C rewrite: phase out exceptions

TunDevice.cpp

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ TunDevice::TunDevice(const std::string& dev)
     int fd;
 
     if( (fd = open("/dev/net/tun", O_RDWR)) < 0 ) {
-        throw TunDevice::InitializationError(
+        perror("Tun device: cannot open /dev/net/tun: ");
-                "Cannot open /dev/net/tun", errno, true);
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
@@ -31,15 +31,17 @@ TunDevice::TunDevice(const std::string& dev)
      */
     ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TUN | IFF_NO_PI;
     if(!dev.empty()) {
-        if(dev.size() >= IFNAMSIZ - 2)
+        if(dev.size() >= IFNAMSIZ - 2) {
-            throw TunDevice::InitializationError("Device name is too long.");
+            fprintf(stderr, "Tun device: device name is too long.\n");
+            exit(1);
+        }
         strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, dev.c_str(), IFNAMSIZ-1);
     }
 
     if(ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *) &ifr) < 0){
         close(fd);
-        throw TunDevice::InitializationError(
+        perror("Tun device: tunnel interface failed [TUNSETIFF]: ");
-                "Tunnel interface failed [TUNSETIFF]", errno, true);
+        exit(1);
     }
     _dev_name = ifr.ifr_name;
     _fd = fd;
@@ -50,16 +52,16 @@ TunDevice::TunDevice(const std::string& dev)
     if(ioctl(sockfd, SIOCGIFFLAGS, (void*) &ifr) < 0) {
         close(fd);
         close(sockfd);
-        throw TunDevice::InitializationError(
+        perror("Tun device: could not get tunnel interface flags: ");
-                "Could not get tunnel interface flags", errno, true);
+        exit(1);
     }
     ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING;
 
     if(ioctl(sockfd, SIOCSIFFLAGS, (void*) &ifr) < 0) {
         close(fd);
         close(sockfd);
-        throw TunDevice::InitializationError(
+        perror("Tun device: could not bring tunnel interface up: ");
-                "Could not bring tunnel interface up", errno, true);
+        exit(1);
     }
     close(sockfd);
 
@@ -102,8 +104,8 @@ size_t TunDevice::poll_packet(char* read_buffer, size_t buf_size, int timeout) {
     if(poll_rc < 0) {
         if(errno == EINTR) // Interrupt.
             return 0;
-        throw TunDevice::NetError(
+        perror("Tun device: error polling from interface: ");
-                "Error polling from interface", errno, true);
+        exit(1);
     }
     else if(poll_rc == 0 || (_poll_fd.revents & POLLIN) == 0) {
         // Nothing to read
@@ -116,8 +118,8 @@ size_t TunDevice::poll_packet(char* read_buffer, size_t buf_size, int timeout) {
 size_t TunDevice::read(char* read_buffer, size_t buf_size) {
     int nread = ::read(_fd, read_buffer, buf_size);
     if(nread < 0) {
-        throw TunDevice::NetError(
+        perror("Tun device: error reading from interface: ");
-                "Error reading from interface", errno, true);
+        exit(1);
     }
     _last_read_size = nread;
     return _last_read_size;
@@ -126,8 +128,8 @@ size_t TunDevice::read(char* read_buffer, size_t buf_size) {
 size_t TunDevice::write(const char* data, size_t len) {
     int nwritten = ::write(_fd, data, len);
     if(nwritten < 0) {
-        throw TunDevice::NetError(
+        perror("Tun device: error writing to interface: ");
-                "Error writing to interface: ", errno, true);
+        exit(1);
     }
     return nwritten;
 }

TunDevice.hpp

@@ -6,23 +6,6 @@
 
 class TunDevice {
     public:
-        class InitializationError : public MsgException {
-            public:
-                InitializationError(
-                        const std::string& msg,
-                        int code=0,
-                        bool is_perror=false)
-                    : MsgException(msg, code, is_perror) {}
-        };
-        class NetError : public MsgException {
-            public:
-                NetError(
-                        const std::string& msg,
-                        int code=0,
-                        bool is_perror=false)
-                    : MsgException(msg, code, is_perror) {}
-        };
-
         TunDevice(const std::string& dev);
         ~TunDevice();
 

UdpVpn.cpp

@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ UdpVpn::UdpVpn()
 
     _tun_dev.set_mtu(VpnPacket::get_tunnelled_mtu(_vpn_mtu));
     _socket = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-    if(_socket < 0)
+    if(_socket < 0) {
-        throw UdpVpn::InitializationError("Cannot create socket", errno, true);
+        perror("UdpVpn: cannot create socket: ");
+        exit(1);
+    }
 }
 
 UdpVpn::~UdpVpn() {
@@ -58,8 +60,8 @@ void UdpVpn::run() {
         if(rc < 0) {
             if(errno == EINTR)  // Interrupt.
                 continue;
-            throw UdpVpn::NetError(
+            perror("UdpVpn: error polling from interface: ");
-                    "Error polling from interface", errno, true);
+            exit(1);
         }
 
         // ## Check periodic actions
@@ -124,8 +126,10 @@ size_t UdpVpn::read_from_udp(char* buffer, size_t len,
     nread = recvfrom(_socket, buffer, len, 0,
             (struct sockaddr*) &peer_addr, &peer_addr_len);
 
