connect.go

// Package forward implements a forwarding proxy. It caches an upstream net.Conn for some time, so if the same
// client returns the upstream's Conn will be precached. Depending on how you benchmark this looks to be
// 50% faster than just opening a new connection for every client. It works with UDP and TCP and uses
// inband healthchecking.
package forward

import (
	"context"
	"io"
	"strconv"
	"sync/atomic"
	"time"

	"github.com/coredns/coredns/request"

	"github.com/miekg/dns"
)

// limitTimeout is a utility function to auto-tune timeout values
// average observed time is moved towards the last observed delay moderated by a weight
// next timeout to use will be the double of the computed average, limited by min and max frame.
func limitTimeout(currentAvg *int64, minValue time.Duration, maxValue time.Duration) time.Duration {
	rt := time.Duration(atomic.LoadInt64(currentAvg))
	if rt < minValue {
		return minValue
	}
	if rt < maxValue/2 {
		return 2 * rt
	}
	return maxValue
}

func averageTimeout(currentAvg *int64, observedDuration time.Duration, weight int64) {
	dt := time.Duration(atomic.LoadInt64(currentAvg))
	atomic.AddInt64(currentAvg, int64(observedDuration-dt)/weight)
}

func (t *Transport) dialTimeout() time.Duration {
	return limitTimeout(&t.avgDialTime, minDialTimeout, maxDialTimeout)
}

func (t *Transport) updateDialTimeout(newDialTime time.Duration) {
	averageTimeout(&t.avgDialTime, newDialTime, cumulativeAvgWeight)
}

// Dial dials the address configured in transport, potentially reusing a connection or creating a new one.
func (t *Transport) Dial(proto string) (*dns.Conn, bool, error) {
	// If tls has been configured; use it.
	if t.tlsConfig != nil {
		proto = "tcp-tls"
	}

	t.dial <- proto
	c := <-t.ret

	if c != nil {
		return c, true, nil
	}

	reqTime := time.Now()
	timeout := t.dialTimeout()
	if proto == "tcp-tls" {
		conn, err := dns.DialTimeoutWithTLS("tcp", t.addr, t.tlsConfig, timeout)
		t.updateDialTimeout(time.Since(reqTime))
		return conn, false, err
	}
	conn, err := dns.DialTimeout(proto, t.addr, timeout)
	t.updateDialTimeout(time.Since(reqTime))
	return conn, false, err
}

// Connect selects an upstream, sends the request and waits for a response.
func (p *Proxy) Connect(ctx context.Context, state request.Request, opts options) (*dns.Msg, error) {
	start := time.Now()

	proto := ""
	switch {
	case opts.forceTCP: // TCP flag has precedence over UDP flag
		proto = "tcp"
	case opts.preferUDP:
		proto = "udp"
	default:
		proto = state.Proto()
	}

	conn, cached, err := p.transport.Dial(proto)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// Set buffer size correctly for this client.
	conn.UDPSize = uint16(state.Size())
	if conn.UDPSize < 512 {
		conn.UDPSize = 512
	}

	conn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(maxTimeout))
	if err := conn.WriteMsg(state.Req); err != nil {
		conn.Close() // not giving it back
		if err == io.EOF && cached {
			return nil, ErrCachedClosed
		}
		return nil, err
	}

	conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(readTimeout))
	ret, err := conn.ReadMsg()
	if err != nil {
		conn.Close() // not giving it back
		if err == io.EOF && cached {
			return nil, ErrCachedClosed
		}
		return ret, err
	}

	p.transport.Yield(conn)

	rc, ok := dns.RcodeToString[ret.Rcode]
	if !ok {
		rc = strconv.Itoa(ret.Rcode)
	}

	RequestCount.WithLabelValues(p.addr).Add(1)
	RcodeCount.WithLabelValues(rc, p.addr).Add(1)
	RequestDuration.WithLabelValues(p.addr).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())

	return ret, nil
}

const cumulativeAvgWeight = 4