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Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go | 28 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go index f655d011f..0869fb084 100644 --- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go +++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/registration.go @@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ type NetworkEndpoint interface { // protocol. WritePacket(r *Route, gso *GSO, hdr buffer.Prependable, payload buffer.VectorisedView, params NetworkHeaderParams, loop PacketLooping) *tcpip.Error + // WritePackets writes packets to the given destination address and + // protocol. + WritePackets(r *Route, gso *GSO, hdrs []PacketDescriptor, payload buffer.VectorisedView, params NetworkHeaderParams, loop PacketLooping) (int, *tcpip.Error) + // WriteHeaderIncludedPacket writes a packet that includes a network // header to the given destination address. WriteHeaderIncludedPacket(r *Route, payload buffer.VectorisedView, loop PacketLooping) *tcpip.Error @@ -283,7 +287,11 @@ const ( CapabilitySaveRestore CapabilityDisconnectOk CapabilityLoopback - CapabilityGSO + CapabilityHardwareGSO + + // CapabilitySoftwareGSO indicates the link endpoint supports of sending + // multiple packets using a single call (LinkEndpoint.WritePackets). + CapabilitySoftwareGSO ) // LinkEndpoint is the interface implemented by data link layer protocols (e.g., @@ -318,6 +326,14 @@ type LinkEndpoint interface { // r.LocalLinkAddress if it is provided. WritePacket(r *Route, gso *GSO, hdr buffer.Prependable, payload buffer.VectorisedView, protocol tcpip.NetworkProtocolNumber) *tcpip.Error + // WritePackets writes packets with the given protocol through the + // given route. + // + // Right now, WritePackets is used only when the software segmentation + // offload is enabled. If it will be used for something else, it may + // require to change syscall filters. + WritePackets(r *Route, gso *GSO, hdrs []PacketDescriptor, payload buffer.VectorisedView, protocol tcpip.NetworkProtocolNumber) (int, *tcpip.Error) + // WriteRawPacket writes a packet directly to the link. The packet // should already have an ethernet header. WriteRawPacket(packet buffer.VectorisedView) *tcpip.Error @@ -421,8 +437,14 @@ type GSOType int // Types of gso segments. const ( GSONone GSOType = iota + + // Hardware GSO types: GSOTCPv4 GSOTCPv6 + + // GSOSW is used for software GSO segments which have to be sent by + // endpoint.WritePackets. + GSOSW ) // GSO contains generic segmentation offload properties. @@ -450,3 +472,7 @@ type GSOEndpoint interface { // GSOMaxSize returns the maximum GSO packet size. GSOMaxSize() uint32 } + +// SoftwareGSOMaxSize is a maximum allowed size of a software GSO segment. +// This isn't a hard limit, because it is never set into packet headers. +const SoftwareGSOMaxSize = (1 << 16) |