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authorMicael Karlberg <[email protected]>2013-09-10 10:18:53 +0200
committerMicael Karlberg <[email protected]>2013-10-09 10:37:43 +0200
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[snmp/manager] Improve handling of unexpected/invalid snmpm_user callbacks
Improved handling of unexpected return values from snmpm_user callback functions. Violations of the documented API (crashes or invalid return values) will now result in an error message. Updated doc for snmpm_user bahaviour and some other stuff. Add more (common) type defs. Update manager example. Fixed manager test(s). Fixed unused vars in (manager) test suite. Make test user follow defined behaviour.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/snmp/doc')
-rw-r--r--lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml85
-rw-r--r--lib/snmp/doc/src/snmpm_user.xml187
2 files changed, 191 insertions, 81 deletions
diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml
index 21c417f0c1..646e3027d6 100644
--- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,91 @@
<section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.25</title>
+ <p>Version 4.25 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.24.1, 4.24, 4.23.1 and 4.23. </p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+<!--
+ <p>-</p>
+-->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Improved handling of unexpected return values from
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso>
+ callback functions. </p>
+ <p>Violations of the documented API (crashes or invalid return
+ values) will now result in an error message. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-11307</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+
+<!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Reading the value of the vacmViewTreeFamilyMask returns
+ it in the wrong (internal bitlist) format. </p>
+ <p>The vacmViewTreeFamilyMask is defined as a bit string in the MIB
+ (OCTET STRING). Internally a bitlist (list of 1's and 0's,
+ see <seealso marker="snmp_agent_config_files#vacm">vacm config file</seealso>
+ for more info) is used.
+ However, the MIB implementation assumed the latter, effectively
+ rendering all attempts to read/set masks via SNMP unsuccessful. </p>
+ <p>Since the mask is used in hot paths (e.g. access permission checks
+ for each SNMP operation, the bitlist representation of the mask has
+ benefits (e.g. faster processing). Reading/writing the view mask
+ objects is less time-critical. Therefore, to fix the issue, convert
+ between the bitlist (internal) representation and bitstring
+ (external) when the vacmViewTreeFamilyMask objects are accessed. </p>
+ <p>Also, the check of the vacm config file was invalid with
+ regard to the mask value. It was assumed to be a proper oid, which
+ is not strictly the case (see bitlist above). </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-11177</p>
+ <p>Stefan Zegenhagen</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] The counter increment function in the local-db was
+ incorrect. It did not handle counter wrap correctly. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-11192</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+-->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+<!--
+ <p>-</p>
+-->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] The
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso>
+ callback functions are no longer allowed to "return" via
+ exit or throw. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-11307</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ </section> <!-- 4.25 -->
+
+
+ <section>
<title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.24.1</title>
<p>Version 4.24.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
version 4.24, 4.23.1 and 4.23. </p>
diff --git a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmpm_user.xml b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmpm_user.xml
index 1823e0c815..cb2deab976 100644
--- a/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmpm_user.xml
+++ b/lib/snmp/doc/src/snmpm_user.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2004</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2013</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -56,40 +56,59 @@
<item>
<p>handle_report/3</p>
</item>
+ <item>
+ <p>handle_invalid_result/2</p>
+ </item>
</list>
<p>The semantics of them and their exact signatures are explained
- below. </p>
- <p>Note that if an agent is registered using the old, no longer
- documented, functions (using Addr and Port), the old variant of the
- callback functions, handle_pdu, handle_trap, handle_inform and
- handle_report, will be called. </p>
+ below. </p>
+ <p>Some of the function has no defined return value (<c>void()</c>),
+ they can ofcourse return anythyng. But the functions that do have
+ specified return value(s) <em>must</em> adhere to this. None of the
+ functions can use exit of throw to return. </p>
- <marker id="handle_error"></marker>
+ <marker id="types"></marker>
</description>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>DATA TYPES</title>
+ <code type="none"><![CDATA[
+snmp_gen_info() = {ErrorStatus :: atom(),
+ ErrorIndex :: pos_integer(),
+ Varbinds :: [snmp:varbind()]}
+snmp_v1_trap_info() :: {Enteprise :: snmp:oid(),
+ Generic :: integer(),
+ Spec :: integer(),
+ Timestamp :: integer(),
+ Varbinds :: [snmp:varbind()]}
+ ]]></code>
+ <marker id="handle_error"></marker>
+ </section>
+
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>handle_error(ReqId, Reason, UserData) -> Reply</name>
+ <name>handle_error(ReqId, Reason, UserData) -> void()</name>
<fsummary>Handle error</fsummary>
<type>
<v>ReqId = integer()</v>
<v>Reason = {unexpected_pdu, SnmpInfo} | {invalid_sec_info, SecInfo, SnmpInfo} | {empty_message, Addr, Port} | term()</v>
+ <v>SnmpInfo = snmp_gen_info()</v>
+ <v>SecInfo = term()</v>
<v>Addr = ip_address()</v>
<v>Port = integer()</v>
<v>UserData = term()</v>
- <v>Reply = ignore</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>This function is called when the manager needs to
- communicate an "asynchronous" error, to the user:
- e.g. failure to send an asynchronous message (i.e. encoding
- error), a received message was discarded due to security
- error, the manager failed to generate a response message to
- a received inform-request, or when receiving an unexpected
- PDU from an agent (could be an expired async request). </p>
- <p>If <c>ReqId</c> is less then 0, it means that this
- information was not available to the manager (that info was
- never retrieved before the message was discarded).