-    if(nread < 0)
+    if(nread < 0) {
-        throw UdpVpn::NetError("Cannot receive datagram", errno, true);
+        perror("UdpVpn: cannot receive datagram: ");
+        exit(1);
+    }
     if(nread == 0)
         return 0;
 

UdpVpn.hpp

@@ -13,23 +13,6 @@
 
 class UdpVpn {
     public:
-        class InitializationError : public MsgException {
-            public:
-                InitializationError(
-                        const std::string& msg,
-                        int code=0,
-                        bool is_perror=false)
-                    : MsgException(msg, code, is_perror) {}
-        };
-        class NetError : public MsgException {
-            public:
-                NetError(
-                        const std::string& msg,
-                        int code=0,
-                        bool is_perror=false)
-                    : MsgException(msg, code, is_perror) {}
-        };
-
         UdpVpn();
         virtual ~UdpVpn();
 

UdpVpnServer.cpp

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ void UdpVpnServer::bind(const struct in6_addr& bind_addr6, in_port_t port) {
     rc = ::bind(
             _socket, (const struct sockaddr*)&_bind_addr, sizeof(_bind_addr));
     if(rc < 0) {
-        throw UdpVpn::InitializationError("Cannot bind socket", errno, true);
+        perror("UdpVpn: cannot bind socket: ");
+        exit(1);
     }
 
     debugf("> Listening on port %d\n", port);

VpnPacket.cpp

@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ void VpnPacket::upon_reception() {
 }
 
 uint32_t VpnPacket::next_seqno() {
-    if(!_peer)
+    if(!_peer) {
-        throw PeerNotSet();
+        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: trying to get seqno without peer.\n");
+        return 0;
+    }
     return _peer->next_seqno();
 }
 

VpnPacket.hpp

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 /** A packet to be transmitted or received over the VPN socket */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <exception>
 
 #include "ip_header.hpp"
 
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ class VpnPacketTLV;
 class VpnPacket {
     public:
         static const size_t VPN_HEADER_BYTES;
-        class PeerNotSet: public std::exception {};
 
         VpnPacket(size_t mtu, bool inbound);
         ~VpnPacket();

VpnPeer.cpp

@@ -69,8 +69,10 @@ size_t VpnPeer::write(const char* data, size_t len) {
 
     nsent = sendto(_vpn->get_socket_fd(), data, len, MSG_CONFIRM,
             (const struct sockaddr*) &_ext_addr, sizeof(_ext_addr));
-    if(nsent < 0)
+    if(nsent < 0) {
-        throw NetError("Could not send UDP packet", errno, true);
+        perror("Could not send UDP packet: ");
+        exit(1);
+    }
 
     _tot_bytes_sent += nsent;
 

VpnPeer.hpp

@@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ class RTTLogger {
 
 class VpnPeer {
     public:
-        class NetError : public MsgException {
-            public:
-                NetError(
-                        const std::string& msg,
-                        int code=0,
-                        bool is_perror=false)
-                    : MsgException(msg, code, is_perror) {}
-        };
-
         /// Logs the loss reports sent by the remote peer
         struct LossReports {
             uint32_t prev_seqno, last_seqno;

main.cpp

@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     signal(SIGINT, stop_sig_handler);
     signal(SIGUSR1, dump_sig_handler);
 
-    try {
     if(program_options.listen && program_options.has_peer) {
         fprintf(stderr,
                 "ERROR: Cannot be a server and a client at the same time "
@@ -137,15 +136,5 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     delete vpn_instance;
 
     printf("Shutting down.\n");
-    } catch(const TunDevice::InitializationError& exn) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "TUN INIT ERROR: %s\n", exn.what());
-    } catch(const TunDevice::NetError& exn) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "TUN NET ERROR: %s\n", exn.what());
-    } catch(const UdpVpn::InitializationError& exn) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "VPN INIT ERROR: %s\n", exn.what());
-    } catch(const UdpVpn::NetError& exn) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "VPN NET ERROR: %s\n", exn.what());
-    }
-
     return 0;
 }

util.cpp

@@ -109,20 +109,3 @@ bool equal_to<in6_addr>::operator()(
     return memcmp(lhs.s6_addr, rhs.s6_addr, sizeof(lhs.s6_addr)) == 0;
 }
 }
-
-MsgException::MsgException(const std::string& msg, int code, bool is_perror)
-    : _msg(msg), _code(code)
-{
-    _what = _msg;
-
-    if(_code != 0) {
-        if(is_perror) {
-            _what += ": ";
-            _what += strerror(errno);
-        }
-
-        char remainder[20];
-        sprintf(remainder, " (code %d)", _code);
-        _what += remainder;
-    }
-}

util.hpp

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <exception>
 #include <string>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 
@@ -96,22 +95,3 @@ namespace std {
             bool operator()(const in6_addr& lhs, const in6_addr& rhs) const;
     };
 }
-
-
-
-/** MsgException -- an exception bearing a passed explanation message
- *
- * If `is_perror` is true, then the `strerror` corresponding message is appened
- * to the message in `what()`.
- */
-class MsgException : public std::exception {
-    public:
-        MsgException(const std::string& msg, int code=0, bool is_perror=false);
-        int errcode() const noexcept { return _code; }
-        const char* what() const noexcept { return _what.c_str(); };
-
-    private:
-        std::string _msg;
-        int _code;
-        std::string _what;
-};