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%%
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2010-2013. All Rights Reserved.
%%
%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
%% compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
%% Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
%% retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
%%
%% Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
%% basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
%% the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
%% under the License.
%%
%% %CopyrightEnd%
%%

%%
%% This module implements (as a process) the state machine documented
%% in Appendix A of RFC 3539.
%%

-module(diameter_watchdog).
-behaviour(gen_server).

%% towards diameter_service
-export([start/2]).

%% gen_server callbacks
-export([init/1,
         handle_call/3,
         handle_cast/2,
         handle_info/2,
         terminate/2,
         code_change/3]).

%% diameter_watchdog_sup callback
-export([start_link/1]).

-include_lib("diameter/include/diameter.hrl").
-include("diameter_internal.hrl").

-define(DEFAULT_TW_INIT, 30000). %% RFC 3539 ch 3.4.1
-define(NOMASK, {0,32}).  %% default sequence mask

-record(watchdog,
        {%% PCB - Peer Control Block; see RFC 3539, Appendix A
         status = initial :: initial | okay | suspect | down | reopen,
         pending = false  :: boolean(),  %% DWA
         tw :: 6000..16#FFFFFFFF | {module(), atom(), list()},
                                %% {M,F,A} -> integer() >= 0
         num_dwa = 0 :: -1 | non_neg_integer(),
                     %% number of DWAs received during reopen
         %% end PCB
         parent = self() :: pid(),              %% service process
         transport       :: pid() | undefined,  %% peer_fsm process
         tref :: reference(), %% reference for current watchdog timer
         message_data,      %% term passed into diameter_service with message
         sequence :: diameter:sequence(),     %% mask
         restrict :: {diameter:restriction(), boolean()},
         shutdown = false :: boolean()}).

%% start/2
%%
%% Start a monitor before the watchdog is allowed to proceed to ensure
%% that a failed capabilities exchange produces the desired exit
%% reason.

-spec start(Type, {RecvData, [Opt], SvcName, SvcOpts, #diameter_service{}})
   -> {reference(), pid()}
 when Type :: {connect|accept, diameter:transport_ref()},
      RecvData :: term(),
      Opt :: diameter:transport_opt(),
      SvcOpts :: [diameter:service_opt()],
      SvcName :: diameter:service_name().

start({_,_} = Type, T) ->
    Ref = make_ref(),
    {ok, Pid} = diameter_watchdog_sup:start_child({Ref, {Type, self(), T}}),
    try
        {erlang:monitor(process, Pid), Pid}
    after
        Pid ! Ref
    end.

start_link(T) ->
    {ok, _} = proc_lib:start_link(?MODULE,
                                  init,
                                  [T],
                                  infinity,
                                  diameter_lib:spawn_opts(server, [])).

%% ===========================================================================
%% ===========================================================================

%% init/1

init(T) ->
    proc_lib:init_ack({ok, self()}),
    gen_server:enter_loop(?MODULE, [], i(T)).

i({Ref, {_, Pid, _} = T}) ->
    MRef = erlang:monitor(process, Pid),
    receive
        Ref ->
            make_state(T);
        {'DOWN', MRef, process, _, _} = D ->
            exit({shutdown, D})
    end.

make_state({T, Pid, {RecvData,
                     Opts,
                     SvcName,
                     SvcOpts,
                     #diameter_service{applications = Apps,
                                       capabilities = Caps}
                     = Svc}}) ->
    random:seed(now()),
    putr(restart, {T, Opts, Svc}),  %% save seeing it in trace
    putr(dwr, dwr(Caps)),           %%
    {_,_} = Mask = proplists:get_value(sequence, SvcOpts),
    Restrict = proplists:get_value(restrict_connections, SvcOpts),
    Nodes = restrict_nodes(Restrict),
    #watchdog{parent = Pid,
              transport = monitor(diameter_peer_fsm:start(T,
                                                        Opts,
                                                      {Mask, Nodes, Svc})),
              tw = proplists:get_value(watchdog_timer,
                                       Opts,
                                       ?DEFAULT_TW_INIT),
              message_data = {RecvData, SvcName, Apps, Mask},
              sequence = Mask,
              restrict = {Restrict, lists:member(node(), Nodes)}}.

%% handle_call/3

handle_call(_, _, State) ->
    {reply, nok, State}.