- </p>
+ communicate an "asynchronous" error to the user:
+ e.g. failure to send an asynchronous message (i.e. encoding
+ error), a received message was discarded due to security
+ error, the manager failed to generate a response message to
+ a received inform-request, or when receiving an unexpected
+ PDU from an agent (could be an expired async request). </p>
+ <p>If <c>ReqId</c> is less then 0, it means that this
+ information was not available to the manager (that info was
+ never retrieved before the message was discarded). </p>
<p>For <c>SnmpInfo</c> see handle_agent below.</p>
<marker id="handle_agent"></marker>
@@ -104,22 +123,22 @@
<v>Port = integer()</v>
<v>Type = pdu | trap | report | inform</v>
<v>SnmpInfo = SnmpPduInfo | SnmpTrapInfo | SnmpReportInfo | SnmpInformInfo</v>
- <v>ErrorStatus = atom()</v>
- <v>ErrorIndex = integer()</v>
- <v>Varbinds = [varbind()]</v>
- <v>varbind() = #varbind</v>
+ <v>SnmpPduInfo = snmp_gen_info()</v>
+ <v>SnmpTrapInfo = snmp_v1_trap_info()</v>
+ <v>SnmpReportInfo = snmp_gen_info()</v>
+ <v>SnmpInformInfo = snmp_gen_info()</v>
<v>UserData = term()</v>
- <v>Reply = ignore | {register, UserId, TargetName, agent_info()}</v>
+ <v>Reply = ignore | {register, UserId, TargetName, AgentConfig}</v>
<v>UserId = term()</v>
<v>TargetName = target_name()</v>
- <v>agent_info() = [{agent_info_item(), agent_info_value()}]</v>
+ <v>AgentConfig = [agent_config()]</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>This function is called when a message is received from an
- unknown agent.</p>
+ <p>This function is called when a message is received from an
+ unknown agent.</p>
<p>Note that this will always be the default user that is called.</p>
- <p>For more info about the <c>agent_info()</c>, see
- <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>For more info about the <c>agent_config()</c>, see
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent</seealso>.</p>
<p>The arguments <c>Type</c> and <c>SnmpInfo</c> relates in the
following way: </p>
@@ -148,7 +167,7 @@
</list>
<p>The only user which would return
- <c>{register, UserId, TargetName, agent_info()}</c> is the
+ <c>{register, UserId, TargetName, AgentConfig}</c> is the
<em>default user</em>.</p>
<marker id="handle_pdu"></marker>
@@ -156,18 +175,13 @@
</func>
<func>
- <name>handle_pdu(TargetName, ReqId, SnmpPduInfo, UserData) -> Reply</name>
+ <name>handle_pdu(TargetName, ReqId, SnmpPduInfo, UserData) -> void()</name>
<fsummary>Handle the reply to an asynchronous request</fsummary>
<type>
<v>TargetName = target_name()</v>
<v>ReqId = term()</v>
- <v>SnmpPduInfo = {ErrorStatus, ErrorIndex, Varbinds}</v>
- <v>ErrorStatus = atom()</v>
- <v>ErrorIndex = integer()</v>
- <v>Varbinds = [varbind()]</v>
- <v>varbind() = #varbind</v>
+ <v>SnmpPduInfo = snmp_gen_info()</v>
<v>UserData = term()</v>
- <v>Reply = ignore</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Handle the reply to an asynchronous request, such as
@@ -186,27 +200,19 @@
<fsummary>Handle a trap/notification message</fsummary>
<type>
<v>TargetName = TargetName2 = target_name()</v>
- <v>SnmpTrapInfo = {Enteprise, Generic, Spec, Timestamp, Varbinds} | {ErrorStatus, ErrorIndex, Varbinds}</v>
- <v>Enterprise = oid()</v>
- <v>Generic = integer()</v>
- <v>Spec = integer()</v>
- <v>Timestamp = integer()</v>
- <v>ErrorStatus = atom()</v>
- <v>ErrorIndex = integer()</v>
- <v>Varbinds = [varbind()]</v>
- <v>varbind() = #varbind</v>
+ <v>SnmpTrapInfo = snmp_v1_trap_info() | snmp_gen_info()</v>
<v>UserData = term()</v>
- <v>Reply = ignore | unregister | {register, UserId, TargetName2, agent_info()}</v>
+ <v>Reply = ignore | unregister | {register, UserId, TargetName2, AgentConfig}</v>
<v>UserId = term()</v>
- <v>agent_info() = [{agent_info_item(), agent_info_value()}]</v>
+ <v>AgentConfig = [agent_config()]</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Handle a trap/notification message from an agent.</p>
- <p>For more info about the <c>agent_info()</c>, see
- <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent</seealso></p>
+ <p>For more info about the <c>agent_config()</c>, see
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent</seealso></p>
<p>The only user which would return
- <c>{register, UserId, TargetName2, agent_info()}</c> is the
