Remove View.First() and View.RemoveFirst()

These methods let users eaily break the VectorisedView abstraction, and
allowed netstack to slip into pseudo-enforcement of the "all headers are
in the first View" invariant. Removing them and replacing with PullUp(n)
breaks this reliance and will make it easier to add iptables support and
rework network buffer management.

The new View.PullUp(n) method is low cost in the common case, when when
all the headers fit in the first View.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 308163542

3 files changed, 55 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
index b68983d10..bdf3a0d25 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ import (
 // used to find out which transport endpoint must be notified about the ICMP
 // packet.
 func (e *endpoint) handleControl(typ stack.ControlType, extra uint32, pkt stack.PacketBuffer) {
-	h := header.IPv6(pkt.Data.First())
+	h, ok := pkt.Data.PullUp(header.IPv6MinimumSize)
+	if !ok {
+		return
+	}
+	hdr := header.IPv6(h)
 
 	// We don't use IsValid() here because ICMP only requires that up to
 	// 1280 bytes of the original packet be included. So it's likely that it
@@ -36,17 +40,21 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleControl(typ stack.ControlType, extra uint32, pkt stack.
 	//
 	// Drop packet if it doesn't have the basic IPv6 header or if the
 	// original source address doesn't match the endpoint's address.
-	if len(h) < header.IPv6MinimumSize || h.SourceAddress() != e.id.LocalAddress {
+	if hdr.SourceAddress() != e.id.LocalAddress {
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Skip the IP header, then handle the fragmentation header if there
 	// is one.
 	pkt.Data.TrimFront(header.IPv6MinimumSize)
-	p := h.TransportProtocol()
+	p := hdr.TransportProtocol()
 	if p == header.IPv6FragmentHeader {
-		f := header.IPv6Fragment(pkt.Data.First())
-		if !f.IsValid() || f.FragmentOffset() != 0 {
+		f, ok := pkt.Data.PullUp(header.IPv6FragmentHeaderSize)
+		if !ok {
+			return
+		}
+		fragHdr := header.IPv6Fragment(f)
+		if !fragHdr.IsValid() || fragHdr.FragmentOffset() != 0 {
 			// We can't handle fragments that aren't at offset 0
 			// because they don't have the transport headers.
 			return
@@ -55,19 +63,19 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleControl(typ stack.ControlType, extra uint32, pkt stack.
 		// Skip fragmentation header and find out the actual protocol
 		// number.
 		pkt.Data.TrimFront(header.IPv6FragmentHeaderSize)
-		p = f.TransportProtocol()
+		p = fragHdr.TransportProtocol()
 	}
 
 	// Deliver the control packet to the transport endpoint.
-	e.dispatcher.DeliverTransportControlPacket(e.id.LocalAddress, h.DestinationAddress(), ProtocolNumber, p, typ, extra, pkt)
+	e.dispatcher.DeliverTransportControlPacket(e.id.LocalAddress, hdr.DestinationAddress(), ProtocolNumber, p, typ, extra, pkt)
 }
 
 func (e *endpoint) handleICMP(r *stack.Route, netHeader buffer.View, pkt stack.PacketBuffer, hasFragmentHeader bool) {
 	stats := r.Stats().ICMP
 	sent := stats.V6PacketsSent
 	received := stats.V6PacketsReceived
-	v := pkt.Data.First()
-	if len(v) < header.ICMPv6MinimumSize {
+	v, ok := pkt.Data.PullUp(header.ICMPv6HeaderSize)
+	if !ok {
 		received.Invalid.Increment()
 		return
 	}
@@ -76,11 +84,9 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleICMP(r *stack.Route, netHeader buffer.View, pkt stack.P
 