%% handle_cast/2

handle_cast(_, State) ->
    {noreply, State}.

%% handle_info/2

handle_info(T, #watchdog{} = State) ->
    case transition(T, State) of
        ok ->
            {noreply, State};
        #watchdog{} = S ->
            event(State, S),
            {noreply, S};
        stop ->
            ?LOG(stop, T),
            event(State, State#watchdog{status = down}),
            {stop, {shutdown, T}, State}
    end;

handle_info(T, S) ->
    handle_info(T, upgrade(S)).

upgrade(S) ->
    #watchdog{} = list_to_tuple(tuple_to_list(S)
                                ++ [?NOMASK, {nodes, true}, false]).

event(#watchdog{status = T}, #watchdog{status = T}) ->
    ok;

event(#watchdog{transport = undefined}, #watchdog{transport = undefined}) ->
    ok;

event(#watchdog{status = From, transport = F, parent = Pid},
      #watchdog{status = To, transport = T}) ->
    E = {tpid(F,T), From, To},
    notify(Pid, E),
    ?LOG(transition, {self(), E}).

tpid(_, Pid)
  when is_pid(Pid) ->
    Pid;
tpid(Pid, _) ->
    Pid.

notify(Pid, E) ->
    Pid ! {watchdog, self(), E}.

%% terminate/2

terminate(_, _) ->
    ok.

%% code_change/3

code_change(_, State, _) ->
    {ok, State}.

%% ===========================================================================
%% ===========================================================================

%% transition/2
%%
%% The state transitions documented here are extracted from RFC 3539,
%% the commentary is ours.

%% Service or watchdog is telling the watchdog of an accepting
%% transport to die after reconnect_timer expiry or reestablished
%% connection (in another transport process) respectively.
transition(close, #watchdog{status = down}) ->
    {{accept, _}, _, _} = getr(restart), %% assert
    stop;
transition(close, #watchdog{}) ->
    ok;

%% Service is asking for the peer to be taken down gracefully.
transition({shutdown, Pid}, #watchdog{parent = Pid,
                                      transport = undefined,
                                      status = S}) ->
    down = S,  %% sanity check
    stop;
transition({shutdown = T, Pid}, #watchdog{parent = Pid,
                                          transport = TPid}
                                = S) ->
    TPid ! {T, self()},
    S#watchdog{shutdown = true};

%% Parent process has died,
transition({'DOWN', _, process, Pid, _Reason},
           #watchdog{parent = Pid}) ->
    stop;

%% Transport has accepted a connection.
transition({accepted = T, TPid}, #watchdog{transport = TPid,
                                           parent = Pid}) ->
    Pid ! {T, self(), TPid},
    ok;

%% Transport is telling us that its impending death isn't failure.
transition({close, TPid, _Reason}, #watchdog{transport = TPid}) ->
    stop;

%%   STATE         Event                Actions              New State
%%   =====         ------               -------              ----------
%%   INITIAL       Connection up        SetWatchdog()        OKAY

%% By construction, the watchdog timer isn't set until we move into
%% state okay as the result of the Peer State Machine reaching the
%% Open state.
%%
%% If we're accepting then we may be resuming a connection that went
%% down in another watchdog process, in which case this is the
%% transition below, from down to reopen. That is, it's not until we
%% know the identity of the peer (ie. now) that we know that we're in
%% state down rather than initial.

transition({open, TPid, Hosts, T} = Open,
           #watchdog{transport = TPid,
                     status = initial,
                     parent = Pid,
                     restrict = {_, R}}
           = S) ->
    case okay(getr(restart), Hosts, R) of
        okay ->
            open(Pid, {TPid, T}),
            set_watchdog(S#watchdog{status = okay});
        reopen ->
            transition(Open, S#watchdog{status = down})
    end;

%%   DOWN          Connection up        NumDWA = 0
%%                                      SendWatchdog()
%%                                      SetWatchdog()
%%                                      Pending = TRUE       REOPEN

transition({open = P, TPid, _Hosts, T},
           #watchdog{transport = TPid,
                     parent = Pid,
                     status = down}
           = S) ->
    %% Store the info we need to notify the parent to reopen the
    %% connection after the requisite DWA's are received, at which
    %% time we eraser(open). The reopen message is a later addition,
    %% to communicate the new capabilities as soon as they're known.
    putr(P, {TPid, T}),
    Pid ! {reopen, self(), {TPid, T}},
    set_watchdog(send_watchdog(S#watchdog{status = reopen,
                                          num_dwa = 0}));

