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+/* minimalistic telnet/network interface it might turn into a wire interface */
+/* (C) 2009 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <openbsc/telnet_interface.h>
+#include <openbsc/gsm_subscriber.h>
+#include <openbsc/chan_alloc.h>
+#include <openbsc/gsm_04_08.h>
+#include <openbsc/gsm_04_11.h>
+#include <openbsc/msgb.h>
+#include <openbsc/abis_rsl.h>
+#include <openbsc/paging.h>
+#include <openbsc/signal.h>
+
+#include <vty/buffer.h>
+
+#define WRITE_CONNECTION(fd, msg...) \
+	int ret; \
+	char buf[4096]; \
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), msg); \
+	ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
+
+
+/* per connection data */
+LLIST_HEAD(active_connections);
+
+/* per network data */
+static int telnet_new_connection(struct bsc_fd *fd, unsigned int what);
+#if 0
+static int telnet_paging_callback(unsigned int subsys, unsigned int signal,
+				  void *handler_data, void *signal_data);
+static int telnet_sms_callback(unsigned int subsys, unsigned int signal,
+				void *handler_data, void *signal_data);
+#endif
+
+static struct bsc_fd server_socket = {
+	.when	    = BSC_FD_READ,
+	.cb	    = telnet_new_connection,
+	.priv_nr    = 0,
+};
+
+void telnet_init(struct gsm_network *network, int port) {
+	struct sockaddr_in sock_addr;
+	int fd, on = 1;
+
+	bsc_vty_init(network);
+
+	fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		perror("Telnet interface socket creation failed");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &on, sizeof(on));
+
+	memset(&sock_addr, 0, sizeof(sock_addr));
+	sock_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	sock_addr.sin_port = htons(port);
+	sock_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_LOOPBACK);
+
+	if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr*)&sock_addr, sizeof(sock_addr)) < 0) {
+		perror("Telnet interface failed to bind");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (listen(fd, 0) < 0) {
+		perror("Telnet interface failed to listen");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	server_socket.data = network;
+	server_socket.fd = fd;
+	bsc_register_fd(&server_socket);
+
+	/* register callbacks */
+#if 0
+	register_signal_handler(SS_PAGING, telnet_paging_callback, network);
+	register_signal_handler(SS_SMS, telnet_sms_callback, network);
+#endif
+}
+
+static void print_welcome(int fd) {
+	int ret;
+	static char *msg =
+		"Welcome to the OpenBSC Control interface\n"
+		"Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Harald Welte\n"
+		"Contributions by Daniel Willmann, Jan Lübbe, "
+		"Stefan Schmidt, Holger Freyther\n\n"
+		"License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later "
+		"<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n"
+		"This is free software: you are free to change "
+		"and redistribute it.\n"
+		"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted "
+		"by law.\nType \"help\" to get a short introduction.\n";
+
+	ret = write(fd, msg, strlen(msg));
+}
+
+int telnet_close_client(struct bsc_fd *fd) {
+	struct telnet_connection *conn = (struct telnet_connection*)fd->data;
+
+	close(fd->fd);
+	bsc_unregister_fd(fd);
+	llist_del(&conn->entry);
+	free(conn);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int client_data(struct bsc_fd *fd, unsigned int what)
+{
+	struct telnet_connection *conn = fd->data;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (what & BSC_FD_READ) {
+		conn->fd.when &= ~BSC_FD_READ;
+		rc = vty_read(conn->vty);
+	}
+
+	if (what & BSC_FD_WRITE) {
+		rc = buffer_flush_all(conn->vty->obuf, fd->fd);
+		if (rc == BUFFER_EMPTY)
+			conn->fd.when &= ~BSC_FD_WRITE;
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int telnet_new_connection(struct bsc_fd *fd, unsigned int what) {
+	struct telnet_connection *connection;
+	struct sockaddr_in sockaddr;
+	socklen_t len = sizeof(sockaddr);
+	int new_connection = accept(fd->fd, (struct sockaddr*)&sockaddr, &len);
+
+	if (new_connection < 0) {
+		perror("telnet accept failed");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+
+	connection = (struct telnet_connection*)malloc(sizeof(*connection));
+	memset(connection, 0, sizeof(*connection));
+	connection->network = (struct gsm_network*)fd->data;
+	connection->fd.data = connection;
+	connection->fd.fd = new_connection;
+	connection->fd.when = BSC_FD_READ;
+	connection->fd.cb = client_data;
+	connection->bts = 0;
+	bsc_register_fd(&connection->fd);
+	llist_add_tail(&connection->entry, &active_connections);
+
+	print_welcome(new_connection);
+
+	connection->vty = vty_create(new_connection, connection);
+	if (!connection->vty)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* callback from VTY code */
+void vty_event(enum event event, int sock, struct vty *vty)
+{
+	struct telnet_connection *connection = vty->priv;
+	struct bsc_fd *bfd = &connection->fd;
+
+	switch (event) {
+	case VTY_READ:
+		bfd->when |= BSC_FD_READ;
+		break;
+	case VTY_WRITE:
+		bfd->when |= BSC_FD_WRITE;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+#if 0
+static int telnet_paging_callback(unsigned int subsys, unsigned int singal,
+				  void *handler_data, void *signal_data)
+{
+	struct paging_signal_data *paging = signal_data;
+	struct telnet_connection *con;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(con, &active_connections, entry) {
+		if (paging->lchan) {
+			WRITE_CONNECTION(con->fd.fd, "Paging succeeded\n");
+			show_lchan(con->fd.fd, paging->lchan);
+		} else {
+			WRITE_CONNECTION(con->fd.fd, "Paging failed for subscriber: %s/%s/%s\n",
+				paging->subscr->imsi,
+				paging->subscr->tmsi,
+				paging->subscr->name);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int telnet_sms_callback(unsigned int subsys, unsigned int signal,
+				void *handler_data, void *signal_data)
+{
+	struct sms_submit *sms = signal_data;
+	struct telnet_connection *con;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(con, &active_connections, entry) {
+		WRITE_CONNECTION(con->fd.fd, "Incoming SMS: %s\n", sms->user_data);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif