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1 --[[
2
3
4                         server.lua based on lua/libevent by blastbeat
5
6                         notes:
7                         -- when using luaevent, never register 2 or more EV_READ at one socket, same for EV_WRITE
8                         -- you cant even register a new EV_READ/EV_WRITE callback inside another one
9                         -- never call eventcallback:close( ) from inside eventcallback
10                         -- to do some of the above, use timeout events or something what will called from outside
11                         -- dont let garbagecollect eventcallbacks, as long they are running
12                         -- when using luasec, there are 4 cases of timeout errors: wantread or wantwrite during reading or writing
13
14 --]]
15
16 local SCRIPT_NAME           = "server_event.lua"
17 local SCRIPT_VERSION        = "0.05"
18 local SCRIPT_AUTHOR         = "blastbeat"
19 local LAST_MODIFIED         = "2009/11/20"
20
21 local cfg = {
22         MAX_CONNECTIONS       = 100000,  -- max per server connections (use "ulimit -n" on *nix)
23         MAX_HANDSHAKE_ATTEMPS = 10,  -- attemps to finish ssl handshake
24         HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT     = 1,  -- timout in seconds per handshake attemp
25         MAX_READ_LENGTH       = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,  -- max bytes allowed to read from sockets
26         MAX_SEND_LENGTH       = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,  -- max bytes size of write buffer (for writing on sockets)
27         ACCEPT_DELAY          = 10,  -- seconds to wait until the next attemp of a full server to accept
28         READ_TIMEOUT          = 60 * 30,  -- timeout in seconds for read data from socket
29         WRITE_TIMEOUT         = 30,  -- timeout in seconds for write data on socket
30         CONNECT_TIMEOUT       = 10,  -- timeout in seconds for connection attemps
31         CLEAR_DELAY           = 5,  -- seconds to wait for clearing interface list (and calling ondisconnect listeners) 
32         DEBUG                 = true,  -- show debug messages
33 }
34
35 local function use(x) return rawget(_G, x); end
36 local print = use "print"
37 local pcall = use "pcall"
38 local ipairs = use "ipairs"
39 local string = use "string"
40 local select = use "select"
41 local require = use "require"
42 local tostring = use "tostring"
43 local coroutine = use "coroutine"
44 local setmetatable = use "setmetatable"
45
46 local ssl = use "ssl" or require "ssl"
47 local socket = use "socket" or require "socket"
48
49 local log = require ("util.logger").init("socket")
50
51 local function debug(...)
52         return log("debug", ("%s "):rep(select('#', ...)), ...)
53 end
54 local vdebug = debug;
55
56 local bitor = ( function( ) -- thx Rici Lake
57         local hasbit = function( x, p )
58                 return x % ( p + p ) >= p
59         end
60         return function( x, y ) 
61                 local p = 1
62                 local z = 0
63                 local limit = x > y and x or y
64                 while p <= limit do 
65                         if hasbit( x, p ) or hasbit( y, p ) then
66                                 z = z + p
67                         end
68                         p = p + p
69                 end
70                 return z
71         end
72 end )( )
73
74 local event = require "luaevent.core"
75 local base = event.new( )
76 local EV_READ = event.EV_READ
77 local EV_WRITE = event.EV_WRITE
78 local EV_TIMEOUT = event.EV_TIMEOUT
79 local EV_SIGNAL = event.EV_SIGNAL
80
81 local EV_READWRITE = bitor( EV_READ, EV_WRITE )
82
83 local interfacelist = ( function( )  -- holds the interfaces for sockets
84         local array = { }
85         local len = 0
86         return function( method, arg )
87                 if "add" == method then
88                         len = len + 1
89                         array[ len ] = arg
90                         arg:_position( len )
91                         return len
92                 elseif "delete" == method then
93                         if len <= 0 then
94                                 return nil, "array is already empty"
95                         end
96                         local position = arg:_position()  -- get position in array
97                         if position ~= len then
98                                 local interface = array[ len ]  -- get last interface
99                                 array[ position ] = interface  -- copy it into free position
100                                 array[ len ] = nil  -- free last position
101                                 interface:_position( position )  -- set new position in array
102                         else  -- free last position
103                                 array[ len ] = nil
104                         end
105                         len = len - 1
106                         return len    
107                 else
108                         return array
109                 end
110         end
111 end )( )
112
113 -- Client interface methods
114 local interface_mt
115 do
116         interface_mt = {}; interface_mt.__index = interface_mt;
117         
118         local addevent = base.addevent
119         local coroutine_wrap, coroutine_yield = coroutine.wrap,coroutine.yield
120         local string_len = string.len
121         
122         -- Private methods
123         function interface_mt:_position(new_position)
124                         self.position = new_position or self.position
125                         return self.position;
126         end
127         function interface_mt:_close() -- regs event to start self:_destroy()
128                         local callback = function( )
129                                 self:_destroy();
130                                 self.eventclose = nil
131                                 return -1
132                         end