 	// Validate ICMPv6 checksum before processing the packet.
 	//
-	// Only the first view in vv is accounted for by h. To account for the
-	// rest of vv, a shallow copy is made and the first view is removed.
 	// This copy is used as extra payload during the checksum calculation.
 	payload := pkt.Data.Clone(nil)
-	payload.RemoveFirst()
+	payload.TrimFront(len(h))
 	if got, want := h.Checksum(), header.ICMPv6Checksum(h, iph.SourceAddress(), iph.DestinationAddress(), payload); got != want {
 		received.Invalid.Increment()
 		return
@@ -101,34 +107,40 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleICMP(r *stack.Route, netHeader buffer.View, pkt stack.P
 	switch h.Type() {
 	case header.ICMPv6PacketTooBig:
 		received.PacketTooBig.Increment()
-		if len(v) < header.ICMPv6PacketTooBigMinimumSize {
+		hdr, ok := pkt.Data.PullUp(header.ICMPv6PacketTooBigMinimumSize)
+		if !ok {
 			received.Invalid.Increment()
 			return
 		}
 		pkt.Data.TrimFront(header.ICMPv6PacketTooBigMinimumSize)
-		mtu := h.MTU()
+		mtu := header.ICMPv6(hdr).MTU()
 		e.handleControl(stack.ControlPacketTooBig, calculateMTU(mtu), pkt)
 
 	case header.ICMPv6DstUnreachable:
 		received.DstUnreachable.Increment()
-		if len(v) < header.ICMPv6DstUnreachableMinimumSize {
+		hdr, ok := pkt.Data.PullUp(header.ICMPv6DstUnreachableMinimumSize)
+		if !ok {
 			received.Invalid.Increment()
 			return
 		}
 		pkt.Data.TrimFront(header.ICMPv6DstUnreachableMinimumSize)
-		switch h.Code() {
+		switch header.ICMPv6(hdr).Code() {
 		case header.ICMPv6PortUnreachable:
 			e.handleControl(stack.ControlPortUnreachable, 0, pkt)
 		}
 
 	case header.ICMPv6NeighborSolicit:
 		received.NeighborSolicit.Increment()
-		if len(v) < header.ICMPv6NeighborSolicitMinimumSize || !isNDPValid() {
+		if pkt.Data.Size() < header.ICMPv6NeighborSolicitMinimumSize || !isNDPValid() {
 			received.Invalid.Increment()
 			return
 		}
 
-		ns := header.NDPNeighborSolicit(h.NDPPayload())
+		// The remainder of payload must be only the neighbor solicitation, so
+		// payload.ToView() always returns the solicitation. Per RFC 6980 section 5,
+		// NDP messages cannot be fragmented. Also note that in the common case NDP
+		// datagrams are very small and ToView() will not incur allocations.
+		ns := header.NDPNeighborSolicit(payload.ToView())
 		it, err := ns.Options().Iter(true)
 		if err != nil {
 			// If we have a malformed NDP NS option, drop the packet.
@@ -286,12 +298,16 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleICMP(r *stack.Route, netHeader buffer.View, pkt stack.P
 
 	case header.ICMPv6NeighborAdvert:
 		received.NeighborAdvert.Increment()
-		if len(v) < header.ICMPv6NeighborAdvertSize || !isNDPValid() {
+		if pkt.Data.Size() < header.ICMPv6NeighborAdvertSize || !isNDPValid() {
 			received.Invalid.Increment()
 			return
 		}
 
-		na := header.NDPNeighborAdvert(h.NDPPayload())
+		// The remainder of payload must be only the neighbor advertisement, so
+		// payload.ToView() always returns the advertisement. Per RFC 6980 section
+		// 5, NDP messages cannot be fragmented. Also note that in the common case
+		// NDP datagrams are very small and ToView() will not incur allocations.
+		na := header.NDPNeighborAdvert(payload.ToView())
 		it, err := na.Options().Iter(true)
 		if err != nil {
 			// If we have a malformed NDP NA option, drop the packet.
@@ -363,14 +379,15 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleICMP(r *stack.Route, netHeader buffer.View, pkt stack.P
 
