[PATCH] odhcpd: add option to use absolute timestamps

Nick Hainke vincent at systemli.org
Sat Jan 30 11:32:40 EST 2021


Until now it is not possible to give absolute timestamps in odhcpd.
This means that on every new RA or request, the timestamp is renewed.
Further, the valid and preferred lifetimes are not synced between all
devices.

There are several usecases when it is needed to have absolute timestamp
that needed to be synced across all devices, e.g. your ISP delegates
you a prefix for some certain time, or you want to change to another
prefix.

The purpose of having this as a absolute timestamp is to make it easier
to track. An example configuration is

  option absolute_lifetime '1'
  option valid_lifetime '05 Jan 2021 23:00:00'
  option preferred_lifetime '05 Jan 2021 23:00:00'

If the valid_lifetime is in the past, the preferred lifetime and valid
lifetime are set to 1 minute.

Signed-off-by: Nick Hainke <vincent at systemli.org>
---
 README          |  8 ++++--
 src/config.c    | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 src/dhcpv6-ia.c | 10 +++++++
 src/odhcpd.h    |  1 +
 4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index f9cbb11..0af5c75 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -107,11 +107,13 @@ dns_service		bool	1			Announce the address of interface as DNS service
 							if the list of dns is empty
 domain			list	<local search domain>	Search domains to announce
 
-leasetime		string	12h			DHCPv4 address leasetime
+leasetime		string	12h			DHCPv4 address leasetime. If absolute_lifetime is
+							set the value can be given as a date, e.g. "10 Jan 2020 00:00:00".
 start			integer	100			DHCPv4 pool start
 limit			integer	150			DHCPv4 pool size
 preferred_lifetime	string	12h			Value for the preferred lifetime
-							for a prefix
+							for a prefix. If absolute_lifetime is set the value can
+							be given as a date, e.g. "10 Jan 2020 00:00:00".
 ra_default		integer	0			Override default route
 			0: default, 1: ignore no public address, 2: ignore all
 ra_flags		list	other-config		List of RA flags to be
@@ -145,6 +147,8 @@ ndproxy_slave		bool	0			NDProxy external slave
 prefix_filter		string	::/0			Only advertise on-link prefixes within
 			[IPv6 prefix]			the provided IPv6 prefix; others are
 							filtered out.
+absolute_lifetime		bool	0			Interpret configured lifetime as
+							absolute timestamps. The format has to be "10 Jan 2020 00:00:00".
 
 
 Sections of type host (static leases)
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 78b5855..42f73a1 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include <uci.h>
 #include <uci_blob.h>
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ enum {
 	IFACE_ATTR_NDPROXY_SLAVE,
 	IFACE_ATTR_PREFIX_FILTER,
 	IFACE_ATTR_PREFERRED_LIFETIME,
+	IFACE_ATTR_ABSOLUTE_LIFETIME,
 	IFACE_ATTR_MAX
 };
 
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ static const struct blobmsg_policy iface_attrs[IFACE_ATTR_MAX] = {
 	[IFACE_ATTR_NDPROXY_SLAVE] = { .name = "ndproxy_slave", .type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_BOOL },
 	[IFACE_ATTR_PREFIX_FILTER] = { .name = "prefix_filter", .type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_STRING },
 	[IFACE_ATTR_PREFERRED_LIFETIME] = { .name = "preferred_lifetime", .type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_STRING },
+	[IFACE_ATTR_ABSOLUTE_LIFETIME] = { .name = "absolute_lifetime", .type = BLOBMSG_TYPE_BOOL },
 };
 
 static const struct uci_blob_param_info iface_attr_info[IFACE_ATTR_MAX] = {
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@ static void set_interface_defaults(struct interface *iface)
 	iface->ra_mininterval = iface->ra_maxinterval/3;
 	iface->ra_lifetime = -1;
 	iface->ra_dns = true;
+	iface->absolute_lifetime = false;
 }
 
 static void clean_interface(struct interface *iface)
@@ -321,29 +325,48 @@ static void set_config(struct uci_section *s)
 	}
 }
 
