mod_brotli.c

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#include "httpd.h"
#include "http_core.h"
#include "http_log.h"
#include "apr_strings.h"
 
#include <brotli/encode.h>
 
module AP_MODULE_DECLARE_DATA brotli_module;
 
typedef enum {
    ETAG_MODE_ADDSUFFIX = 0,
    ETAG_MODE_NOCHANGE = 1,
    ETAG_MODE_REMOVE = 2
} etag_mode_e;
 
typedef struct brotli_server_config_t {
    int quality;
    int lgwin;
    int lgblock;
    etag_mode_e etag_mode;
    const char *note_ratio_name;
    const char *note_input_name;
    const char *note_output_name;
} brotli_server_config_t;
 
static void *create_server_config(apr_pool_t *p, server_rec *s)
{
    brotli_server_config_t *conf = apr_pcalloc(p, sizeof(*conf));
 
    /* These default values allow mod_brotli to behave similarly to
     * mod_deflate in terms of compression speed and memory usage.
     *
     * The idea is that since Brotli (generally) gives better compression
     * ratio than Deflate, simply enabling mod_brotli on the server
     * will reduce the amount of transferred data while keeping everything
     * else unchanged.  See https://quixdb.github.io/squash-benchmark/
     */
    conf->quality = 5;
    conf->lgwin = 18;
    /* Zero is a special value for BROTLI_PARAM_LGBLOCK that allows
     * Brotli to automatically select the optimal input block size based
     * on other encoder parameters.  See enc/quality.h: ComputeLgBlock().
     */
    conf->lgblock = 0;
    conf->etag_mode = ETAG_MODE_ADDSUFFIX;
 
    return conf;
}
 
static const char *set_filter_note(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy,
                                   const char *arg1, const char *arg2)
{
    brotli_server_config_t *conf =
        ap_get_module_config(cmd->server->module_config, &brotli_module);
 
    if (!arg2) {
        conf->note_ratio_name = arg1;
        return NULL;
    }
 
    if (ap_cstr_casecmp(arg1, "Ratio") == 0) {
        conf->note_ratio_name = arg2;
    }
    else if (ap_cstr_casecmp(arg1, "Input") == 0) {
        conf->note_input_name = arg2;
    }
    else if (ap_cstr_casecmp(arg1, "Output") == 0) {
        conf->note_output_name = arg2;
    }
    else {
        return apr_psprintf(cmd->pool, "Unknown BrotliFilterNote type '%s'",
                            arg1);
    }
 
    return NULL;
}
 
static const char *set_compression_quality(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy,
                                           const char *arg)
{
    brotli_server_config_t *conf =
        ap_get_module_config(cmd->server->module_config, &brotli_module);
    int val = atoi(arg);
 
    if (val < 0 || val > 11) {
        return "BrotliCompressionQuality must be between 0 and 11";
    }
 
    conf->quality = val;
    return NULL;
}
 
static const char *set_compression_lgwin(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy,
                                         const char *arg)
{
    brotli_server_config_t *conf =
        ap_get_module_config(cmd->server->module_config, &brotli_module);
    int val = atoi(arg);
 
    if (val < 10 || val > 24) {
        return "BrotliCompressionWindow must be between 10 and 24";
    }
 
    conf->lgwin = val;
    return NULL;
}
 
static const char *set_compression_lgblock(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy,
                                           const char *arg)
{
    brotli_server_config_t *conf =
        ap_get_module_config(cmd->server->module_config, &brotli_module);
    int val = atoi(arg);
 
    if (val < 16 || val > 24) {
        return "BrotliCompressionMaxInputBlock must be between 16 and 24";
    }
 
    conf->lgblock = val;
    return NULL;
}
 
static const char *set_etag_mode(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dummy,
                                 const char *arg)
{
    brotli_server_config_t *conf =
        ap_get_module_config(cmd->server->module_config, &brotli_module);
 