 	case header.ICMPv6EchoRequest:
 		received.EchoRequest.Increment()
-		if len(v) < header.ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize {
+		icmpHdr, ok := pkt.Data.PullUp(header.ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize)
+		if !ok {
 			received.Invalid.Increment()
 			return
 		}
 		pkt.Data.TrimFront(header.ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize)
 		hdr := buffer.NewPrependable(int(r.MaxHeaderLength()) + header.ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize)
 		packet := header.ICMPv6(hdr.Prepend(header.ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize))
-		copy(packet, h)
+		copy(packet, icmpHdr)
 		packet.SetType(header.ICMPv6EchoReply)
 		packet.SetChecksum(header.ICMPv6Checksum(packet, r.LocalAddress, r.RemoteAddress, pkt.Data))
 		if err := r.WritePacket(nil /* gso */, stack.NetworkHeaderParams{Protocol: header.ICMPv6ProtocolNumber, TTL: r.DefaultTTL(), TOS: stack.DefaultTOS}, stack.PacketBuffer{
@@ -384,7 +401,7 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleICMP(r *stack.Route, netHeader buffer.View, pkt stack.P
 
 	case header.ICMPv6EchoReply:
 		received.EchoReply.Increment()
-		if len(v) < header.ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize {
+		if pkt.Data.Size() < header.ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize {
 			received.Invalid.Increment()
 			return
 		}
@@ -406,8 +423,9 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleICMP(r *stack.Route, netHeader buffer.View, pkt stack.P
 	case header.ICMPv6RouterAdvert:
 		received.RouterAdvert.Increment()
 
-		p := h.NDPPayload()
-		if len(p) < header.NDPRAMinimumSize || !isNDPValid() {
+		// Is the NDP payload of sufficient size to hold a Router
+		// Advertisement?
+		if pkt.Data.Size()-header.ICMPv6HeaderSize < header.NDPRAMinimumSize || !isNDPValid() {
 			received.Invalid.Increment()
 			return
 		}
@@ -425,7 +443,11 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleICMP(r *stack.Route, netHeader buffer.View, pkt stack.P
 			return
 		}
 
-		ra := header.NDPRouterAdvert(p)
+		// The remainder of payload must be only the router advertisement, so
+		// payload.ToView() always returns the advertisement. Per RFC 6980 section
+		// 5, NDP messages cannot be fragmented. Also note that in the common case
+		// NDP datagrams are very small and ToView() will not incur allocations.
+		ra := header.NDPRouterAdvert(payload.ToView())
 		opts := ra.Options()
 
 		// Are options valid as per the wire format?
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp_test.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp_test.go
index bd099a7f8..d412ff688 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp_test.go
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ func TestICMPCounts(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			typ:  header.ICMPv6NeighborSolicit,
-			size: header.ICMPv6NeighborSolicitMinimumSize},
+			size: header.ICMPv6NeighborSolicitMinimumSize,
+		},
 		{
 			typ:       header.ICMPv6NeighborAdvert,
 			size:      header.ICMPv6NeighborAdvertMinimumSize,
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go
index 331b0817b..486725131 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/ipv6.go
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ func (*endpoint) WriteHeaderIncludedPacket(r *stack.Route, pkt stack.PacketBuffe
 // HandlePacket is called by the link layer when new ipv6 packets arrive for
 // this endpoint.
 func (e *endpoint) HandlePacket(r *stack.Route, pkt stack.PacketBuffer) {
-	headerView := pkt.Data.First()
+	headerView, ok := pkt.Data.PullUp(header.IPv6MinimumSize)
+	if !ok {
+		r.Stats().IP.MalformedPacketsReceived.Increment()
+		return
+	}
 	h := header.IPv6(headerView)
 	if !h.IsValid(pkt.Data.Size()) {
 		r.Stats().IP.MalformedPacketsReceived.Increment()