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commented at 12:35 pm on January 26, 2026:
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This builds on all the work being done by pinheadmz and fjahr (#32061, #34342, #34158), to demo a libevent-less bitcoind.
One thing we could decide to change, or not, is the libevent logging catergory. Other than that, any remaining references to libevent, should be in documentation/code comments.
http: enclose libevent-dependent code in a namespace
This commit is a no-op to isolate HTTP methods and objects that
depend on libevent. Following commits will add replacement objects
and methods in a new namespace for testing and review before
switching over the server.
HTTP Response message:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1945#section-6
Status line (first line of response):
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1945#section-6.1
Status code definitions:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1945#section-9
This commit also moves StringToBuffer to test/util/str
since it is now used in more than one test.
346e6b212d
http: Implement HTTPRequest class
HTTP Request message:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1945#section-5
Request Line aka Control Line aka first line:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1945#section-5.1
See message_read_status() in libevent http.c for how
`MORE_DATA_EXPECTED` is handled there
69a39d72ed
http: Introduce HTTPServer class and implement binding to listening socket
Introduce a new low-level socket managing class `HTTPServer`.
BindAndStartListening() was copied from CConnMan's BindListenPort()
in net.cpp and modernized.
Unit-test it with a new class `SocketTestingSetup` which mocks
`CreateSock()` and will enable mock client I/O in future commits.
Co-authored-by: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>
ea8c754dc1
HTTPServer: implement and test AcceptConnection()
AcceptConnection() is mostly copied from CConmann in net.cpp
and then modernized.
Co-authored-by: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>
db90059915
HTTPServer: generate sequential Ids for each newly accepted connection
Co-authored-by: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>
e489694a91
http: Introduce HTTPClient class75106931b3
HTTPServer: start an I/O loop in a new thread and accept connections
Socket handling methods are copied from CConnMan:
`CConnman::GenerateWaitSockets()`
`CConnman::SocketHandlerListening()`
`CConnman::ThreadSocketHandler()` and `CConnman::SocketHandler()` are combined into ThreadSocketHandler()`.
Co-authored-by: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>
51673b3092
HTTPServer: read requests from connected clients
`SocketHandlerConnected()` adapted from CConnman
Testing this requires adding a new feature to the SocketTestingSetup,
inserting a "request" payload into the mock client that connects
to us.
Co-authored-by: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>
616842248e
HTTPserver: support "chunked" Transfer-Encodingac47f1336d
HTTPServer: compose and send replies to connected clients
Sockets-touching bits copied and adapted from `CConnman::SocketSendData()`
Testing this requires adding a new feature to the SocketTestingSetup,
returning the DynSock I/O pipes from the mock socket so the received
data can be checked.
Co-authored-by: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org>
259751e02f
HTTPServer: disconnect clients0785338ad6
Allow http workers to send data optimistically as an optimization289a8ff3b0
HTTPServer: use a queue to pipeline requests from each connected client
See https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7230#section-6.3.2
> A server MAY process a sequence of pipelined requests in
parallel if they all have safe methods (Section 4.2.1 of [RFC7231]),
but it MUST send the corresponding responses in the same order that
the requests were received.
We choose NOT to process requests in parallel. They are executed in
the order recevied as well as responded to in the order received.
This prevents race conditions where old state may get sent in response
to requests that are very quick to process but were requested later on
in the queue.
71a02f82ee
define HTTP request methods at module level outside of class
This is a refactor to prepare for matching the API of HTTPRequest
definitions in both namespaces http_bitcoin and http_libevent. In
particular, to provide a consistent return type for GetRequestMethod()
in both classes.
ce10682e89
Add helper methods to HTTPRequest to match original API
These methods are called by http_request_cb() and are present in the
original http_libevent::HTTPRequest.
f89c72d5f0
refactor: split http_request_cb into libevent callback and dispatch
The original function is passed to libevent as a callback when HTTP
requests are received and processed. It wrapped the libevent request
object in a http_libevent::HTTPRequest and then handed that off to
bitcoin for basic checks and finally dispatch to worker threads.
In this commit we split the function after the
http_libevent::HTTPRequest is created, and pass that object to a new
function that maintains the logic of checking and dispatching.
This will be the merge point for http_libevent and http_bitcoin,
where HTTPRequest objects from either namespace have the same
downstream lifecycle.
c408f08715
refactor: split HTTPBindAddresses into config parse and libevent setup
The original function was already naturally split into two chunks:
First, we parse and validate the users' RPC configuration for IPs and
ports. Next we bind libevent's http server to the appropriate
endpoints.
This commit splits these chunks into two separate functions, leaving
the argument parsing in the common space of the module and moving the
libevent-specific binding into the http_libevent namespace.
A future commit will implement http_bitcoin::HTTPBindAddresses to
bind the validate list of endpoints by the new HTTP server.
338064c951
HTTPServer: implement control methods to match legacy API3ee91bcda2
HTTPServer: disconnect after idle timeout (-rpcservertimeout)4fe8ff00a8
http: switch servers from libevent to bitcoinf8a5841f75
fuzz: switch http_libevent::HTTPRequest to http_bitcoin::HTTPRequest03e32b03e6
http: delete libevent!56d6529666
common: Add unused UrlEncode functiondfe2664e8f
http: Add HTTPHeader file in common
This will be shared between the http server and the bitcoin-cli http client code.
ef19f1a16a
cli: Remove libevent usage
Replace libevent-based HTTP client with a simple synchronous implementation using the Sock class directly.
3783225eaa
refactor: Use constexpr in torcontrol where possiblebfba17ee54
refactor: Modernize member variable names in torcontrolc313a43d30
refactor: Get rid of unnecessary newlines in logs83067266c6
torcontrol: Remove libevent usage
Replace libevent-based approach with using the Sock class and CThreadInterrupt.
f82cd92f2f
fuzz: Improve torcontrol fuzz test
Gets rid of the Dummy class and adds coverage of get_socks_cb.
4b0003c236
test: Add simple functional test for torcontrol2dff31f492
test: Add test for partial message handling in torcontrolc447f0268a
test: remove raii_event_tests8381a6ae87
cmake: remove libevent6ae32eaeb3
depends: remove libevent7fad3c4d00
ci: remove libevent90c9bdbe8d
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Unrecoverbale -> Unrecoverable [spelling error in log message “Unrecoverbale error, log and disconnect client.”]
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[src/test/httpserver_tests.cpp] BOOST_CHECK_THROW(req.LoadControlData(reader), std::runtime_error) -> recommendation: use BOOST_CHECK_EXCEPTION(req.LoadControlData(reader), std::runtime_error, HasReason(“expected error message”)) to assert on the exception message (replace “expected error message” with the exact reason).
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