plugin/dnstap: remove custom encoder (#4242)

* plugin/dnstap: remove encoder*.go

Those files reimplemented parts of the dnstap spec, we can just use the
dnstap functions for that. This leaves all the queuing that is enabled
and drops messages if the dnstap reader can't keep up. In the new code
flush() would never return an error (at least I couldn't make it do so),
so the reconnect functionally is moved to kick off when we get write
errors.

Some smaller cosmetic changes as well, `d.socket` is now `proto`, which
makes the dial() function smaller.

Total testing time is now <1s (which was the impetus to look into this
plugin *again*).

See #4238
The buffered channel needs to be sized correctly, as we may need to do
some queing if the dnstap reader can't keep up.

Signed-off-by: Miek Gieben <miek@miek.nl>

* add missing file

Signed-off-by: Miek Gieben <miek@miek.nl>

* update doc on queing

Signed-off-by: Miek Gieben <miek@miek.nl>

plugin/dnstap/README.md

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 dnstap is a flexible, structured binary log format for DNS software; see https://dnstap.info. With this
 plugin you make CoreDNS output dnstap logging.
 
-Note that there is an internal buffer, so expect at least 13 requests before the server sends its
+Every message is sent to the socket as soon as it comes in, the *dnstap* plugin has a buffer of
-dnstap messages to the socket.
+10000 messages, above that number dnstap messages will be dropped (this is logged).
 
 ## Syntax
 
@@ -100,5 +100,5 @@ func (x RandomPlugin) ServeDNS(ctx context.Context, w dns.ResponseWriter, r *dns
 
 ## See Also
 
-The website [dnstap.info](https://dnstap.info) has info on the dnstap protocol.
+The website [dnstap.info](https://dnstap.info) has info on the dnstap protocol. The *forward*
-The *forward* plugin's `dnstap.go` uses dnstap to tap messages sent to an upstream.
+plugin's `dnstap.go` uses dnstap to tap messages sent to an upstream.

plugin/dnstap/dnstapio/dnstap_encoder.go

@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-package dnstapio
-
-import (
-	"encoding/binary"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-
-	tap "github.com/dnstap/golang-dnstap"
-	fs "github.com/farsightsec/golang-framestream"
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
-)
-
-const (
-	protobufSize = 1024 * 1024
-)
-
-type dnstapEncoder struct {
-	fse    *fs.Encoder
-	opts   *fs.EncoderOptions
-	writer io.Writer
-	buffer *proto.Buffer
-}
-
-func newDnstapEncoder(o *fs.EncoderOptions) *dnstapEncoder {
-	return &dnstapEncoder{
-		opts:   o,
-		buffer: proto.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, protobufSize)),
-	}
-}
-
-func (enc *dnstapEncoder) resetWriter(w io.Writer) error {
-	fse, err := fs.NewEncoder(w, enc.opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err = fse.Flush(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	enc.fse = fse
-	enc.writer = w
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (enc *dnstapEncoder) writeMsg(msg *tap.Dnstap) error {
-	if len(enc.buffer.Bytes()) >= protobufSize {
-		if err := enc.flushBuffer(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	bufLen := len(enc.buffer.Bytes())
-	// add placeholder for frame length
-	if err := enc.buffer.EncodeFixed32(0); err != nil {
-		enc.buffer.SetBuf(enc.buffer.Bytes()[:bufLen])
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := enc.buffer.Marshal(msg); err != nil {
-		enc.buffer.SetBuf(enc.buffer.Bytes()[:bufLen])
-		return err
-	}
-	enc.encodeFrameLen(enc.buffer.Bytes()[bufLen:])
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (enc *dnstapEncoder) flushBuffer() error {
-	if enc.fse == nil || enc.writer == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no writer")
-	}
-
-	buf := enc.buffer.Bytes()
-	written := 0
-	for written < len(buf) {
-		n, err := enc.writer.Write(buf[written:])
-		written += n
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	enc.buffer.Reset()
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (enc *dnstapEncoder) encodeFrameLen(buf []byte) {
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf, uint32(len(buf)-4))
-}
-
-func (enc *dnstapEncoder) close() error {
-	if enc.fse != nil {
-		return enc.fse.Close()
-	}
-	return nil
-}

