conn: store IP_PKTINFO cmsg in StdNetendpoint src

Replace the src storage inside StdNetEndpoint with a copy of the raw
control message buffer, to reduce allocation and perform less work on a
per-packet basis.

Signed-off-by: James Tucker <james@tailscale.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>

conn/bind_std.go

@@ -81,11 +81,10 @@ func NewStdNetBind() Bind {
 type StdNetEndpoint struct {
 	// AddrPort is the endpoint destination.
 	netip.AddrPort
-	// src is the current sticky source address and interface index, if supported.
+	// src is the current sticky source address and interface index, if
-	src struct {
+	// supported. Typically this is a PKTINFO structure from/for control
-		netip.Addr
+	// messages, see unix.PKTINFO for an example.
-		ifidx int32
+	src []byte
-	}
 }
 
 var (
@@ -104,21 +103,17 @@ func (*StdNetBind) ParseEndpoint(s string) (Endpoint, error) {
 }
 
 func (e *StdNetEndpoint) ClearSrc() {
-	e.src.ifidx = 0
+	if e.src != nil {
-	e.src.Addr = netip.Addr{}
+		// Truncate src, no need to reallocate.
+		e.src = e.src[:0]
+	}
 }
 
 func (e *StdNetEndpoint) DstIP() netip.Addr {
 	return e.AddrPort.Addr()
 }
 
-func (e *StdNetEndpoint) SrcIP() netip.Addr {
+// See sticky_default,linux, etc for implementations of SrcIP and SrcIfidx.
-	return e.src.Addr
-}
-
-func (e *StdNetEndpoint) SrcIfidx() int32 {
-	return e.src.ifidx
-}
 
 func (e *StdNetEndpoint) DstToBytes() []byte {
 	b, _ := e.AddrPort.MarshalBinary()
@@ -129,10 +124,6 @@ func (e *StdNetEndpoint) DstToString() string {
 	return e.AddrPort.String()
 }
 
-func (e *StdNetEndpoint) SrcToString() string {
-	return e.src.Addr.String()
-}
-
 func listenNet(network string, port int) (*net.UDPConn, int, error) {
 	conn, err := listenConfig().ListenPacket(context.Background(), network, ":"+strconv.Itoa(port))
 	if err != nil {

conn/sticky_default.go

@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@
 
 package conn
 
+import "net/netip"
+
+func (e *StdNetEndpoint) SrcIP() netip.Addr {
+	return netip.Addr{}
+}
+
+func (e *StdNetEndpoint) SrcIfidx() int32 {
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (e *StdNetEndpoint) SrcToString() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
 // TODO: macOS, FreeBSD and other BSDs likely do support this feature set, but
 // use alternatively named flags and need ports and require testing.
 

conn/sticky_linux.go

@@ -14,6 +14,37 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+func (e *StdNetEndpoint) SrcIP() netip.Addr {
+	switch len(e.src) {
+	case unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo):
+		info := (*unix.Inet4Pktinfo)(unsafe.Pointer(&e.src[unix.CmsgLen(0)]))
+		return netip.AddrFrom4(info.Spec_dst)
+	case unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo):
+		info := (*unix.Inet6Pktinfo)(unsafe.Pointer(&e.src[unix.CmsgLen(0)]))
+		// TODO: set zone. in order to do so we need to check if the address is
+		// link local, and if it is perform a syscall to turn the ifindex into a
+		// zone string because netip uses string zones.
+		return netip.AddrFrom16(info.Addr)
+	}
+	return netip.Addr{}
+}
+
+func (e *StdNetEndpoint) SrcIfidx() int32 {
+	switch len(e.src) {
+	case unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo):
+		info := (*unix.Inet4Pktinfo)(unsafe.Pointer(&e.src[unix.CmsgLen(0)]))
+		return info.Ifindex
+	case unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo):
+		info := (*unix.Inet6Pktinfo)(unsafe.Pointer(&e.src[unix.CmsgLen(0)]))
+		return int32(info.Ifindex)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (e *StdNetEndpoint) SrcToString() string {
+	return e.SrcIP().String()
+}
+
 // getSrcFromControl parses the control for PKTINFO and if found updates ep with
 // the source information found.
 func getSrcFromControl(control []byte, ep *StdNetEndpoint) {
@@ -35,81 +66,43 @@ func getSrcFromControl(control []byte, ep *StdNetEndpoint) {
 		if hdr.Level == unix.IPPROTO_IP &&
 			hdr.Type == unix.IP_PKTINFO {
 