    if (ap_cstr_casecmp(arg, "AddSuffix") == 0) {
        conf->etag_mode = ETAG_MODE_ADDSUFFIX;
    }
    else if (ap_cstr_casecmp(arg, "NoChange") == 0) {
        conf->etag_mode = ETAG_MODE_NOCHANGE;
    }
    else if (ap_cstr_casecmp(arg, "Remove") == 0) {
        conf->etag_mode = ETAG_MODE_REMOVE;
    }
    else {
        return "BrotliAlterETag accepts only 'AddSuffix', 'NoChange' and 'Remove'";
    }
 
    return NULL;
}
 
typedef struct brotli_ctx_t {
    BrotliEncoderState *state;
    apr_bucket_brigade *bb;
    apr_off_t total_in;
    apr_off_t total_out;
} brotli_ctx_t;
 
static void *alloc_func(void *opaque, size_t size)
{
    return apr_bucket_alloc(size, opaque);
}
 
static void free_func(void *opaque, void *block)
{
    if (block) {
        apr_bucket_free(block);
    }
}
 
static apr_status_t cleanup_ctx(void *data)
{
    brotli_ctx_t *ctx = data;
 
    BrotliEncoderDestroyInstance(ctx->state);
    ctx->state = NULL;
    return APR_SUCCESS;
}
 
static brotli_ctx_t *create_ctx(int quality,
                                int lgwin,
                                int lgblock,
                                apr_bucket_alloc_t *alloc,
                                apr_pool_t *pool)
{
    brotli_ctx_t *ctx = apr_pcalloc(pool, sizeof(*ctx));
 
    ctx->state = BrotliEncoderCreateInstance(alloc_func, free_func, alloc);
    BrotliEncoderSetParameter(ctx->state, BROTLI_PARAM_QUALITY, quality);
    BrotliEncoderSetParameter(ctx->state, BROTLI_PARAM_LGWIN, lgwin);
    BrotliEncoderSetParameter(ctx->state, BROTLI_PARAM_LGBLOCK, lgblock);
    apr_pool_cleanup_register(pool, ctx, cleanup_ctx, apr_pool_cleanup_null);
 
    ctx->bb = apr_brigade_create(pool, alloc);
    ctx->total_in = 0;
    ctx->total_out = 0;
 
    return ctx;
}
 
static apr_status_t process_chunk(brotli_ctx_t *ctx,
                                  const void *data,
                                  apr_size_t len,
                                  ap_filter_t *f)
{
    const apr_byte_t *next_in = data;
    apr_size_t avail_in = len;
 
    while (avail_in > 0) {
        apr_byte_t *next_out = NULL;
        apr_size_t avail_out = 0;
 
        if (!BrotliEncoderCompressStream(ctx->state,
                                         BROTLI_OPERATION_PROCESS,
                                         &avail_in, &next_in,
                                         &avail_out, &next_out, NULL)) {
            ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, f->r, APLOGNO(03459)
                          "Error while compressing data");
            return APR_EGENERAL;
        }
 
        if (BrotliEncoderHasMoreOutput(ctx->state)) {
            apr_size_t output_len = 0;
            const apr_byte_t *output;
            apr_status_t rv;
            apr_bucket *b;
 
            /* Drain the accumulated output.  Avoid copying the data by
             * wrapping a pointer to the internal output buffer and passing
             * it down to the next filter.  The pointer is only valid until
             * the next call to BrotliEncoderCompressStream(), but we're okay
             * with that, since the brigade is cleaned up right after the
             * ap_pass_brigade() call.
             */
            output = BrotliEncoderTakeOutput(ctx->state, &output_len);
            ctx->total_out += output_len;
 
            b = apr_bucket_transient_create((const char *)output, output_len,
                                            ctx->bb->bucket_alloc);
            APR_BRIGADE_INSERT_TAIL(ctx->bb, b);
 
            rv = ap_pass_brigade(f->next, ctx->bb);
            apr_brigade_cleanup(ctx->bb);
            if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
                return rv;
            }
        }
    }
 
