Don't process unless connected, and only fire loopback messages back up the loopback

tunnel/default.go

@@ -49,8 +49,18 @@ type tun struct {
 
 type link struct {
 	transport.Socket
+	// unique id of this link e.g uuid
+	// which we define for ourselves
 	id string
+	// whether its a loopback connection
 	loopback bool
+	// whether its actually connected
+	// dialled side sets it to connected
+	// after sending the message. the
+	// listener waits for the connect
+	connected bool
+	// the last time we received a keepalive
+	// on this link from the remote side
 	lastKeepAlive time.Time
 }
 
@@ -190,9 +200,25 @@ func (t *tun) process() {
 				log.Debugf("No links to send to")
 			}
 			for node, link := range t.links {
+				// if the link is not connected skip it
+				if !link.connected {
+					log.Debugf("Link for node %s not connected", node)
+					continue
+				}
+
+				// if the link was a loopback accepted connection
+				// and the message is being sent outbound via
+				// a dialled connection don't use this link
 				if link.loopback && msg.outbound {
 					continue
 				}
+
+				// if the message was being returned by the loopback listener
+				// send it back up the loopback link only
+				if msg.loopback && !link.loopback {
+					continue
+				}
+
 				log.Debugf("Sending %+v to %s", newMsg, node)
 				if err := link.Send(newMsg); err != nil {
 					log.Debugf("Tunnel error sending %+v to %s: %v", newMsg, node, err)
@@ -209,15 +235,22 @@ func (t *tun) process() {
 
 // process incoming messages
 func (t *tun) listen(link *link) {
-	for {
+	// remove the link on exit
-		// process anything via the net interface
+	defer func() {
-		msg := new(transport.Message)
+		log.Debugf("Tunnel deleting connection from %s", link.Remote())
-		err := link.Recv(msg)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("Tunnel link %s receive error: %#v", link.Remote(), err)
 		t.Lock()
 		delete(t.links, link.Remote())
 		t.Unlock()
+	}()
+
+	// let us know if its a loopback
+	var loopback bool
+
+	for {
+		// process anything via the net interface
+		msg := new(transport.Message)
+		if err := link.Recv(msg); err != nil {
+			log.Debugf("Tunnel link %s receive error: %#v", link.Remote(), err)
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -232,11 +265,18 @@ func (t *tun) listen(link *link) {
 
 			// are we connecting to ourselves?
 			if token == t.token {
-				t.Lock()
 				link.loopback = true
-				t.Unlock()
+				loopback = true
 			}
 
+			// set as connected
+			link.connected = true
+
+			// save the link once connected
+			t.Lock()
+			t.links[link.Remote()] = link
+			t.Unlock()
+
 			// nothing more to do
 			continue
 		case "close":
@@ -258,6 +298,11 @@ func (t *tun) listen(link *link) {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// if its not connected throw away the link
+		if !link.connected {
+			return
+		}
+
 		// strip message header
 		delete(msg.Header, "Micro-Tunnel")
 
@@ -283,8 +328,10 @@ func (t *tun) listen(link *link) {
 		var s *socket
 		var exists bool
 
+		// If its a loopback connection then we've enabled link direction
+		// listening side is used for listening, the dialling side for dialling
 		switch {
-		case link.loopback:
+		case loopback:
 			s, exists = t.getSocket(id, "listener")
 		default:
 			// get the socket based on the tunnel id and session
@@ -298,6 +345,7 @@ func (t *tun) listen(link *link) {
 				s, exists = t.getSocket(id, "listener")
 			}
 		}
+
 		// bail if no socket has been found
 		if !exists {
 			log.Debugf("Tunnel skipping no socket exists")
@@ -340,6 +388,7 @@ func (t *tun) listen(link *link) {
 			id:       id,
 			session:  session,
 			data:     tmsg,
+			loopback: loopback,
 		}
 
 		// append to recv backlog
@@ -399,13 +448,14 @@ func (t *tun) setupLink(node string) (*link, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// save the link
+	// create a new link
-	id := uuid.New().String()
 	link := &link{
 		Socket: c,
-		id:     id,
+		id:     uuid.New().String(),
+		// we made the outbound connection
+		// and sent the connect message
+		connected: true,
 	}
-	t.links[node] = link
 
 	// process incoming messages
 	go t.listen(link)
@@ -430,25 +480,16 @@ func (t *tun) connect() error {
 		// accept inbound connections
 		err := l.Accept(func(sock transport.Socket) {
 			log.Debugf("Tunnel accepted connection from %s", sock.Remote())
-			// save the link
+
-			id := uuid.New().String()
+			// create a new link
-			t.Lock()
 			link := &link{
 				Socket: sock,
-				id:     id,
+				id:     uuid.New().String(),
 			}
-			t.links[sock.Remote()] = link
-			t.Unlock()
 
-			// delete the link
+			// listen for inbound messages.
-			defer func() {
+			// only save the link once connected.
-				log.Debugf("Tunnel deleting connection from %s", sock.Remote())
+			// we do this inside liste
-				t.Lock()
-				delete(t.links, sock.Remote())
-				t.Unlock()
-			}()
-
-			// listen for inbound messages
 			t.listen(link)
 		})
 
@@ -473,6 +514,7 @@ func (t *tun) connect() error {
 			log.Debugf("Tunnel failed to establish node link to %s: %v", node, err)
 			continue
 		}
+
 		// save the link
 		t.links[node] = link
 	}

tunnel/listener.go

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ func (t *tunListener) process() {
 					id: m.id,
 					// the session id
 					session: m.session,
+					// is loopback conn
+					loopback: m.loopback,
 					// close chan
 					closed: make(chan bool),
 					// recv called by the acceptor

tunnel/socket.go

@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ type socket struct {
 	recv chan *message
 	// wait until we have a connection
 	wait chan bool
-	// outbound marks the socket as outbound
+	// outbound marks the socket as outbound dialled connection
 	outbound bool
+	// lookback marks the socket as a loopback on the inbound
+	loopback bool
 }
 
 // message is sent over the send channel
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ type message struct {
 	session string
 	// outbound marks the message as outbound
 	outbound bool
+	// loopback marks the message intended for loopback
+	loopback bool
 	// transport data
 	data *transport.Message
 }
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ func (s *socket) Send(m *transport.Message) error {
 		id:       s.id,
 		session:  s.session,
 		outbound: s.outbound,
+		loopback: s.loopback,
 		data:     data,
 	}
 	log.Debugf("Appending %+v to send backlog", msg)