Add a common IPv6 extension header and an inline function
for determining whether a next header field represents
an IPv6 extension header.
Signed-off-by: Cody Doucette <douce...@bu.edu>
---
lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h b/lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h
index f2a8904a2..43dbb15e4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h
+++ b/lib/librte_net/rte_ip.h
@@ -350,6 +350,14 @@ struct ipv6_hdr {
#define IPV6_HDR_FL_MASK ((1u << IPV6_HDR_TC_SHIFT) - 1)
#define IPV6_HDR_TC_MASK (0xf << IPV6_HDR_TC_SHIFT)
+/**
+ * IPv6 extension header
+ */
+struct ipv6_opt_hdr {
+ uint8_t nexthdr; /**< Next header. */
+ uint8_t hdrlen; /**< Length; presence & meaning varies by ext type. */
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
/**
* Process the pseudo-header checksum of an IPv6 header.
*
@@ -421,6 +429,25 @@ rte_ipv6_udptcp_cksum(const struct ipv6_hdr *ipv6_hdr,
const void *l4_hdr)
return (uint16_t)cksum;
}
+/**
+ * Check whether an IPv6 nexthdr value is for an IPv6 extension header.
+ *
+ * @param nexthdr
+ * The protocol/next header field from an IPv6 (extension) header.
+ * @return
+ * Whether the nexthdr field is for an IPv6 extension header.
+ */
+static inline int
+ipv6_ext_hdr(uint8_t nexthdr)
+{
+ return (nexthdr == IPPROTO_HOPOPTS) ||
+ (nexthdr == IPPROTO_ROUTING) ||
+ (nexthdr == IPPROTO_FRAGMENT) ||
+ (nexthdr == IPPROTO_AH) ||
+ (nexthdr == IPPROTO_NONE) ||
+ (nexthdr == IPPROTO_DSTOPTS);
+}
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
--
2.17.1
