udhcpc: allow zero server-id. Closes 6614.
authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Sun, 3 Nov 2013 18:20:54 +0000 (19:20 +0100)
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Sun, 3 Nov 2013 18:20:54 +0000 (19:20 +0100)
function                                             old     new   delta
bcast_or_ucast                                         -      47     +47
udhcp_send_kernel_packet                             271     295     +24
udhcpc_main                                         2696    2705      +9
udhcp_send_raw_packet                                456     459      +3
send_release                                          90      76     -14
send_renew                                           105      77     -28
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(add/remove: 1/0 grow/shrink: 3/2 up/down: 83/-42)             Total: 41 bytes

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
networking/udhcp/dhcpc.c

index 53d8a5e..8dee916 100644 (file)
@@ -667,6 +667,15 @@ static int raw_bcast_from_client_config_ifindex(struct dhcp_packet *packet)
                client_config.ifindex);
 }
 
+static int bcast_or_ucast(struct dhcp_packet *packet, uint32_t ciaddr, uint32_t server)
+{
+       if (server)
+               return udhcp_send_kernel_packet(packet,
+                       ciaddr, CLIENT_PORT,
+                       server, SERVER_PORT);
+       return raw_bcast_from_client_config_ifindex(packet);
+}
+
 /* Broadcast a DHCP discover packet to the network, with an optionally requested IP */
 /* NOINLINE: limit stack usage in caller */
 static NOINLINE int send_discover(uint32_t xid, uint32_t requested)
@@ -773,11 +782,7 @@ static NOINLINE int send_renew(uint32_t xid, uint32_t server, uint32_t ciaddr)
        add_client_options(&packet);
 
        bb_info_msg("Sending renew...");
-       if (server)
-               return udhcp_send_kernel_packet(&packet,
-                       ciaddr, CLIENT_PORT,
-                       server, SERVER_PORT);
-       return raw_bcast_from_client_config_ifindex(&packet);
+       return bcast_or_ucast(&packet, ciaddr, server);
 }
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_UDHCPC_ARPING
@@ -826,7 +831,11 @@ static int send_release(uint32_t server, uint32_t ciaddr)
        udhcp_add_simple_option(&packet, DHCP_SERVER_ID, server);
 
        bb_info_msg("Sending release...");
-       return udhcp_send_kernel_packet(&packet, ciaddr, CLIENT_PORT, server, SERVER_PORT);
+       /* Note: normally we unicast here since "server" is not zero.
+        * However, there _are_ people who run "address-less" DHCP servers,
+        * and reportedly ISC dhcp client and Windows allow that.
+        */
+       return bcast_or_ucast(&packet, ciaddr, server);
 }
 
 /* Returns -1 on errors that are fatal for the socket, -2 for those that aren't */
@@ -1648,14 +1657,19 @@ int udhcpc_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
  * might work too.
  * "Next server" and router are definitely wrong ones to use, though...
  */
+/* We used to ignore pcakets without DHCP_SERVER_ID.
+ * I've got user reports from people who run "address-less" servers.
+ * They either supply DHCP_SERVER_ID of 0.0.0.0 or don't supply it at all.
+ * They say ISC DHCP client supports this case.
+ */
+                               server_addr = 0;
                                temp = udhcp_get_option(&packet, DHCP_SERVER_ID);
                                if (!temp) {
-                                       bb_error_msg("no server ID, ignoring packet");
-                                       continue;
-                                       /* still selecting - this server looks bad */
+                                       bb_error_msg("no server ID, using 0.0.0.0");
+                               } else {
+                                       /* it IS unaligned sometimes, don't "optimize" */
+                                       move_from_unaligned32(server_addr, temp);
                                }
-                               /* it IS unaligned sometimes, don't "optimize" */
-                               move_from_unaligned32(server_addr, temp);
                                /*xid = packet.xid; - already is */
                                requested_ip = packet.yiaddr;