    ctx->total_in += len;
    return APR_SUCCESS;
}
 
static apr_status_t flush(brotli_ctx_t *ctx,
                          BrotliEncoderOperation op,
                          ap_filter_t *f)
{
    while (1) {
        const apr_byte_t *next_in = NULL;
        apr_size_t avail_in = 0;
        apr_byte_t *next_out = NULL;
        apr_size_t avail_out = 0;
        apr_size_t output_len;
        const apr_byte_t *output;
        apr_bucket *b;
 
        if (!BrotliEncoderCompressStream(ctx->state, op,
                                         &avail_in, &next_in,
                                         &avail_out, &next_out, NULL)) {
            ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, f->r, APLOGNO(03460)
                          "Error while compressing data");
            return APR_EGENERAL;
        }
 
        if (!BrotliEncoderHasMoreOutput(ctx->state)) {
            break;
        }
 
        /* A flush can require several calls to BrotliEncoderCompressStream(),
         * so place the data on the heap (otherwise, the pointer will become
         * invalid after the next call to BrotliEncoderCompressStream()).
         */
        output_len = 0;
        output = BrotliEncoderTakeOutput(ctx->state, &output_len);
        ctx->total_out += output_len;
 
        b = apr_bucket_heap_create((const char *)output, output_len, NULL,
                                   ctx->bb->bucket_alloc);
        APR_BRIGADE_INSERT_TAIL(ctx->bb, b);
    }
 
    return APR_SUCCESS;
}
 
static const char *get_content_encoding(request_rec *r)
{
    const char *encoding;
 
    encoding = apr_table_get(r->headers_out, "Content-Encoding");
    if (encoding) {
        const char *err_enc;
 
        err_enc = apr_table_get(r->err_headers_out, "Content-Encoding");
        if (err_enc) {
            encoding = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, encoding, ",", err_enc, NULL);
        }
    }
    else {
        encoding = apr_table_get(r->err_headers_out, "Content-Encoding");
    }
 
    if (r->content_encoding) {
        encoding = encoding ? apr_pstrcat(r->pool, encoding, ",",
                                          r->content_encoding, NULL)
                            : r->content_encoding;
    }
 
    return encoding;
}
 
static apr_status_t compress_filter(ap_filter_t *f, apr_bucket_brigade *bb)
{
    request_rec *r = f->r;
    brotli_ctx_t *ctx = f->ctx;
    apr_status_t rv;
    brotli_server_config_t *conf;
 
    if (APR_BRIGADE_EMPTY(bb)) {
        return APR_SUCCESS;
    }
 
    conf = ap_get_module_config(r->server->module_config, &brotli_module);
 
    if (!ctx) {
        const char *encoding;
        const char *token;
        const char *accepts;
        const char *q = NULL;
 
        /* Only work on main request, not subrequests, that are not
         * a 204 response with no content, and are not tagged with the
         * no-brotli env variable, and are not a partial response to
         * a Range request.
         *
         * Note that responding to 304 is handled separately to set
         * the required headers (such as ETag) per RFC7232, 4.1.
         */
        if (r->main || r->status == HTTP_NO_CONTENT
            || apr_table_get(r->subprocess_env, "no-brotli")
            || apr_table_get(r->headers_out, "Content-Range")) {
            ap_remove_output_filter(f);
            return ap_pass_brigade(f->next, bb);
        }
 
        /* Let's see what our current Content-Encoding is. */
        encoding = get_content_encoding(r);
 
        if (encoding) {
            const char *tmp = encoding;
 
            token = ap_get_token(r->pool, &tmp, 0);
            while (token && *token) {
                if (strcmp(token, "identity") != 0 &&
                    strcmp(token, "7bit") != 0 &&
                    strcmp(token, "8bit") != 0 &&
                    strcmp(token, "binary") != 0) {
                    /* The data is already encoded, do nothing. */
                    ap_remove_output_filter(f);
                    return ap_pass_brigade(f->next, bb);
                }
 
                if (*tmp) {
                    ++tmp;
                }
                token = (*tmp) ? ap_get_token(r->pool, &tmp, 0) : NULL;
            }
        }
 
