Seems like a good thing to do. I took the opportunity to re-implement in the same code style at the existing code, but the functionality (should be) the same.
http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=ab53883c94f94958e22077c79ba1dae1850a475e Cheers, Simon. On 08/01/2020 00:11, Evgenii Seliavka wrote: > Hi there, > > I am extensively using dnsmasq in conjunction with *--conf-dir > *configuration property. My test env is *CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 > (Core) *with *3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.x86_64* kernel. > In our set up we strongly relying on the order dnsmasq will read and > apply DNS records under the configuration directory. Basically, we have > files like: 0001_this_should_be_first, 0002_comes_second, etc. and we > expecting them to be read in alpha order. We need this strict ordering > guarantee because of PTR records, according to the documentation only > first A record will receive corresponding PTR record: > > /--host-record=<name>[,<name>....],[<IPv4-address>],[<IPv6-address>][,<TTL>] > Add A, AAAA and PTR records to the DNS. This adds one or more names to > the DNS with associated IPv4 (A) and IPv6 (AAAA) records. A name may > appear in more than one --host-record and therefore be assigned more > than one address. Only the first address creates a PTR record linking > the address to the name. This is the same rule as is used reading > hosts-files. --host-record options are considered to be read before > host-files, so a name appearing there inhibits PTR-record creation if it > appears in hosts-file also. Unlike hosts-files, names are not expanded, > even when --expand-hosts is in effect. Short and long names may appear > in the same --host-record, eg. > --host-record=laptop,laptop.thekelleys.org > <http://laptop.thekelleys.org>,192.168.0.1,1234::100 If the time-to-live > is given, it overrides the default, which is zero or the value of > --local-ttl. The value is a positive integer and gives the time-to-live > in seconds./ > / > / > The problem is that *readdir* syscall can't guarantee any > order http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/readdir.3.html at least on Linux. > > I prepared this small patch(see the attachment) and want to know > community opinion on how useful it is? > > -- > Best Regards, > Seliavka Evgenii > > _______________________________________________ > Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list > Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk > http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss > _______________________________________________ Dnsmasq-discuss mailing list Dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dnsmasq-discuss