Merge release-20200622.1-300-ga7d9aa6d5 (automated)

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/route.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/route.go
index d65f8049e..91e0110f1 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/route.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/route.go
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ type Route struct {
 
 	// Loop controls where WritePacket should send packets.
 	Loop PacketLooping
+
+	// directedBroadcast indicates whether this route is sending a directed
+	// broadcast packet.
+	directedBroadcast bool
 }
 
 // makeRoute initializes a new route. It takes ownership of the provided
@@ -275,6 +279,12 @@ func (r *Route) Stack() *Stack {
 	return r.ref.stack()
 }
 
+// IsBroadcast returns true if the route is to send a broadcast packet.
+func (r *Route) IsBroadcast() bool {
+	// Only IPv4 has a notion of broadcast.
+	return r.directedBroadcast || r.RemoteAddress == header.IPv4Broadcast
+}
+
 // ReverseRoute returns new route with given source and destination address.
 func (r *Route) ReverseRoute(src tcpip.Address, dst tcpip.Address) Route {
 	return Route{