-static double parse_leasetime(struct blob_attr *c) {
+static double parse_leasetime(struct blob_attr *c, bool absolute) {
 	char *val = blobmsg_get_string(c), *endptr = NULL;
-	double time = strcmp(val, "infinite") ? strtod(val, &endptr) : UINT32_MAX;
-
-	if (time && endptr && endptr[0]) {
-		if (endptr[0] == 's')
-			time *= 1;
-		else if (endptr[0] == 'm')
-			time *= 60;
-		else if (endptr[0] == 'h')
-			time *= 3600;
-		else if (endptr[0] == 'd')
-			time *= 24 * 3600;
-		else if (endptr[0] == 'w')
-			time *= 7 * 24 * 3600;
-		else
+	double ret_time = strcmp(val, "infinite") ? strtod(val, &endptr) : UINT32_MAX;
+
+	if (absolute)
+	{
+		// "10 Jan 2020 00:00:00"
+		// Parse absolut time
+		struct tm tm = {0};
+		char *s = strptime(val, "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", &tm);
+		if (s == NULL) {
+			syslog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to Parse Date: %s", val);
 			goto err;
+		}
+
+		time_t now = odhcpd_time();
+		time_t wall_time = time(NULL);
+		time_t t = mktime(&tm);
+
+		double diff = difftime(t,wall_time);
+		ret_time += now + diff;
+	} else {
+		if (ret_time && endptr && endptr[0]) {
+			if (endptr[0] == 's')
+				ret_time *= 1;
+			else if (endptr[0] == 'm')
+				ret_time *= 60;
+			else if (endptr[0] == 'h')
+				ret_time *= 3600;
+			else if (endptr[0] == 'd')
+				ret_time *= 24 * 3600;
+			else if (endptr[0] == 'w')
+				ret_time *= 7 * 24 * 3600;
+			else
+				goto err;
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (time < 60)
-		time = 60;
+	if (ret_time < 60)
+		ret_time = 60;
 
-	return time;
+	return ret_time;
 
 err:
 	return -1;
@@ -409,7 +432,7 @@ int set_lease_from_blobmsg(struct blob_attr *ba)
 	}
 
 	if ((c = tb[LEASE_ATTR_LEASETIME])) {
-		double time = parse_leasetime(c);
+		double time = parse_leasetime(c, false); // do not support absolute timestamps for now
 		if (time < 0)
 			goto err;
 
@@ -520,8 +543,12 @@ int config_parse_interface(void *data, size_t len, const char *name, bool overwr
 	if ((c = tb[IFACE_ATTR_DYNAMICDHCP]))
 		iface->no_dynamic_dhcp = !blobmsg_get_bool(c);
 
+
+	if ((c = tb[IFACE_ATTR_ABSOLUTE_LIFETIME]))
+		iface->absolute_lifetime = blobmsg_get_bool(c);
+
 	if ((c = tb[IFACE_ATTR_LEASETIME])) {
-		double time = parse_leasetime(c);
+		double time = parse_leasetime(c, iface->absolute_lifetime);
 		if (time < 0)
 			goto err;
 
@@ -529,7 +556,7 @@ int config_parse_interface(void *data, size_t len, const char *name, bool overwr
 	}
 
 	if ((c = tb[IFACE_ATTR_PREFERRED_LIFETIME])) {
-		double time = parse_leasetime(c);
+		double time = parse_leasetime(c, iface->absolute_lifetime);
 		if (time < 0)
 			goto err;
 
diff --git a/src/dhcpv6-ia.c b/src/dhcpv6-ia.c
index a59fc20..78be8b8 100644
--- a/src/dhcpv6-ia.c
+++ b/src/dhcpv6-ia.c
@@ -865,6 +865,16 @@ static size_t build_ia(uint8_t *buf, size_t buflen, uint16_t status,
 			if (prefix_valid > leasetime)
 				prefix_valid = leasetime;
 
+			if (iface->absolute_lifetime) {
+				if ((long int) iface->dhcp_leasetime > now) {
+					prefix_valid = iface->dhcp_leasetime - now;
+					prefix_pref = iface->preferred_lifetime - now;
+				} else { // if we have a timestamp in the past set pref and valid to 60s
+					prefix_valid = 60;
+					prefix_pref = 60;
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (a->flags & OAF_DHCPV6_PD) {
 				struct dhcpv6_ia_prefix o_ia_p = {
 					.type = htons(DHCPV6_OPT_IA_PREFIX),
diff --git a/src/odhcpd.h b/src/odhcpd.h
index 45b6784..98673a8 100644
--- a/src/odhcpd.h
+++ b/src/odhcpd.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ struct interface {
 	uint32_t ra_hoplimit;
 	int ra_mtu;
 	uint32_t preferred_lifetime;
+	bool absolute_lifetime;
 
 	// DHCP
 	uint32_t dhcp_leasetime;
-- 
2.30.0




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