control/controlhttp: simplify, fix race dialing, remove priority concept

Fixes tailscale/corp#32534

Co-authored-by: James Tucker <james@tailscale.com>
Change-Id: I4eb57f046d8b40403220e40eb67a31c41adb3a38
Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>

control/controlhttp/client.go

@@ -27,14 +27,13 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math"
+	"log"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptrace"
 	"net/netip"
 	"net/url"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ import (
 	"tailscale.com/syncs"
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
 	"tailscale.com/tstime"
-	"tailscale.com/util/multierr"
 )
 
 var stdDialer net.Dialer
@@ -110,18 +108,8 @@ func (a *Dialer) dial(ctx context.Context) (*ClientConn, error) {
 	}
 	candidates := a.DialPlan.Candidates
 
-	// Otherwise, we try dialing per the plan. Store the highest priority
+	// Create a context to be canceled as we return, so once we get a good connection,
-	// in the list, so that if we get a connection to one of those
+	// we can drop all the other ones.
-	// candidates we can return quickly.
-	var highestPriority int = math.MinInt
-	for _, c := range candidates {
-		if c.Priority > highestPriority {
-			highestPriority = c.Priority
-		}
-	}
-
-	// This context allows us to cancel in-flight connections if we get a
-	// highest-priority connection before we're all done.
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -129,142 +117,61 @@ func (a *Dialer) dial(ctx context.Context) (*ClientConn, error) {
 	type dialResult struct {
 		conn *ClientConn
 		err  error
-		cand tailcfg.ControlIPCandidate
 	}
-	resultsCh := make(chan dialResult, len(candidates))
+	resultsCh := make(chan dialResult) // unbuffered, never closed
 
-	var pending atomic.Int32
+	dialCand := func(cand tailcfg.ControlIPCandidate) (*ClientConn, error) {
-	pending.Store(int32(len(candidates)))
+		a.logf("[v2] controlhttp: waited %.2f seconds, dialing %q @ %v", cand.DialStartDelaySec, a.Hostname, cand.IP)
-	for _, c := range candidates {
-		go func(ctx context.Context, c tailcfg.ControlIPCandidate) {
-			var (
-				conn *ClientConn
-				err  error
-			)
 
-			// Always send results back to our channel.
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Duration(cand.DialTimeoutSec*float64(time.Second)))
-			defer func() {
-				resultsCh <- dialResult{conn, err, c}
-				if pending.Add(-1) == 0 {
-					close(resultsCh)
-				}
-			}()
-
-			// If non-zero, wait the configured start timeout
-			// before we do anything.
-			if c.DialStartDelaySec > 0 {
-				a.logf("[v2] controlhttp: waiting %.2f seconds before dialing %q @ %v", c.DialStartDelaySec, a.Hostname, c.IP)
-				tmr, tmrChannel := a.clock().NewTimer(time.Duration(c.DialStartDelaySec * float64(time.Second)))
-				defer tmr.Stop()
-				select {
-				case <-ctx.Done():
-					err = ctx.Err()
-					return
-				case <-tmrChannel:
-				}
-			}
-
-			// Now, create a sub-context with the given timeout and
-			// try dialing the provided host.
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Duration(c.DialTimeoutSec*float64(time.Second)))
 		defer cancel()
 
-			if c.IP.IsValid() {
+		if cand.IP.IsValid() {
-				a.logf("[v2] controlhttp: trying to dial %q @ %v", a.Hostname, c.IP)
+			a.logf("[v2] controlhttp: trying to dial %q @ %v", a.Hostname, cand.IP)
-			} else if c.ACEHost != "" {
+		} else if cand.ACEHost != "" {
-				a.logf("[v2] controlhttp: trying to dial %q via ACE %q", a.Hostname, c.ACEHost)
+			a.logf("[v2] controlhttp: trying to dial %q via ACE %q", a.Hostname, cand.ACEHost)
 		}
 		// This will dial, and the defer above sends it back to our parent.
-			conn, err = a.dialHostOpt(ctx, c.IP, c.ACEHost)
+		return a.dialHostOpt(ctx, cand.IP, cand.ACEHost)
-		}(ctx, c)
 	}
 
