6 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/connect.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/connect.go
index e4a06c9e1..7da93dcc4 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/connect.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/connect.go
@@ -833,13 +833,13 @@ func sendTCP(r *stack.Route, tf tcpFields, data buffer.VectorisedView, gso *stac
 		return sendTCPBatch(r, tf, data, gso, owner)
 	}
 
-	pkt := stack.PacketBuffer{
+	pkt := &stack.PacketBuffer{
 		Header: buffer.NewPrependable(header.TCPMinimumSize + int(r.MaxHeaderLength()) + optLen),
 		Data:   data,
 		Hash:   tf.txHash,
 		Owner:  owner,
 	}
-	buildTCPHdr(r, tf, &pkt, gso)
+	buildTCPHdr(r, tf, pkt, gso)
 
 	if tf.ttl == 0 {
 		tf.ttl = r.DefaultTTL()
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/dispatcher.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/dispatcher.go
index 6062ca916..047704c80 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/dispatcher.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/dispatcher.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (d *dispatcher) wait() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *dispatcher) queuePacket(r *stack.Route, stackEP stack.TransportEndpoint, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt stack.PacketBuffer) {
+func (d *dispatcher) queuePacket(r *stack.Route, stackEP stack.TransportEndpoint, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) {
 	ep := stackEP.(*endpoint)
 	s := newSegment(r, id, pkt)
 	if !s.parse() {
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go
index b5ba972f1..d048ef90c 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go
@@ -2462,7 +2462,7 @@ func (e *endpoint) GetRemoteAddress() (tcpip.FullAddress, *tcpip.Error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (e *endpoint) HandlePacket(r *stack.Route, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt stack.PacketBuffer) {
+func (e *endpoint) HandlePacket(r *stack.Route, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) {
 	// TCP HandlePacket is not required anymore as inbound packets first
 	// land at the Dispatcher which then can either delivery using the
 	// worker go routine or directly do the invoke the tcp processing inline
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ func (e *endpoint) enqueueSegment(s *segment) bool {
 }
 
 // HandleControlPacket implements stack.TransportEndpoint.HandleControlPacket.
-func (e *endpoint) HandleControlPacket(id stack.TransportEndpointID, typ stack.ControlType, extra uint32, pkt stack.PacketBuffer) {
+func (e *endpoint) HandleControlPacket(id stack.TransportEndpointID, typ stack.ControlType, extra uint32, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) {
 	switch typ {
 	case stack.ControlPacketTooBig:
 		e.sndBufMu.Lock()
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/forwarder.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/forwarder.go
index 704d01c64..070b634b4 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/forwarder.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/forwarder.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewForwarder(s *stack.Stack, rcvWnd, maxInFlight int, handler func(*Forward
 //
 // This function is expected to be passed as an argument to the
 // stack.SetTransportProtocolHandler function.
-func (f *Forwarder) HandlePacket(r *stack.Route, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt stack.PacketBuffer) bool {
+func (f *Forwarder) HandlePacket(r *stack.Route, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) bool {
 	s := newSegment(r, id, pkt)
 	defer s.decRef()
 
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go
index 2a2a7ddeb..c827d0277 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (*protocol) ParsePorts(v buffer.View) (src, dst uint16, err *tcpip.Error) {
 // to a specific processing queue. Each queue is serviced by its own processor
 // goroutine which is responsible for dequeuing and doing full TCP dispatch of
 // the packet.
-func (p *protocol) QueuePacket(r *stack.Route, ep stack.TransportEndpoint, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt stack.PacketBuffer) {
+func (p *protocol) QueuePacket(r *stack.Route, ep stack.TransportEndpoint, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) {
 	p.dispatcher.queuePacket(r, ep, id, pkt)
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (p *protocol) QueuePacket(r *stack.Route, ep stack.TransportEndpoint, id st
 // a reset is sent in response to any incoming segment except another reset. In
 // particular, SYNs addressed to a non-existent connection are rejected by this
 // means."
-func (*protocol) HandleUnknownDestinationPacket(r *stack.Route, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt stack.PacketBuffer) bool {
+func (*protocol) HandleUnknownDestinationPacket(r *stack.Route, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) bool {
 	s := newSegment(r, id, pkt)
 	defer s.decRef()
 
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/segment.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/segment.go
index 074edded6..0c099e2fd 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/segment.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/segment.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type segment struct {
 	xmitCount uint32
 }
 
-func newSegment(r *stack.Route, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt stack.PacketBuffer) *segment {
+func newSegment(r *stack.Route, id stack.TransportEndpointID, pkt *stack.PacketBuffer) *segment {
 	s := &segment{
 		refCnt: 1,
 		id:     id,