//! RX event loop and packet dispatch. use crate::control::{ControlSocket, commands}; use crate::node::wire::{ COMMON_PREFIX_SIZE, CommonPrefix, FMP_VERSION, PHASE_ESTABLISHED, PHASE_MSG1, PHASE_MSG2, }; use crate::node::{Node, NodeError}; use crate::transport::ReceivedPacket; use std::time::Duration; use tracing::{debug, info, warn}; /// Inside the packet_rx burst drain, run a fallback drain every /// N packets so bounced FMP plaintexts can't sit behind a full /// 256-packet UDP burst. Used on unix; on Windows the decrypt-worker /// pool isn't spawned so the fallback channel is always empty — /// hold the constants at module scope anyway so the burst-loop /// dispatch in `run_rx_loop` doesn't need a `#[cfg]` on every site. const FALLBACK_INTERLEAVE_EVERY: usize = 32; /// How many fallback events to drain per interleave step. Bounded so /// the inner loop can keep making forward progress on packet_rx. #[cfg(unix)] const FALLBACK_INTERLEAVE_BUDGET: usize = 32; impl Node { /// Run the receive event loop. /// /// Processes packets from all transports, dispatching based on /// the phase field in the 4-byte common prefix: /// - Phase 0x0: Encrypted frame (session data) /// - Phase 0x1: Handshake message 1 (initiator -> responder) /// - Phase 0x2: Handshake message 2 (responder -> initiator) /// /// Also processes outbound IPv6 packets from the TUN reader for session /// encapsulation and routing through the mesh. /// /// Also processes DNS-resolved identities for identity cache population. /// /// Also runs a periodic tick (1s) to clean up stale handshake connections /// that never received a response. This prevents resource leaks when peers /// are unreachable. /// /// This method takes ownership of the packet_rx channel and runs /// until the channel is closed (typically when stop() is called). pub async fn run_rx_loop(&mut self) -> Result<(), NodeError> { let mut packet_rx = self.packet_rx.take().ok_or(NodeError::NotStarted)?; // Take the TUN outbound receiver, or create a dummy channel that never // produces messages (when TUN is disabled). Holding the sender prevents // the channel from closing. let (mut tun_outbound_rx, _tun_guard) = match self.tun_outbound_rx.take() { Some(rx) => (rx, None), None => { let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(1); (rx, Some(tx)) } }; // Take the DNS identity receiver, or create a dummy channel (when DNS // is disabled). Same pattern as TUN outbound. let (mut dns_identity_rx, _dns_guard) = match self.dns_identity_rx.take() { Some(rx) => (rx, None), None => { let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(1); (rx, Some(tx)) } }; let mut tick = tokio::time::interval(Duration::from_secs(self.config().node.tick_interval_secs)); // Set up control socket channel let (control_tx, mut control_rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel::(32); if self.config().node.control.enabled { let config = self.config().node.control.clone(); let tx = control_tx.clone(); let read_handle = self.control_read_handle(); tokio::spawn(async move { match ControlSocket::bind(&config) { Ok(socket) => { socket.accept_loop(tx, read_handle).await; } Err(e) => { warn!(error = %e, "Failed to bind control socket"); } } }); } // Drop unused sender to avoid keeping channel open if control is disabled drop(control_tx); // Decrypt-worker fallback receiver. The worker pushes each // authenticated FMP plaintext here so rx_loop can finish the // per-peer side-effects (stats, MMP, ECN, link dispatch). // Always declared so the `tokio::select!` arm doesn't need // a `cfg` (which the macro doesn't support); on Windows the // channel just never sees events. let (mut decrypt_fallback_rx, _decrypt_fallback_guard) = { #[cfg(unix)] { match self.decrypt_fallback_rx.take() { Some(rx) => (rx, None), None => { let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel(); (rx, Some(tx)) } } } #[cfg(not(unix))] { // On non-unix nothing ever sends, but the macro arm // still needs an existing rx. Keep the sender alive to // avoid the channel closing into an Err loop. let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel::<()>(); (rx, Some(tx)) } }; info!("RX event loop started"); // Optional per-stage perf profiler (FIPS_PERF=1). No-op otherwise. crate::perf_profile::maybe_spawn_reporter(); loop { tokio::select! { biased; // Decrypt-worker fallback drains FIRST. Under sustained // inbound bursts the packet_rx drain (up to 256 packets) // can starve fallback work for tens of ms — TCP doesn't // tolerate that (late ACKs → dup-ACK fast retransmits → // cwnd collapse). Promoting fallback gives the kernel's // TCP machinery a fair chance to ACK in time. Some(event) = decrypt_fallback_rx.recv() => { #[cfg(unix)] { self.process_decrypt_worker_event(event).await; let mut drained = 0; while drained < 255 { match decrypt_fallback_rx.try_recv() { Ok(ev) => { self.process_decrypt_worker_event(ev).await; drained += 1; } Err(_) => break, } } } #[cfg(not(unix))] let _ = event; } packet = packet_rx.recv() => { match packet { Some(p) => self.process_packet(p).await, None => break, // channel closed } // Drain remaining ready inbound packets in a tight loop // before yielding back to select! — every yield is a // futex hop on tokio's multi-thread scheduler, and at // line rate the kernel UDP queue typically has several // datagrams available per wake. Caps at a batch // boundary so other branches (tick, control) eventually // get a turn even under sustained load. // // **Interleave fallback drain** every N packets so // bounced FMP plaintexts (heartbeats, post-FMP- // decrypt forwarding payloads, control frames) don't // sit in the fallback queue for a full 256-packet // burst. Even with the priority-first ordering of // the outer select!, once we're inside this inner // loop only this interleave can free queued // fallbacks. On multihop forwarding paths this is // the difference between back-to-back encrypt- // worker dispatches happening promptly vs piling up // behind the rx burst. let mut drained: usize = 1; // count the packet processed above while drained < 256 { if drained.is_multiple_of(FALLBACK_INTERLEAVE_EVERY) { #[cfg(unix)] { let mut fb_drained = 0; while fb_drained < FALLBACK_INTERLEAVE_BUDGET { match decrypt_fallback_rx.try_recv() { Ok(ev) => { self.process_decrypt_worker_event(ev).await; fb_drained += 1; } Err(_) => break, } } } } match packet_rx.try_recv() { Ok(p) => { self.process_packet(p).await; drained += 1; } Err(_) => break, } } // Trailing fallback drain so the last bounced // packets of the burst aren't held up by the // next select! iteration. #[cfg(unix)] { let mut fb_drained = 0; while fb_drained < 256 { match decrypt_fallback_rx.try_recv() { Ok(ev) => { self.process_decrypt_worker_event(ev).await; fb_drained += 1; } Err(_) => break, } } } } Some(ipv6_packet) = tun_outbound_rx.recv() => { self.handle_tun_outbound(ipv6_packet).await; let mut drained = 0; while drained < 256 { match tun_outbound_rx.try_recv() { Ok(p) => { self.handle_tun_outbound(p).await; drained += 1; } Err(_) => break, } } } Some(identity) = dns_identity_rx.recv() => { debug!( node_addr = %identity.node_addr, "Registering identity from DNS resolution" ); self.register_identity(identity.node_addr, identity.pubkey); } Some((request, response_tx)) = control_rx.recv() => { // Only mutating COMMAND requests (`connect` / `disconnect`) // reach the rx_loop now. Every pure-read `show_*` query is // served off-loop from the read handle in the control accept // task (`snapshot_dispatch`), so it never round-trips here — // the data-plane dispatch path carries no `show_*` arm. A // `show_*` that somehow arrives (none does) falls through to // `commands::dispatch`, which returns "unknown command". let response = commands::dispatch( self, &request.command, request.params.as_ref(), ).await; let _ = response_tx.send(response); } _ = tick.tick() => { self.check_timeouts(); let now_ms = Self::now_ms(); self.reload_peer_acl().await; // The host map hot-reloads on the same tick as the ACL. It // is polled separately from `reload_peer_acl` because the // ACL's embedded alias reloader and this snapshot are // distinct resources; the `path_mtu_lookup` cache and the // `nostr_discovery` subsystem are deliberately excluded // from `Reloadable` since neither reloads from a backing // file (see `node::reloadable`). self.reload_host_map().await; self.poll_pending_connects().await; self.poll_nostr_discovery().await; self.poll_lan_discovery().await; self.resend_pending_handshakes(now_ms).await; self.resend_pending_rekeys(now_ms).await; self.resend_pending_session_handshakes(now_ms).await; self.resend_pending_session_msg3(now_ms).await; self.purge_idle_sessions(now_ms); self.process_pending_retries(now_ms).await; self.check_tree_state().await; self.check_bloom_state().await; self.compute_mesh_size(); self.record_stats_history(); self.check_mmp_reports().await; self.check_session_mmp_reports().await; self.check_link_heartbeats().await; self.check_rekey().await; self.check_session_rekey().await; self.check_pending_lookups(now_ms).await; self.poll_transport_discovery().await; self.sample_transport_congestion(); #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "macos"))] self.activate_connected_udp_sessions().await; } } } info!("RX event loop stopped (channel closed)"); Ok(()) } /// Process a single received packet. /// /// Dispatches based on the phase field in the 4-byte common prefix. async fn process_packet(&mut self, packet: ReceivedPacket) { if packet.data.len() < COMMON_PREFIX_SIZE { return; // Drop packets too short for common prefix } let prefix = match CommonPrefix::parse(&packet.data) { Some(p) => p, None => return, // Malformed prefix }; if prefix.version != FMP_VERSION { debug!( version = prefix.version, transport_id = %packet.transport_id, "Unknown FMP version, dropping" ); // If the packet arrived on an adopted Nostr-NAT bootstrap // transport, the originating peer is necessarily on a // different FMP-protocol version than us — the discovery // sweep would otherwise re-traverse them every cycle even // though no msg1/msg2 exchange can ever succeed. Bump the // discovery-layer cooldown to the long protocol-mismatch // window and emit a single WARN per fresh observation. if self.bootstrap_transports.contains(&packet.transport_id) && let Some(npub) = self .bootstrap_transport_npubs .get(&packet.transport_id) .cloned() && let Some(handle) = self.nostr_discovery_handle() { let now_ms = Self::now_ms(); let cooldown_secs = handle.protocol_mismatch_cooldown_secs(); if handle.record_protocol_mismatch(&npub, now_ms) { warn!( peer_npub = %npub, transport_id = %packet.transport_id, peer_version = prefix.version, our_version = FMP_VERSION, cooldown_secs, "Nostr-discovered peer speaks a different FMP version; suppressing retraversal" ); } } return; } match prefix.phase { PHASE_ESTABLISHED => { self.handle_encrypted_frame(packet).await; } PHASE_MSG1 => { self.handle_msg1(packet).await; } PHASE_MSG2 => { self.handle_msg2(packet).await; } _ => { debug!( phase = prefix.phase, transport_id = %packet.transport_id, "Unknown FMP phase, dropping" ); } } } }