133                         self.eventclose = addevent( base, nil, EV_TIMEOUT, callback, 0 )
134                         return true
135         end
136         
137         function interface_mt:_start_connection(plainssl) -- should be called from addclient
138                         local callback = function( event )
139                                 if EV_TIMEOUT == event then  -- timout during connection
140                                         self.fatalerror = "connection timeout"
141                                         self:ontimeout()  -- call timeout listener
142                                         self:_close()
143                                         debug( "new connection failed. id:", self.id, "error:", self.fatalerror )
144                                 else
145                                         if plainssl then  -- start ssl session
146                                                 self:_start_ssl( self.listener.onconnect )
147                                         else  -- normal connection
148                                                 self:_start_session( self.listener.onconnect )
149                                         end
150                                         debug( "new connection established. id:", self.id )
151                                 end
152                                 self.eventconnect = nil
153                                 return -1
154                         end
155                         self.eventconnect = addevent( base, self.conn, EV_WRITE, callback, cfg.CONNECT_TIMEOUT )
156                         return true
157         end
158         function interface_mt:_start_session(onconnect) -- new session, for example after startssl
159                 if self.type == "client" then
160                         local callback = function( )
161                                 self:_lock( false,  false, false )
162                                 --vdebug( "start listening on client socket with id:", self.id )      
163                                 self.eventread = addevent( base, self.conn, EV_READ, self.readcallback, cfg.READ_TIMEOUT )  -- register callback
164                                 self:onconnect()
165                                 self.eventsession = nil
166                                 return -1
167                         end
168                         self.eventsession = addevent( base, nil, EV_TIMEOUT, callback, 0 )
169                 else
170                         self:_lock( false )
171                         --vdebug( "start listening on server socket with id:", self.id )
172                         self.eventread = addevent( base, self.conn, EV_READ, self.readcallback )  -- register callback
173                 end
174                 return true
175         end
176         function interface_mt:_start_ssl(arg) -- old socket will be destroyed, therefore we have to close read/write events first
177                         --vdebug( "starting ssl session with client id:", self.id )
178                         local _
179                         _ = self.eventread and self.eventread:close( )  -- close events; this must be called outside of the event callbacks!
180                         _ = self.eventwrite and self.eventwrite:close( )
181                         self.eventread, self.eventwrite = nil, nil
182                         local err
183                         self.conn, err = ssl.wrap( self.conn, self._sslctx )
184                         if err then
185                                 self.fatalerror = err
186                                 self.conn = nil  -- cannot be used anymore
187                                 if "onconnect" == arg then
188                                         self.ondisconnect = nil  -- dont call this when client isnt really connected
189                                 end
190                                 self:_close()
191                                 debug( "fatal error while ssl wrapping:", err )
192                                 return false
193                         end
194                         self.conn:settimeout( 0 )  -- set non blocking
195                         local handshakecallback = coroutine_wrap(
196                                 function( event )
197                                         local _, err
198                                         local attempt = 0
199                                         local maxattempt = cfg.MAX_HANDSHAKE_ATTEMPS
200                                         while attempt < 1000 do  -- no endless loop
201                                                 attempt = attempt + 1
202                                                 debug( "ssl handshake of client with id:"..tostring(self).."attemp:"..attempt )
203                                                 if attempt > maxattempt then
204                                                         self.fatalerror = "max handshake attemps exceeded"
205                                                 elseif EV_TIMEOUT == event then
206                                                         self.fatalerror = "timeout during handshake"
207                                                 else
208                                                         _, err = self.conn:dohandshake( )
209                                                         if not err then
210                                                                 self:_lock( false, false, false )  -- unlock the interface; sending, closing etc allowed
211                                                                 self.send = self.conn.send  -- caching table lookups with new client object
212                                                                 self.receive = self.conn.receive
213                                                                 local onsomething
214                                                                 if "onconnect" == arg then  -- trigger listener
215                                                                         onsomething = self.onconnect
