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<title>The Routing Engine</title>
<para>
In a previous section we discussed how routing part of a config file
gets translated into binary representation. In this section, we will
discuss how the binary representation is used during message
processing.
</para>
<para>
Upon a <acronym>SIP</acronym> message receipt, the server performs some
basic sanity checks and converts the message into
<structname>sip_msg</structname> structure. After that the Routing
Engine will start processing the message.
</para>
<para>
The routing engine can be found in file <filename>action.c</filename>.
</para>
<para>
The main function is <function>run_actions.</function> The function
accepts two parameters. The first parameter is list of actions to be
processed (Remember, the config file gets translated into array of
linked lists. Each linked list in the array represents one "route" part
of the config file). The second parameter is
<structname>sip_msg</structname> structure representing the message to
be processed.
</para>
<para>
Upon a receipt of a request, the linked list representing the main
route part will be processed so the first parameter will be
<varname>rlist[0]</varname>. (The linked list of main route part is
always at index 0).
</para>
<para>
The function will then sequentially call <function>do_action</function>
function for each element of the linked list. Return value of the
function is important. If the function returns 0, processing of the
list will be stopped. By returning 0 a command can indicate that
processing of the message should be stopped and the message will be
dropped.
</para>
<para>
Modules may export so-called <emphasis>on_break handlers</emphasis>.
<emphasis>on_break</emphasis> handler is a function, that will be
called when processing of the linked-list is interrupted (ret ==
0). All such handlers will be called when processing of the linked-list
is finished and ret == 0.
</para>
<section id="do_action">
<title><function>do_action</function> Function</title>
<para>
<function>do_action</function> function is core of the routing
engine. There is a big <function>switch</function> statement. Each
case of the statements is one command handled by the server core
itself.
</para>
<para>
The following commands are handled by the <acronym>SER</acronym> core
itself:
<function>drop</function>,
<function>forward</function>,
<function>send</function>,
<function>log</function>,
<function>append_branch</function>,
<function>len_gt</function>,
<function>setflag</function>,
<function>resetflag</function>,
<function>isflagset</function>,
<function>setavpflag</function>,
<function>resetavpflag</function>,
<function>isavpflagset</function>,
<function>error</function>,
<function>route</function>,
<function>exec</function>,
<function>revert_uri</function>,
<function>set_host</function>,
<function>set_hostport</function>,
<function>set_user</function>,
<function>set_userpass</function>,
<function>set_port</function>,
<function>set_uri</function>,
<function>prefix</function>,
<function>strip</function>,
<function>if</function>,
<function>module</function>.
</para>
<para>
Each of the commands is represented by a <emphasis>case</emphasis>
statement in the switch. (For example, if you are interested in
implementation of <function>drop</function> command, look at
"case DROP_T:" statement in the function.
</para>
<para>
The respective commands will be described now.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>drop</function> - This command is very simple, it
simply returns 0 which will result in abortion of
processing of the request. No other commands after
<function>drop</function> will be executed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>forward</function> - The function will forward
the message further. The message will be either forwarded
to the Request <acronym>URI</acronym> of the message or to
<acronym>IP</acronym> or host given as parameter.
</para>
<para>
In the first case, host in the Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> must be converted into corresponding
<acronym>IP</acronym> address. Function
<function>mk_proxy</function> converts hostname to
corresponding <acronym>IP</acronym> address. The message
is then sent out using <function>forward_request</function>
function.
</para>
<para>
In the second case, hostname was converted to
<acronym>IP</acronym> address in fixup i.e. immediately
after the config file was compiled into its binary
representation. The first parameter is pointer to
<structname>proxy</structname> structure created in the
fixup and therefore we only need to call
<function>forward_request</function> here to forward the
message further.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>send</function> - This functions sends the
message to a third-party host. The message will be sent out
as is - i.e. without Request <acronym>URI</acronym> and Via
altering.
</para>
<para>
Hostname or <acronym>IP</acronym> address of the
third-party host is specified as a parameter of the
function.
</para>
<para>
The message will be sent out using
<function>udp_send</function> directly.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>log</function> - The message given as a parameter
will be logged using system logger. It can be either
<command>syslog</command> or <varname>stderr</varname>
(depends on configuration). The message is logged using
<function>LOG</function> which is a macro defined in
<filename>dprint.h</filename> header file.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>append_branch</function> - Append a new
<acronym>URI</acronym> for forking.
</para>
<para>
More than one destinations may be associated with a single
<acronym>SIP</acronym> request. If the server was
configured so, it will use all the destinations and fork
the request.
</para>
<para>
The server keeps an array of all destinations, that should
be used when forking. The array and related functions can
be found in file <filename>dset.c</filename>. There is
function <function>append_branch</function> which adds a
new destination to the set.
</para>
<para>
This command simply calls
<function>append_branch</function> function and adds a new
destination to the destination set.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>len_gt</function> - The command accepts one
number as a parameter. It then compares the number with
length of the message. If the message length is greater or
equal then the number then 1 will be returned otherwise the
function returns -1.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>setflag</function> - Sets a flag in the
message. The command simply calls
<function>setflags</function> function that will set the
flag. Fore more information see file
<filename>flag.c</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>resetflag</function> - Same as command
<function>setflag</function> - only resetflag will be
called instead of setflag.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>isflagset</function> - Test if the flag
is set or not.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>setavpflag(avp, flag_id)</function> - Sets a flag in the
AVP(s). The command simply set custom flag of AVP. The flags
may be used in script using <function>isavpflagset</function>
or in a module to perform specific operation on marked AVPs.