plugin/dnstap/dnstapio/dnstap_encoder_test.go

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package dnstapio
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"testing"
-
-	tap "github.com/dnstap/golang-dnstap"
-	fs "github.com/farsightsec/golang-framestream"
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
-)
-
-func dnstapMsg() *tap.Dnstap {
-	t := tap.Dnstap_MESSAGE
-	mt := tap.Message_CLIENT_RESPONSE
-	msg := &tap.Message{Type: &mt}
-	return &tap.Dnstap{Type: &t, Message: msg}
-}
-
-func TestEncoderCompatibility(t *testing.T) {
-	opts := &fs.EncoderOptions{
-		ContentType:   []byte("protobuf:dnstap.DnstapTest"),
-		Bidirectional: false,
-	}
-	msg := dnstapMsg()
-
-	//framestream encoder
-	fsW := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	fsEnc, err := fs.NewEncoder(fsW, opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	data, err := proto.Marshal(msg)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	fsEnc.Write(data)
-	fsEnc.Close()
-
-	//dnstap encoder
-	dnstapW := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	dnstapEnc := newDnstapEncoder(opts)
-	if err := dnstapEnc.resetWriter(dnstapW); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	dnstapEnc.writeMsg(msg)
-	dnstapEnc.flushBuffer()
-	dnstapEnc.close()
-
-	//compare results
-	if !bytes.Equal(fsW.Bytes(), dnstapW.Bytes()) {
-		t.Fatal("DnstapEncoder is not compatible with framestream Encoder")
-	}
-}

plugin/dnstap/dnstapio/encoder.go

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Package dnstapio is a small wrapper around golang-framestream
+package dnstapio
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"time"
+
+	tap "github.com/dnstap/golang-dnstap"
+	fs "github.com/farsightsec/golang-framestream"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+)
+
+// Encoder wraps a fs.Encoder.
+type Encoder struct {
+	fs *fs.Encoder
+}
+
+func newEncoder(w io.Writer, timeout time.Duration) (*Encoder, error) {
+	fs, err := fs.NewEncoder(w, &fs.EncoderOptions{
+		ContentType:   []byte("protobuf:dnstap.Dnstap"),
+		Bidirectional: true,
+		Timeout:       timeout,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &Encoder{fs}, nil
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) writeMsg(msg *tap.Dnstap) error {
+	buf, err := proto.Marshal(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = e.fs.Write(buf) // n < len(buf) should return an error
+	return err
+}
+
+func (e *Encoder) flush() error { return e.fs.Flush() }
+func (e *Encoder) close() error { return e.fs.Close() }

plugin/dnstap/dnstapio/io.go

@@ -8,16 +8,15 @@ import (
 	clog "github.com/coredns/coredns/plugin/pkg/log"
 
 	tap "github.com/dnstap/golang-dnstap"
-	fs "github.com/farsightsec/golang-framestream"
 )
 
 var log = clog.NewWithPlugin("dnstap")
 
 const (
-	tcpWriteBufSize = 1024 * 1024
+	tcpWriteBufSize = 1024 * 1024 // there is no good explanation for why this number (see #xxx)
+	queueSize       = 10000       // see #xxxx
 	tcpTimeout      = 4 * time.Second
 	flushTimeout    = 1 * time.Second
-	queueSize       = 10000
 )
 
 // Tapper interface is used in testing to mock the Dnstap method.
@@ -27,52 +26,47 @@ type Tapper interface {
 
 // dio implements the Tapper interface.
 type dio struct {
-	endpoint string
+	endpoint     string
-	socket   bool
+	proto        string
-	conn     net.Conn
+	conn         net.Conn
-	enc      *dnstapEncoder
+	enc          *Encoder
-	queue    chan tap.Dnstap
+	queue        chan tap.Dnstap
-	dropped  uint32
+	dropped      uint32
-	quit     chan struct{}
+	quit         chan struct{}
+	flushTimeout time.Duration
+	tcpTimeout   time.Duration
 }
 
 // New returns a new and initialized pointer to a dio.
-func New(endpoint string, socket bool) *dio {
+func New(proto, endpoint string) *dio {
 	return &dio{
-		endpoint: endpoint,
+		endpoint:     endpoint,
-		socket:   socket,
+		proto:        proto,
-		enc: newDnstapEncoder(&fs.EncoderOptions{
+		queue:        make(chan tap.Dnstap, queueSize),
-			ContentType:   []byte("protobuf:dnstap.Dnstap"),
+		quit:         make(chan struct{}),
-			Bidirectional: true,
+		flushTimeout: flushTimeout,
-		}),
+		tcpTimeout:   tcpTimeout,
-		queue: make(chan tap.Dnstap, queueSize),
-		quit:  make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *dio) newConnect() error {
+func (d *dio) dial() error {
-	var err error
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout(d.proto, d.endpoint, d.tcpTimeout)
-	if d.socket {
+	if err != nil {
-		if d.conn, err = net.Dial("unix", d.endpoint); err != nil {
+		return err
-			return err
+	}
-		}
+	if tcpConn, ok := conn.(*net.TCPConn); ok {
-	} else {
+		tcpConn.SetWriteBuffer(tcpWriteBufSize)
-		if d.conn, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp", d.endpoint, tcpTimeout); err != nil {
+		tcpConn.SetNoDelay(false)
-			return err
-		}
-		if tcpConn, ok := d.conn.(*net.TCPConn); ok {
-			tcpConn.SetWriteBuffer(tcpWriteBufSize)
-			tcpConn.SetNoDelay(false)
-		}
 	}
 
