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-rw-r--r--pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go27
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go
index f6106f762..5993fe582 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ func newNIC(stack *Stack, id tcpip.NICID, name string, ep LinkEndpoint, loopback
func (n *NIC) enable() *tcpip.Error {
n.attachLinkEndpoint()
+ // Create an endpoint to receive broadcast packets on this interface.
+ if _, ok := n.stack.networkProtocols[header.IPv4ProtocolNumber]; ok {
+ if err := n.AddAddress(tcpip.ProtocolAddress{
+ Protocol: header.IPv4ProtocolNumber,
+ AddressWithPrefix: tcpip.AddressWithPrefix{header.IPv4Broadcast, 8 * header.IPv4AddressSize},
+ }, NeverPrimaryEndpoint); err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ }
+
// Join the IPv6 All-Nodes Multicast group if the stack is configured to
// use IPv6. This is required to ensure that this node properly receives
// and responds to the various NDP messages that are destined to the
@@ -372,7 +382,7 @@ func (n *NIC) AllAddresses() []tcpip.ProtocolAddress {
addrs := make([]tcpip.ProtocolAddress, 0, len(n.endpoints))
for nid, ref := range n.endpoints {
- // Don't include expired or tempory endpoints to avoid confusion and
+ // Don't include expired or temporary endpoints to avoid confusion and
// prevent the caller from using those.
switch ref.getKind() {
case permanentExpired, temporary:
@@ -624,21 +634,6 @@ func (n *NIC) DeliverNetworkPacket(linkEP LinkEndpoint, remote, _ tcpip.LinkAddr
n.stack.AddLinkAddress(n.id, src, remote)
- // If the packet is destined to the IPv4 Broadcast address, then make a
- // route to each IPv4 network endpoint and let each endpoint handle the
- // packet.
- if dst == header.IPv4Broadcast {
- // n.endpoints is mutex protected so acquire lock.
- n.mu.RLock()
- for _, ref := range n.endpoints {
- if ref.isValidForIncoming() && ref.protocol == header.IPv4ProtocolNumber && ref.tryIncRef() {
- handlePacket(protocol, dst, src, linkEP.LinkAddress(), remote, ref, vv)
- }
- }
- n.mu.RUnlock()
- return
- }
-
if ref := n.getRef(protocol, dst); ref != nil {
handlePacket(protocol, dst, src, linkEP.LinkAddress(), remote, ref, vv)
return