RE: [lwip-users] DNS question

[Kieran Mansley]

On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 10:20 -0500, Chuck Kuecker wrote:
> Hi, Kieran,
> 
> My impression was that dns_gethostbyname() would return ERR_OK if it did
> not encounter anything fatal, but would actually set up the DNS query
> for transmission in the background, so that dns_gethostbyname() returns
> immediately, and would only have good information if the resolution was
> already in the DNS tables.

Take a look at the source.  If it already knows the answer it fills it
in and returns ERR_OK.  Otherwise it will work asynchronously and call
the specified callback when it knows the answer (or error, or timeout).

> Since I am booting the processor every time I
> need to resolve DNS, I can't expect a previously resolved IP to be in
> memory.

So then it will always work asynchronously.

> The callback always gets called sometime after dns_gethostbyname() is
> called. I use the argument parameter to let me know which URL I have
> been working with. In case of a DNS failure, I need to abort further
> processing.

So if you get an error in your callback set some global state that you
check before doing any processing, and abort the further processing if
that state is set.

Kieran