[Devel] [ openser-Patches-1642890 ] 'bye2bye' UA module prototype

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Patches item #1642890, was opened at 2007-01-23 12:41
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Category: modules
Group: ver devel
Status: Open
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Kobi Eshun (ekobi)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: 'bye2bye' UA module prototype

Initial Comment:
Hi,

Attached are two patches implementing a prototype 'bye2bye' UA module that cheaply fakes end-to-end BYE requests -- it's a watchdog that enforces metered call duration. One of the patches augments the existing dialog module so that it caches to/from contact and CSeq values; the other implements the new module.

I'm soliciting feedback, in particular:

Q1 - is there enough general interest in this functionality to warrant further development?

Q2 - is there some additional functionality that makes sense?

Q3 - would it be better implemented as an integrated extention to the existing dialog module?

Use of the module is very straightforward:

- Define the module flag parameter that will enable the watchdog on a per-dialog basis. This is used in conjunction with the dialog module flag defined by 'dlg_flag.'

- Optionally define the module parameters 'bye2bye_headers,' 'bye2bye_to_next_hop,' and 'bye2bye_from_next_hop.'

- set the value of the dialog 'timeout_avp' as required for each dialog that will be monitored.
--
kobi

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2007-01-24 03:06

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Hi Bogdan,

It seems you disagree with my point of keeping things separate, which is
fine by me. I understand the reasons, but still I am afraid this can grow
out of reach quick. As I mentionned before, I perceive the dialog-related
features as having the highest growth-potential of the whole OpenSER
codebase, and I would not like to see it become nuclear-factory-sized as I
am sure many people will have "related features" to add. However, you're
the one with CVS access so you probably know better :-) Still, I would
appreciate if you took some time when you're a bit less busy to share your
thoughts in more depth on that matter.

Still, the important thing is that Kobi initiative is really one of those
that WILL attract users and typically enhances OpenSER in a manner that
will seduce many people. Way to go ! (and in fact, I'm happy disregarding
if this ends up in a separate module or in dialog :-)

Best Regards,
Jerome Martin

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Comment By: Bogdan (bogdan_iancu)
Date: 2007-01-24 02:52

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Hi Kobi,

yes, the interes exists and it si huge :)

my original plan was to have the dialog module to encapsulate
dialog-related functionalities. First was to be able to track down  dialogs
and possible to do count based on different criteria (see the features
request comming from Klaus).

I would prefer to stick to this original plan and continue extending the
dialog module (instead of adding small new modules) as time as there is
related functionality.

regards,
bogdan


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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2007-01-24 02:21

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Hello Kobi,

I am myself in the process of writing some code to implement this
functionnality myself, so I am very enthusiastic about you submission. If
you want to talk about it (help, debugging, ideas, discussion), I can be
reached at jmartin at longphone.fr.

My own code is not a module but an external piece of code called by
exec(), so I'll probably dump it in favor to your approach which is of
course cleaner.

As of your questions, here are my answers :

Q1 - is there enough general interest in this functionality to warrant
further development?

Well, given the number of threads I've seen on SER/OPENSER MLs, I would
say everybody's looking for a way to cut calls. Currently, I've only seen
external perl scripts using FIFO UA features to acheive this (and I'm doing
the same thing). 

Q2 - is there some additional functionality that makes sense?

In order to enlarge the module's userbase, an ideal addition would be
being able to trigger the end2end BYE messages from an external source in
addtion to timed calls.

Q3 - would it be better implemented as an integrated extention to the
existing dialog module?

I would keep both modules separate for now, as I suspect many more
functionnalities will arise that use dialog statefullness, and a global
policy that makes sense would rather be keeping things clean, small and
maintainable. But that's just IMHO.

Cheers,
Jerome Martin

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Comment By: Kobi Eshun (ekobi)
Date: 2007-01-23 12:42

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File Added: dialog.patch

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