%%   OKAY          Connection down      CloseConnection()
%%                                      Failover()
%%                                      SetWatchdog()        DOWN
%%   SUSPECT       Connection down      CloseConnection()
%%                                      SetWatchdog()        DOWN
%%   REOPEN        Connection down      CloseConnection()
%%                                      SetWatchdog()        DOWN

transition({'DOWN', _, process, TPid, _},
           #watchdog{transport = TPid,
                     status = S,
                     shutdown = D})
  when S == initial;
       D ->
    stop;

transition({'DOWN', _, process, TPid, _},
           #watchdog{transport = TPid}
           = S) ->
    failover(S),
    close(S),
    set_watchdog(S#watchdog{status = down,
                            pending = false,
                            transport = undefined});
%% Any outstanding pending (or other messages from the transport) will
%% have arrived before 'DOWN' since the message comes from the same
%% process. Note that we could also get this message in the initial
%% state.

%% Incoming message.
transition({recv, TPid, Name, Pkt}, #watchdog{transport = TPid} = S) ->
    recv(Name, Pkt, S);

%% Current watchdog has timed out.
transition({timeout, TRef, tw}, #watchdog{tref = TRef} = S) ->
    set_watchdog(timeout(S));

%% Timer was canceled after message was already sent.
transition({timeout, _, tw}, #watchdog{}) ->
    ok;

%% State query.
transition({state, Pid}, #watchdog{status = S}) ->
    Pid ! {self(), S},
    ok.

%% ===========================================================================

monitor(Pid) ->
    erlang:monitor(process, Pid),
    Pid.

putr(Key, Val) ->
    put({?MODULE, Key}, Val).

getr(Key) ->
    get({?MODULE, Key}).

eraser(Key) ->
    erase({?MODULE, Key}).

%% encode/2

encode(Msg, Mask) ->
    Seq = diameter_session:sequence(Mask),
    Hdr = #diameter_header{version = ?DIAMETER_VERSION,
                           end_to_end_id = Seq,
                           hop_by_hop_id = Seq},
    Pkt = #diameter_packet{header = Hdr,
                           msg = Msg},
    #diameter_packet{bin = Bin} = diameter_codec:encode(?BASE, Pkt),
    Bin.

%% okay/3

okay({{accept, Ref}, _, _}, Hosts, Restrict) ->
    T = {?MODULE, connection, Ref, Hosts},
    diameter_reg:add(T),
    if Restrict ->
            okay(diameter_reg:match(T));
       true ->
            okay
    end;
%% Register before matching so that at least one of two registering
%% processes will match the other.

okay({{connect, _}, _, _}, _, _) ->
    okay.

%% okay/2

%% The peer hasn't been connected recently ...
okay([{_,P}]) ->
    P = self(),  %% assert
    okay;

%% ... or it has.
okay(C) ->
    [_|_] = [P ! close || {_,P} <- C, self() /= P],
    reopen.

%% set_watchdog/1

set_watchdog(#watchdog{tw = TwInit,
                       tref = TRef}
             = S) ->
    cancel(TRef),
    S#watchdog{tref = erlang:start_timer(tw(TwInit), self(), tw)}.

cancel(undefined) ->
    ok;
cancel(TRef) ->
    erlang:cancel_timer(TRef).

tw(T)
  when is_integer(T), T >= 6000 ->
    T - 2000 + (random:uniform(4001) - 1); %% RFC3539 jitter of +/- 2 sec.
tw({M,F,A}) ->
    apply(M,F,A).

%% open/2

open(Pid, {_,_} = T) ->
    Pid ! {connection_up, self(), T}.

%% failover/1

failover(#watchdog{status = okay,
                   parent = Pid}) ->
    Pid ! {connection_down, self()};

failover(_) ->
    ok.

%% close/1

close(#watchdog{status = down}) ->
    ok;

close(#watchdog{parent = Pid}) ->
    {{T, _}, _, _} = getr(restart),
    T == accept andalso (Pid ! {close, self()}).