-	return d.enc.resetWriter(d.conn)
+	d.enc, err = newEncoder(conn, d.tcpTimeout)
+	return err
 }
 
 // Connect connects to the dnstap endpoint.
 func (d *dio) Connect() {
-	if err := d.newConnect(); err != nil {
+	if err := d.dial(); err != nil {
-		log.Error("No connection to dnstap endpoint")
+		log.Errorf("No connection to dnstap endpoint: %s", err)
 	}
 	go d.serve()
 }
@@ -86,58 +80,46 @@ func (d *dio) Dnstap(payload tap.Dnstap) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *dio) closeConnection() {
-	d.enc.close()
-	if d.conn != nil {
-		d.conn.Close()
-		d.conn = nil
-	}
-}
-
 // Close waits until the I/O routine is finished to return.
 func (d *dio) Close() { close(d.quit) }
 
-func (d *dio) flushBuffer() {
+func (d *dio) write(payload *tap.Dnstap) error {
-	if d.conn == nil {
+	if d.enc == nil {
-		if err := d.newConnect(); err != nil {
+		atomic.AddUint32(&d.dropped, 1)
-			return
+		return nil
-		}
-		log.Info("Reconnected to dnstap")
 	}
-
-	if err := d.enc.flushBuffer(); err != nil {
-		log.Warningf("Connection lost: %s", err)
-		d.closeConnection()
-		if err := d.newConnect(); err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("Cannot connect to dnstap: %s", err)
-		} else {
-			log.Info("Reconnected to dnstap")
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (d *dio) write(payload *tap.Dnstap) {
 	if err := d.enc.writeMsg(payload); err != nil {
 		atomic.AddUint32(&d.dropped, 1)
+		return err
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (d *dio) serve() {
-	timeout := time.After(flushTimeout)
+	timeout := time.After(d.flushTimeout)
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-d.quit:
-			d.flushBuffer()
+			if d.enc == nil {
-			d.closeConnection()
+				return
+			}
+			d.enc.flush()
+			d.enc.close()
 			return
 		case payload := <-d.queue:
-			d.write(&payload)
+			if err := d.write(&payload); err != nil {
+				d.dial()
+			}
 		case <-timeout:
 			if dropped := atomic.SwapUint32(&d.dropped, 0); dropped > 0 {
 				log.Warningf("Dropped dnstap messages: %d", dropped)
 			}
-			d.flushBuffer()
+			if d.enc == nil {
-			timeout = time.After(flushTimeout)
+				d.dial()
+			} else {
+				d.enc.flush()
+			}
+			timeout = time.After(d.flushTimeout)
 		}
 	}
 }

plugin/dnstap/dnstapio/io_test.go

@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ import (
 	fs "github.com/farsightsec/golang-framestream"
 )
 
-const (
-	endpointTCP    = "localhost:0"
-	endpointSocket = "dnstap.sock"
-)
-
 var (
 	msgType = tap.Dnstap_MESSAGE
 	msg     = tap.Dnstap{Type: &msgType}
@@ -27,7 +22,6 @@ func accept(t *testing.T, l net.Listener, count int) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Server accepted: %s", err)
 	}
-
 	dec, err := fs.NewDecoder(server, &fs.DecoderOptions{
 		ContentType:   []byte("protobuf:dnstap.Dnstap"),
 		Bidirectional: true,
@@ -48,9 +42,10 @@ func accept(t *testing.T, l net.Listener, count int) {
 }
 
 func TestTransport(t *testing.T) {
-	transport := [2][3]string{
+
-		{"tcp", endpointTCP, "false"},
+	transport := [2][2]string{
-		{"unix", endpointSocket, "true"},
+		{"tcp", ":0"},
+		{"unix", "dnstap.sock"},
 	}
 
 	for _, param := range transport {
@@ -67,7 +62,9 @@ func TestTransport(t *testing.T) {
 			wg.Done()
 		}()
 
-		dio := New(l.Addr().String(), param[2] == "true")
+		dio := New(param[0], l.Addr().String())
+		dio.tcpTimeout = 10 * time.Millisecond
+		dio.flushTimeout = 30 * time.Millisecond
 		dio.Connect()
 
 		dio.Dnstap(msg)
@@ -81,8 +78,7 @@ func TestTransport(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRace(t *testing.T) {
 	count := 10
 
