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+// Copyright 2016 The Netstack Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package header
+
+const (
+	typeHLen   = 0
+	encapProto = 1
+)
+
+// GUEFields contains the fields of a GUE packet. It is used to describe the
+// fields of a packet that needs to be encoded.
+type GUEFields struct {
+	// Type is the "type" field of the GUE header.
+	Type uint8
+
+	// Control is the "control" field of the GUE header.
+	Control bool
+
+	// HeaderLength is the "header length" field of the GUE header. It must
+	// be at least 4 octets, and a multiple of 4 as well.
+	HeaderLength uint8
+
+	// Protocol is the "protocol" field of the GUE header. This is one of
+	// the IPPROTO_* values.
+	Protocol uint8
+}
+
+// GUE represents a Generic UDP Encapsulation header stored in a byte array, the
+// fields are described in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nvo3-gue-01.
+type GUE []byte
+
+const (
+	// GUEMinimumSize is the minimum size of a valid GUE packet.
+	GUEMinimumSize = 4
+)
+
+// TypeAndControl returns the GUE packet type (top 3 bits of the first byte,
+// which includes the control bit).
+func (b GUE) TypeAndControl() uint8 {
+	return b[typeHLen] >> 5
+}
+
+// HeaderLength returns the total length of the GUE header.
+func (b GUE) HeaderLength() uint8 {
+	return 4 + 4*(b[typeHLen]&0x1f)
+}
+
+// Protocol returns the protocol field of the GUE header.
+func (b GUE) Protocol() uint8 {
+	return b[encapProto]
+}
+
+// Encode encodes all the fields of the GUE header.
+func (b GUE) Encode(i *GUEFields) {
+	ctl := uint8(0)
+	if i.Control {
+		ctl = 1 << 5
+	}
+	b[typeHLen] = ctl | i.Type<<6 | (i.HeaderLength-4)/4
+	b[encapProto] = i.Protocol
+}