        /* Even if we don't accept this request based on it not having
         * the Accept-Encoding, we need to note that we were looking
         * for this header and downstream proxies should be aware of
         * that.
         */
        apr_table_mergen(r->headers_out, "Vary", "Accept-Encoding");
 
        accepts = apr_table_get(r->headers_in, "Accept-Encoding");
        if (!accepts) {
            ap_remove_output_filter(f);
            return ap_pass_brigade(f->next, bb);
        }
 
        /* Do we have Accept-Encoding: br? */
        token = ap_get_token(r->pool, &accepts, 0);
        while (token && token[0] && ap_cstr_casecmp(token, "br") != 0) {
            while (*accepts == ';') {
                ++accepts;
                ap_get_token(r->pool, &accepts, 1);
            }
 
            if (*accepts == ',') {
                ++accepts;
            }
            token = (*accepts) ? ap_get_token(r->pool, &accepts, 0) : NULL;
        }
 
        /* Find the qvalue, if provided */
        if (*accepts) {
            while (*accepts == ';') {
                ++accepts;
            }
            q = ap_get_token(r->pool, &accepts, 1);
            ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE1, 0, r,
                          "token: '%s' - q: '%s'", token ? token : "NULL", q);
        }
 
        /* No acceptable token found or q=0 */
        if (!token || token[0] == '\0' ||
            (q && strlen(q) >= 3 && strncmp("q=0.000", q, strlen(q)) == 0)) {
            ap_remove_output_filter(f);
            return ap_pass_brigade(f->next, bb);
        }
 
        /* If the entire Content-Encoding is "identity", we can replace it. */
        if (!encoding || ap_cstr_casecmp(encoding, "identity") == 0) {
            apr_table_setn(r->headers_out, "Content-Encoding", "br");
        } else {
            apr_table_mergen(r->headers_out, "Content-Encoding", "br");
        }
 
        if (r->content_encoding) {
            r->content_encoding = apr_table_get(r->headers_out,
                                                "Content-Encoding");
        }
 
        apr_table_unset(r->headers_out, "Content-Length");
        apr_table_unset(r->headers_out, "Content-MD5");
 
        /* https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39727
         * https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45023
         *
         * ETag must be unique among the possible representations, so a
         * change to content-encoding requires a corresponding change to the
         * ETag.  We make this behavior configurable, and mimic mod_deflate's
         * DeflateAlterETag with BrotliAlterETag to keep the transition from
         * mod_deflate seamless.
         */
        if (conf->etag_mode == ETAG_MODE_REMOVE) {
            apr_table_unset(r->headers_out, "ETag");
        }
        else if (conf->etag_mode == ETAG_MODE_ADDSUFFIX) {
            const char *etag = apr_table_get(r->headers_out, "ETag");
 
            if (etag) {
                apr_size_t len = strlen(etag);
 
                if (len > 2 && etag[len - 1] == '"') {
                    etag = apr_pstrmemdup(r->pool, etag, len - 1);
                    etag = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, etag, "-br\"", NULL);
                    apr_table_setn(r->headers_out, "ETag", etag);
                }
            }
        }
 
        /* For 304 responses, we only need to send out the headers. */
        if (r->status == HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED) {
            ap_remove_output_filter(f);
            return ap_pass_brigade(f->next, bb);
        }
 
        ctx = create_ctx(conf->quality, conf->lgwin, conf->lgblock,
                         f->c->bucket_alloc, r->pool);
        f->ctx = ctx;
    }
 
    while (!APR_BRIGADE_EMPTY(bb)) {
        apr_bucket *e = APR_BRIGADE_FIRST(bb);
 
        /* Optimization: If we are a HEAD request and bytes_sent is not zero
         * it means that we have passed the content-length filter once and
         * have more data to send.  This means that the content-length filter
         * could not determine our content-length for the response to the
         * HEAD request anyway (the associated GET request would deliver the
         * body in chunked encoding) and we can stop compressing.
         */
        if (r->header_only && r->bytes_sent) {
            ap_remove_output_filter(f);
            return ap_pass_brigade(f->next, bb);
        }
 
        if (APR_BUCKET_IS_EOS(e)) {
            rv = flush(ctx, BROTLI_OPERATION_FINISH, f);
            if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
                return rv;
            }
 
