Handle failing to connect to the server on startup.

4 files changed, 21 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index b49d7bd..4c106d8 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ Add various auto replay options:
 
 Might need to #include <limits.h> in blabouncer.c to make some operating systems and/or compilers happy.
 
-Handle connecting to the server failing.
+Handle re-connecting to the server failing.
+
+Allow reloading the configuration file while running (at least for things like replayseconds, replaymode) - BLABOUNCER command and SIGHUP?
diff --git a/blabouncer.c b/blabouncer.c
index 0db2dca..c416c3e 100644
--- a/blabouncer.c
+++ b/blabouncer.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   // I will try to keep to the notation of "server" meaning the real IRCd, "bouncer" meaning the bouncer, and "client" meaning the real IRC client
 
   // Create server socket
-  int serversockfd = createserversocket(settings.ircserver, settings.ircserverport);
+  int serversockfd;
+  if ((serversockfd = createserversocket(settings.ircserver, settings.ircserverport)) == -1) {
+    debugprint(DEBUG_CRIT, "main(): Couldn't connect to server, exiting.\n");
+    exit(1);
+  }
 
   // Create client socket (after server so we can use its fd number later as fdmax)
   int clientsockfd = createclientsocket(settings.clientport);
diff --git a/sockets.c b/sockets.c
index 5f0bf3a..9f3563f 100644
--- a/sockets.c
+++ b/sockets.c
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ void *get_in_addr(struct sockaddr *sa) {
 }
 
 // Create socket to connect to real IRC server
+// Returns the socket descriptor on success, or -1 on error
 int createserversocket(char *host, char *port) {
   int sockfd;
   struct addrinfo hints, *servinfo, *p;
-  int rv;// return value for getaddrinfo (for error message)
+  int rv; // Return value for getaddrinfo (for error message)
   char s[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
 
   memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints);
@@ -38,20 +39,21 @@ int createserversocket(char *host, char *port) {
   hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
 
   if ((rv = getaddrinfo(host, port, &hints, &servinfo)) != 0) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(rv));
-    return 1; // TODO - Should this perhaps return 0 or exit?
+    debugprint(DEBUG_CRIT, "createserversocket(): getaddrinfo(): %s\n", gai_strerror(rv));
+    freeaddrinfo(servinfo);
+    return -1;
   }
 
-  // loop through all the results and connect to the first we can
+  // Loop through all the results and connect to the first we can
   for (p = servinfo; p != NULL; p = p->ai_next) {
     if ((sockfd = socket(p->ai_family, p->ai_socktype, p->ai_protocol)) == -1) {
-      perror("bouncer-server: socket");
+      debugprint(DEBUG_CRIT, "createserversocket(): socket(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
       continue;
     }
 
     if (connect(sockfd, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen) == -1) {
       close(sockfd);
-      perror("bouncer-server: connect");
+      debugprint(DEBUG_CRIT, "createserversocket(): connect(): %s\n", strerror(errno));
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -59,14 +61,15 @@ int createserversocket(char *host, char *port) {
   }
 
   if (p == NULL) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "bouncer-server: failed to connect\n");
-    return 2; // TODO - Should this perhaps return 0 or exit?
+    debugprint(DEBUG_CRIT, "createserversocket(): p == NULL, (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+    freeaddrinfo(servinfo);
+    return -1;
   }
 
   inet_ntop(p->ai_family, get_in_addr((struct sockaddr *)p->ai_addr), s, sizeof s);
   debugprint(DEBUG_SOME, "bouncer-server: connecting to '%s'\n", s);
 
-  freeaddrinfo(servinfo); // all done with this structure
+  freeaddrinfo(servinfo); // All done with this structure
 
   return sockfd;
 }
diff --git a/sockets.h b/sockets.h
index 7a88926..c1d74c7 100644
--- a/sockets.h
+++ b/sockets.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 void *get_in_addr(struct sockaddr *sa);
 
 // Create socket to connect to real IRC server
+// Returns the socket descriptor on success, or -1 on error
 int createserversocket(char *host, char *port);
 
 // Create listening socket to listen for bouncer client connections