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diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml index 7e50f338d3..ba9225da8b 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter.xml @@ -975,6 +975,42 @@ configured them.</p> Defaults to a single callback returning <c>dpr</c>.</p> </item> +<marker id="length_errors"/> +<tag><c>{length_errors, exit|handle|discard}</c></tag> +<item> +<p> +Specifies how to deal with errors in the Message Length field of the +Diameter Header in an incoming message. +An error in this context is that the length is not at least 20 bytes +(the length of a Header), is not a multiple of 4 (a valid length) or +is not the length of the message in question, as received over the +transport interface documented in &man_transport;.</p> + +<p> +If <c>exit</c> then a warning report is emitted and the parent of the +transport process in question exits, which causes the transport +process itself to exit as described in &man_transport;. +If <c>handle</c> then the message is processed as usual, a resulting +&app_handle_request; or &app_handle_answer; callback (if one takes +place) indicating the <c>5015</c> error (DIAMETER_INVALID_MESSAGE_LENGTH). +If <c>discard</c> then the message in question is silently discarded.</p> + +<p> +Defaults to <c>exit</c>.</p> + +<note> +<p> +The default value reflects the fact that a transport module for a +stream-oriented transport like TCP may not be able to recover from a +message length error since such a transport must use the Message +Length header to divide the incoming byte stream into individual +Diameter messages. +An invalid length leaves it with no reliable way to rediscover message +boundaries, which may result in the failure of subsequent messages. +See &man_tcp; for the behaviour of that module.</p> +</note> +</item> + <marker id="reconnect_timer"/> <tag><c>{reconnect_timer, Tc}</c></tag> <item> |