ppp: introduced unit-preallocate option

If set to 1 then allocate unit (interface) before authorization, so Nas-Port and Nas-Port-Id would be defined in Access-Request phase

3 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/accel-pppd/accel-ppp.conf b/accel-pppd/accel-ppp.conf
index d221230..98ca885 100644
--- a/accel-pppd/accel-ppp.conf
+++ b/accel-pppd/accel-ppp.conf
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ lcp-echo-interval=20
 #lcp-echo-failure=3
 lcp-echo-timeout=120
 unit-cache=1
+#unit-preallocate=1
 
 [auth]
 #any-login=0
diff --git a/accel-pppd/accel-ppp.conf.5 b/accel-pppd/accel-ppp.conf.5
index eefbe6b..d49b65f 100644
--- a/accel-pppd/accel-ppp.conf.5
+++ b/accel-pppd/accel-ppp.conf.5
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ Specifies timeout in seconds to wait for any peer activity. If this option speci
 .BI "unit-cache=" n
 Specifies number of interfaces to keep in cache. It means that don't destory interface after corresponding session is destoyed, instead place it to cache and use it later for new sessions repeatedly.
 This should reduce kernel-level interface creation/deletion rate lack.
+.TP
+.BI "unit-preallocate=" 0|1
+If set to 1 then allocate ppp unit (interface) before authorization, so Nas-Port and Nas-Port-Id would be defined in Access-Request phase.
 .SH [ipoe]
 .TP
 .BI "verbose=" n
diff --git a/accel-pppd/ppp/ppp.c b/accel-pppd/ppp/ppp.c
index f05b47b..db09148 100644
--- a/accel-pppd/ppp/ppp.c
+++ b/accel-pppd/ppp/ppp.c
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 #include "memdebug.h"
 
 int __export conf_ppp_verbose;
-int conf_unit_cache = 0;
+int conf_unit_cache;
+static int conf_unit_preallocate;
 
 #define PPP_BUF_SIZE 8192
 static mempool_t buf_pool;
@@ -110,7 +111,11 @@ int __export establish_ppp(struct ppp_t *ppp)
 	ppp->chan_hnd.fd = ppp->chan_fd;
 	ppp->chan_hnd.read = ppp_chan_read;
 
-	log_ppp_debug("ppp establishing\n");
+	if (conf_unit_preallocate) {
+		if (connect_ppp_channel(ppp))
+			goto exit_close_chan;
+	} else
+		log_ppp_debug("ppp establishing\n");
 
 	if (ap_session_starting(&ppp->ses))
 		goto exit_close_chan;
@@ -133,6 +138,9 @@ int __export connect_ppp_channel(struct ppp_t *ppp)
 	struct pppunit_cache *uc = NULL;
 	struct ifreq ifr;
 
+	if (ppp->unit_fd != -1)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (uc_size) {
 		pthread_mutex_lock(&uc_lock);
 		if (!list_empty(&uc_list)) {
@@ -693,6 +701,12 @@ static void load_config(void)
 		conf_unit_cache = atoi(opt);
 	else
 		conf_unit_cache = 0;
+
+	opt = conf_get_opt("ppp", "unit-preallocate");
+	if (opt)
+		conf_unit_preallocate = atoi(opt);
+	else
+		conf_unit_preallocate = 0;
 }
 
 static void init(void)