-			info := pktInfoFromBuf[unix.Inet4Pktinfo](data)
+			if ep.src == nil || cap(ep.src) < unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo) {
-			ep.src.Addr = netip.AddrFrom4(info.Spec_dst)
+				ep.src = make([]byte, 0, unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo))
-			ep.src.ifidx = info.Ifindex
+			}
+			ep.src = ep.src[:unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo)]
 
+			hdrBuf := unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&hdr)), unix.SizeofCmsghdr)
+			copy(ep.src, hdrBuf)
+			copy(ep.src[unix.CmsgLen(0):], data)
 			return
 		}
 
 		if hdr.Level == unix.IPPROTO_IPV6 &&
 			hdr.Type == unix.IPV6_PKTINFO {
 
-			info := pktInfoFromBuf[unix.Inet6Pktinfo](data)
+			if ep.src == nil || cap(ep.src) < unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo) {
-			ep.src.Addr = netip.AddrFrom16(info.Addr)
+				ep.src = make([]byte, 0, unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo))
-			ep.src.ifidx = int32(info.Ifindex)
+			}
 
+			ep.src = ep.src[:unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo)]
+
+			hdrBuf := unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&hdr)), unix.SizeofCmsghdr)
+			copy(ep.src, hdrBuf)
+			copy(ep.src[unix.CmsgLen(0):], data)
 			return
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-// pktInfoFromBuf returns type T populated from the provided buf via copy(). It
-// panics if buf is of insufficient size.
-func pktInfoFromBuf[T unix.Inet4Pktinfo | unix.Inet6Pktinfo](buf []byte) (t T) {
-	size := int(unsafe.Sizeof(t))
-	if len(buf) < size {
-		panic("pktInfoFromBuf: buffer too small")
-	}
-	copy(unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&t)), size), buf)
-	return t
-}
-
 // setSrcControl sets an IP{V6}_PKTINFO in control based on the source address
 // and source ifindex found in ep. control's len will be set to 0 in the event
 // that ep is a default value.
 func setSrcControl(control *[]byte, ep *StdNetEndpoint) {
-	*control = (*control)[:cap(*control)]
+	if cap(*control) < len(ep.src) {
-	if len(*control) < int(unsafe.Sizeof(unix.Cmsghdr{})) {
-		*control = (*control)[:0]
 		return
 	}
-
-	if ep.src.ifidx == 0 && !ep.SrcIP().IsValid() {
 	*control = (*control)[:0]
-		return
+	*control = append(*control, ep.src...)
-	}
-
-	if len(*control) < srcControlSize {
-		*control = (*control)[:0]
-		return
-	}
-
-	hdr := (*unix.Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&(*control)[0]))
-	if ep.SrcIP().Is4() {
-		hdr.Level = unix.IPPROTO_IP
-		hdr.Type = unix.IP_PKTINFO
-		hdr.SetLen(unix.CmsgLen(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo))
-
-		info := (*unix.Inet4Pktinfo)(unsafe.Pointer(&(*control)[unix.SizeofCmsghdr]))
-		info.Ifindex = ep.src.ifidx
-		if ep.SrcIP().IsValid() {
-			info.Spec_dst = ep.SrcIP().As4()
-		}
-		*control = (*control)[:unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo)]
-	} else {
-		hdr.Level = unix.IPPROTO_IPV6
-		hdr.Type = unix.IPV6_PKTINFO
-		hdr.SetLen(unix.CmsgLen(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo))
-
-		info := (*unix.Inet6Pktinfo)(unsafe.Pointer(&(*control)[unix.SizeofCmsghdr]))
-		info.Ifindex = uint32(ep.src.ifidx)
-		if ep.SrcIP().IsValid() {
-			info.Addr = ep.SrcIP().As16()
-		}
-		*control = (*control)[:unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo)]
-	}
-
 }
 
 var srcControlSize = unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo)

