Added reverse unicast AutoInterface discovery packets for improving peer discovery on Android devices with broken WiFi multicast handling.

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Mark Qvist 2025-12-19 14:16:03 +01:00
commit 93d9cb3b69
2 changed files with 76 additions and 34 deletions

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@ -138,11 +138,12 @@ class AutoInterface(Interface):
self.outbound_udp_socket = None
self.announce_rate_target = None
self.announce_interval = AutoInterface.ANNOUNCE_INTERVAL
self.peer_job_interval = AutoInterface.PEER_JOB_INTERVAL
self.peering_timeout = AutoInterface.PEERING_TIMEOUT
self.multicast_echo_timeout = AutoInterface.MCAST_ECHO_TIMEOUT
self.announce_rate_target = None
self.announce_interval = AutoInterface.ANNOUNCE_INTERVAL
self.peer_job_interval = AutoInterface.PEER_JOB_INTERVAL
self.peering_timeout = AutoInterface.PEERING_TIMEOUT
self.multicast_echo_timeout = AutoInterface.MCAST_ECHO_TIMEOUT
self.reverse_peering_interval = self.announce_interval*3.25
# Increase peering timeout on Android, due to potential
# low-power modes implemented on many chipsets.
@ -169,6 +170,8 @@ class AutoInterface(Interface):
else:
self.discovery_port = discovery_port
self.unicast_discovery_port = self.discovery_port+1
if multicast_address_type == None:
self.multicast_address_type = AutoInterface.MULTICAST_TEMPORARY_ADDRESS_TYPE
elif str(multicast_address_type).lower() == "temporary":
@ -244,33 +247,48 @@ class AutoInterface(Interface):
if link_local_addr == None:
RNS.log(str(self)+" No link-local IPv6 address configured for "+str(ifname)+", skipping interface", RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
else:
mcast_addr = self.mcast_discovery_address
RNS.log(str(self)+" Creating multicast discovery listener on "+str(ifname)+" with address "+str(mcast_addr), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
RNS.log(str(self)+" Creating unicast discovery listener on "+str(ifname)+" with address "+str(link_local_addr), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
# Struct with interface index
if_struct = struct.pack("I", self.interface_name_to_index(ifname))
# Set up multicast socket
# Set up unicast discovery socket
unicast_discovery_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
unicast_discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
if hasattr(socket, "SO_REUSEPORT"): unicast_discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
# Bind unicast discovery socket
if RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_windows():
# Windows throws "[WinError 10049] The requested address is not valid in its context"
# when trying to use the multicast address as host, or when providing interface index
# passing an empty host appears to work, but probably not exactly how we want it to...
unicast_discovery_socket.bind(('', self.unicast_discovery_port))
else:
addr_info = socket.getaddrinfo(link_local_addr+"%"+ifname, self.unicast_discovery_port, socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
unicast_discovery_socket.bind(addr_info[0][4])
mcast_addr = self.mcast_discovery_address
RNS.log(str(self)+" Creating multicast discovery listener on "+str(ifname)+" with address "+str(mcast_addr), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
# Set up multicast discovery socket
discovery_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
if hasattr(socket, "SO_REUSEPORT"):
discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
if hasattr(socket, "SO_REUSEPORT"): discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_MULTICAST_IF, if_struct)
# Join multicast group
mcast_group = socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, mcast_addr) + if_struct
discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_JOIN_GROUP, mcast_group)
# Bind socket
# Bind multicast socket
if RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_windows():
# window throws "[WinError 10049] The requested address is not valid in its context"
# Windows throws "[WinError 10049] The requested address is not valid in its context"
# when trying to use the multicast address as host, or when providing interface index
# passing an empty host appears to work, but probably not exactly how we want it to...
discovery_socket.bind(('', self.discovery_port))