216                                                                 else
217                                                                         onsomething = self.onsslconnection
218                                                                 end
219                                                                 self:_start_session( onsomething )
220                                                                 debug( "ssl handshake done" )
221                                                                 self.eventhandshake = nil
222                                                                 return -1
223                                                         end
224                                                         debug( "error during ssl handshake:", err ) 
225                                                         if err == "wantwrite" then
226                                                                 event = EV_WRITE
227                                                         elseif err == "wantread" then
228                                                                 event = EV_READ
229                                                         else
230                                                                 self.fatalerror = err
231                                                         end            
232                                                 end
233                                                 if self.fatalerror then
234                                                         if "onconnect" == arg then
235                                                                 self.ondisconnect = nil  -- dont call this when client isnt really connected
236                                                         end
237                                                         self:_close()
238                                                         debug( "handshake failed because:", self.fatalerror )
239                                                         self.eventhandshake = nil
240                                                         return -1
241                                                 end
242                                                 event = coroutine_yield( event, cfg.HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT )  -- yield this monster...
243                                         end
244                                 end
245                         )
246                         debug "starting handshake..."
247                         self:_lock( false, true, true )  -- unlock read/write events, but keep interface locked 
248                         self.eventhandshake = addevent( base, self.conn, EV_READWRITE, handshakecallback, cfg.HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT )
249                         return true
250         end
251         function interface_mt:_destroy()  -- close this interface + events and call last listener
252                         debug( "closing client with id:", self.id )
253                         self:_lock( true, true, true )  -- first of all, lock the interface to avoid further actions
254                         local _
255                         _ = self.eventread and self.eventread:close( )  -- close events; this must be called outside of the event callbacks!
256                         if self.type == "client" then
257                                 _ = self.eventwrite and self.eventwrite:close( )
258                                 _ = self.eventhandshake and self.eventhandshake:close( )
259                                 _ = self.eventstarthandshake and self.eventstarthandshake:close( )
260                                 _ = self.eventconnect and self.eventconnect:close( )
261                                 _ = self.eventsession and self.eventsession:close( )
262                                 _ = self.eventwritetimeout and self.eventwritetimeout:close( )
263                                 _ = self.eventreadtimeout and self.eventreadtimeout:close( )
264                                 _ = self.ondisconnect and self:ondisconnect( self.fatalerror )  -- call ondisconnect listener (wont be the case if handshake failed on connect)
265                                 _ = self.conn and self.conn:close( ) -- close connection, must also be called outside of any socket registered events!
266                                 _ = self._server and self._server:counter(-1);
267                                 self.eventread, self.eventwrite = nil, nil
268                                 self.eventstarthandshake, self.eventhandshake, self.eventclose = nil, nil, nil
269                                 self.readcallback, self.writecallback = nil, nil
270                         else
271                                 self.conn:close( )
272                                 self.eventread, self.eventclose = nil, nil
273                                 self.interface, self.readcallback = nil, nil
274                         end
275                         interfacelist( "delete", self )
276                         return true
277         end
278         
279         function interface_mt:_lock(nointerface, noreading, nowriting)  -- lock or unlock this interface or events
280                         self.nointerface, self.noreading, self.nowriting = nointerface, noreading, nowriting
281                         return nointerface, noreading, nowriting
282         end
283
284         function interface_mt:counter(c)
285                 if c then
286                         self._connections = self._connections + c
287                 end
288                 return self._connections
289         end
290         
291         -- Public methods
292         function interface_mt:write(data)
293                 if self.nowriting then return nil, "locked" end
294                 --vdebug( "try to send data to client, id/data:", self.id, data )
295                 data = tostring( data )
