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-rw-r--r--lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml43
-rw-r--r--lib/diameter/include/diameter_gen.hrl8
-rw-r--r--lib/diameter/src/base/diameter.erl1
-rw-r--r--lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_codec.erl10
-rw-r--r--lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_config.erl3
-rw-r--r--lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_service.erl4
-rw-r--r--lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_traffic.erl4
7 files changed, 65 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml
index 47247bc2ff..61b7fd1337 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml
+++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml
@@ -913,6 +913,49 @@ Options <c>monitor</c> and <c>link</c> are ignored.</p>
Defaults to the empty list.</p>
</item>
+<marker id="strict_mbit"/>
+<tag><c>{strict_mbit, boolean()}</c></tag>
+<item>
+<p>
+Whether or not to regard an AVP setting the M-bit as erroneous when
+the command grammar in question does not explicitly allow the AVP.
+If <c>true</c> then such AVPs are regarded as 5001 errors,
+DIAMETER_AVP_UNSUPPORTED.
+If <c>false</c> then the M-bit is ignored and policing
+it becomes the receiver's responsibility.</p>
+
+<p>
+Defaults to <c>true</c>.</p>
+
+<warning>
+<p>
+RFC 6733 is unclear about the semantics of the M-bit.
+One the one hand, the CCF specification in section 3.2 documents AVP
+in a command grammar as meaning <b>any</b> arbitrary AVP; on the
+other hand, 1.3.4 states that AVPs setting the M-bit cannot be added
+to an existing command: the modified command must instead be
+placed in a new Diameter application.</p>
+<p>
+The reason for the latter is presumably interoperability:
+allowing arbitrary AVPs setting the M-bit in a command makes its
+interpretation implementation-dependent, since there's no
+guarantee that all implementations will understand the same set of
+arbitrary AVPs in the context of a given command.
+However, interpreting <c>AVP</c> in a command grammar as <b>any</b>
+AVP, regardless of M-bit, renders 1.3.4 meaningless, since the receiver
+can simply ignore any AVP it thinks isn't relevant, regardless of the
+sender's intent.</p>
+<p>
+Beware of confusing mandatory in the sense of the M-bit with mandatory
+in the sense of the command grammar.
+The former is a semantic requirement: that the receiver understand the
+semantics of the AVP in the context in question.
+The latter is a syntactic requirement: whether or not the AVP must
+occur in the message in question.</p>
+</warning>
+
+</item>
+
<marker id="string_decode"/>
<tag><c>{string_decode, boolean()}</c></tag>
<item>
diff --git a/lib/diameter/include/diameter_gen.hrl b/lib/diameter/include/diameter_gen.hrl
index 5624ee6626..611ad796a9 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/include/diameter_gen.hrl
+++ b/lib/diameter/include/diameter_gen.hrl
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@
%% Key to a value in the process dictionary that determines whether or
%% not an unrecognized AVP setting the M-bit should be regarded as an
-%% error or not. See is_strict/0.
+%% error or not. See is_strict/0. This is only used to relax M-bit
+%% interpretation inside Grouped AVPs not setting the M-bit. The
+%% service_opt() strict_mbit can be used to disable the check
+%% globally.
-define(STRICT_KEY, strict).
%% Key that says whether or not we should do a best-effort decode
@@ -448,7 +451,8 @@ relax(_, _) ->
false.
is_strict() ->
- false /= getr(?STRICT_KEY).
+ diameter_codec:getopt(strict_mbit)
+ andalso false /= getr(?STRICT_KEY).
%% relax/1
%%
diff --git a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter.erl b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter.erl
index e82c2c168c..de88f6befd 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter.erl
+++ b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter.erl
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ call(SvcName, App, Message) ->
| {sequence, sequence() | evaluable()}
| {share_peers, remotes()}
| {string_decode, boolean()}
+ | {strict_mbit, boolean()}
| {incoming_maxlen, message_length()}
| {use_shared_peers, remotes()}
| {spawn_opt, list()}.
diff --git a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_codec.erl b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_codec.erl
index bcdc5b3005..1ea5357924 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_codec.erl
+++ b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_codec.erl
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ setopts(Opts)
when is_list(Opts) ->
lists:foreach(fun setopt/1, Opts).
-%% Decode stringish types to string()? The default true is for
-%% backwards compatibility.
-setopt({string_decode = K, false = B}) ->
+%% The default string_decode true is for backwards compatibility.
+setopt({K, false = B})
+ when K == string_decode;
+ K == strict_mbit ->
setopt(K, B);
%% Regard anything but the generated RFC 3588 dictionary as modern.
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ setopt(Key, Value) ->
getopt(Key) ->
case get({diameter, Key}) of
- undefined when Key == string_decode ->
+ undefined when Key == string_decode;
+ Key == strict_mbit ->
true;
undefined when Key == rfc ->
6733;
diff --git a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_config.erl b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_config.erl
index b7d8345b6c..702f11593a 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_config.erl
+++ b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_config.erl
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ make_config(SvcName, Opts) ->
{?NOMASK, sequence},
{nodes, restrict_connections},
{16#FFFFFF, incoming_maxlen},
+ {true, strict_mbit},
{true, string_decode},
{[], spawn_opt}]),
@@ -685,12 +686,14 @@ opt(K, false = B)
K == use_shared_peers;
K == monitor;
K == restrict_connections;
+ K == strict_mbit;
K == string_decode ->
B;
opt(K, true = B)
when K == share_peers;
K == use_shared_peers;
+ K == strict_mbit;
K == string_decode ->
B;
diff --git a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_service.erl b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_service.erl
index e47b975768..13508321c3 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_service.erl
+++ b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_service.erl
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
| {share_peers, diameter:remotes()} %% broadcast to
| {use_shared_peers, diameter:remotes()} %% use from
| {restrict_connections, diameter:restriction()}
+ | {strict_mbit, boolean()}
| {string_decode, boolean()}
| {incoming_maxlen, diameter:message_length()}]}).
%% shared_peers reflects the peers broadcast from remote nodes.
@@ -698,7 +699,8 @@ service_options(Opts) ->
?RESTRICT)},
{spawn_opt, proplists:get_value(spawn_opt, Opts, [])},
{string_decode, proplists:get_value(string_decode, Opts, true)},
- {incoming_maxlen, proplists:get_value(incoming_maxlen, Opts, 16#FFFFFF)}].
+ {incoming_maxlen, proplists:get_value(incoming_maxlen, Opts, 16#FFFFFF)},
+ {strict_mbit, proplists:get_value(strict_mbit, Opts, true)}].
%% The order of options is significant since we match against the list.
mref(false = No) ->
diff --git a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_traffic.erl b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_traffic.erl
index 692a01e651..9e14860693 100644
--- a/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_traffic.erl
+++ b/lib/diameter/src/base/diameter_traffic.erl
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
apps :: [#diameter_app{}],
sequence :: diameter:sequence(),
codec :: [{string_decode, boolean()}
+ | {strict_mbit, boolean()}
| {incoming_maxlen, diameter:message_length()}]}).
%% Note that incoming_maxlen is currently handled in diameter_peer_fsm,
%% so that any message exceeding the maximum is discarded. Retain the
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ make_recvdata([SvcName, PeerT, Apps, SvcOpts | _]) ->
sequence = Mask,
codec = [T || {K,_} = T <- SvcOpts,
lists:member(K, [string_decode,
- incoming_maxlen])]}.
+ incoming_maxlen,
+ strict_mbit])]}.
%% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
%% peer_up/1