shared: dns-name - use the canonical dns name ordering

The canonical DNS name ordering considers the rightmost label the most significant,
we were considering it the least significant. This is important when implementing
NSEC, which relies on the correct order.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/shared/dns-domain.c b/src/shared/dns-domain.c
index e716d333e..a2b9124a9 100644
--- a/src/shared/dns-domain.c
+++ b/src/shared/dns-domain.c
@@ -338,20 +338,23 @@ unsigned long dns_name_hash_func(const void *s, const uint8_t hash_key[HASH_KEY_
 }
 
 int dns_name_compare_func(const void *a, const void *b) {
-        const char *x = a, *y = b;
+        const char *x, *y;
         int r, q, k, w;
 
         assert(a);
         assert(b);
 
+        x = (const char *) a + strlen(a);
+        y = (const char *) b + strlen(b);
+
         for (;;) {
                 char la[DNS_LABEL_MAX+1], lb[DNS_LABEL_MAX+1];
 
-                if (*x == 0 && *y == 0)
+                if (x == NULL && y == NULL)
                         return 0;
 
-                r = dns_label_unescape(&x, la, sizeof(la));
-                q = dns_label_unescape(&y, lb, sizeof(lb));
+                r = dns_label_unescape_suffix(a, &x, la, sizeof(la));
+                q = dns_label_unescape_suffix(b, &y, lb, sizeof(lb));
                 if (r < 0 || q < 0)
                         return r - q;