fix: give internal error codes names and messages (multipart, Lua, ipMatch)

[fzipi]

what

Three commits, one per item of #3655, all internal (no public API change):

1. Multipart Content-Disposition error codes get names and messages. parse_content_disposition() now returns values of a new ContentDispositionError enum (src/request_body_processor/multipart.h), and the consumer prints contentDispositionErrorMessage(rc) next to the number. Users now see

   Multipart: Invalid Content-Disposition header (-7: end of header after opening quote): ...
   

   instead of (-7). The numeric values are unchanged from v2 so existing log matching keeps working. -15 used to be returned for three different conditions; duplicate filename and duplicate filename* now have their own codes (-20, -21). The regression tests that pinned the old strings are updated.

2. m.setvar returns 0 instead of -1 on argument errors. It is a lua_CFunction, so the return value is the number of results pushed, not an error code. New regression case in collection-lua.json.

3. @ipMatch tree helpers report why they failed. msc_tree.cc had six return -1 sites whose messages were still commented-out apr_psprintf() calls from v2, and the char **error_msg was never filled or freed. Switched to std::string * and restored the messages, so a bad entry now fails rule loading with IPmatch: could not add entry "999.999.999.999" from: .... New regression case in operator-ipMatchFromFile.json.

why

See #3655. Bare negative integers were leaking into user-facing error text with nothing describing them, and two of the sites were not error codes at all.

notes

• No new test files, so no test-suite.in change.
• The v2 counterpart (same multipart ladder in msc_multipart.c, same -1 returns in msc_lua.c) will be a separate PR against v2/master.

references

• Internal error codes are bare negative integers without names or messages (v2 and v3) #3655
• fix: report failure when the rule parser throws #3656 (the Driver::parse exception-path fix from the same review)

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• Bug Fixes
  • Invalid Lua variable-setting calls now fail safely without changing the target variable.
  • Invalid IP list entries and multipart Content-Disposition parsing failures now provide clearer, more specific error messages.

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The changes adjust return values for invalid Lua::setvar calls, add named error codes and descriptions for multipart parsing, and use std::string for IP-tree error outputs.

Changes: Lua setvar argument handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Invalid-argument handling and regression test src/engine/lua.cc, test/test-cases/data/setvar-bad-args.lua, test/test-cases/regression/collection-lua.json	Lua::setvar returns 0 for invalid argument counts, null arguments, and variable names without a collection prefix. The regression test checks a one-argument call and verifies that the collection value remains 1.

Multipart Content-Disposition diagnostics

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Content-Disposition error codes src/request_body_processor/multipart.h, src/request_body_processor/multipart.cc	The parser uses named error codes for Content-Disposition parsing failures, including errors for filename* and duplicate parameters.
Error descriptions and diagnostic output src/request_body_processor/multipart.cc, test/test-cases/regression/request-body-parser-multipart.json, test/test-cases/regression/variable-MULTIPART_FILENAME.json, test/test-cases/regression/variable-MULTIPART_STRICT_ERROR.json	A mapping function provides descriptions for parser error codes. Invalid-header logs and errors include a description, and regression expectations reflect the updated diagnostics.

IP-tree error output

Layer / File(s)	Summary
String-based IP-tree errors and regression test src/utils/msc_tree.h, src/utils/msc_tree.cc, src/utils/ip_tree.cc, test/test-cases/regression/operator-ipMatchFromFile.json	IP-tree functions use std::string error outputs and assign descriptive messages for invalid input and tree initialization failures. Callers pass string error values directly. The regression test checks the diagnostic for an invalid IP entry.

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Review comments at @test/test-cases/data/setvar-bad-args.lua:
- Line 3: Update the script’s return value after m.setvar to a nonempty value so
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• src/engine/lua.cc
• src/request_body_processor/multipart.cc
• src/request_body_processor/multipart.h
• src/utils/ip_tree.cc
• src/utils/msc_tree.cc
• src/utils/msc_tree.h
• test/test-cases/data/setvar-bad-args.lua
• test/test-cases/regression/collection-lua.json
• test/test-cases/regression/operator-ipMatchFromFile.json
• test/test-cases/regression/request-body-parser-multipart.json
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[airween]

In #3654 and #3658 I fixed a few issues from that you've fixed in this. Let me finish those PR's, and then check which parts are left.

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