296                 local len = string_len( data )
297                 local total = len + self.writebufferlen
298                 if total > cfg.MAX_SEND_LENGTH then  -- check buffer length
299                         local err = "send buffer exceeded"
300                         debug( "error:", err )  -- to much, check your app
301                         return nil, err
302                 end 
303                 self.writebuffer = self.writebuffer .. data -- new buffer
304                 self.writebufferlen = total
305                 if not self.eventwrite then  -- register new write event
306                         --vdebug( "register new write event" )
307                         self.eventwrite = addevent( base, self.conn, EV_WRITE, self.writecallback, cfg.WRITE_TIMEOUT )
308                 end
309                 return true
310         end
311         function interface_mt:close(now)
312                 if self.nointerface then return nil, "locked"; end
313                 debug( "try to close client connection with id:", self.id )
314                 if self.type == "client" then
315                         self.fatalerror = "client to close"
316                         if ( not self.eventwrite ) or now then  -- try to close immediately
317                                 self:_lock( true, true, true )
318                                 self:_close()
319                                 return true
320                         else  -- wait for incomplete write request
321                                 self:_lock( true, true, false )
322                                 debug "closing delayed until writebuffer is empty"
323                                 return nil, "writebuffer not empty, waiting"
324                         end
325                 else
326                         debug( "try to close server with id:", self.id, "args:", now )
327                         self.fatalerror = "server to close"
328                         self:_lock( true )
329                         local count = 0
330                         for _, item in ipairs( interfacelist( ) ) do
331                                 if ( item.type ~= "server" ) and ( item._server == self ) then  -- client/server match
332                                         if item:close( now ) then  -- writebuffer was empty
333                                                 count = count + 1
334                                         end
335                                 end
336                         end
337                         local timeout = 0  -- dont wait for unfinished writebuffers of clients...
338                         if not now then
339                                 timeout = cfg.WRITE_TIMEOUT  -- ...or wait for it
340                         end
341                         self:_close( timeout )  -- add new event to remove the server interface
342                         debug( "seconds remained until server is closed:", timeout )
343                         return count  -- returns finished clients with empty writebuffer
344                 end
345         end
346         
347         function interface_mt:server()
348                 return self._server or self;
349         end
350         
351         function interface_mt:port()
352                 return self._port
353         end
354         
355         function interface_mt:serverport()
356                 return self._serverport
357         end
358         
359         function interface_mt:ip()
360                 return self._ip
361         end
362         
363         function interface_mt:ssl()
364                 return self._usingssl
365         end
366
367         function interface_mt:type()
368                 return self._type or "client"
369         end
370         
371         function interface_mt:connections()
372                 return self._connections
373         end
374         
375         function interface_mt:address()
376                 return self.addr
377         end
378         
379         function interface_mt:set_sslctx(sslctx)
380                 self._sslctx = sslctx;
381                 if sslctx then
382                         self.starttls = nil; -- use starttls() of interface_mt
383                 else
384                         self.starttls = false; -- prevent starttls()
385                 end
386         end
387         
388         function interface_mt:set_send(new_send)
389                 -- No-op, we always use the underlying connection's send
390         end
391         
392         function interface_mt:starttls()
393                 debug( "try to start ssl at client id:", self.id )
394                 local err
395                 if not self._sslctx then  -- no ssl available
396                         err = "no ssl context available"
397                 elseif self._usingssl then  -- startssl was already called
398                         err = "ssl already active"
399                 end
400                 if err then
401                         debug( "error:", err )
402                         return nil, err      
403                 end
404                 self._usingssl = true
405                 self.startsslcallback = function( )  -- we have to start the handshake outside of a read/write event
406                         self.startsslcallback = nil
407                         self:_start_ssl();
408                         self.eventstarthandshake = nil
409                         return -1
410                 end
411                 if not self.eventwrite then
412                         self:_lock( true, true, true )  -- lock the interface, to not disturb the handshake
413                         self.eventstarthandshake = addevent( base, nil, EV_TIMEOUT, self.startsslcallback, 0 )  -- add event to start handshake
414                 else  -- wait until writebuffer is empty
415                         self:_lock( true, true, false )
416                         debug "ssl session delayed until writebuffer is empty..."
