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Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go index c6e6becf3..ffb379363 100644 --- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go +++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/stack.go @@ -353,8 +353,13 @@ func (u *uniqueIDGenerator) UniqueID() uint64 { } // NICNameFromID is a function that returns a stable name for the specified NIC, -// even if the NIC ID changes over time. -type NICNameFromID func(tcpip.NICID) string +// even if different NIC IDs are used to refer to the same NIC in different +// program runs. It is used when generating opaque interface identifiers (IIDs). +// If the NIC was created with a name, it will be passed to NICNameFromID. +// +// NICNameFromID SHOULD return unique NIC names so unique opaque IIDs are +// generated for the same prefix on differnt NICs. +type NICNameFromID func(tcpip.NICID, string) string // OpaqueInterfaceIdentifierOptions holds the options related to the generation // of opaque interface indentifiers (IIDs) as defined by RFC 7217. |