Add ethernet broadcast address constant

PiperOrigin-RevId: 321620517

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/eth.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/eth.go
index b1e92d2d7..eaface8cb 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/eth.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/eth.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ const (
 	// (all bits set to 0).
 	unspecifiedEthernetAddress = tcpip.LinkAddress("\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00")
 
+	// EthernetBroadcastAddress is an ethernet address that addresses every node
+	// on a local link.
+	EthernetBroadcastAddress = tcpip.LinkAddress("\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff")
+
 	// unicastMulticastFlagMask is the mask of the least significant bit in
 	// the first octet (in network byte order) of an ethernet address that
 	// determines whether the ethernet address is a unicast or multicast. If
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/arp/arp.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/arp/arp.go
index 7f27a840d..b0f57040c 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/arp/arp.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/arp/arp.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (*protocol) LinkAddressProtocol() tcpip.NetworkProtocolNumber {
 // LinkAddressRequest implements stack.LinkAddressResolver.LinkAddressRequest.
 func (*protocol) LinkAddressRequest(addr, localAddr tcpip.Address, linkEP stack.LinkEndpoint) *tcpip.Error {
 	r := &stack.Route{
-		RemoteLinkAddress: broadcastMAC,
+		RemoteLinkAddress: header.EthernetBroadcastAddress,
 	}
 
 	hdr := buffer.NewPrependable(int(linkEP.MaxHeaderLength()) + header.ARPSize)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (*protocol) LinkAddressRequest(addr, localAddr tcpip.Address, linkEP stack.
 // ResolveStaticAddress implements stack.LinkAddressResolver.ResolveStaticAddress.
 func (*protocol) ResolveStaticAddress(addr tcpip.Address) (tcpip.LinkAddress, bool) {
 	if addr == header.IPv4Broadcast {
-		return broadcastMAC, true
+		return header.EthernetBroadcastAddress, true
 	}
 	if header.IsV4MulticastAddress(addr) {
 		return header.EthernetAddressFromMulticastIPv4Address(addr), true
@@ -216,8 +216,6 @@ func (*protocol) Parse(pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) (proto tcpip.TransportProtocolNu
 	return 0, false, true
 }
 
-var broadcastMAC = tcpip.LinkAddress([]byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff})
-
 // NewProtocol returns an ARP network protocol.
 func NewProtocol() stack.NetworkProtocol {
 	return &protocol{}
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
index 2ff7eedf4..3b79749b5 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv6/icmp.go
@@ -494,8 +494,6 @@ const (
 	icmpV6LengthOffset = 25
 )
 
-var broadcastMAC = tcpip.LinkAddress([]byte{0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff})
-
 var _ stack.LinkAddressResolver = (*protocol)(nil)
 
 // LinkAddressProtocol implements stack.LinkAddressResolver.