417                 end
418                 self.starttls = false;
419                 return true
420         end
421         
422         function interface_mt:setoption(option, value)
423                 return self.conn:setoption(option, value);
424         end
425         
426         -- Stub handlers
427         function interface_mt:onconnect()
428         end
429         function interface_mt:onincoming()
430         end
431         function interface_mt:ondisconnect()
432         end
433         function interface_mt:ontimeout()
434         end
435 end                     
436
437 -- End of client interface methods
438
439 local handleclient;
440 do
441         local string_sub = string.sub  -- caching table lookups
442         local string_len = string.len
443         local addevent = base.addevent
444         local coroutine_wrap = coroutine.wrap
445         local socket_gettime = socket.gettime
446         local coroutine_yield = coroutine.yield
447         function handleclient( client, ip, port, server, pattern, listener, _, sslctx )  -- creates an client interface
448                 --vdebug("creating client interfacce...")
449                 local interface = {
450                         type = "client";
451                         conn = client;
452                         currenttime = socket_gettime( );  -- safe the origin
453                         writebuffer = "";  -- writebuffer
454                         writebufferlen = 0;  -- length of writebuffer
455                         send = client.send;  -- caching table lookups
456                         receive = client.receive;
457                         onconnect = listener.onconnect;  -- will be called when client disconnects
458                         ondisconnect = listener.ondisconnect;  -- will be called when client disconnects
459                         onincoming = listener.onincoming;  -- will be called when client sends data
460                         ontimeout = listener.ontimeout; -- called when fatal socket timeout occurs
461                         eventread = false, eventwrite = false, eventclose = false,
462                         eventhandshake = false, eventstarthandshake = false;  -- event handler
463                         eventconnect = false, eventsession = false;  -- more event handler...
464                         eventwritetimeout = false;  -- even more event handler...
465                         eventreadtimeout = false;
466                         fatalerror = false;  -- error message
467                         writecallback = false;  -- will be called on write events
468                         readcallback = false;  -- will be called on read events
469                         nointerface = true;  -- lock/unlock parameter of this interface
470                         noreading = false, nowriting = false;  -- locks of the read/writecallback
471                         startsslcallback = false;  -- starting handshake callback
472                         position = false;  -- position of client in interfacelist
473                         
474                         -- Properties
475                         _ip = ip, _port = port, _server = server, _pattern = pattern,
476                         _serverport = (server and server:port() or nil),
477                         _sslctx = sslctx; -- parameters
478                         _usingssl = false;  -- client is using ssl;
479                 }
480                 if not sslctx then
481                         interface.starttls = false -- don't allow TLS
482                 end
483                 interface.id = tostring(interface):match("%x+$");
484                 interface.writecallback = function( event )  -- called on write events
485                         --vdebug( "new client write event, id/ip/port:", interface, ip, port )
486                         if interface.nowriting or ( interface.fatalerror and ( "client to close" ~= interface.fatalerror ) ) then  -- leave this event
487                                 --vdebug( "leaving this event because:", interface.nowriting or interface.fatalerror )
488                                 interface.eventwrite = false
489                                 return -1
490                         end
491                         if EV_TIMEOUT == event then  -- took too long to write some data to socket -> disconnect
492                                 interface.fatalerror = "timeout during writing"
493                                 debug( "writing failed:", interface.fatalerror ) 
494                                 interface:_close()
495                                 interface.eventwrite = false
496                                 return -1
497                         else  -- can write :)
498                                 if interface._usingssl then  -- handle luasec
499                                         if interface.eventreadtimeout then  -- we have to read first
500                                                 local ret = interface.readcallback( )  -- call readcallback
501                                                 --vdebug( "tried to read in writecallback, result:", ret )
502                                         end
503                                         if interface.eventwritetimeout then  -- luasec only
504                                                 interface.eventwritetimeout:close( )  -- first we have to close timeout event which where regged after a wantread error
505                                                 interface.eventwritetimeout = false
506                                         end
507                                 end
508                                 local succ, err, byte = interface.conn:send( interface.writebuffer, 1, interface.writebufferlen )
509                                 --vdebug( "write data:", interface.writebuffer, "error:", err, "part:", byte )
510                                 if succ then  -- writing succesful
511                                         interface.writebuffer = ""
512                                         interface.writebufferlen = 0
513                                         if interface.fatalerror then
514                                                 debug "closing client after writing"
515                                                 interface:_close()  -- close interface if needed
516                                         elseif interface.startsslcallback then  -- start ssl connection if needed
517                                                 debug "starting ssl handshake after writing"
518                                                 interface.eventstarthandshake = addevent( base, nil, EV_TIMEOUT, interface.startsslcallback, 0 )
