// Copyright (C) 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 DHCP_SOCKET_INFO_H #define DHCP_SOCKET_INFO_H #include #include namespace isc { namespace dhcp { /// Holds information about socket. struct SocketInfo { isc::asiolink::IOAddress addr_; /// bound address uint16_t port_; /// socket port uint16_t family_; /// IPv4 or IPv6 /// @brief Socket descriptor (a.k.a. primary socket). int sockfd_; /// @brief Fallback socket descriptor. /// /// This socket descriptor holds the handle to the fallback socket. /// The fallback socket is created when there is a need for the regular /// datagram socket to be bound to an IP address and port, besides /// primary socket (sockfd_) which is actually used to receive and process /// the DHCP messages. The fallback socket (if exists) is always associated /// with the primary socket. In particular, the need for the fallback socket /// arises when raw socket is a primary one. When primary socket is open, /// it is bound to an interface not the address and port. The implications /// include the possibility that the other process (e.g. the other instance /// of DHCP server) will bind to the same address and port through which the /// raw socket receives the DHCP messages.Another implication is that the /// kernel, being unaware of the DHCP server operating through the raw /// socket, will respond with the ICMP "Destination port unreachable" /// messages when DHCP messages are only received through the raw socket. /// In order to workaround the issues mentioned here, the fallback socket /// should be opened so as/ the kernel is aware that the certain address /// and port is in use. /// /// The fallback description is supposed to be set to a negative value if /// the fallback socket is closed (not open). int fallbackfd_; /// @brief SocketInfo constructor. /// /// @param addr An address the socket is bound to. /// @param port A port the socket is bound to. /// @param sockfd Socket descriptor. /// @param fallbackfd A descriptor of the fallback socket. SocketInfo(const isc::asiolink::IOAddress& addr, const uint16_t port, const int sockfd, const int fallbackfd = -1) : addr_(addr), port_(port), family_(addr.getFamily()), sockfd_(sockfd), fallbackfd_(fallbackfd) { } }; }; // namespace isc::dhcp }; // namespace isc #endif // DHCP_SOCKET_INFO_H