1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go b/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go
index 17e94c562..8d42cd066 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 // Package buffer provides the implementation of a buffer view.
 package buffer
 
+import (
+	"bytes"
+)
+
 // View is a slice of a buffer, with convenience methods.
 type View []byte
 
@@ -45,6 +49,13 @@ func (v *View) CapLength(length int) {
 	*v = (*v)[:length:length]
 }
 
+// Reader returns a bytes.Reader for v.
+func (v *View) Reader() bytes.Reader {
+	var r bytes.Reader
+	r.Reset(*v)
+	return r
+}
+
 // ToVectorisedView returns a VectorisedView containing the receiver.
 func (v View) ToVectorisedView() VectorisedView {
 	return NewVectorisedView(len(v), []View{v})
@@ -162,3 +173,12 @@ func (vv *VectorisedView) AppendView(v View) {
 	vv.views = append(vv.views, v)
 	vv.size += len(v)
 }
+
+// Readers returns a bytes.Reader for each of vv's views.
+func (vv *VectorisedView) Readers() []bytes.Reader {
+	readers := make([]bytes.Reader, 0, len(vv.views))
+	for _, v := range vv.views {
+		readers = append(readers, v.Reader())
+	}
+	return readers
+}