519                                         elseif interface.eventreadtimeout then
520                                                 return EV_WRITE, EV_TIMEOUT
521                                         end
522                                         interface.eventwrite = nil
523                                         return -1
524                                 elseif byte then  -- want write again
525                                         --vdebug( "writebuffer is not empty:", err )
526                                         interface.writebuffer = string_sub( interface.writebuffer, byte + 1, interface.writebufferlen )  -- new buffer
527                                         interface.writebufferlen = interface.writebufferlen - byte            
528                                         if "wantread" == err then  -- happens only with luasec
529                                                 local callback = function( )
530                                                         interface:_close()
531                                                         interface.eventwritetimeout = nil
532                                                         return evreturn, evtimeout
533                                                 end
534                                                 interface.eventwritetimeout = addevent( base, nil, EV_TIMEOUT, callback, cfg.WRITE_TIMEOUT )  -- reg a new timeout event
535                                                 debug( "wantread during write attemp, reg it in readcallback but dont know what really happens next..." )
536                                                 -- hopefully this works with luasec; its simply not possible to use 2 different write events on a socket in luaevent
537                                                 return -1
538                                         end
539                                         return EV_WRITE, cfg.WRITE_TIMEOUT 
540                                 else  -- connection was closed during writing or fatal error
541                                         interface.fatalerror = err or "fatal error"
542                                         debug( "connection failed in write event:", interface.fatalerror ) 
543                                         interface:_close()
544                                         interface.eventwrite = nil
545                                         return -1
546                                 end
547                         end
548                 end
549                 
550                 interface.readcallback = function( event )  -- called on read events
551                         --vdebug( "new client read event, id/ip/port:", tostring(interface.id), tostring(ip), tostring(port) )
552                         if interface.noreading or interface.fatalerror then  -- leave this event
553                                 --vdebug( "leaving this event because:", tostring(interface.noreading or interface.fatalerror) )
554                                 interface.eventread = nil
555                                 return -1
556                         end
557                         if EV_TIMEOUT == event then  -- took too long to get some data from client -> disconnect
558                                 interface.fatalerror = "timeout during receiving"
559                                 debug( "connection failed:", interface.fatalerror ) 
560                                 interface:_close()
561                                 interface.eventread = nil
562                                 return -1
563                         else -- can read
564                                 if interface._usingssl then  -- handle luasec
565                                         if interface.eventwritetimeout then  -- ok, in the past writecallback was regged
566                                                 local ret = interface.writecallback( )  -- call it
567                                                 --vdebug( "tried to write in readcallback, result:", tostring(ret) )
568                                         end
569                                         if interface.eventreadtimeout then
570                                                 interface.eventreadtimeout:close( )
571                                                 interface.eventreadtimeout = nil
572                                         end
573                                 end
574                                 local buffer, err, part = interface.conn:receive( pattern )  -- receive buffer with "pattern"
575                                 --vdebug( "read data:", tostring(buffer), "error:", tostring(err), "part:", tostring(part) )        
576                                 buffer = buffer or part or ""
577                                 local len = string_len( buffer )
578                                 if len > cfg.MAX_READ_LENGTH then  -- check buffer length
579                                         interface.fatalerror = "receive buffer exceeded"
580                                         debug( "fatal error:", interface.fatalerror )
581                                         interface:_close()
582                                         interface.eventread = nil
583                                         return -1
584                                 end
585                                 interface.onincoming( interface, buffer, err )  -- send new data to listener
586                                 if err and ( err ~= "timeout" and err ~= "wantread" ) then
587                                         if "wantwrite" == err then -- need to read on write event
588                                                 if not interface.eventwrite then  -- register new write event if needed
589                                                         interface.eventwrite = addevent( base, interface.conn, EV_WRITE, interface.writecallback, cfg.WRITE_TIMEOUT )
590                                                 end
591                                                 interface.eventreadtimeout = addevent( base, nil, EV_TIMEOUT,
592                                                         function( )
593                                                                 interface:_close()
594                                                         end, cfg.READ_TIMEOUT
595                                                 )             
596                                                 debug( "wantwrite during read attemp, reg it in writecallback but dont know what really happens next..." )
597                                                 -- to be honest i dont know what happens next, if it is allowed to first read, the write etc...