            /* Leave notes for logging. */
            if (conf->note_input_name) {
                apr_table_setn(r->notes, conf->note_input_name,
                               apr_off_t_toa(r->pool, ctx->total_in));
            }
            if (conf->note_output_name) {
                apr_table_setn(r->notes, conf->note_output_name,
                               apr_off_t_toa(r->pool, ctx->total_out));
            }
            if (conf->note_ratio_name) {
                if (ctx->total_in > 0) {
                    int ratio = (int) (ctx->total_out * 100 / ctx->total_in);
 
                    apr_table_setn(r->notes, conf->note_ratio_name,
                                   apr_itoa(r->pool, ratio));
                }
                else {
                    apr_table_setn(r->notes, conf->note_ratio_name, "-");
                }
            }
 
            APR_BUCKET_REMOVE(e);
            APR_BRIGADE_INSERT_TAIL(ctx->bb, e);
 
            rv = ap_pass_brigade(f->next, ctx->bb);
            apr_brigade_cleanup(ctx->bb);
            apr_pool_cleanup_run(r->pool, ctx, cleanup_ctx);
            return rv;
        }
        else if (APR_BUCKET_IS_FLUSH(e)) {
            rv = flush(ctx, BROTLI_OPERATION_FLUSH, f);
            if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
                return rv;
            }
 
            APR_BUCKET_REMOVE(e);
            APR_BRIGADE_INSERT_TAIL(ctx->bb, e);
 
            rv = ap_pass_brigade(f->next, ctx->bb);
            apr_brigade_cleanup(ctx->bb);
            if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
                return rv;
            }
        }
        else if (APR_BUCKET_IS_METADATA(e)) {
            APR_BUCKET_REMOVE(e);
            APR_BRIGADE_INSERT_TAIL(ctx->bb, e);
        }
        else {
            const char *data;
            apr_size_t len;
 
            rv = apr_bucket_read(e, &data, &len, APR_BLOCK_READ);
            if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
                return rv;
            }
            rv = process_chunk(ctx, data, len, f);
            if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
                return rv;
            }
            apr_bucket_delete(e);
        }
    }
    return APR_SUCCESS;
}
 
static void register_hooks(apr_pool_t *p)
{
    ap_register_output_filter("BROTLI_COMPRESS", compress_filter, NULL,
                              AP_FTYPE_CONTENT_SET);
}
 
static const command_rec cmds[] = {
    AP_INIT_TAKE12("BrotliFilterNote", set_filter_note,
                   NULL, RSRC_CONF,
                   "Set a note to report on compression ratio"),
    AP_INIT_TAKE1("BrotliCompressionQuality", set_compression_quality,
                  NULL, RSRC_CONF,
                  "Compression quality between 0 and 11 (higher quality means "
                  "slower compression)"),
    AP_INIT_TAKE1("BrotliCompressionWindow", set_compression_lgwin,
                  NULL, RSRC_CONF,
                  "Sliding window size between 10 and 24 (larger windows can "
                  "improve compression, but require more memory)"),
    AP_INIT_TAKE1("BrotliCompressionMaxInputBlock", set_compression_lgblock,
                  NULL, RSRC_CONF,
                  "Maximum input block size between 16 and 24 (larger block "
                  "sizes require more memory)"),
    AP_INIT_TAKE1("BrotliAlterETag", set_etag_mode,
                  NULL, RSRC_CONF,
                  "Set how mod_brotli should modify ETag response headers: "
                  "'AddSuffix' (default), 'NoChange', 'Remove'"),
    {NULL}
};
 
AP_DECLARE_MODULE(brotli) = {
    STANDARD20_MODULE_STUFF,
    NULL,                      /* create per-directory config structure */
    NULL,                      /* merge per-directory config structures */
    create_server_config,      /* create per-server config structure */
    NULL,                      /* merge per-server config structures */
    cmds,                      /* command apr_table_t */
    register_hooks             /* register hooks */
};