feat(relay): allow to configure default rate limiters

Cargo.toml

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ libp2p-ping = { version = "0.45.0", path = "protocols/ping" }
 libp2p-plaintext = { version = "0.42.0", path = "transports/plaintext" }
 libp2p-pnet = { version = "0.25.0", path = "transports/pnet" }
 libp2p-quic = { version = "0.11.1", path = "transports/quic" }
-libp2p-relay = { version = "0.18.0", path = "protocols/relay" }
+libp2p-relay = { version = "0.18.1", path = "protocols/relay" }
 libp2p-rendezvous = { version = "0.15.0", path = "protocols/rendezvous" }
 libp2p-request-response = { version = "0.27.0", path = "protocols/request-response" }
 libp2p-server = { version = "0.12.7", path = "misc/server" }

protocols/relay/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.18.1
+
+- Allow to configure default rate limiters.
+  See [PR XXXX](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/XXXX).
+
 ## 0.18.0
 
 <!-- Update to libp2p-swarm v0.45.0 -->

protocols/relay/Cargo.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "libp2p-relay"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = { workspace = true }
 description = "Communications relaying for libp2p"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <[email protected]>", "Max Inden <[email protected]>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"

protocols/relay/src/behaviour.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 //! [`NetworkBehaviour`] to act as a circuit relay v2 **relay**.
 
 pub(crate) mod handler;
-pub(crate) mod rate_limiter;
+pub mod rate_limiter;
 use crate::behaviour::handler::Handler;
 use crate::multiaddr_ext::MultiaddrExt;
 use crate::proto;

protocols/relay/src/behaviour/rate_limiter.rs

@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@ pub trait RateLimiter: Send {
     fn try_next(&mut self, peer: PeerId, addr: &Multiaddr, now: Instant) -> bool;
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn new_per_peer(config: GenericRateLimiterConfig) -> Box<dyn RateLimiter> {
+/// For each peer ID one reservation/circuit every `config.interval` minutes with up to `config.limit` reservations per hour.
+pub fn new_per_peer(config: GenericRateLimiterConfig) -> Box<dyn RateLimiter> {
     let mut limiter = GenericRateLimiter::new(config);
     Box::new(move |peer_id, _addr: &Multiaddr, now| limiter.try_next(peer_id, now))
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn new_per_ip(config: GenericRateLimiterConfig) -> Box<dyn RateLimiter> {
+/// For each source IP address one reservation/circuit every `config.interval` minutes with up to `config.limit` reservations per hour.
+pub fn new_per_ip(config: GenericRateLimiterConfig) -> Box<dyn RateLimiter> {
     let mut limiter = GenericRateLimiter::new(config);
     Box::new(move |_peer_id, addr: &Multiaddr, now| {
         multiaddr_to_ip(addr)
@@ -78,11 +80,11 @@ pub(crate) struct GenericRateLimiter<Id> {
 
 /// Configuration for a [`GenericRateLimiter`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
-pub(crate) struct GenericRateLimiterConfig {
-    // The maximum number of tokens in the bucket at any point in time.
-    pub(crate) limit: NonZeroU32,
-    // The interval at which a single token is added to the bucket.
-    pub(crate) interval: Duration,
+pub struct GenericRateLimiterConfig {
+    /// The maximum number of tokens in the bucket at any point in time.
+    pub limit: NonZeroU32,
+    /// The interval at which a single token is added to the bucket.
+    pub interval: Duration,
 }
 
 impl<Id: Eq + PartialEq + Hash + Clone> GenericRateLimiter<Id> {

protocols/relay/src/lib.rs

@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ mod proto {
     };
 }
 
-pub use behaviour::{rate_limiter::RateLimiter, Behaviour, CircuitId, Config, Event};
+pub use behaviour::{
+    rate_limiter::{self, RateLimiter},
+    Behaviour, CircuitId, Config, Event,
+};
 pub use protocol::{HOP_PROTOCOL_NAME, STOP_PROTOCOL_NAME};
 
 /// Types related to the relay protocol inbound.