Completely rework IP configuration in the daemon. Use NML3Cfg as layer 3
manager for the IP configuration of an interface. Use NML3ConfigData as
pieces of configuration that the various components collect and
configure. NMDevice is managing most of the IP configuration at a higher
level, that is, it starts DHCP and other IP methods. Rework the state
handling there.
This is a huge rework of how NetworkManager daemon handles IP
configuration. Some fallout is to be expected.
It appears the patch deletes many lines of code. That is not accurate, because
you also have to count the files `src/core/nm-l3*`, which were unused previously.
Co-authored-by: Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@redhat.com>
The property `PROP_PORTS` should be of type g_param_spec_variant() with
variant 'ao'. This way the variant can be cached.
The deprecated property 'device::slaves' in
'src/core/devices/nm-device.c' must have the same getter-implementation,
returning the same GVariant instance.
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <ffmancera@riseup.net>
dhcp-anycast-address is only set by OLPC mesh device. It's ugly to have
this in form of a nm_device_set_dhcp_anycast_address() method, because
that means to cache the address in NMDevice. Meaning, we have more state
in NMDevice, where it's not clear where it comes from.
Instead, whenever we need to DHCP anycast address, as the subclass to
provide it (if any). This way, it gets extracted from the currently
applied connection at the moment when it is needed. Beyond that, the
setting is not duplicated/cached in NMDevice anymore.
"nm-device.c" is huge, and it does complicated things like handling the
state of the device and IP configuration.
It also contains simpler, individual functions, like converting enums to
strings. Let's move those trivial functions to a new module, so that the
remaining part is smaller.
"nm-device-utils.[ch]" should only contain simpler functions that have
no complex behavior or state.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/840
Currently "src/" mostly contains the source code of the daemon.
I say mostly, because that is not true, there are also the device,
settings, wwan, ppp plugins, the initrd generator, the pppd and dhcp
helper, and probably more.
Also we have source code under libnm-core/, libnm/, clients/, and
shared/ directories. That is all confusing.
We should have one "src" directory, that contains subdirectories. Those
subdirectories should contain individual parts (libraries or
applications), that possibly have dependencies on other subdirectories.
There should be a flat hierarchy of directories under src/, which
contains individual modules.
As the name "src/" is already taken, that prevents any sensible
restructuring of the code.
As a first step, move "src/" to "src/core/". This gives space to
reorganize the code better by moving individual components into "src/".
For inspiration, look at systemd's "src/" directory.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/743
