Do not resolve remote link address at transport layer

Link address resolution is performed at the link layer (if required) so
we can defer it from the transport layer. When link resolution is
required, packets will be queued and sent once link resolution
completes. If link resolution fails, the transport layer will receive a
control message indicating that the stack failed to route the packet.

tcpip.Endpoint.Write no longer returns a channel now that writes do not
wait for link resolution at the transport layer.

tcpip.ErrNoLinkAddress is no longer used so it is removed.

Removed calls to stack.Route.ResolveWith from the transport layer so
that link resolution is performed when a route is created in response
to an incoming packet (e.g. to complete TCP handshakes or send a RST).

Tests:
- integration_test.TestForwarding
- integration_test.TestTCPLinkResolutionFailure

Fixes #4458

RELNOTES: n/a
PiperOrigin-RevId: 351684158

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/ipv4.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/ipv4.go
index e9ff70d04..cc045c7a9 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/ipv4.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/ipv4.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ const (
 
 var ipv4BroadcastAddr = header.IPv4Broadcast.WithPrefix()
 
+var _ stack.LinkResolvableNetworkEndpoint = (*endpoint)(nil)
 var _ stack.GroupAddressableEndpoint = (*endpoint)(nil)
 var _ stack.AddressableEndpoint = (*endpoint)(nil)
 var _ stack.NetworkEndpoint = (*endpoint)(nil)
@@ -87,6 +88,21 @@ type endpoint struct {
 	}
 }
 
+// HandleLinkResolutionFailure implements stack.LinkResolvableNetworkEndpoint.
+func (e *endpoint) HandleLinkResolutionFailure(pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) {
+	// handleControl expects the entire offending packet to be in the packet
+	// buffer's data field.
+	pkt = stack.NewPacketBuffer(stack.PacketBufferOptions{
+		Data: buffer.NewVectorisedView(pkt.Size(), pkt.Views()),
+	})
+	pkt.NICID = e.nic.ID()
+	pkt.NetworkProtocolNumber = ProtocolNumber
+	// Use the same control type as an ICMPv4 destination host unreachable error
+	// since the host is considered unreachable if we cannot resolve the link
+	// address to the next hop.
+	e.handleControl(stack.ControlNoRoute, 0, pkt)
+}
+
 // NewEndpoint creates a new ipv4 endpoint.
 func (p *protocol) NewEndpoint(nic stack.NetworkInterface, _ stack.LinkAddressCache, _ stack.NUDHandler, dispatcher stack.TransportDispatcher) stack.NetworkEndpoint {
 	e := &endpoint{