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-rw-r--r--pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go28
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go b/pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go
index 0c811efdb..8e700990d 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/stack/nic.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func newNIC(stack *Stack, id tcpip.NICID, name string, ep LinkEndpoint, ctx NICC
nic.mu.ndp.initializeTempAddrState()
// Check for Neighbor Unreachability Detection support.
+ var nud NUDHandler
if ep.Capabilities()&CapabilityResolutionRequired != 0 && len(stack.linkAddrResolvers) != 0 && stack.useNeighborCache {
rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(stack.clock.NowNanoseconds()))
nic.neigh = &neighborCache{
@@ -144,16 +145,24 @@ func newNIC(stack *Stack, id tcpip.NICID, name string, ep LinkEndpoint, ctx NICC
state: NewNUDState(stack.nudConfigs, rng),
cache: make(map[tcpip.Address]*neighborEntry, neighborCacheSize),
}
+
+ // An interface value that holds a nil pointer but non-nil type is not the
+ // same as the nil interface. Because of this, nud must only be assignd if
+ // nic.neigh is non-nil since a nil reference to a neighborCache is not
+ // valid.
+ //
+ // See https://golang.org/doc/faq#nil_error for more information.
+ nud = nic.neigh
}
- // Register supported packet endpoint protocols.
+ // Register supported packet and network endpoint protocols.
for _, netProto := range header.Ethertypes {
nic.mu.packetEPs[netProto] = []PacketEndpoint{}
}
for _, netProto := range stack.networkProtocols {
netNum := netProto.Number()
nic.mu.packetEPs[netNum] = nil
- nic.networkEndpoints[netNum] = netProto.NewEndpoint(id, stack, nic.neigh, nic, ep, stack)
+ nic.networkEndpoints[netNum] = netProto.NewEndpoint(id, stack, nud, nic, ep, stack)
}
nic.linkEP.Attach(nic)
@@ -819,24 +828,11 @@ func (n *NIC) addAddressLocked(protocolAddress tcpip.ProtocolAddress, peb Primar
}
}
- netProto, ok := n.stack.networkProtocols[protocolAddress.Protocol]
+ ep, ok := n.networkEndpoints[protocolAddress.Protocol]
if !ok {
return nil, tcpip.ErrUnknownProtocol
}
- var nud NUDHandler
- if n.neigh != nil {
- // An interface value that holds a nil concrete value is itself non-nil.
- // For this reason, n.neigh cannot be passed directly to NewEndpoint so
- // NetworkEndpoints don't confuse it for non-nil.
- //
- // See https://golang.org/doc/faq#nil_error for more information.
- nud = n.neigh
- }
-
- // Create the new network endpoint.
- ep := netProto.NewEndpoint(n.id, n.stack, nud, n, n.linkEP, n.stack)
-
isIPv6Unicast := protocolAddress.Protocol == header.IPv6ProtocolNumber && header.IsV6UnicastAddress(protocolAddress.AddressWithPrefix.Address)
// If the address is an IPv6 address and it is a permanent address,