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Bug #3622

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Clear API mess in sign_link_up callback

Added by pespin over 5 years ago. Updated over 5 years ago.

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New
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Normal
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Target version:
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Start date:
10/02/2018
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<pespin_> ipa sign_link_up() callback is so fucked up. It has so many hidden details on how it is called and handled, lots of intrinsic assumptions based on who uses it and which messages it expects to receive.
<LaF0rge> pespin_: welcome to an architecture designed for E1 which was later extended with Abis/IP support without introducing too many changes
<LaF0rge> pespin_: also, written when understanding nothing about Abis/IP as thre's no documentation on it...
<pespin_> LaF0rge, it's fine, I'm just trying to share my understanding and find possible solutions to make it more maintainable
<pespin_> 1st parameter is a void* which is only used by osmo-bsc during IPA_ID_RESP, and in that case is passed a "struct ipaccess_unit *" 
<pespin_> from which it takes unit ID (including TRX ID)
<pespin_> Then 3rd paramenter is "enum e1inp_sign_type type", which can be basically either E1INP_SIGN_OML or E1INP_SIGN_RSL
<pespin_> but in case it's E1INP_SIGN_RSL, it's actually encoded as E1INP_SIGN_RSL+trx_num
<pespin_> and that only for expected BTS users, that is for message IPA_ID_GET/REQ
<pespin_> for BSC messages, as trx_num is passed inside the first parameter, that trick is not used
<pespin_> I'm willing to fix this, but of course it means breaking compat between osmo-bts/osmo-bsc and libosmo-abis.
<pespin_> we should basically send always a "struct ipaccess_unit *" correctly filled in the first param, and stop using this RSL+trx_num hack in the 3rd parameter
<pespin_> another option would be adding a new sign_link_up2 callback, and implement it in libosmo-abis + osmo-bsc and osmo-bts
<pespin_> and then deprecate sign_link_up

Related code map for BTS:

log "Rx IPA RSL CONNECT IP=%s PORT=%u STREAM=0x%02x"  --> e1inp_ipa_bts_rsl_connect_n(trx_nr)
e1inp_ipa_bts_rsl_connect  [BTS connects TCP conn to BSC as requested by BSC]
    e1inp_ipa_bts_rsl_connect_n
        ipa_client_conn_create (set priv_nr E1INP_SIGN_RSL+trx_nr, read_cb=ipaccess_bts_read_cb updown_cb=ipaccess_bts_updown_cb
[BSC SENDS US A ID GET/REQ]
ipaccess_bts_read_cb
    ipaccess_bts_handle_ccm
    ops->sign_link_up (on ID_GET)

On the other hand, sign_link_up on BSC expects E1INP_SIGN_RSL to not contain the trx_num, that's why ipaccess_rcvmsg in libosmo-abis/src/input/ipaccess.c:168 calls it this way:

line->ops->sign_link_up(&unit_data, line, E1INP_SIGN_RSL);

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Updated by pespin over 5 years ago

While looking for a fix for #3612 and understanding the code, I already did an initial cleanup of related parts regarding access to line ts and index handling:
https://gerrit.osmocom.org/#/c/libosmo-abis/+/11203 ipaccess: Simplify handling of e1line ts

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