%% send_watchdog/1

send_watchdog(#watchdog{pending = false,
                        transport = TPid,
                        sequence = Mask}
              = S) ->
    TPid ! {send, encode(getr(dwr), Mask)},
    ?LOG(send, 'DWR'),
    S#watchdog{pending = true}.

%% recv/3

recv(Name, Pkt, S) ->
    try rcv(Name, S) of
        #watchdog{} = NS ->
            rcv(Name, Pkt, S),
            NS
    catch
        {?MODULE, throwaway, #watchdog{} = NS} ->
            NS
    end.

%% rcv/3

rcv(N, _, _)
  when N == 'CER';
       N == 'CEA';
       N == 'DWR';
       N == 'DWA';
       N == 'DPR';
       N == 'DPA' ->
    false;

rcv(_, Pkt, #watchdog{transport = TPid,
                      message_data = T}) ->
    diameter_service:receive_message(TPid, Pkt, T).

throwaway(S) ->
    throw({?MODULE, throwaway, S}).

%% rcv/2
%%
%% The lack of Hop-by-Hop and End-to-End Identifiers checks in a
%% received DWA is intentional. The purpose of the message is to
%% demonstrate life but a peer that consistently bungles it by sending
%% the wrong identifiers causes the connection to toggle between OPEN
%% and SUSPECT, with failover and failback as result, despite there
%% being no real problem with connectivity. Thus, relax and accept any
%% incoming DWA as being in response to an outgoing DWR.

%%   INITIAL       Receive DWA          Pending = FALSE
%%                                      Throwaway()          INITIAL
%%   INITIAL       Receive non-DWA      Throwaway()          INITIAL

rcv('DWA', #watchdog{status = initial} = S) ->
    throwaway(S#watchdog{pending = false});

rcv(_, #watchdog{status = initial} = S) ->
    throwaway(S);

%%   DOWN          Receive DWA          Pending = FALSE
%%                                      Throwaway()          DOWN
%%   DOWN          Receive non-DWA      Throwaway()          DOWN

rcv('DWA', #watchdog{status = down} = S) ->
    throwaway(S#watchdog{pending = false});

rcv(_, #watchdog{status = down} = S) ->
    throwaway(S);

%%   OKAY          Receive DWA          Pending = FALSE
%%                                      SetWatchdog()        OKAY
%%   OKAY          Receive non-DWA      SetWatchdog()        OKAY

rcv('DWA', #watchdog{status = okay} = S) ->
    set_watchdog(S#watchdog{pending = false});

rcv(_, #watchdog{status = okay} = S) ->
    set_watchdog(S);

%%   SUSPECT       Receive DWA          Pending = FALSE
%%                                      Failback()
%%                                      SetWatchdog()        OKAY
%%   SUSPECT       Receive non-DWA      Failback()
%%                                      SetWatchdog()        OKAY

rcv('DWA', #watchdog{status = suspect} = S) ->
    failback(S),
    set_watchdog(S#watchdog{status = okay,
                            pending = false});

rcv(_, #watchdog{status = suspect} = S) ->
    failback(S),
    set_watchdog(S#watchdog{status = okay});

%%   REOPEN        Receive DWA &        Pending = FALSE
%%                 NumDWA == 2          NumDWA++
%%                                      Failback()           OKAY

rcv('DWA', #watchdog{status = reopen,
                     num_dwa = 2 = N,
                     parent = Pid}
           = S) ->
    open(Pid, eraser(open)),
    S#watchdog{status = okay,
               num_dwa = N+1,
               pending = false};

%%   REOPEN        Receive DWA &        Pending = FALSE
%%                 NumDWA < 2           NumDWA++             REOPEN

rcv('DWA', #watchdog{status = reopen,
                     num_dwa = N}
           = S) ->
    S#watchdog{num_dwa = N+1,
               pending = false};

%%   REOPEN        Receive non-DWA      Throwaway()          REOPEN

rcv(_, #watchdog{status = reopen} = S) ->
    throwaway(S).

%% failback/1

failback(#watchdog{parent = Pid}) ->
    Pid ! {connection_up, self()}.

%% timeout/1
%%
%% The caller sets the watchdog on the return value.

