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tcp fallback was originally deemed unwanted and unnecessary, since we aim to return a bounded-size result from getaddrinfo anyway and normally plenty of address records fit in the 512-byte udp dns limit. however, this turned out to have several problems: - some recursive nameservers truncate by omitting all the answers, rather than sending as many as can fit. - a pathological worst-case CNAME for a worst-case name can fill the entire 512-byte space with just the two names, leaving no room for any addresses. - the res_* family of interfaces allow querying of non-address records such as TLSA (DANE), TXT, etc. which can be very large. for many of these, it's critical that the caller see the whole RRset. also, res_send/res_query are specified to return the complete, untruncated length so that the caller can retry with an appropriately-sized buffer. determining this is not possible without tcp. so, it's time to add tcp fallback. the fallback strategy implemented here uses one tcp socket per question (1 or 2 questions), initiated via tcp fastopen when possible. the connection is made to the nameserver that issued the truncated answer. right now, fallback happens unconditionally when truncation is seen. this can, and may later be, relaxed for queries made by the getaddrinfo system, since it will only use a bounded number of results anyway. retry is not attempted again after failure over tcp. the logic could easily be adapted to do that, but it's of questionable value, since the tcp stack automatically handles retransmission and the successs answer with TC=1 over udp strongly suggests that the nameserver has the full answer ready to give. further retry is likely just "take longer to fail". |
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musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/