598                                         else  -- connection was closed or fatal error            
599                                                 interface.fatalerror = err
600                                                 debug( "connection failed in read event:", interface.fatalerror ) 
601                                                 interface:_close()
602                                                 interface.eventread = nil
603                                                 return -1
604                                         end
605                                 end
606                                 return EV_READ, cfg.READ_TIMEOUT
607                         end
608                 end
609
610                 client:settimeout( 0 )  -- set non blocking
611                 setmetatable(interface, interface_mt)
612                 interfacelist( "add", interface )  -- add to interfacelist
613                 return interface
614         end
615 end
616
617 local handleserver
618 do
619         function handleserver( server, addr, port, pattern, listener, sslctx, startssl )  -- creates an server interface
620                 debug "creating server interface..."
621                 local interface = {
622                         _connections = 0;
623                         
624                         conn = server;
625                         onconnect = listener.onconnect;  -- will be called when new client connected
626                         eventread = false;  -- read event handler
627                         eventclose = false; -- close event handler
628                         readcallback = false; -- read event callback
629                         fatalerror = false; -- error message
630                         nointerface = true;  -- lock/unlock parameter
631                         
632                         _ip = addr, _port = port, _pattern = pattern,
633                         _sslctx = sslctx;
634                 }
635                 interface.id = tostring(interface):match("%x+$");
636                 interface.readcallback = function( event )  -- server handler, called on incoming connections
637                         --vdebug( "server can accept, id/addr/port:", interface, addr, port )
638                         if interface.fatalerror then
639                                 --vdebug( "leaving this event because:", self.fatalerror )
640                                 interface.eventread = nil
641                                 return -1
642                         end
643                         local delay = cfg.ACCEPT_DELAY
644                         if EV_TIMEOUT == event then
645                                 if interface._connections >= cfg.MAX_CONNECTIONS then  -- check connection count
646                                         debug( "to many connections, seconds to wait for next accept:", delay )
647                                         return EV_TIMEOUT, delay  -- timeout...
648                                 else
649                                         return EV_READ  -- accept again
650                                 end
651                         end
652                         --vdebug("max connection check ok, accepting...")
653                         local client, err = server:accept()    -- try to accept; TODO: check err
654                         while client do
655                                 if interface._connections >= cfg.MAX_CONNECTIONS then
656                                         client:close( )  -- refuse connection
657                                         debug( "maximal connections reached, refuse client connection; accept delay:", delay )
658                                         return EV_TIMEOUT, delay  -- delay for next accept attemp
659                                 end
660                                 local ip, port = client:getpeername( )
661                                 interface._connections = interface._connections + 1  -- increase connection count
662                                 local clientinterface = handleclient( client, ip, port, interface, pattern, listener, nil, sslctx )
663                                 --vdebug( "client id:", clientinterface, "startssl:", startssl )
664                                 if startssl then
665                                         clientinterface:_start_ssl( clientinterface.onconnect )
666                                 else
667                                         clientinterface:_start_session( clientinterface.onconnect )
668                                 end
669                                 debug( "accepted incoming client connection from:", ip, port )
670                                 client, err = server:accept()    -- try to accept again
671                         end
672                         return EV_READ
673                 end
674                 
675                 server:settimeout( 0 )
676                 setmetatable(interface, interface_mt)
677                 interfacelist( "add", interface )
678                 interface:_start_session()
679                 return interface
680         end
681 end
682
683 local addserver = ( function( )
684         return function( addr, port, listener, pattern, sslcfg, startssl )  -- TODO: check arguments
685                 --vdebug( "creating new tcp server with following parameters:", addr or "nil", port or "nil", sslcfg or "nil", startssl or "nil")
686                 local server, err = socket.bind( addr, port, cfg.ACCEPT_QUEUE )  -- create server socket
687                 if not server then
688                         debug( "creating server socket failed because:", err )
689                         return nil, err