-	var results []dialResult
+	for _, cand := range candidates {
-	for res := range resultsCh {
+		timer := time.AfterFunc(time.Duration(cand.DialStartDelaySec*float64(time.Second)), func() {
-		// If we get a response that has the highest priority, we don't
-		// need to wait for any of the other connections to finish; we
-		// can just return this connection.
-		//
-		// TODO(andrew): we could make this better by keeping track of
-		// the highest remaining priority dynamically, instead of just
-		// checking for the highest total
-		if res.cand.Priority == highestPriority && res.conn != nil {
-			a.logf("[v1] controlhttp: high-priority success dialing %q @ %v from dial plan", a.Hostname, cmp.Or(res.cand.ACEHost, res.cand.IP.String()))
-
-			// Drain the channel and any existing connections in
-			// the background.
 			go func() {
-				for _, res := range results {
+				conn, err := dialCand(cand)
-					if res.conn != nil {
+				select {
-						res.conn.Close()
+				case resultsCh <- dialResult{conn, err}:
-					}
+					if err == nil {
-				}
+						a.logf("[v1] controlhttp: succeeded dialing %q @ %v from dial plan", a.Hostname, cmp.Or(cand.ACEHost, cand.IP.String()))
-				for res := range resultsCh {
-					if res.conn != nil {
-						res.conn.Close()
-					}
-				}
-				if a.drainFinished != nil {
-					close(a.drainFinished)
-				}
-			}()
-			return res.conn, nil
-		}
-
-		// This isn't a highest-priority result, so just store it until
-		// we're done.
-		results = append(results, res)
-	}
-
-	// After we finish this function, close any remaining open connections.
-	defer func() {
-		for _, result := range results {
-			// Note: below, we nil out the returned connection (if
-			// any) in the slice so we don't close it.
-			if result.conn != nil {
-				result.conn.Close()
 					}
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					if conn != nil {
+						conn.Close()
 					}
-
-		// We don't drain asynchronously after this point, so notify our
-		// channel when we return.
-		if a.drainFinished != nil {
-			close(a.drainFinished)
 				}
 			}()
-
-	// Sort by priority, then take the first non-error response.
-	sort.Slice(results, func(i, j int) bool {
-		// NOTE: intentionally inverted so that the highest priority
-		// item comes first
-		return results[i].cand.Priority > results[j].cand.Priority
 		})
-
+		defer timer.Stop()
-	var (
-		conn *ClientConn
-		errs []error
-	)
-	for i, result := range results {
-		if result.err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, result.err)
-			continue
 	}
 
-		a.logf("[v1] controlhttp: succeeded dialing %q @ %v from dial plan", a.Hostname, cmp.Or(result.cand.ACEHost, result.cand.IP.String()))
+	var errs []error
-		conn = result.conn
+	for {
-		results[i].conn = nil // so we don't close it in the defer
+		select {
-		return conn, nil
+		case res := <-resultsCh:
+			if res.err == nil {
+				return res.conn, nil
+			}
+			errs = append(errs, res.err)
+			if len(errs) == len(candidates) {
+				// If we get here, then we didn't get anywhere with our dial plan; fall back to just using DNS.
+				a.logf("controlhttp: failed dialing using DialPlan, falling back to DNS; errs=%s", errors.Join(errs...))
+				return a.dialHost(ctx)
 			}
-	if ctx.Err() != nil {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
 			a.logf("controlhttp: context aborted dialing")
 			return nil, ctx.Err()
 		}
-
+	}
-	merr := multierr.New(errs...)
-
-	// If we get here, then we didn't get anywhere with our dial plan; fall back to just using DNS.
-	a.logf("controlhttp: failed dialing using DialPlan, falling back to DNS; errs=%s", merr.Error())
-	return a.dialHost(ctx)
 }
 
 // The TS_FORCE_NOISE_443 envknob forces the controlclient noise dialer to
@@ -422,6 +329,11 @@ func (a *Dialer) dialHostOpt(ctx context.Context, optAddr netip.Addr, optACEHost
 					go try(u443)
 				} // else we lost the race and it started already which is what we want
 			case u443:
+				if u80 == nil {
+					log.Printf("XXXX no port 80 so returning error: %v", res.err)
+					// We never started a port 80 dial, so just return the port 443 error.
+					return nil, res.err
+				}
 				err443 = res.err
 			default:
 				panic("invalid")

control/controlhttp/http_test.go

@@ -15,17 +15,19 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"net/netip"
 	"net/url"
-	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
+	"testing/synctest"
 	"time"
 
 	"tailscale.com/control/controlbase"
 	"tailscale.com/control/controlhttp/controlhttpcommon"
 	"tailscale.com/control/controlhttp/controlhttpserver"
 	"tailscale.com/health"
+	"tailscale.com/net/memnet"
 	"tailscale.com/net/netmon"
 	"tailscale.com/net/netx"
 	"tailscale.com/net/socks5"
@@ -545,35 +547,13 @@ func brokenMITMHandler(clock tstime.Clock) http.HandlerFunc {
 }
 
 func TestDialPlan(t *testing.T) {
-	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
-		t.Skip("only works on Linux due to multiple localhost addresses")
-	}
-
 	client, server := key.NewMachine(), key.NewMachine()
 
 	const (
 		testProtocolVersion = 1
 	)
 
