haproxy/doc
Willy Tarreau cb5d98c495 BUG/MINOR: backend: fix balance hash calculation when using hash-type none
The "hash-type xxx none" is broken for keys that are not in type string
because the sample fetch call casts them to SMP_T_BIN, that tends to
preserve the original format (integers, IP addresses etc), but the
gen_hash() function in case of BE_LB_HFCN_NONE expects to read a string
representing a number, that it parses to retrieve the value, and just
fails on many binary types. For example, the following just always
returns key 0:

    balance hash rand()
    hash type consistent none

An ugly workaround is to make sure the expression returns a string, for
example this:

    balance hash rand(),concat()
    hash type consistent none

In order to fix most cases here, we force the conversion to type string
when using BE_LB_HFCN_NONE, but a better approach would require a larger
rework and split gen_hash() or change it to accept an integer as well,
so that the caller could cast to SMP_T_INT for BE_LB_HFCN_NONE and pass
the resulting number already parsed with the least information loss. In
this case even IPv4 addresses would be preserved.

The current approach at least addresses the initially envisioned use
cases, and the limitations have been added to the doc. This can be
backported to 3.0 though it's not really important.
2026-05-19 19:11:25 +02:00
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design-thoughts CLEANUP: assorted typo fixes in the code and comments 2025-04-02 11:12:20 +02:00
internals DOC: internal: add a few rules about internal core principles 2026-05-16 20:12:32 +02:00
lua-api CLEANUP: assorted typo fixes in the code, commits and doc 2025-07-10 19:49:48 +02:00
51Degrees-device-detection.txt DOC: 51d: updated 51Degrees repo URL for v3.2.10 2023-11-23 16:26:13 +01:00
acl.fig [DOC] add diagrams of queuing and future ACL design 2009-02-22 16:46:38 +01:00
coding-style.txt DOC: fix typos in the documentation files 2026-01-20 08:15:28 +01:00
configuration.txt BUG/MINOR: backend: fix balance hash calculation when using hash-type none 2026-05-19 19:11:25 +02:00
cookie-options.txt DOC: fix a few typos in the documentation 2018-11-18 22:23:15 +01:00
DeviceAtlas-device-detection.txt DOC: deviceatlas build clarifications 2025-07-03 09:08:06 +02:00
gpl.txt [LICENSE] licensing clarifications 2006-06-15 21:48:13 +02:00
haproxy.1 DOC: add description of pidfile in master-worker mode 2020-08-26 18:40:53 +02:00
HAProxyCommunityEdition_60px.png DOC: replace the README by a markdown version 2024-05-30 13:53:46 +02:00
haterm.txt BUG/MINOR: tree-wide: fix a few user-visible spelling mistakes from dev7 2026-04-27 10:49:51 +02:00
intro.txt DOC: fix typos in the documentation files 2026-01-20 08:15:28 +01:00
lgpl.txt [LICENSE] licensing clarifications 2006-06-15 21:48:13 +02:00
linux-syn-cookies.txt DOC: add doc/linux-syn-cookies.txt 2015-08-11 12:17:41 +02:00
lua.txt [RELEASE] Released version 3.1-dev6 2024-08-21 17:50:03 +02:00
management.txt DOC: management: document the <tgid>/<fd> form of show fd 2026-05-13 10:33:20 +02:00
netscaler-client-ip-insertion-protocol.txt DOC: fix typos 2019-05-25 07:34:24 +02:00
network-namespaces.txt MAJOR: namespace: add Linux network namespace support 2014-11-21 07:51:57 +01:00
peers-v2.0.txt MEDIUM: stick-tables: add a new stored type for glitch_cnt and glitch_rate 2024-02-08 15:51:49 +01:00
peers.txt CLEANUP: assorted typo fixes in the code and comments 2022-12-07 09:08:18 +01:00
proxy-protocol.txt DOC: proxy-protocol: clarify UDP usage 2026-05-13 16:53:58 +02:00
queuing.fig [DOC] add diagrams of queuing and future ACL design 2009-02-22 16:46:38 +01:00
regression-testing.txt DOC: reg-tests: update VTest upstream link in the starting guide 2026-01-26 13:56:13 +01:00
seamless_reload.txt CLEANUP: removed obsolete examples an move a few to better places 2019-06-15 21:25:06 +02:00
SOCKS4.protocol.txt MEDIUM: connection: Upstream SOCKS4 proxy support 2019-05-31 17:24:06 +02:00
SPOE.txt CLEANUP: assorted typo fixes in the code, commits and doc 2025-04-03 11:37:25 +02:00
WURFL-device-detection.txt CONTRIB: move src/wurfl.c and contrib/wurfl to addons/wurfl 2021-04-02 17:48:42 +02:00