else:
if self.discovery_scope == AutoInterface.SCOPE_LINK:
addr_info = socket.getaddrinfo(mcast_addr+"%"+ifname, self.discovery_port, socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
else:
@ -278,12 +296,13 @@ class AutoInterface(Interface):
discovery_socket.bind(addr_info[0][4])
# Set up thread for discovery packets
# Set up thread for multicast discovery packets
def discovery_loop(): self.discovery_handler(discovery_socket, ifname)
thread = threading.Thread(target=discovery_loop)
thread.daemon = True
thread.start()
thread = threading.Thread(target=discovery_loop, daemon=True).start()
# Set up thread for unicast discovery packets
def unicast_discovery_loop(): self.discovery_handler(unicast_discovery_socket, ifname, announce=False)
thread = threading.Thread(target=unicast_discovery_loop, daemon=True).start()
suitable_interfaces += 1
@ -331,13 +350,13 @@ class AutoInterface(Interface):
self.online = True
self.final_init_done = True
def discovery_handler(self, socket, ifname):
def announce_loop():
self.announce_handler(ifname)
thread = threading.Thread(target=announce_loop)
thread.daemon = True
thread.start()
def discovery_handler(self, socket, ifname, announce=True):
def announce_loop(): self.announce_handler(ifname)
if announce:
thread = threading.Thread(target=announce_loop)
thread.daemon = True
thread.start()
while True:
data, ipv6_src = socket.recvfrom(1024)
@ -371,6 +390,18 @@ class AutoInterface(Interface):
spawned_interface.teardown()
RNS.log(str(self)+" removed peer "+str(peer_addr)+" on "+str(removed_peer[0]), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
# Send reverse peering packets
for peer_addr in self.peers:
try:
peer = self.peers[peer_addr]
ifname = peer[0]
last_outbound = peer[2]
if now > last_outbound+self.reverse_peering_interval:
self.reverse_announce(ifname, peer_addr)
peer[2] = time.time()
except Exception as e:
RNS.log(f"Error while sending reverse peering packet to {peer_addr}: {e}", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
for ifname in self.adopted_interfaces:
# Check that the link-local address has not changed
try:
@ -443,6 +474,20 @@ class AutoInterface(Interface):
self.peer_announce(ifname)
time.sleep(self.announce_interval)
def reverse_announce(self, ifname, peer_addr):
try:
link_local_address = self.adopted_interfaces[ifname]
discovery_token = RNS.Identity.full_hash(self.group_id+link_local_address.encode("utf-8"))
announce_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
addr_info = socket.getaddrinfo(f"{peer_addr}%{ifname}", self.unicast_discovery_port, socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
ifis = struct.pack("I", self.interface_name_to_index(ifname))
announce_socket.sendto(discovery_token, addr_info[0][4])
announce_socket.close()
except Exception as e:
RNS.log(f"Could not send reverse peering packet to {peer_addr} on {ifname}: {e}", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
def peer_announce(self, ifname):
try:
link_local_address = self.adopted_interfaces[ifname]
@ -480,7 +525,7 @@ class AutoInterface(Interface):
else:
if not addr in self.peers:
self.peers[addr] = [ifname, time.time()]
self.peers[addr] = [ifname, time.time(), time.time()]
spawned_interface = AutoInterfacePeer(self, addr, ifname)
spawned_interface.OUT = self.OUT
@ -526,17 +571,14 @@ class AutoInterface(Interface):
self.refresh_peer(addr)
def refresh_peer(self, addr):
try:
self.peers[addr][1] = time.time()
except Exception as e:
RNS.log(f"An error occurred while refreshing peer {addr} on {self}: {e}", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
try: self.peers[addr][1] = time.time()
except Exception as e: RNS.log(f"An error occurred while refreshing peer {addr} on {self}: {e}", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
def process_incoming(self, data, addr=None):
if self.online and addr in self.spawned_interfaces:
self.spawned_interfaces[addr].process_incoming(data, addr)
def process_outgoing(self,data):
pass
def process_outgoing(self,data): pass
# Ingress limiting happens on peer sub-interfaces
def should_ingress_limit(self): return False

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@ -1 +1 @@
__version__ = "1.0.4"
__version__ = "1.0.5"