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-rw-r--r--pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go
index fabc976a7..f0ed76fbe 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go
@@ -881,6 +881,8 @@ type NICOptions struct {
// CreateNICWithOptions creates a NIC with the provided id, LinkEndpoint, and
// NICOptions. See the documentation on type NICOptions for details on how
// NICs can be configured.
+//
+// LinkEndpoint.Attach will be called to bind ep with a NetworkDispatcher.
func (s *Stack) CreateNICWithOptions(id tcpip.NICID, ep LinkEndpoint, opts NICOptions) *tcpip.Error {
s.mu.Lock()
defer s.mu.Unlock()
@@ -900,7 +902,6 @@ func (s *Stack) CreateNICWithOptions(id tcpip.NICID, ep LinkEndpoint, opts NICOp
}
n := newNIC(s, id, opts.Name, ep, opts.Context)
-
s.nics[id] = n
if !opts.Disabled {
return n.enable()
@@ -910,7 +911,7 @@ func (s *Stack) CreateNICWithOptions(id tcpip.NICID, ep LinkEndpoint, opts NICOp
}
// CreateNIC creates a NIC with the provided id and LinkEndpoint and calls
-// `LinkEndpoint.Attach` to start delivering packets to it.
+// LinkEndpoint.Attach to bind ep with a NetworkDispatcher.
func (s *Stack) CreateNIC(id tcpip.NICID, ep LinkEndpoint) *tcpip.Error {
return s.CreateNICWithOptions(id, ep, NICOptions{})
}