connection fix

veilid-core/src/network_manager/connection_manager.rs

@@ -139,6 +139,33 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
         debug!("finished connection manager shutdown");
     }
 
+    // Internal routine to see if we should keep this connection
+    // from being LRU removed. Used on our initiated relay connections.
+    fn should_protect_connection(&self, conn: &NetworkConnection) -> bool {
+        let netman = self.network_manager();
+        let routing_table = netman.routing_table();
+        let remote_address = conn.connection_descriptor().remote_address().address();
+        let Some(routing_domain) = routing_table.routing_domain_for_address(remote_address) else {
+            return false;
+        };
+        let Some(rn) = routing_table.relay_node(routing_domain) else {
+            return false;
+        };
+        let relay_nr = rn.filtered_clone(
+            NodeRefFilter::new()
+                .with_routing_domain(routing_domain)
+                .with_address_type(conn.connection_descriptor().address_type())
+                .with_protocol_type(conn.connection_descriptor().protocol_type()),
+        );
+        let dids = relay_nr.all_filtered_dial_info_details();
+        for did in dids {
+            if did.dial_info.address() == remote_address {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
     // Internal routine to register new connection atomically.
     // Registers connection in the connection table for later access
     // and spawns a message processing loop for the connection
@@ -163,8 +190,16 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
             None => bail!("not creating connection because we are stopping"),
         };
 
-        let conn = NetworkConnection::from_protocol(self.clone(), stop_token, prot_conn, id);
+        let mut conn = NetworkConnection::from_protocol(self.clone(), stop_token, prot_conn, id);
         let handle = conn.get_handle();
+
+        // See if this should be a protected connection
+        let protect = self.should_protect_connection(&conn);
+        if protect {
+            log_net!(debug "== PROTECTING connection: {} -> {}", id, conn.debug_print(get_aligned_timestamp()));
+            conn.protect();
+        }
+
         // Add to the connection table
         match self.arc.connection_table.add_connection(conn) {
             Ok(None) => {
@@ -173,7 +208,7 @@ impl ConnectionManager {
             Ok(Some(conn)) => {
                 // Connection added and a different one LRU'd out
                 // Send it to be terminated
-                log_net!(debug "== LRU kill connection due to limit: {:?}", conn);
+                // log_net!(debug "== LRU kill connection due to limit: {:?}", conn);
                 let _ = inner.sender.send(ConnectionManagerEvent::Dead(conn));
             }
             Err(ConnectionTableAddError::AddressFilter(conn, e)) => {

veilid-core/src/network_manager/connection_table.rs

@@ -184,10 +184,20 @@ impl ConnectionTable {
         // then drop the least recently used connection
         let mut out_conn = None;
         if inner.conn_by_id[protocol_index].len() > inner.max_connections[protocol_index] {
-            if let Some((lruk, lru_conn)) = inner.conn_by_id[protocol_index].peek_lru() {
+            while let Some((lruk, lru_conn)) = inner.conn_by_id[protocol_index].peek_lru() {
                 let lruk = *lruk;
-                log_net!(debug "connection lru out: {:?}", lru_conn);
+
+                // Don't LRU protected connections
+                if lru_conn.is_protected() {
+                    // Mark as recently used
+                    log_net!(debug "== No LRU Out for PROTECTED connection: {} -> {}", lruk, lru_conn.debug_print(get_aligned_timestamp()));
+                    inner.conn_by_id[protocol_index].get(&lruk);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                log_net!(debug "== LRU Connection Killed: {} -> {}", lruk, lru_conn.debug_print(get_aligned_timestamp()));
                 out_conn = Some(Self::remove_connection_records(&mut *inner, lruk));
+                break;
             }
         }
 

veilid-core/src/network_manager/mod.rs

@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ impl NetworkManager {
     #[instrument(level = "trace", skip(self), err)]
     pub async fn handle_signal(
         &self,
-        connection_descriptor: ConnectionDescriptor,
+        signal_connection_descriptor: ConnectionDescriptor,
         signal_info: SignalInfo,
     ) -> EyreResult<NetworkResult<()>> {
         match signal_info {
@@ -689,8 +689,9 @@ impl NetworkManager {
                 };
 
                 // Restrict reverse connection to same protocol as inbound signal
-                let peer_nr = peer_nr
-                    .filtered_clone(NodeRefFilter::from(connection_descriptor.protocol_type()));
+                let peer_nr = peer_nr.filtered_clone(NodeRefFilter::from(
+                    signal_connection_descriptor.protocol_type(),
+                ));
 
                 // Make a reverse connection to the peer and send the receipt to it
                 rpc.rpc_call_return_receipt(Destination::direct(peer_nr), receipt)

veilid-core/src/network_manager/network_connection.rs

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ pub struct NetworkConnection {
     stats: Arc<Mutex<NetworkConnectionStats>>,
     sender: flume::Sender<(Option<Id>, Vec<u8>)>,
     stop_source: Option<StopSource>,
+    protected: bool,
 }
 
 impl NetworkConnection {
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ impl NetworkConnection {
             })),
             sender,
             stop_source: None,
+            protected: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ impl NetworkConnection {
             stats,
             sender,
             stop_source: Some(stop_source),
+            protected: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -172,6 +175,14 @@ impl NetworkConnection {
         ConnectionHandle::new(self.connection_id, self.descriptor.clone(), self.sender.clone())
     }
 
+    pub fn is_protected(&self) -> bool {
+        self.protected
+    }
+
+    pub fn protect(&mut self) {
+        self.protected = true;
+    }
+
     pub fn close(&mut self) {
         if let Some(stop_source) = self.stop_source.take() {
             // drop the stopper

veilid-core/src/network_manager/send_data.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,36 @@ impl NetworkManager {
         let this = self.clone();
         Box::pin(
             async move {
+
+                // First try to send data to the last socket we've seen this peer on
+                let data = if let Some(connection_descriptor) = destination_node_ref.last_connection() {
+                    match this
+                        .net()
+                        .send_data_to_existing_connection(connection_descriptor, data)
+                        .await?
+                    {
+                        None => {
+                            // Update timestamp for this last connection since we just sent to it
+                            destination_node_ref
+                                .set_last_connection(connection_descriptor, get_aligned_timestamp());
+
+                            return Ok(NetworkResult::value(SendDataKind::Existing(
+                                connection_descriptor,
+                            )));
+                        }
+                        Some(data) => {
+                            // Couldn't send data to existing connection
+                            // so pass the data back out
+                            data
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // No last connection
+                    data
+                };
+
+                // No existing connection was found or usable, so we proceed to see how to make a new one
+                
                 // Get the best way to contact this node
                 let contact_method = this.get_node_contact_method(destination_node_ref.clone())?;
 

veilid-core/src/routing_table/node_ref.rs

@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ pub trait NodeRefBase: Sized {
         })
     }
 
-    fn all_filtered_dial_info_details<F>(&self) -> Vec<DialInfoDetail> {
+    fn all_filtered_dial_info_details(&self) -> Vec<DialInfoDetail> {
         let routing_domain_set = self.routing_domain_set();
         let dial_info_filter = self.dial_info_filter();