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Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go index f260eeb7f..cd4b7a449 100644 --- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go +++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go @@ -330,8 +330,7 @@ type NetworkProtocol interface { } // NetworkDispatcher contains the methods used by the network stack to deliver -// packets to the appropriate network endpoint after it has been handled by -// the data link layer. +// inbound/outbound packets to the appropriate network/packet(if any) endpoints. type NetworkDispatcher interface { // DeliverNetworkPacket finds the appropriate network protocol endpoint // and hands the packet over for further processing. @@ -342,6 +341,16 @@ type NetworkDispatcher interface { // // DeliverNetworkPacket takes ownership of pkt. DeliverNetworkPacket(remote, local tcpip.LinkAddress, protocol tcpip.NetworkProtocolNumber, pkt *PacketBuffer) + + // DeliverOutboundPacket is called by link layer when a packet is being + // sent out. + // + // pkt.LinkHeader may or may not be set before calling + // DeliverOutboundPacket. Some packets do not have link headers (e.g. + // packets sent via loopback), and won't have the field set. + // + // DeliverOutboundPacket takes ownership of pkt. + DeliverOutboundPacket(remote, local tcpip.LinkAddress, protocol tcpip.NetworkProtocolNumber, pkt *PacketBuffer) } // LinkEndpointCapabilities is the type associated with the capabilities @@ -443,6 +452,9 @@ type LinkEndpoint interface { // See: // https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/aa0c9086b40c17a7ad94425b3b70dd1fdd7497bf/include/uapi/linux/if_arp.h#L30 ARPHardwareType() header.ARPHardwareType + + // AddHeader adds a link layer header to pkt if required. + AddHeader(local, remote tcpip.LinkAddress, protocol tcpip.NetworkProtocolNumber, pkt *PacketBuffer) } // InjectableLinkEndpoint is a LinkEndpoint where inbound packets are |