-	getRandomPort := func() string {
+	makeHandler := func(t *testing.T, memNet *memnet.Network, name string, host netip.Addr, wrap func(http.Handler) http.Handler) {
-		ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":0")
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("net.Listen: %v", err)
-		}
-		defer ln.Close()
-		_, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(ln.Addr().String())
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		return port
-	}
-
-	// We need consistent ports for each address; these are chosen
-	// randomly and we hope that they won't conflict during this test.
-	httpPort := getRandomPort()
-	httpsPort := getRandomPort()
-
-	makeHandler := func(t *testing.T, name string, host netip.Addr, wrap func(http.Handler) http.Handler) {
 		done := make(chan struct{})
 		t.Cleanup(func() {
 			close(done)
@@ -592,11 +572,11 @@ func TestDialPlan(t *testing.T) {
 			handler = wrap(handler)
 		}
 
-		httpLn, err := net.Listen("tcp", host.String()+":"+httpPort)
+		httpLn, err := memNet.Listen("tcp", host.String()+":80")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("HTTP listen: %v", err)
 		}
-		httpsLn, err := net.Listen("tcp", host.String()+":"+httpsPort)
+		httpsLn, err := memNet.Listen("tcp", host.String()+":443")
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("HTTPS listen: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -616,7 +596,6 @@ func TestDialPlan(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Cleanup(func() {
 			httpsServer.Close()
 		})
-		return
 	}
 
 	fallbackAddr := netip.MustParseAddr("127.0.0.1")
@@ -686,20 +665,27 @@ func TestDialPlan(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// TODO(awly): replace this with tstest.NewClock and update the
+			synctest.Test(t, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// test to advance the clock correctly.
+
+				// Get the synctest clock way out to 2025 at least so the
+				// net/http/httptest TLS client certs are valid?
+				// TODO(bradfitz): this might not be necessary. Still debugging.
+				time.Sleep(26 * 365 * 24 * time.Hour)
+
+				var memNet memnet.Network
+
 				clock := tstime.StdClock{}
-			makeHandler(t, "fallback", fallbackAddr, nil)
+				makeHandler(t, &memNet, "fallback", fallbackAddr, nil)
-			makeHandler(t, "good", goodAddr, nil)
+				makeHandler(t, &memNet, "good", goodAddr, nil)
-			makeHandler(t, "other", otherAddr, nil)
+				makeHandler(t, &memNet, "other", otherAddr, nil)
-			makeHandler(t, "other2", other2Addr, nil)
+				makeHandler(t, &memNet, "other2", other2Addr, nil)
-			makeHandler(t, "broken", brokenAddr, func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+				makeHandler(t, &memNet, "broken", brokenAddr, func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 					return brokenMITMHandler(clock)
 				})
 
 				dialer := closeTrackDialer{
 					t:     t,
-				inner: tsdial.NewDialer(netmon.NewStatic()).SystemDial,
+					inner: memNet.Dial,
 					conns: make(map[*closeTrackConn]bool),
 				}
 				defer dialer.Done()
@@ -715,11 +701,8 @@ func TestDialPlan(t *testing.T) {
 					host = "localhost"
 				}
 
-			drained := make(chan struct{})
 				a := &Dialer{
 					Hostname:             host,
-				HTTPPort:             httpPort,
-				HTTPSPort:            httpsPort,
 					MachineKey:           client,
 					ControlKey:           server.Public(),
 					ProtocolVersion:      testProtocolVersion,
@@ -727,7 +710,6 @@ func TestDialPlan(t *testing.T) {
 					Logf:                 t.Logf,
 					DialPlan:             tt.plan,
 					proxyFunc:            func(*http.Request) (*url.URL, error) { return nil, nil },
-				drainFinished:        drained,
 					omitCertErrorLogging: true,
 					testFallbackDelay:    50 * time.Millisecond,
 					Clock:                clock,
@@ -740,20 +722,25 @@ func TestDialPlan(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				defer conn.Close()
 
-			raddr := conn.RemoteAddr().(*net.TCPAddr)
+				raddrStr := conn.RemoteAddr().String()
 
-			got, ok := netip.AddrFromSlice(raddr.IP)
+				raddrStr = strings.TrimSuffix(raddrStr, "|1") // memnet noise
-			if !ok {
+				raddrPort, err := netip.ParseAddrPort(raddrStr)
-				t.Errorf("invalid remote IP: %v", raddr.IP)
+				if err != nil {
-			} else if got != tt.want {
+					t.Fatalf("parsing remote addr %q: %v", raddrStr, err)
+				}
+
+				got := raddrPort.Addr()
+				if got != tt.want {
 					t.Errorf("got connection from %q; want %q", got, tt.want)
 				} else {
-				t.Logf("successfully connected to %q", raddr.String())
+					t.Logf("successfully connected to %q", got)
 				}
 
 				// Wait until our dialer drains so we can verify that
 				// all connections are closed.
-			<-drained
+				synctest.Wait()
+			})
 		})
 	}
 }