Improve host name resolution for TCP proxy

pkg/tcp/proxy.go

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func NewProxy(address string, terminationDelay time.Duration, proxyProtocol *dyn
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown proxyProtocol version: %d", proxyProtocol.Version)
 	}
 
-	// enable the refresh of the target only if the address in an IP
+	// enable the refresh of the target only if the address in not an IP
 	refreshTarget := false
 	if host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(address); err == nil && net.ParseIP(host) == nil {
 		refreshTarget = true
@@ -48,23 +48,14 @@ func NewProxy(address string, terminationDelay time.Duration, proxyProtocol *dyn
 
 // ServeTCP forwards the connection to a service.
 func (p *Proxy) ServeTCP(conn WriteCloser) {
-	log.Debugf("Handling connection from %s", conn.RemoteAddr())
+	log.WithoutContext().Debugf("Handling connection from %s", conn.RemoteAddr())
 
 	// needed because of e.g. server.trackedConnection
 	defer conn.Close()
 
-	if p.refreshTarget {
+	connBackend, err := p.dialBackend()
-		tcpAddr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", p.address)
 	if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("Error resolving tcp address: %v", err)
+		log.WithoutContext().Errorf("Error while connecting to backend: %v", err)
-			return
-		}
-		p.target = tcpAddr
-	}
-
-	connBackend, err := net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, p.target)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("Error while connection to backend: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -91,6 +82,19 @@ func (p *Proxy) ServeTCP(conn WriteCloser) {
 	<-errChan
 }
 
+func (p Proxy) dialBackend() (*net.TCPConn, error) {
+	if !p.refreshTarget {
+		return net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, p.target)
+	}
+
+	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", p.address)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return conn.(*net.TCPConn), nil
+}
+
 func (p Proxy) connCopy(dst, src WriteCloser, errCh chan error) {
 	_, err := io.Copy(dst, src)
 	errCh <- err

pkg/tcp/proxy_test.go

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
-	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -177,17 +176,16 @@ func TestLookupAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		desc          string
 		address       string
-		expectSame assert.ComparisonAssertionFunc
+		expectRefresh bool
 	}{
 		{
 			desc:    "IP doesn't need refresh",
 			address: "8.8.4.4:53",
-			expectSame: assert.Same,
 		},
 		{
 			desc:          "Hostname needs refresh",
 			address:       "dns.google:53",
-			expectSame: assert.NotSame,
+			expectRefresh: true,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -201,44 +199,13 @@ func TestLookupAddress(t *testing.T) {
 
 			require.NotNil(t, proxy.target)
 
-			proxyListener, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":0")
+			conn, err := proxy.dialBackend()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
-			var wg sync.WaitGroup
+			if test.expectRefresh {
-			go func(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+				assert.NotEqual(t, test.address, conn.RemoteAddr().String())
-				for {
+			} else {
-					conn, err := proxyListener.Accept()
+				assert.Equal(t, test.address, conn.RemoteAddr().String())
-					require.NoError(t, err)
-
-					proxy.ServeTCP(conn.(*net.TCPConn))
-
-					wg.Done()
-				}
-			}(&wg)
-
-			var lastTarget *net.TCPAddr
-
-			for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-				wg.Add(1)
-
-				conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", proxyListener.Addr().String())
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-
-				_, err = conn.Write([]byte("ping\n"))
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-
-				err = conn.Close()
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-
-				wg.Wait()
-
-				assert.NotNil(t, proxy.target)
-
-				if lastTarget != nil {
-					test.expectSame(t, lastTarget, proxy.target)
-				}
-
-				lastTarget = proxy.target
 			}
 		})
 	}