dhcpv4: added more comments
authorChristian Mehlis <christian@m3hlis.de>
Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:35:16 +0000 (13:35 +0200)
committerChristian Mehlis <christian@m3hlis.de>
Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:35:16 +0000 (13:35 +0200)
src/dhcpv4.c

index 9b9b528..5883847 100644 (file)
@@ -439,16 +439,29 @@ static void handle_dhcpv4(void *addr, void *data, size_t len,
 
        struct sockaddr_in dest = *((struct sockaddr_in*)addr);
        if (req->giaddr.s_addr) {
+               /*
+                * relay agent is configured, send reply to the agent
+                */
                dest.sin_addr = req->giaddr;
                dest.sin_port = htons(DHCPV4_SERVER_PORT);
        } else if (req->ciaddr.s_addr && req->ciaddr.s_addr != dest.sin_addr.s_addr) {
+               /*
+                * client has existing configuration (ciaddr is set) AND this address is
+                * not the address it used for the dhcp message
+                */
                dest.sin_addr = req->ciaddr;
                dest.sin_port = htons(DHCPV4_CLIENT_PORT);
        } else if ((ntohs(req->flags) & DHCPV4_FLAG_BROADCAST) ||
                        req->hlen != reply.hlen || !reply.yiaddr.s_addr) {
+               /*
+                * client requests a broadcast reply OR we can't offer an IP
+                */
                dest.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_BROADCAST;
                dest.sin_port = htons(DHCPV4_CLIENT_PORT);
        } else {
+               /*
+                * send reply to the newly (in this proccess) allocated IP
+                */
                dest.sin_addr = reply.yiaddr;
                dest.sin_port = htons(DHCPV4_CLIENT_PORT);