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authorJan Maria Matejka <mq@ucw.cz>2018-02-28 16:57:50 +0100
committerJan Maria Matejka <mq@ucw.cz>2018-03-14 11:34:29 +0100
commite8bc64e308586b6502090da2775af84cd760ed0d (patch)
treefd111a1534336be4d3fa115ed6fd5688e6be43d3 /NEWS
parent74bfd2f97c0a95b6fb73a67d9334e54a90695c58 (diff)
Filter: make bgpmask literals real constructors
The bgpmask literals can include expressions. This is OK but they have to be interpreted as soon as the code is run, not in the time the code is used as value. This led to strange behavior like rewriting bgpmasks when they shan't be rewritten: function mask_generator(int as) { return [= * as * =]; } function another() bgpmask m1; bgpmask m2; { m1 = mask_generator(10); m2 = mask_generator(20); if (m1 == m2) { print("strange"); # this would happen } } Moreover, sending this to CLI would cause stack overflow and knock down the whole BIRD, as soon as there is at least one route to execute the given filter on. show route filter bgpmask mmm; bgppath ppp; { ppp = +empty+; mmm = [= (ppp ~ mmm) =]; print(mmm); accept; } The magic match operator (~) inside the bgpmask literal would try to resolve mmm, which points to the same bgpmask so it would resolve itself, call the magic match operator and vice versa. After this patch, the bgpmask literal will get resolved as soon as it's assigned to mmm and it also will return a type error as bool is not convertible to ASN in BIRD.
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