%%   OKAY          Timer expires &      SendWatchdog()
%%                 !Pending             SetWatchdog()
%%                                      Pending = TRUE       OKAY
%%   REOPEN        Timer expires &      SendWatchdog()
%%                 !Pending             SetWatchdog()
%%                                      Pending = TRUE       REOPEN

timeout(#watchdog{status = T,
                  pending = false}
        = S)
  when T == okay;
       T == reopen ->
    send_watchdog(S);

%%   OKAY          Timer expires &      Failover()
%%                 Pending              SetWatchdog()        SUSPECT

timeout(#watchdog{status = okay,
                  pending = true}
  = S) ->
    failover(S),
    S#watchdog{status = suspect};

%%   SUSPECT       Timer expires        CloseConnection()
%%                                      SetWatchdog()        DOWN
%%   REOPEN        Timer expires &      CloseConnection()
%%                 Pending &            SetWatchdog()
%%                 NumDWA < 0                                DOWN

timeout(#watchdog{status = T,
                  pending = P,
                  num_dwa = N,
                  transport = TPid}
        = S)
  when T == suspect;
       T == reopen, P, N < 0 ->
    exit(TPid, {shutdown, watchdog_timeout}),
    close(S),
    S#watchdog{status = down};

%%   REOPEN        Timer expires &      NumDWA = -1
%%                 Pending &            SetWatchdog()
%%                 NumDWA >= 0                               REOPEN

timeout(#watchdog{status = reopen,
                  pending = true,
                  num_dwa = N}
        = S)
  when 0 =< N ->
    S#watchdog{num_dwa = -1};

%%   DOWN          Timer expires        AttemptOpen()
%%                                      SetWatchdog()        DOWN
%%   INITIAL       Timer expires        AttemptOpen()
%%                                      SetWatchdog()        INITIAL

%% RFC 3539, 3.4.1:
%%
%%   [5] While the connection is in the closed state, the AAA client MUST
%%       NOT attempt to send further watchdog messages on the connection.
%%       However, after the connection is closed, the AAA client continues
%%       to periodically attempt to reopen the connection.
%%
%%       The AAA client SHOULD wait for the transport layer to report
%%       connection failure before attempting again, but MAY choose to
%%       bound this wait time by the watchdog interval, Tw.

%% Don't bound, restarting the peer process only when the previous
%% process has died. We only need to handle state down since we start
%% the first watchdog when transitioning out of initial.

timeout(#watchdog{status = down} = S) ->
    restart(S).

%% restart/1

restart(#watchdog{transport = undefined} = S) ->
    restart(getr(restart), S);
restart(S) ->
    S.

%% restart/2
%%
%% Only restart the transport in the connecting case. For an accepting
%% transport, there's no guarantee that an accepted connection in a
%% restarted transport if from the peer we've lost contact with so
%% have to be prepared for another watchdog to handle it. This is what
%% the diameter_reg registration in this module is for: the peer
%% connection is registered when leaving state initial and this is
%% used by a new accepting watchdog to realize that it's actually in
%% state down rather then initial when receiving notification of an
%% open connection.

restart({{connect, _} = T, Opts, Svc}, #watchdog{parent = Pid,
                                                 sequence = Mask,
                                                 restrict = {R,_}}
                                       = S) ->
    Pid ! {reconnect, self()},
    Nodes = restrict_nodes(R),
    S#watchdog{transport = monitor(diameter_peer_fsm:start(T,
                                                         Opts,
                                                       {Mask, Nodes, Svc})),
               restrict = {R, lists:member(node(), Nodes)}};

%% No restriction on the number of connections to the same peer: just
%% die. Note that a state machine never enters state REOPEN in this
%% case.
restart({{accept, _}, _, _}, #watchdog{restrict = {_, false}}) ->
    stop;

%% Otherwise hang around until told to die.
restart({{accept, _}, _, _}, S) ->
    S.

%% Don't currently use Opts/Svc in the accept case.

%% dwr/1

dwr(#diameter_caps{origin_host = OH,
                   origin_realm = OR,
                   origin_state_id = OSI}) ->
    ['DWR', {'Origin-Host', OH},
            {'Origin-Realm', OR},
            {'Origin-State-Id', OSI}].

%% restrict_nodes/1

restrict_nodes(false) ->
    [];

restrict_nodes(nodes) ->
    [node() | nodes()];

restrict_nodes(node) ->
    [node()];

restrict_nodes(Nodes)
  when [] == Nodes;
       is_atom(hd(Nodes)) ->
    Nodes;

restrict_nodes(F) ->
    diameter_lib:eval(F).