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-rw-r--r--pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
index 0761a1807..c5d8a3456 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/ipv6.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ const (
hopLimit = 7
v6SrcAddr = 8
v6DstAddr = v6SrcAddr + IPv6AddressSize
+
+ // IPv6FixedHeaderSize is the size of the fixed header.
+ IPv6FixedHeaderSize = v6DstAddr + IPv6AddressSize
)
// IPv6Fields contains the fields of an IPv6 packet. It is used to describe the
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ type IPv6 []byte
const (
// IPv6MinimumSize is the minimum size of a valid IPv6 packet.
- IPv6MinimumSize = 40
+ IPv6MinimumSize = IPv6FixedHeaderSize
// IPv6AddressSize is the size, in bytes, of an IPv6 address.
IPv6AddressSize = 16
@@ -306,14 +309,21 @@ func IsV6UnicastAddress(addr tcpip.Address) bool {
return addr[0] != 0xff
}
+const solicitedNodeMulticastPrefix = "\xff\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\xff"
+
// SolicitedNodeAddr computes the solicited-node multicast address. This is
// used for NDP. Described in RFC 4291. The argument must be a full-length IPv6
// address.
func SolicitedNodeAddr(addr tcpip.Address) tcpip.Address {
- const solicitedNodeMulticastPrefix = "\xff\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\xff"
return solicitedNodeMulticastPrefix + addr[len(addr)-3:]
}
+// IsSolicitedNodeAddr determines whether the address is a solicited-node
+// multicast address.
+func IsSolicitedNodeAddr(addr tcpip.Address) bool {
+ return solicitedNodeMulticastPrefix == addr[:len(addr)-3]
+}
+
// EthernetAdddressToModifiedEUI64IntoBuf populates buf with a modified EUI-64
// from a 48-bit Ethernet/MAC address, as per RFC 4291 section 2.5.1.
//