--- /dev/null
+package utils
+
+import (
+ "crypto/sha512"
+ "fmt"
+)
+
+// 29 - len('CNI') - 2*len('-')
+const maxNameLen = 16
+
+// Generates a chain name to be used with iptables.
+// Ensures that the generated name is less than
+// 29 chars in length
+func FormatChainName(name string, id string) string {
+ h := sha512.Sum512([]byte(id))
+ if len(name) > maxNameLen {
+ return fmt.Sprintf("CNI-%s-%x", name[:len(name)-maxNameLen], h[:8])
+ }
+ return fmt.Sprintf("CNI-%s-%x", name, h[:8])
+}
--- /dev/null
+package utils_test
+
+import (
+ . "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+ . "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+
+ "testing"
+)
+
+func TestUtils(t *testing.T) {
+ RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+ RunSpecs(t, "Utils Suite")
+}
--- /dev/null
+package utils
+
+import (
+ . "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+ . "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Utils", func() {
+ It("should format a short name", func() {
+ chain := FormatChainName("test", "1234")
+ Expect(chain).To(Equal("CNI-test-d404559f602eab6f"))
+ })
+
+ It("should truncate a long name", func() {
+ chain := FormatChainName("testalongnamethatdoesnotmakesense", "1234")
+ Expect(chain).To(Equal("CNI-testalongnamethat-d404559f602eab6f"))
+ })
+})