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-rw-r--r--dhcpv6/server6/conn.go12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/dhcpv6/server6/conn.go b/dhcpv6/server6/conn.go
index 08c54e8..cbf72b4 100644
--- a/dhcpv6/server6/conn.go
+++ b/dhcpv6/server6/conn.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
// As a bonus, you can actually listen on a multicast address instead of being punted to the wildcard
//
// The interface must already be configured.
-func NewIPv6UDPConn(iface string, addr *net.UDPAddr) (net.PacketConn, error) {
+func NewIPv6UDPConn(iface string, addr *net.UDPAddr) (*net.UDPConn, error) {
fd, err := unix.Socket(unix.AF_INET6, unix.SOCK_DGRAM, unix.IPPROTO_UDP)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot get a UDP socket: %v", err)
@@ -58,5 +58,13 @@ func NewIPv6UDPConn(iface string, addr *net.UDPAddr) (net.PacketConn, error) {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot bind to address %v: %v", addr, err)
}
- return net.FilePacketConn(f)
+ conn, err := net.FilePacketConn(f)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ udpconn, ok := conn.(*net.UDPConn)
+ if !ok {
+ return nil, errors.New("BUG(dhcp6): incorrect socket type, expected UDP")
+ }
+ return udpconn, nil
}