Merge remote-tracking branch 'public/bug5018'

Conflicts:
	src/or/entrynodes.c

changes/bug5018

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  o Minor features:
+    - Don't launch pluggable transport proxies that contribute
+      transports we don't need. Resolves ticket 5018.

src/or/config.c

@@ -4568,7 +4568,8 @@ parse_bridge_line(const char *line)
  * <b>line</b>. Return 0 if the line is well-formed, and -1 if it
  * isn't.
  *
- * If <b>validate_only</b> is 0, and the line is well-formed:
+ * If <b>validate_only</b> is 0, the line is well-formed, and the
+ * transport is needed by some bridge:
  * - If it's an external proxy line, add the transport described in the line to
  * our internal transport list.
  * - If it's a managed proxy line, launch the managed proxy. */
@@ -4591,6 +4592,7 @@ parse_client_transport_line(const char *line, int validate_only)
   char **proxy_argv=NULL;
   char **tmp=NULL;
   int proxy_argc, i;
+  int is_useless_proxy=1;
 
   int line_length;
 
@@ -4612,11 +4614,16 @@ parse_client_transport_line(const char *line, int validate_only)
   smartlist_split_string(transport_list, transports, ",",
                          SPLIT_SKIP_SPACE|SPLIT_IGNORE_BLANK, 0);
   SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(transport_list, const char *, transport_name) {
+    /* validate transport names */
     if (!string_is_C_identifier(transport_name)) {
       log_warn(LD_CONFIG, "Transport name is not a C identifier (%s).",
                transport_name);
       goto err;
     }
+
+    /* see if we actually need the transports provided by this proxy */
+    if (!validate_only && transport_is_needed(transport_name))
+      is_useless_proxy = 0;
   } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(transport_name);
 
   /* field2 is either a SOCKS version or "exec" */
@@ -4635,9 +4642,15 @@ parse_client_transport_line(const char *line, int validate_only)
   }
 
   if (is_managed) { /* managed */
-    if (!validate_only) {  /* if we are not just validating, use the
-                             rest of the line as the argv of the proxy
-                             to be launched */
+    if (!validate_only && is_useless_proxy) {
+      log_warn(LD_GENERAL, "Pluggable transport proxy (%s) does not provide "
+               "any needed transports and will not be launched.", line);
+    }
+
+    /* If we are not just validating, use the rest of the line as the
+       argv of the proxy to be launched. Also, make sure that we are
+       only launching proxies that contribute useful transports.  */
+    if (!validate_only && !is_useless_proxy) {
       proxy_argc = line_length-2;
       tor_assert(proxy_argc > 0);
       proxy_argv = tor_malloc_zero(sizeof(char*)*(proxy_argc+1));

src/or/entrynodes.c

@@ -1801,6 +1801,23 @@ bridge_resolve_conflicts(const tor_addr_t *addr, uint16_t port,
   } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(bridge);
 }
 
+/** Return True if we have a bridge that uses a transport with name
+ *  <b>transport_name</b>. */
+int
+transport_is_needed(const char *transport_name)
+{
+  if (!bridge_list)
+    return 0;
+
+  SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(bridge_list, const bridge_info_t *, bridge) {
+    if (bridge->transport_name &&
+        !strcmp(bridge->transport_name, transport_name))
+      return 1;
+  } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(bridge);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 /** Register the bridge information in <b>bridge_line</b> to the
  *  bridge subsystem. Steals reference of <b>bridge_line</b>. */
 void

src/or/entrynodes.h

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ struct transport_t;
 int get_transport_by_bridge_addrport(const tor_addr_t *addr, uint16_t port,
                                       const struct transport_t **transport);
 
+int transport_is_needed(const char *transport_name);
 int validate_pluggable_transports_config(void);
 
 double pathbias_get_close_success_count(entry_guard_t *guard);