Merge pull request #1651 from slingamn/configurable_linelen

make MaxLineLen configurable

default.yaml

     # e.g., `NickServ!NickServ@localhost`. uncomment this to override:
     #override-services-hostname: "example.network"
 
+    # in a "closed-loop" system where you control the server and all the clients,
+    # you may want to increase the maximum (non-tag) length of an IRC line from
+    # the default value of 512. DO NOT change this on a public server:
+    # max-line-len: 512
+
 # account options
 accounts:
     # is account authentication enabled, i.e., can users log into existing accounts?

irc/client.go

 )
 
 const (
-	// maximum line length not including tags; don't change this for a public server
-	MaxLineLen = 512
+	// maximum IRC line length, not including tags
+	DefaultMaxLineLen = 512
 
 	// IdentTimeout is how long before our ident (username) check times out.
 	IdentTimeout         = time.Second + 500*time.Millisecond
 	PingCoalesceThreshold = time.Second
 )
 
+var (
+	MaxLineLen = DefaultMaxLineLen
+)
+
 // Client is an IRC client.
 type Client struct {
 	account            string

irc/config.go

 		OutputPath               string       `yaml:"output-path"`
 		IPCheckScript            ScriptConfig `yaml:"ip-check-script"`
 		OverrideServicesHostname string       `yaml:"override-services-hostname"`
+		MaxLineLen               int          `yaml:"max-line-len"`
 	}
 
 	Roleplay struct {
 	if config.Limits.RegistrationMessages == 0 {
 		config.Limits.RegistrationMessages = 1024
 	}
+	if config.Server.MaxLineLen < DefaultMaxLineLen {
+		config.Server.MaxLineLen = DefaultMaxLineLen
+	}
 	if config.Datastore.MySQL.Enabled {
 		if config.Limits.NickLen > mysql.MaxTargetLength || config.Limits.ChannelLen > mysql.MaxTargetLength {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("to use MySQL, nick and channel length limits must be %d or lower", mysql.MaxTargetLength)

irc/ircconn.go

 )
 
 const (
-	maxReadQBytes     = ircmsg.MaxlenTagsFromClient + MaxLineLen + 1024
 	initialBufferSize = 1024
 )
 
 	crlf = []byte{'\r', '\n'}
 )
 
+// maximum total length, in bytes, of a single IRC message:
+func maxReadQBytes() int {
+	return ircmsg.MaxlenTagsFromClient + MaxLineLen + 1024
+}
+
 // IRCConn abstracts away the distinction between a regular
 // net.Conn (which includes both raw TCP and TLS) and a websocket.
 // it doesn't expose the net.Conn, io.Reader, or io.Writer interfaces
 func NewIRCStreamConn(conn *utils.WrappedConn) *IRCStreamConn {
 	var c IRCStreamConn
 	c.conn = conn
-	c.reader.Initialize(conn.Conn, initialBufferSize, maxReadQBytes)
+	c.reader.Initialize(conn.Conn, initialBufferSize, maxReadQBytes())
 	return &c
 }
 

irc/listeners.go

 	confirmProxyData(wConn, remoteAddr, xff, xfp, config)
 
 	// avoid a DoS attack from buffering excessively large messages:
-	conn.SetReadLimit(maxReadQBytes)
+	conn.SetReadLimit(int64(maxReadQBytes()))
 
 	go wl.server.RunClient(NewIRCWSConn(conn))
 }

irc/server.go

 		server.nameCasefolded = config.Server.nameCasefolded
 		globalCasemappingSetting = config.Server.Casemapping
 		globalUtf8EnforcementSetting = config.Server.EnforceUtf8
+		MaxLineLen = config.Server.MaxLineLen
 	} else {
 		// enforce configs that can't be changed after launch:
 		if server.name != config.Server.Name {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Cannot change override-services-hostname after launching the server, rehash aborted")
 		} else if !oldConfig.Datastore.MySQL.Enabled && config.Datastore.MySQL.Enabled {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Cannot enable MySQL after launching the server, rehash aborted")
+		} else if oldConfig.Server.MaxLineLen != config.Server.MaxLineLen {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Cannot change max-line-len after launching the server, rehash aborted")
 		}
 	}
 

traditional.yaml

     # e.g., `NickServ!NickServ@localhost`. uncomment this to override:
     #override-services-hostname: "example.network"
 
+    # in a "closed-loop" system where you control the server and all the clients,
+    # you may want to increase the maximum (non-tag) length of an IRC line from
+    # the default value of 512. DO NOT change this on a public server:
+    # max-line-len: 512
+
 # account options
 accounts:
     # is account authentication enabled, i.e., can users log into existing accounts?