feat: Implement Custom TCP Dialers (#3166)

libp2p_test.go

@@ -784,3 +784,31 @@ func TestSharedTCPAddr(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	require.ErrorContains(t, err, "cannot use shared TCP listener with PSK")
 }
+
+func TestCustomTCPDialer(t *testing.T) {
+	expectedErr := errors.New("custom dialer called, but not implemented")
+	customDialer := func(raddr ma.Multiaddr) (tcp.ContextDialer, error) {
+		// Normally a user would implement this by returning a custom dialer
+		// Here, we just test that this is called.
+		return nil, expectedErr
+	}
+
+	h, err := New(
+		Transport(tcp.NewTCPTransport, tcp.WithDialerForAddr(customDialer)),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer h.Close()
+
+	var randID peer.ID
+	priv, _, err := crypto.GenerateKeyPair(crypto.Ed25519, 256)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	randID, err = peer.IDFromPrivateKey(priv)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = h.Connect(context.Background(), peer.AddrInfo{
+		ID: randID,
+		// This won't actually be dialed since we return an error above
+		Addrs: []ma.Multiaddr{ma.StringCast("/ip4/1.2.3.4/tcp/4")},
+	})
+	require.ErrorContains(t, err, expectedErr.Error())
+}

p2p/transport/tcp/tcp.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package tcp
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
@@ -117,12 +118,35 @@ func WithMetrics() Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithDialerForAddr sets a custom dialer for the given address.
+// If set, it will be the *ONLY* dialer used.
+func WithDialerForAddr(d DialerForAddr) Option {
+	return func(tr *TcpTransport) error {
+		tr.overrideDialerForAddr = d
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+type ContextDialer interface {
+	DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error)
+}
+
+// DialerForAddr is a function that returns a dialer for a given address.
+// Implementations must return either a ContextDialer or an error. It is
+// invalid to return nil, nil.
+type DialerForAddr func(raddr ma.Multiaddr) (ContextDialer, error)
+
 // TcpTransport is the TCP transport.
 type TcpTransport struct {
 	// Connection upgrader for upgrading insecure stream connections to
 	// secure multiplex connections.
 	upgrader transport.Upgrader
 
+	// optional custom dialer to use for dialing. If set, it will be the *ONLY* dialer
+	// used. The transport will not attempt to reuse the listen port to
+	// dial or the shared TCP transport for dialing.
+	overrideDialerForAddr DialerForAddr
+
 	disableReuseport bool // Explicitly disable reuseport.
 	enableMetrics    bool
 
@@ -170,6 +194,35 @@ func (t *TcpTransport) CanDial(addr ma.Multiaddr) bool {
 	return dialMatcher.Matches(addr)
 }
 
+func (t *TcpTransport) customDial(ctx context.Context, raddr ma.Multiaddr) (manet.Conn, error) {
+	// get the net.Dial friendly arguments from the remote addr
+	rnet, rnaddr, err := manet.DialArgs(raddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	dialer, err := t.overrideDialerForAddr(raddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if dialer == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("dialer for address %s is nil", raddr)
+	}
+
+	// ok, Dial!
+	var nconn net.Conn
+	switch rnet {
+	case "tcp", "tcp4", "tcp6", "udp", "udp4", "udp6", "unix":
+		nconn, err = dialer.DialContext(ctx, rnet, rnaddr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unrecognized network: %s", rnet)
+	}
+
+	return manet.WrapNetConn(nconn)
+}
+
 func (t *TcpTransport) maDial(ctx context.Context, raddr ma.Multiaddr) (manet.Conn, error) {
 	// Apply the deadline iff applicable
 	if t.connectTimeout > 0 {
@@ -178,6 +231,10 @@ func (t *TcpTransport) maDial(ctx context.Context, raddr ma.Multiaddr) (manet.Co
 		defer cancel()
 	}
 
+	if t.overrideDialerForAddr != nil {
+		return t.customDial(ctx, raddr)
+	}
+
 	if t.sharedTcp != nil {
 		return t.sharedTcp.DialContext(ctx, raddr)
 	}

p2p/transport/tcp/tcp_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package tcp
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"net"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/crypto"
@@ -205,3 +206,75 @@ func makeInsecureMuxer(t *testing.T) (peer.ID, []sec.SecureTransport) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return id, []sec.SecureTransport{insecure.NewWithIdentity(insecure.ID, id, priv)}
 }
+
+type errDialer struct {
+	err error
+}
+
+func (d errDialer) DialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
+	return nil, d.err
+}
+
+func TestCustomOverrideTCPDialer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) {
+		peerA, ia := makeInsecureMuxer(t)
+		ua, err := tptu.New(ia, muxers, nil, nil, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		ta, err := NewTCPTransport(ua, nil, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		ln, err := ta.Listen(ma.StringCast("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0"))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer ln.Close()
+
+		_, ib := makeInsecureMuxer(t)
+		ub, err := tptu.New(ib, muxers, nil, nil, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		called := false
+		customDialer := func(raddr ma.Multiaddr) (ContextDialer, error) {
+			called = true
+			return &net.Dialer{}, nil
+		}
+		tb, err := NewTCPTransport(ub, nil, nil, WithDialerForAddr(customDialer))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		conn, err := tb.Dial(context.Background(), ln.Multiaddr(), peerA)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotNil(t, conn)
+		require.True(t, called, "custom dialer should have been called")
+		conn.Close()
+	})
+
+	t.Run("errors", func(t *testing.T) {
+		peerA, ia := makeInsecureMuxer(t)
+		ua, err := tptu.New(ia, muxers, nil, nil, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		ta, err := NewTCPTransport(ua, nil, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		ln, err := ta.Listen(ma.StringCast("/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/0"))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer ln.Close()
+
+		for _, test := range []string{"error in factory", "error in custom dialer"} {
+			t.Run(test, func(t *testing.T) {
+				_, ib := makeInsecureMuxer(t)
+				ub, err := tptu.New(ib, muxers, nil, nil, nil)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				customErr := errors.New("custom dialer error")
+				customDialer := func(raddr ma.Multiaddr) (ContextDialer, error) {
+					if test == "error in factory" {
+						return nil, customErr
+					} else {
+						return errDialer{err: customErr}, nil
+					}
+				}
+				tb, err := NewTCPTransport(ub, nil, nil, WithDialerForAddr(customDialer))
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				conn, err := tb.Dial(context.Background(), ln.Multiaddr(), peerA)
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.ErrorContains(t, err, customErr.Error())
+				require.Nil(t, conn)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}