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authorKevin Krakauer <krakauer@google.com>2020-04-23 17:27:24 -0700
committergVisor bot <gvisor-bot@google.com>2020-04-23 17:28:49 -0700
commiteccae0f77d3708d591119488f427eca90de7c711 (patch)
treecece4fb3df58e0bd597ab65715394a868da569e0 /pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go
parent93dd47146185ec7004f514e23bad9f225f55efb1 (diff)
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
Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go')
-rw-r--r--pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go
index dc125f25e..7d36f8e84 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go
@@ -37,7 +37,13 @@ type PacketBuffer struct {
Data buffer.VectorisedView
// Header holds the headers of outbound packets. As a packet is passed
- // down the stack, each layer adds to Header.
+ // down the stack, each layer adds to Header. Note that forwarded
+ // packets don't populate Headers on their way out -- their headers and
+ // payload are never parsed out and remain in Data.
+ //
+ // TODO(gvisor.dev/issue/170): Forwarded packets don't currently
+ // populate Header, but should. This will be doable once early parsing
+ // (https://github.com/google/gvisor/pull/1995) is supported.
Header buffer.Prependable
// These fields are used by both inbound and outbound packets. They