Flag identifier must be declared via <emphasis>avpflags</emphasis>
statement.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>resetavpflag(avp, flag_id)</function> - Same as command
<function>setavpflag</function> - only resetavpflag will be
called instead of setavpflag.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>isavpflagset(avp, flag_id)</function> - Test if the avp flag
is set or not.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>error</function> - Log a message with NOTICE log
level.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>route</function> - Execute another
route statement.
</para>
<para>
As we have mentioned already, there can be more that one
route statement in the config file. One of them is main
(without number), the other are additional. This command
makes it possible to execute an additional route statement.
</para>
<para>
The command accepts one parameter which is route statement
number. First sanity checks over the parameter will be
performed. If the checks passed, function
<function>run_actions</function> will be called. The
function accepts two parameters. The first one is linked
list to execute, the second one is
<structname>sip_msg</structname> structure representing the
message to be processed.
</para>
<para>
As you might remember, each route statement was compiled
into linked list of commands to be executed and head of the
linked list was stored in <varname>rlist</varname>
array. For example, head of linked list representing route
statement with number 4 will be stored at position 4 in the
array (position 0 is reserved for the main route
statement).
</para>
<para>
So the command will simply call
<function>run_actions(rlist[a->p1.number], msg)</function>
and that will execute route statement with number given as
parameter.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>exec</function> - Execute a shell command.
</para>
<para>
The command accepts one parameter of type
<type>char*</type>. The string given as parameter will be
passed to <function>system</function> function which will
in turn execute <function>/bin/sh -c
&lt;string&gt;</function>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>revert_uri</function> - Revert changes made to
the Request <acronym>URI</acronym>.
</para>
<para>
If there is a new <acronym>URI</acronym> stored in
<structfield>new_uri</structfield> of
<structname>sip_msg</structname> structure, it will be
freed. The original Request <acronym>URI</acronym> will be
used when forwarding the message.
</para>
<para>
If there is a valid <acronym>URI</acronym> in
<structfield>parsed_uri</structfield> field of
<structname>sip_msg</structname> structure (indicated by
<structfield>parsed_uri_ok</structfield> field), it will be
freed too.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>set_host</function> - Change hostname of Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> to value given as parameter.
</para>
<para>
If there is a <acronym>URI</acronym> in
<structfield>new_uri</structfield> field, it will be
modified, otherwise the original Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> will be modified.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>set_hostport</function> - change hostname and
port of Request <acronym>URI</acronym> to value given as
string parameter.
</para>
<para>
If there is a <acronym>URI</acronym> in
<structfield>new_uri</structfield> field, it will be
modified, otherwise the original Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> will be modified. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>set_user</function> - Set username part of
Request <acronym>URI</acronym> to string given as
parameter.
</para>
<para>
If there is a <acronym>URI</acronym> in
<structfield>new_uri</structfield> field, it will be
modified, otherwise the original Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> will be modified.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>set_userpass</function> - Set username and
password part of Request <acronym>URI</acronym> to string
given as parameter.
</para>
<para>
If there is a <acronym>URI</acronym> in
<structfield>new_uri</structfield> field, it will be
modified, otherwise the original Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> will be modified. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>set_port</function> - Set port of Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> to value given as parameter.
</para>
<para>
If there is a <acronym>URI</acronym> in
<structfield>new_uri</structfield> field, it will be
modified, otherwise the original Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> will be modified.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>set_uri</function> - Set a new Request
<acronym>URI</acronym>.
</para>
<para>
If there is a <acronym>URI</acronym> in
<structfield>new_uri</structfield> field, it will be
freed. If there is a valid <acronym>URI</acronym> in
<structfield>parsed_uri</structfield> field, it will be
freed too.
</para>
<para>
Then <acronym>URI</acronym> given as parameter will be
stored in <structfield>new_uri</structfield> field. (If
<structfield>new_uri</structfield> contains a
<acronym>URI</acronym> it will be used instead of Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> when forwarding the message).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>prefix</function> - Set the parameter as username
prefix.
</para>
<para>
The string will be put immediately after "sip:" part of the
Request <acronym>URI</acronym>.
</para>
<para>
If there is a <acronym>URI</acronym> in
<structfield>new_uri</structfield> field, it will be
modified, otherwise the original Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> will be modified.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>strip</function> - Remove first n characters of
username in Request <acronym>URI</acronym>.
</para>
<para>
If there is a <acronym>URI</acronym> in <structfield>new_uri</structfield>
field, it will be modified, otherwise the original Request
<acronym>URI</acronym> will be modified.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>if</function> - if Statement.
</para>
<para>
There is an expression associated with the command and one
or two linked lists of commands. The expression is a
regular expression compiled into binary form in the fixup
when the config file was compiled.
</para>
<para>
The expression will be evaluated now. If the result is &gt;
0, the first linked list will be executed using
<function>run_action</function> function. The linked list
represents command enclosed in curly braces of
<function>if</function> command.
</para>
<para>
Otherwise, if there is the second list, it will be executed
in the same way. The second list represents commands of
<function>else</function> statement.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<function>module</function> - Execute a function exported by
a module.
</para>
<para>
When a command in a route statement is not recognized by
the core itself (i.e. it is not one of commands handled by
the core itself), list of exported functions of all loaded
modules will be searched for a function with corresponding
name and number of parameters.
</para>
<para>
If the function was found, <function>module</function>
command (this one) will be created and pointer to the
function will be stored in
<structfield>p1.data</structfield> field.
</para>
<para>
So, this command will simply call function whose pointer is
in <structfield>p1.data</structfield> field and will pass 2
parameters to the function. If one or both of the
parameters were not used, 0 will be passed instead.
</para>
<para>
Return value of the function will be returned as return
value of <function>module</function> command.
</para>
<para>
This command makes <acronym>SER</acronym> pretty extensible
while the core itself is still reasonably small and
clean. Additional functionality is put in modules and
loaded only when needed.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section> <!-- do-action -->
</section>