ping plugin: Added "SourceAddress" and "Device" configuration options.

As the name suggests, these options may be used to set the source address and
the outgoing device for ICMP_ECHO requests, just like oping's -I and -D
options.

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index d19a869..163f0eb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -2765,6 +2765,17 @@ Default: B<0.9>
 
 Sets the Time-To-Live of generated ICMP packets.
 
+=item B<SourceAddress> I<host>
+
+Sets the source address to use. I<host> may either be a numerical network
+address or a network hostname.
+
+=item B<Device> I<name>
+
+Sets the outgoing network device to be used. I<name> has to specify an
+interface name (e.E<nbsp>g. C<eth0>). This might not be supported by all
+operating systems.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<postgresql>

diff --git a/src/ping.c b/src/ping.c
index de9c45b..9278380 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ping.c
+++ b/src/ping.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 # define NI_MAXHOST 1025
 #endif
 
+#if defined(OPING_VERSION) && (OPING_VERSION >= 1003000)
+# define HAVE_OPING_1_3
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Private data types
  */
@@ -58,6 +62,10 @@ typedef struct hostlist_s hostlist_t;
  */
 static hostlist_t *hostlist_head = NULL;
 
+static char  *ping_source = NULL;
+#ifdef HAVE_OPING_1_3
+static char  *ping_device = NULL;
+#endif
 static int    ping_ttl = PING_DEF_TTL;
 static double ping_interval = 1.0;
 static double ping_timeout = 0.9;
@@ -71,6 +79,10 @@ static pthread_cond_t  ping_cond = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
 static const char *config_keys[] =
 {
   "Host",
+  "SourceAddress",
+#ifdef HAVE_OPING_1_3
+  "Device",
+#endif
   "TTL",
   "Interval",
   "Timeout"
@@ -150,6 +162,18 @@ static void *ping_thread (void *arg) /* {{{ */
     return ((void *) -1);
   }
 
+  if (ping_source != NULL)
+    if (ping_setopt (pingobj, PING_OPT_SOURCE, (void *) ping_source) != 0)
+      ERROR ("ping plugin: Failed to set source address: %s",
+          ping_get_error (pingobj));
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPING_1_3
+  if (ping_device != NULL)
+    if (ping_setopt (pingobj, PING_OPT_DEVICE, (void *) ping_device) != 0)
+      ERROR ("ping plugin: Failed to set device: %s",
+          ping_get_error (pingobj));
+#endif
+
   ping_setopt (pingobj, PING_OPT_TIMEOUT, (void *) &ping_timeout);
   ping_setopt (pingobj, PING_OPT_TTL, (void *) &ping_ttl);
 
@@ -363,6 +387,26 @@ static int ping_init (void) /* {{{ */
   return (0);
 } /* }}} int ping_init */
 
+static int config_set_string (const char *name, /* {{{ */
+    char **var, const char *value)
+{
+  char *tmp;
+
+  tmp = strdup (value);
+  if (tmp == NULL)
+  {
+    char errbuf[1024];
+    ERROR ("ping plugin: Setting `%s' to `%s' failed: strdup failed: %s",
+        name, value, sstrerror (errno, errbuf, sizeof (errbuf)));
+    return (1);
+  }
+
+  if (*var != NULL)
+    free (*var);
+  *var = tmp;
+  return (0);
+} /* }}} int config_set_string */
+
 static int ping_config (const char *key, const char *value) /* {{{ */
 {
   if (strcasecmp (key, "Host") == 0)
@@ -397,6 +441,20 @@ static int ping_config (const char *key, const char *value) /* {{{ */
     hl->next = hostlist_head;
     hostlist_head = hl;
   }
+  else if (strcasecmp (key, "SourceAddress") == 0)
+  {
+    int status = config_set_string (key, &ping_source, value);
+    if (status != 0)
+      return (status);
+  }
+#ifdef HAVE_OPING_1_3
+  else if (strcasecmp (key, "Device") == 0)
+  {
+    int status = config_set_string (key, &ping_device, value);
+    if (status != 0)
+      return (status);
+  }
+#endif
   else if (strcasecmp (key, "TTL") == 0)
   {
     int ttl = atoi (value);