-	// Start TCP listener
+	l, err := reuseport.Listen("tcp", ":0")
-	l, err := reuseport.Listen("tcp", endpointTCP)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Cannot start listener: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -95,27 +91,27 @@ func TestRace(t *testing.T) {
 		wg.Done()
 	}()
 
-	dio := New(l.Addr().String(), false)
+	dio := New("tcp", l.Addr().String())
+	dio.tcpTimeout = 10 * time.Millisecond
+	dio.flushTimeout = 30 * time.Millisecond
 	dio.Connect()
 	defer dio.Close()
 
 	wg.Add(count)
 	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
 		go func() {
-			time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+			msg := tap.Dnstap_MESSAGE
-			dio.Dnstap(msg)
+			dio.Dnstap(tap.Dnstap{Type: &msg})
 			wg.Done()
 		}()
 	}
-
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
 func TestReconnect(t *testing.T) {
 	count := 5
 
-	// Start TCP listener
+	l, err := reuseport.Listen("tcp", ":0")
-	l, err := reuseport.Listen("tcp", endpointTCP)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Cannot start listener: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -128,18 +124,18 @@ func TestReconnect(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 
 	addr := l.Addr().String()
-	dio := New(addr, false)
+	dio := New("tcp", addr)
+	dio.tcpTimeout = 10 * time.Millisecond
+	dio.flushTimeout = 30 * time.Millisecond
 	dio.Connect()
 	defer dio.Close()
 
-	msg := tap.Dnstap_MESSAGE
+	dio.Dnstap(msg)
-	dio.Dnstap(tap.Dnstap{Type: &msg})
 
 	wg.Wait()
 
 	// Close listener
 	l.Close()
-
 	// And start TCP listener again on the same port
 	l, err = reuseport.Listen("tcp", addr)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -154,9 +150,8 @@ func TestReconnect(t *testing.T) {
 	}()
 
 	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
-		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-		dio.Dnstap(tap.Dnstap{Type: &msg})
+		dio.Dnstap(msg)
 	}
-
 	wg.Wait()
 }

plugin/dnstap/setup.go

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 func init() { plugin.Register("dnstap", setup) }
 
 type config struct {
+	proto  string
 	target string
-	socket bool
 	full   bool
 }
 
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ func parseConfig(d *caddy.Controller) (c config, err error) {
 			return c, d.ArgErr()
 		}
 		c.target = servers[0]
+		c.proto = "tcp"
 	} else {
-		// default to UNIX socket
 		c.target = strings.TrimPrefix(c.target, "unix://")
-		c.socket = true
+		c.proto = "unix"
 	}
 
 	c.full = d.NextArg() && d.Val() == "full"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func setup(c *caddy.Controller) error {
 		return plugin.Error("dnstap", err)
 	}
 
-	dio := dnstapio.New(conf.target, conf.socket)
+	dio := dnstapio.New(conf.proto, conf.target)
 	dnstap := Dnstap{io: dio, IncludeRawMessage: conf.full}
 
 	c.OnStartup(func() error {

plugin/dnstap/setup_test.go

@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ import (
 
 func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		file   string
+		file  string
-		path   string
+		path  string
-		full   bool
+		full  bool
-		socket bool
+		proto string
-		fail   bool
+		fail  bool
 	}{
-		{"dnstap dnstap.sock full", "dnstap.sock", true, true, false},
+		{"dnstap dnstap.sock full", "dnstap.sock", true, "unix", false},
-		{"dnstap unix://dnstap.sock", "dnstap.sock", false, true, false},
+		{"dnstap unix://dnstap.sock", "dnstap.sock", false, "unix", false},
-		{"dnstap tcp://127.0.0.1:6000", "127.0.0.1:6000", false, false, false},
+		{"dnstap tcp://127.0.0.1:6000", "127.0.0.1:6000", false, "tcp", false},
-		{"dnstap", "fail", false, true, true},
+		{"dnstap", "fail", false, "tcp", true},
 	}
 	for _, c := range tests {
 		cad := caddy.NewTestController("dns", c.file)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			if err == nil {
 				t.Errorf("%s: %s", c.file, err)
 			}
-		} else if err != nil || conf.target != c.path || conf.full != c.full || conf.socket != c.socket {
+		} else if err != nil || conf.target != c.path || conf.full != c.full || conf.proto != c.proto {
 			t.Errorf("Expected: %+v\nhave: %+v\nerror: %s", c, conf, err)
 		}
 	}