This commit is a large set of code changes and results in removal of
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of CPU instructions, a portion of which
are on hot code paths.
Most (buffer *) used by lighttpd are not NULL, especially since buffers
were inlined into numerous larger structs such as request_st and chunk.
In the small number of instances where that is not the case, a NULL
check is often performed earlier in a function where that buffer is
later used with a buffer_* func. In the handful of cases that remained,
a NULL check was added, e.g. with r->http_host and r->conf.server_tag.
- check for empty strings at config time and set value to NULL if blank
string will be ignored at runtime; at runtime, simple pointer check
for NULL can be used to check for a value that has been set and is not
blank ("")
- use buffer_is_blank() instead of buffer_string_is_empty(),
and use buffer_is_unset() instead of buffer_is_empty(),
where buffer is known not to be NULL so that NULL check can be skipped
- use buffer_clen() instead of buffer_string_length() when buffer is
known not to be NULL (to avoid NULL check at runtime)
- use buffer_truncate() instead of buffer_string_set_length() to
truncate string, and use buffer_extend() to extend
Examples where buffer known not to be NULL:
- cpv->v.b from config_plugin_values_init is not NULL if T_CONFIG_BOOL
(though we might set it to NULL if buffer_is_blank(cpv->v.b))
- address of buffer is arg (&foo)
(compiler optimizer detects this in most, but not all, cases)
- buffer is checked for NULL earlier in func
- buffer is accessed in same scope without a NULL check (e.g. b->ptr)
internal behavior change:
callers must not pass a NULL buffer to some funcs.
- buffer_init_buffer() requires non-null args
- buffer_copy_buffer() requires non-null args
- buffer_append_string_buffer() requires non-null args
- buffer_string_space() requires non-null arg
faster to use http_header_request_set_ptr() and buffer_copy_string_len()
than to use http_header_request_set() and http_header_request_get()
check r->http_host for NULL instead of relying on buffer_copy_* to do so
(thx glen)
Regression in lighttpd 1.4.56 - 1.4.58 when extforward.headers is
not set in lighttpd.conf.
Workaround: extforward.headers = ("X-Forwarded-For")
(or appropriate value depending on header sent by upstream proxy)
x-ref:
"mod_extforward regression 1.4.56"
https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3051
replace /* fall through */ comment with __attribute_fallthrough__ macro
Note: not adding attribute to code with external origins:
xxhash.h (algo_xxhash.h)
ls-hpack/lshpack.c
so to avoid warnings, may need to compile with -Wno-implicit-fallthrough
more consistent use of shared code config_plugin_value_tobool()
(thx tow-conf)
x-ref:
"The on/off keywords in boolean configuration options is inconsistent, which might be misleading and error-prone."
https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3036
(optional addition to (data_string *), used by http_header.[ch])
extend (data_string *) instead of creating another data_* TYPE_*
(new data type would probably have (data_string *) as base class)
(might revisit choice in the future)
HTTP_HEADER_UNSPECIFIED has been removed. It was used in select
locations as an optimization to avoid looking up enum header_header_e
before checking the array, but the ordering in the array now relies
on having the id. Having the id allows for a quick check if a common
header is present or not in the htags bitmask, before checking the
array, and allows for integer comparison in the log(n) search of the
array, instead of strncasecmp().
With HTTP_HEADER_UNSPECIFIED removed, add optimization to set bit
in htags for HTTP_HEADER_OTHER when an "other" header is added,
but do not clear the bit, as there might be addtl "other" headers
Even though request headers are per-request, update the proto on the
connection level for trusted (proxy) clients. Note: the proxy must use
each connection only for a single connection from a single client
(typically true in practice), and not for multiple clients.
proto was previously saved on connection level for mod_extforward with
HAProxy PROXY protocol, but did not occur with X-Forwarded-Proto or the
Forwarded request header with proto=...
Before this change, modules which returned HANDLER_COMEBACK could lose
HTTPS=on if the resulting request was for a backend such as mod_fastcgi.
This was reported in mod_rewrite, but could also affect mod_magnet if
MAGNET_RESTART_REQUEST, or mod_cgi with cgi.local-redir = "enable"
x-ref:
"FastCGI behavior different when using rewrite?"
https://redmine.lighttpd.net/boards/2/topics/9293
(expansion of buffer_string_lenth() inline function and CONST_BUF_LEN()
macro, which always check for NULL, appears to cause the analyzer to
believe that a pointer might be NULL in cases where it otherwise can
not be NULL)
x-ref:
http://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/faq.html
stricter parse of numerical digits for http status code, port num,
and a few other places. (stricter parse than that of strtol())
content ranges are still parsed more loosely at points of use
NB: r->tmp_buf == srv->tmp_buf (pointer is copied for quicker access)
NB: request read and write chunkqueues currently point to connection
chunkqueues; per-request and per-connection chunkqueues are
not distinct from one another
con->read_queue == r->read_queue
con->write_queue == r->write_queue
NB: in the future, a separate connection config may be needed for
connection-level module hooks. Similarly, might need to have
per-request chunkqueues separate from per-connection chunkqueues.
Should probably also have a request_reset() which is distinct from
connection_reset().
convert all log_error_write() to log_error() and pass (log_error_st *)
use con->errh in preference to srv->errh (even though currently same)
avoid passing (server *) when previously used only for logging (errh)
array_get_element_klen() is now intended for read-only access
array_get_data_unset() is used by config processing for r/w access
array_get_buf_ptr() is used for r/w access to ds->value (string buffer)
