net: add GODEBUG=netedns0=0 to disable sending EDNS0 header

It reportedly breaks the DNS server on some modems.

For #6464
For #21160
For #44135
For #51127
For #51153
Fixes #67925

Change-Id: I54a11906159f00246d08a54cc8be7327e9ebfd2c
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/591995
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Auto-Submit: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Damien Neil <dneil@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>

Author: ianlancetaylor

doc/godebug.md

@@ -327,6 +327,13 @@ Go 1.19 made it an error for path lookups to resolve to binaries in the current
 controlled by the [`execerrdot` setting](/pkg/os/exec#hdr-Executables_in_the_current_directory).
 There is no plan to remove this setting.
 
+Go 1.19 started sending EDNS0 additional headers on DNS requests.
+This can reportedly break the DNS server provided on some routers,
+such as CenturyLink Zyxel C3000Z.
+This can be changed by the [`netedns0` setting](/pkg/net#hdr-Name_Resolution).
+This setting is available in Go 1.21.12, Go 1.22.5, Go 1.23, and later.
+There is no plan to remove this setting.
+
 ### Go 1.18
 
 Go 1.18 removed support for SHA1 in most X.509 certificates,

doc/next/6-stdlib/99-minor/net/67925.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The new `GODEBUG` setting `netedns0=0` disables sending EDNS0
+additional headers on DNS requests, as they reportedly break the DNS
+server on some modems.

src/internal/godebugs/table.go

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var All = []Info{
 	{Name: "multipartmaxparts", Package: "mime/multipart"},
 	{Name: "multipathtcp", Package: "net"},
 	{Name: "netdns", Package: "net", Opaque: true},
+	{Name: "netedns0", Package: "net", Changed: 19, Old: "0"},
 	{Name: "panicnil", Package: "runtime", Changed: 21, Old: "1"},
 	{Name: "randautoseed", Package: "math/rand"},
 	{Name: "tarinsecurepath", Package: "archive/tar"},

src/net/dnsclient_unix.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"internal/bytealg"
+	"internal/godebug"
 	"internal/itoa"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ var (
 	errServerTemporarilyMisbehaving = &temporaryError{"server misbehaving"}
 )
 
+// netedns0 controls whether we send an EDNS0 additional header.
+var netedns0 = godebug.New("netedns0")
+
 func newRequest(q dnsmessage.Question, ad bool) (id uint16, udpReq, tcpReq []byte, err error) {
 	id = uint16(randInt())
 	b := dnsmessage.NewBuilder(make([]byte, 2, 514), dnsmessage.Header{ID: id, RecursionDesired: true, AuthenticData: ad})
@@ -61,16 +65,20 @@ func newRequest(q dnsmessage.Question, ad bool) (id uint16, udpReq, tcpReq []byt
 		return 0, nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Accept packets up to maxDNSPacketSize.  RFC 6891.
-	if err := b.StartAdditionals(); err != nil {
-		return 0, nil, nil, err
-	}
-	var rh dnsmessage.ResourceHeader
-	if err := rh.SetEDNS0(maxDNSPacketSize, dnsmessage.RCodeSuccess, false); err != nil {
-		return 0, nil, nil, err
-	}
-	if err := b.OPTResource(rh, dnsmessage.OPTResource{}); err != nil {
-		return 0, nil, nil, err
+	if netedns0.Value() == "0" {
+		netedns0.IncNonDefault()
+	} else {
+		// Accept packets up to maxDNSPacketSize.  RFC 6891.
+		if err := b.StartAdditionals(); err != nil {
+			return 0, nil, nil, err
+		}
+		var rh dnsmessage.ResourceHeader
+		if err := rh.SetEDNS0(maxDNSPacketSize, dnsmessage.RCodeSuccess, false); err != nil {
+			return 0, nil, nil, err
+		}
+		if err := b.OPTResource(rh, dnsmessage.OPTResource{}); err != nil {
+			return 0, nil, nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	tcpReq, err = b.Finish()

src/net/dnsclient_unix_test.go

@@ -2382,19 +2382,34 @@ func testGoLookupIPCNAMEOrderHostsAliases(t *testing.T, mode hostLookupOrder, lo
 // This isn't a great test as it just tests the dnsmessage package
 // against itself.
 func TestDNSPacketSize(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testDNSPacketSize(t, false)
+	})
+	t.Run("disabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		testDNSPacketSize(t, true)
+	})
+}
+
+func testDNSPacketSize(t *testing.T, disable bool) {
 	fake := fakeDNSServer{
 		rh: func(_, _ string, q dnsmessage.Message, _ time.Time) (dnsmessage.Message, error) {
-			if len(q.Additionals) == 0 {
-				t.Error("missing EDNS record")
-			} else if opt, ok := q.Additionals[0].Body.(*dnsmessage.OPTResource); !ok {
-				t.Errorf("additional record type %T, expected OPTResource", q.Additionals[0])
-			} else if len(opt.Options) != 0 {
-				t.Errorf("found %d Options, expected none", len(opt.Options))
+			if disable {
+				if len(q.Additionals) > 0 {
+					t.Error("unexpected additional record")
+				}
 			} else {
-				got := int(q.Additionals[0].Header.Class)
-				t.Logf("EDNS packet size == %d", got)
-				if got != maxDNSPacketSize {
-					t.Errorf("EDNS packet size == %d, want %d", got, maxDNSPacketSize)
+				if len(q.Additionals) == 0 {
+					t.Error("missing EDNS record")
+				} else if opt, ok := q.Additionals[0].Body.(*dnsmessage.OPTResource); !ok {
+					t.Errorf("additional record type %T, expected OPTResource", q.Additionals[0])
+				} else if len(opt.Options) != 0 {
+					t.Errorf("found %d Options, expected none", len(opt.Options))
+				} else {
+					got := int(q.Additionals[0].Header.Class)
+					t.Logf("EDNS packet size == %d", got)
+					if got != maxDNSPacketSize {
+						t.Errorf("EDNS packet size == %d, want %d", got, maxDNSPacketSize)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -2427,6 +2442,10 @@ func TestDNSPacketSize(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	if disable {
+		t.Setenv("GODEBUG", "netedns0=0")
+	}
+
 	r := &Resolver{PreferGo: true, Dial: fake.DialContext}
 	if _, err := r.LookupIPAddr(context.Background(), "go.dev"); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("lookup failed: %v", err)

src/net/net.go

@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ to print debugging information about its decisions.
 To force a particular resolver while also printing debugging information,
 join the two settings by a plus sign, as in GODEBUG=netdns=go+1.
 
+The Go resolver will send an EDNS0 additional header with a DNS request,
+to signal a willingness to accept a larger DNS packet size.
+This can reportedly cause sporadic failures with the DNS server run
+by some modems and routers. Setting GODEBUG=netedns0=0 will disable
+sending the additional header.
+
 On macOS, if Go code that uses the net package is built with
 -buildmode=c-archive, linking the resulting archive into a C program
 requires passing -lresolv when linking the C code.

src/runtime/metrics/doc.go

@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@ Below is the full list of supported metrics, ordered lexicographically.
 		The number of non-default behaviors executed by the net package
 		due to a non-default GODEBUG=multipathtcp=... setting.
 
+	/godebug/non-default-behavior/netedns0:events
+		The number of non-default behaviors executed by the net package
+		due to a non-default GODEBUG=netedns0=... setting.
+
 	/godebug/non-default-behavior/panicnil:events
 		The number of non-default behaviors executed by the runtime
 		package due to a non-default GODEBUG=panicnil=... setting.