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-rwxr-xr-xpkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go
index dc125f25e..7d36f8e84 100755
--- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/packet_buffer.go
@@ -37,7 +37,13 @@ type PacketBuffer struct {
Data buffer.VectorisedView
// Header holds the headers of outbound packets. As a packet is passed
- // down the stack, each layer adds to Header.
+ // down the stack, each layer adds to Header. Note that forwarded
+ // packets don't populate Headers on their way out -- their headers and
+ // payload are never parsed out and remain in Data.
+ //
+ // TODO(gvisor.dev/issue/170): Forwarded packets don't currently
+ // populate Header, but should. This will be doable once early parsing
+ // (https://github.com/google/gvisor/pull/1995) is supported.
Header buffer.Prependable
// These fields are used by both inbound and outbound packets. They