains undisturbed
+         rewriting remains undisturbed.
+
+config FEATURE_UDHCPD_BASE_IP_ON_MAC
+       bool "Select IP address based on client MAC"
+       default n
+       depends on UDHCPD
+       help
+         If selected, udhcpd will base its selection of IP address to offer
+         on the client's hardware address. Otherwise udhcpd uses the next
+         consecutive free address.
+
+         This reduces the frequency of IP address changes for clients
+         which let their lease expire, and makes consecutive DHCPOFFERS
+         for the same client to (almost always) contain the same
+         IP address.
 
 config DHCPD_LEASES_FILE
        string "Absolute path to lease file"
@@ -72,7 +86,7 @@ config FEATURE_UDHCPC_ARPING
 
 config FEATURE_UDHCP_PORT
        bool "Enable '-P port' option for udhcpd and udhcpc"
-       default y
+       default n
        depends on UDHCPD || UDHCPC
        help
          At the cost of ~300 bytes, enables -P port option.
index 7aeb37b..c5b60b1 100644 (file)
@@ -137,21 +137,42 @@ uint32_t FAST_FUNC find_free_or_expired_nip(const uint8_t *safe_mac)
        uint32_t addr;
        struct dyn_lease *oldest_lease = NULL;
 
-       addr = server_config.start_ip; /* addr is in host order here */
-       for (; addr <= server_config.end_ip; addr++) {
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_UDHCPD_BASE_IP_ON_MAC
+       uint32_t stop;
+       unsigned i, hash;
+
+       /* hash hwaddr: use the SDBM hashing algorithm.  Seems to give good
+        * dispersal even with similarly-valued "strings".
+        */
+       hash = 0;
+       for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+               hash += safe_mac[i] + (hash << 6) + (hash << 16) - hash;
+
+       /* pick a seed based on hwaddr then iterate until we find a free address. */
+       addr = server_config.start_ip
+               + (hash % (1 + server_config.end_ip - server_config.start_ip));
+       stop = addr;
+#else
+       addr = server_config.start_ip;
+#define stop (server_config.end_ip + 1)
+#endif
+       do {
                uint32_t nip;
                struct dyn_lease *lease;
 
                /* ie, 192.168.55.0 */
                if ((addr & 0xff) == 0)
-                       continue;
+                       goto next_addr;
                /* ie, 192.168.55.255 */
                if ((addr & 0xff) == 0xff)
-                       continue;
+                       goto next_addr;
                nip = htonl(addr);
+               /* skip our own address */
+               if (nip == server_config.server_nip)
+                       goto next_addr;
                /* is this a static lease addr? */
                if (is_nip_reserved(server_config.static_leases, nip))
-                       continue;
+                       goto next_addr;
 
                lease = find_lease_by_nip(nip);
                if (!lease) {
@@ -162,7 +183,14 @@ uint32_t FAST_FUNC find_free_or_expired_nip(const uint8_t *safe_mac)
                        if (!oldest_lease || lease->expires < oldest_lease->expires)
                                oldest_lease = lease;
                }
-       }
+
+ next_addr:
+               addr++;
+#if ENABLE_FEATURE_UDHCPD_BASE_IP_ON_MAC
+               if (addr > server_config.end_ip)
+                       addr = server_config.start_ip;
+#endif
+       } while (addr != stop);
 
        if (oldest_lease
         && is_expired_lease(oldest_lease)