- <em>default user</em>.</p>
+ <c>{register, UserId, TargetName2, agent_info()}</c> is the
+ <em>default user</em>.</p>
<marker id="handle_inform"></marker>
</desc>
@@ -217,29 +223,25 @@
<fsummary>Handle a inform message</fsummary>
<type>
<v>TargetName = TargetName2 = target_name()</v>
- <v>SnmpInformInfo = {ErrorStatus, ErrorIndex, Varbinds}</v>
- <v>ErrorStatus = atom()</v>
- <v>ErrorIndex = integer()</v>
- <v>Varbinds = [varbind()]</v>
- <v>varbind() = #varbind</v>
+ <v>SnmpInformInfo = snmp_gen_info()</v>
<v>UserData = term()</v>
- <v>Reply = ignore | unregister | {register, UserId, TargetName2, agent_info()}</v>
+ <v>Reply = ignore | no_reply | unregister | {register, UserId, TargetName2, AgentConfig}</v>
<v>UserId = term()</v>
- <v>agent_info() = [{agent_info_item(), agent_info_value()}]</v>
+ <v>AgentConfig = [agent_config()]</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Handle a inform message.</p>
- <p>For more info about the <c>agent_info()</c>, see
- <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent</seealso></p>
+ <p>For more info about the <c>agent_config()</c>, see
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent</seealso></p>
<p>The only user which would return
- <c>{register, UserId, TargetName2, agent_info()}</c> is the
- <em>default user</em>.</p>
- <p>If the
- <seealso marker="snmp_app">inform request behaviour</seealso>
- configuration option is set to <c>user</c> or
- <c>{user, integer()}</c>, the response (acknowledgment) to this
- inform-request will be sent when this function returns.</p>
-
+ <c>{register, UserId, TargetName2, AgentConfig}</c> is the
+ <em>default user</em>.</p>
+ <p>If the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_app">inform request behaviour</seealso>
+ configuration option is set to <c>user</c> or
+ <c>{user, integer()}</c>, the response (acknowledgment) to this
+ inform-request will be sent when this function returns.</p>
+
<marker id="handle_report"></marker>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -251,23 +253,46 @@
<v>TargetName = TargetName2 = target_name()</v>
<v>Addr = ip_address()</v>
<v>Port = integer()</v>
- <v>SnmpReportInfo = {ErrorStatus, ErrorIndex, Varbinds}</v>
- <v>ErrorStatus = atom()</v>
- <v>ErrorIndex = integer()</v>
- <v>Varbinds = [varbind()]</v>
- <v>varbind() = #varbind</v>
+ <v>SnmpReportInfo = snmp_gen_info()</v>
<v>UserData = term()</v>
- <v>Reply = ignore | unregister | {register, UserId, TargetName2, agent_info()}</v>
+ <v>Reply = ignore | unregister | {register, UserId, TargetName2, AgentConfig}</v>
<v>UserId = term()</v>
- <v>agent_info() = [{agent_info_item(), agent_info_value()}]</v>
+ <v>AgentConfig = [agent_config()]</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Handle a report message.</p>
- <p>For more info about the <c>agent_info()</c>, see
- <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent</seealso></p>
+ <p>For more info about the <c>agent_config()</c>, see
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent</seealso></p>
<p>The only user which would return
- <c>{register, UserId, TargetName2, agent_info()}</c> is the
- <em>default user</em>.</p>
+ <c>{register, UserId, TargetName2, AgentConfig}</c> is the
+ <em>default user</em>.</p>
+
+ <marker id="handle_invalid_result"></marker>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>handle_invalid_result(IN, OUT) -> void()</name>
+ <fsummary>Handle a report message</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>IN = {Func, Args}</v>
+ <v>Func = atom()</v>
+ <v>Args = list()</v>
+ <v>OUT = {crash, CrashInfo} | {result, InvalidResult}</v>
+ <v>CrashInfo = {ErrorType, Error, Stacktrace}</v>
+ <v>ErrorType = atom()</v>
+ <v>Error = term()</v>
+ <v>Stacktrace = list()</v>
+ <v>InvalidResult = term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>If <em>any</em> of the <em>other</em> callback functions crashes
+ (exit, throw or a plain crash) or return an invalid result (if a valid
+ return has been specified), this function is called.
+ The purpose is to allow the user handle this
+ error (for instance to issue an error report).</p>
+ <p><c>IN</c> reprecents the function called (and its arguments).
+ <c>OUT</c> represents the unexpected/invalid result. </p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>