Annotation of embedaddon/quagga/ospfd/ChangeLog.opaque.txt, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      2: Changes 2002.12.20
                      3: 
                      4: 1. Bug fixes
                      5: 
                      6:   1.1 When an opaque LSA is being removed from (or added to) the LSDB,
                      7:       it does not mean a change in network topology. Therefore, SPF
                      8:       recalculation should not be triggered in that case.
                      9:       There was an assertion failure problem "assert (rn && rn->info)"
                     10:       inside the function "ospf_ase_incremental_update()", because
                     11:       the upper function "ospf_lsa_maxage_walker_remover()" called it
                     12:       when a type-11 opaque LSA is removed due to MaxAge.
                     13: 
                     14:   1.2 Type-9 LSA is defined to have "link-local" flooding scope.
                     15:       In the Database exchange procedure with a new neighbor, a type-9
                     16:       LSA was added in the database summary of a DD message, even if
                     17:       the link is different from the one that have bound to.
                     18: 
                     19: 2. Feature enhancements
                     20: 
                     21:   2.1 Though a "wildcard" concept to handle type-9/10/11 LSAs altogether
                     22:       has introduced about a year ago, it was only a symbol definition
                     23:       and actual handling mechanism was not implemented. Now it works.
                     24: 
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                     26: Changes 2002.7.8
                     27: 
                     28: 1. Bug fixes
                     29: 
                     30:   1.1 When "ospf_delete_opaque_functab()" is called, internal structure
                     31:       "oipt" remain unfreed. If register/delete functab is repeated,
                     32:       illegal memory access happens due to this "oipt".
                     33: 
                     34:   1.2 In "free_opaque_info_per_id()", there was a crucial typo which
                     35:       ignores a condition test.
                     36: 
                     37:       "if (oipi->lsa != NULL);" <-- semicolon!
                     38: 
                     39: 2. Feature enhancements
                     40: 
                     41:   None.
                     42: 
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                     44: Changes 2001.12.03
                     45: 
                     46: 1. Bug fixes
                     47: 
                     48:   1.1 Though a new member "oi" has added to "struct ospf_lsa" to control
                     49:       flooding scope of type-9 Opaque-LSAs, the value was always NULL
                     50:       because no one set it.
                     51: 
                     52:   1.2 In the function "show_ip_ospf_database_summary()" and "show_lsa_
                     53:       detail_adv_router()", VTY output for type-11 Opaque-LSAs did not
                     54:       work properly.
                     55: 
                     56:   1.3 URL for the opaque-type assignment reference has changed.
                     57: 
                     58:   1.4 In the file "ospf_mpls_te.c", printf formats have changed to
                     59:       avoid compiler warning messages; "%lu" -> "%u", "%lx" -> "%x".
                     60:       Note that this hack depends on OS, compiler and their versions. 
                     61: 
                     62:   1.5 One of attached documentation "opaque_lsa.txt" has changed to
                     63:       reflect the latest coding.
                     64: 
                     65: 2. Feature enhancements
                     66: 
                     67:   2.1 Knowing that it is an ugly hack, an "officially unallocated"
                     68:       opaque-type value 0 has newly introduced as a "wildcard",
                     69:       which matches to all opaque-type.
                     70:       This value must not be flooded to the network, of course.
                     71: 
                     72:   2.2 The Opaque-core module makes use of newly introduced hooks to
                     73:       dispatch every LSDB change (LSA installation and deletion) to
                     74:       preregistered opaque users.
                     75:       Therefore, by providing appropriate callback functions as new
                     76:       parameters of "ospf_register_opaque_functab()", an opaque user
                     77:       can refer to every LSA instance to be installed into, or to be
                     78:       deleted from, the LSDB.
                     79: 
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                     81: Changes 2001.10.31
                     82: 
                     83: 1. Bug fixes
                     84: 
                     85:   1.1 Since each LSA has their own lifetime, they will remain in a
                     86:       routing domain (being stored in LSDB of each router), until their
                     87:       age naturally reach to MaxAge or explicitly being flushed by the
                     88:       originated router. Therefore, if a router restarted with a short
                     89:       downtime, it is possible that previously flooded self-originated
                     90:       LSAs might received if the NSM status is not less than Exchange.
                     91: 
                     92:       There were some problems in the way of handling self-originated
                     93:       Opaque-LSAs if they are contained in a received LSUpd message,
                     94:       but not installed to the local LSDB yet.
                     95:       Regardless of some conditions to start originating Opaque-LSAs
                     96:       (there should be at least one opaque-capable full-state neighbor),
                     97:       the function "ospf_flood()" will be called to flood and install
                     98:       this brand-new looking LSA.
                     99:       As the result, when the NSM of an opaque-capable neighbor gets
                    100:       full, internal state inconsistency happens; a user of Opaque-LSA
                    101:       such as MPLS-TE can refer to self-originated LSAs in the local
                    102:       LSDB, but cannot modify their contents...
                    103: 
                    104:       Above problems have fixed with a policy "flush it from the whole
                    105:       routing domain and keep silent until the flushing completed".
                    106:       By using this sweeping technique, we can be free from confusion
                    107:       caused by self-originated LSAs received via network. 
                    108: 
                    109:   1.2 The function "ospf_opaque_type_name()" contained massive ifdefs
                    110:       corresponding to each "opaque-type".
                    111:       These unnecessary ifdefs are removed completely.
                    112: 
                    113:   1.3 In the function "ospf_delete_opaque_functab()", there was an
                    114:       improper loop control that causes illegal memory access.