690                 end
691                 local sslctx
692                 if sslcfg then
693                         if not ssl then
694                                 debug "fatal error: luasec not found"
695                                 return nil, "luasec not found"
696                         end
697                         sslctx, err = ssl.newcontext( sslcfg )
698                         if err then
699                                 debug( "error while creating new ssl context for server socket:", err )
700                                 return nil, err
701                         end
702                 end      
703                 local interface = handleserver( server, addr, port, pattern, listener, sslctx, startssl )  -- new server handler
704                 debug( "new server created with id:", tostring(interface))
705                 return interface
706         end
707 end )( )
708
709 local addclient, wrapclient
710 do
711         function wrapclient( client, ip, port, listeners, pattern, sslctx, startssl )
712                 local interface = handleclient( client, ip, port, nil, pattern, listeners, sslctx )
713                 interface:_start_session()
714                 return interface
715                 --function handleclient( client, ip, port, server, pattern, listener, _, sslctx )  -- creates an client interface
716         end
717         
718         function addclient( addr, serverport, listener, pattern, localaddr, localport, sslcfg, startssl )
719                 local client, err = socket.tcp()  -- creating new socket
720                 if not client then
721                         debug( "cannot create socket:", err ) 
722                         return nil, err
723                 end
724                 client:settimeout( 0 )  -- set nonblocking
725                 if localaddr then
726                         local res, err = client:bind( localaddr, localport, -1 )
727                         if not res then
728                                 debug( "cannot bind client:", err )
729                                 return nil, err
730                         end
731                 end
732                 local sslctx
733                 if sslcfg then  -- handle ssl/new context
734                         if not ssl then
735                                 debug "need luasec, but not available" 
736                                 return nil, "luasec not found"
737                         end
738                         sslctx, err = ssl.newcontext( sslcfg )
739                         if err then
740                                 debug( "cannot create new ssl context:", err )
741                                 return nil, err
742                         end
743                 end
744                 local res, err = client:connect( addr, serverport )  -- connect
745                 if res or ( err == "timeout" ) then
746                         local ip, port = client:getsockname( )
747                         local server = function( )
748                                 return nil, "this is a dummy server interface"
749                         end
750                         local interface = wrapclient( client, ip, serverport, listeners, pattern, sslctx, startssl )
751                         interface:_start_connection( startssl )
752                         debug( "new connection id:", interface.id )
753                         return interface, err
754                 else
755                         debug( "new connection failed:", err )
756                         return nil, err
757                 end
758         end
759 end
760
761
762 local loop = function( )  -- starts the event loop
763         base:loop( )
764         return "quitting";
765 end
766
767 local newevent = ( function( )
768         local add = base.addevent
769         return function( ... )
770                 return add( base, ... )
771         end
772 end )( )
773
774 local closeallservers = function( arg )
775         for _, item in ipairs( interfacelist( ) ) do
776                 if item.type == "server" then
777                         item:close( arg )
778                 end
779         end
780 end
781
782 local function setquitting(yes)
783         if yes then
784                  -- Quit now
785                  closeallservers();
786                  base:loopexit();
787         end
788 end
789
790 function get_backend()
791         return base:method();
792 end
793
794 -- We need to hold onto the events to stop them
795 -- being garbage-collected
796 local signal_events = {}; -- [signal_num] -> event object
797 function hook_signal(signal_num, handler)
798         local function _handler(event)
799                 local ret = handler();
800                 if ret ~= false then -- Continue handling this signal?
801                         return EV_SIGNAL; -- Yes
802                 end
803                 return -1; -- Close this event
804         end
805         signal_events[signal_num] = base:addevent(signal_num, EV_SIGNAL, _handler);
806         return signal_events[signal_num];
807 end
808
809 return {
810
811         cfg = cfg,
812         base = base,
813         loop = loop,
814         event = event,
815         event_base = base,
816         addevent = newevent,
817         addserver = addserver,
818         addclient = addclient,
819         wrapclient = wrapclient,
820         setquitting = setquitting,
821         closeall = closeallservers,
822         get_backend = get_backend,
823         hook_signal = hook_signal,
824
825         __NAME = SCRIPT_NAME,
826         __DATE = LAST_MODIFIED,
827         __AUTHOR = SCRIPT_AUTHOR,
828         __VERSION = SCRIPT_VERSION,
829
830 }