                    115:       Original coding was "next = nextnode (node)".
                    116: 
                    117:   1.4 The function "ospf_mpls_te_ism_change()" could not handle the
                    118:       case when the ISM changes from Waiting to DR/BDR/Other.
                    119:       So, there was a case that even if one of an ISM become
                    120:       operational and MPLS-TE module has started, the corresponding
                    121:       Opaque-LSA cannot be originated.
                    122: 
                    123:   1.5 The function "ospf_opaque_lsa_reoriginate_schedule()" did not
                    124:       allow to be called multiple times, simply because handling
                    125:       module for the given "lsa-type & opaque-type" already exists.
                    126:       But this assumption seems to be wrong.
                    127:       Change the policy to allow this function to be called multiple
                    128:       times and let the caller to decide what should do when the
                    129:       corresponding callback function "(* functab->lsa_originator)()"
                    130:       is called.
                    131: 
                    132: 2. Feature enhancements
                    133: 
                    134:   2.1 The global bitmap "opaque" has introduced instead of former flag
                    135:       "OpaqueCapable", to store complex conditions to handle Opaque-LSAs.
                    136: 
                    137:   2.2 The MPLS-TE module now referes to "draft-katz-yeung-ospf-traffic
                    138:       -06.txt", no significant changes with 05 version, though.
                    139: 
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                    141: Changes 2001.08.03
                    142: 
                    143: 1. Bug fixes
                    144: 
                    145:   1.1 Even if the ospfd started with opaque capability enabled, when
                    146:       the ospfd receives an unknown opaque-type (unregistered by the
                    147:       function "ospf_register_opaque_functab()" beforehand), the LSA
                    148:       was discarded. As the result, only the opaque-LSAs that have
                    149:       commonly registered by opaque-capable ospf routers can be
                    150:       flooded in a routing domain.
                    151: 
                    152:       This behavior has fixed so that arbitrary opaque-type LSAs can
                    153:       be flooded among opaque-capable ospf routers.
                    154:       If the ospfd has opaque-LSA capability but disabled at runtime,
                    155:       received opaque-LSAs can be accepted and registered to LSDB as
                    156:       is, but not be flooded to the network; those opaque LSAs will
                    157:       remain in LSDB until explicitly flushed by incoming LSUpd
                    158:       messages with MaxAge, or their age naturally reaches to MaxAge.
                    159: 
                    160:   1.2 The function "ospf_register_opaque_functab()" did not check
                    161:       if the entry corresponding to the given "lsa-type, opaque-type"
                    162:       combination already exists or not.
                    163:       This problem has fixed not to allow multiple registration.
                    164: 
                    165:   1.3 Since type-11 (AS external) LSAs will be flooded beyond areas,
                    166:       there is little relationship between "struct lsa" and "struct
                    167:       area". More specifically, the pointer address "lsa->area" can
                    168:       be NULL if the lsa-type is 11, thus an illegal memory access
                    169:       will happen. This problem has fixed.
                    170: 
                    171:   1.4 When self-originated opaque-LSAs are received via network and
                    172:       if the corresponding opaque-type functions are not available
                    173:       (they have already deleted) at that time, those LSAs were
                    174:       dropped due to "unknown opaque-type" error.
                    175:       After the problem 1.1 has fixed, those "self-originated" LSAs
                    176:       were registered to LSDB and then flooded to the network, even
                    177:       if the processing functions did not exist...
                    178: 
                    179:       After all, this problem has fixed so that those LSAs should
                    180:       explicitly be flushed from the routing domain immediately, if
                    181:       the processing functions cannot find at that time.
                    182: 
                    183:   1.5 Some typo have fixed.
                    184: 
                    185:       --- EXAMPLE ---
                    186:       static int
                    187:       opaque_lsa_originate_callback (list funclist, void *lsa_type_dependent)
                    188:                                                           ^^^^^
                    189:       --- EXAMPLE ---
                    190: 
                    191: 2. Feature enhancements
                    192: 
                    193:   2.1 According to the description of rfc2328 in section 10.8, any
                    194:       change in the router's optional capabilities should trigger
                    195:       the option re-negotiation procedures with neighbors.
                    196: 
                    197:       --- EXCERPT ---
                    198:                               If for some reason the router's optional
                    199:         capabilities change, the Database Exchange procedure should be
                    200:         restarted by reverting to neighbor state ExStart.
                    201:       --- EXCERPT ---
                    202: 
                    203:       For the opaque-capability changes, this feature has implemented.
                    204:       More specifically, if "ospf opaque-lsa" or "no ospf opaque-lsa"
                    205:       VTY command is given at runtime, all self-originated LSAs will
                    206:       be flushed immediately and then all neighbor status will be
                    207:       forced to ExStart by generating SeqNumberMismatch events.
                    208: 
                    209:   2.1 When we change opaque-capability dynamically (ON -> OFF -> ON),
                    210:       there was no trigger at "OFF->ON" timing to reactivate opaque
                    211:       LSA handling modules (such as MPLS-TE) that have once forcibly
                    212:       stopped at "ON->OFF" timing.
                    213:       Now this dynamic reactivation feature has added.
                    214: 
                    215:   2.2 The MPLS-TE module now referes to "draft-katz-yeung-ospf-traffic
                    216:       -05.txt", no significant changes with 04 version, though.
                    217: 
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                    219: Changes 2001.03.28
                    220: 
                    221:   Initial release of Opaque-LSA/MPLS-TE extensions for the zebra/ospfd.

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