conn/sticky_linux_test.go

@@ -18,13 +18,47 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+func setSrc(ep *StdNetEndpoint, addr netip.Addr, ifidx int32) {
+	var buf []byte
+	if addr.Is4() {
+		buf = make([]byte, unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo))
+		hdr := unix.Cmsghdr{
+			Level: unix.IPPROTO_IP,
+			Type:  unix.IP_PKTINFO,
+		}
+		hdr.SetLen(unix.CmsgLen(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo))
+		copy(buf, unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&hdr)), int(unsafe.Sizeof(hdr))))
+
+		info := unix.Inet4Pktinfo{
+			Ifindex:  ifidx,
+			Spec_dst: addr.As4(),
+		}
+		copy(buf[unix.CmsgLen(0):], unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&info)), unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo))
+	} else {
+		buf = make([]byte, unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo))
+		hdr := unix.Cmsghdr{
+			Level: unix.IPPROTO_IPV6,
+			Type:  unix.IPV6_PKTINFO,
+		}
+		hdr.SetLen(unix.CmsgLen(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo))
+		copy(buf, unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&hdr)), int(unsafe.Sizeof(hdr))))
+
+		info := unix.Inet6Pktinfo{
+			Ifindex: uint32(ifidx),
+			Addr:    addr.As16(),
+		}
+		copy(buf[unix.CmsgLen(0):], unsafe.Slice((*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&info)), unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo))
+	}
+
+	ep.src = buf
+}
+
 func Test_setSrcControl(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("IPv4", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ep := &StdNetEndpoint{
 			AddrPort: netip.MustParseAddrPort("127.0.0.1:1234"),
 		}
-		ep.src.Addr = netip.MustParseAddr("127.0.0.1")
+		setSrc(ep, netip.MustParseAddr("127.0.0.1"), 5)
-		ep.src.ifidx = 5
 
 		control := make([]byte, srcControlSize)
 
@@ -53,8 +87,7 @@ func Test_setSrcControl(t *testing.T) {
 		ep := &StdNetEndpoint{
 			AddrPort: netip.MustParseAddrPort("[::1]:1234"),
 		}
-		ep.src.Addr = netip.MustParseAddr("::1")
+		setSrc(ep, netip.MustParseAddr("::1"), 5)
-		ep.src.ifidx = 5
 
 		control := make([]byte, srcControlSize)
 
@@ -80,7 +113,7 @@ func Test_setSrcControl(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("ClearOnNoSrc", func(t *testing.T) {
-		control := make([]byte, srcControlSize)
+		control := make([]byte, unix.CmsgLen(0))
 		hdr := (*unix.Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&control[0]))
 		hdr.Level = 1
 		hdr.Type = 2
@@ -96,7 +129,7 @@ func Test_setSrcControl(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_getSrcFromControl(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("IPv4", func(t *testing.T) {
-		control := make([]byte, srcControlSize)
+		control := make([]byte, unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo))
 		hdr := (*unix.Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&control[0]))
 		hdr.Level = unix.IPPROTO_IP
 		hdr.Type = unix.IP_PKTINFO
@@ -108,15 +141,15 @@ func Test_getSrcFromControl(t *testing.T) {
 		ep := &StdNetEndpoint{}
 		getSrcFromControl(control, ep)
 
-		if ep.src.Addr != netip.MustParseAddr("127.0.0.1") {
+		if ep.SrcIP() != netip.MustParseAddr("127.0.0.1") {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected address: %v", ep.src.Addr)
+			t.Errorf("unexpected address: %v", ep.SrcIP())
 		}
-		if ep.src.ifidx != 5 {
+		if ep.SrcIfidx() != 5 {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected ifindex: %d", ep.src.ifidx)
+			t.Errorf("unexpected ifindex: %d", ep.SrcIfidx())
 		}
 	})
 	t.Run("IPv6", func(t *testing.T) {
-		control := make([]byte, srcControlSize)
+		control := make([]byte, unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet6Pktinfo))
 		hdr := (*unix.Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&control[0]))
 		hdr.Level = unix.IPPROTO_IPV6
 		hdr.Type = unix.IPV6_PKTINFO
@@ -131,22 +164,21 @@ func Test_getSrcFromControl(t *testing.T) {
 		if ep.SrcIP() != netip.MustParseAddr("::1") {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected address: %v", ep.SrcIP())
 		}
-		if ep.src.ifidx != 5 {
+		if ep.SrcIfidx() != 5 {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected ifindex: %d", ep.src.ifidx)
+			t.Errorf("unexpected ifindex: %d", ep.SrcIfidx())
 		}
 	})
 	t.Run("ClearOnEmpty", func(t *testing.T) {
-		control := make([]byte, srcControlSize)
+		var control []byte
 		ep := &StdNetEndpoint{}
-		ep.src.Addr = netip.MustParseAddr("::1")
+		setSrc(ep, netip.MustParseAddr("::1"), 5)
-		ep.src.ifidx = 5
 
 		getSrcFromControl(control, ep)
 		if ep.SrcIP().IsValid() {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected address: %v", ep.src.Addr)
+			t.Errorf("unexpected address: %v", ep.SrcIP())
 		}
-		if ep.src.ifidx != 0 {
+		if ep.SrcIfidx() != 0 {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected ifindex: %d", ep.src.ifidx)
+			t.Errorf("unexpected ifindex: %d", ep.SrcIfidx())
 		}
 	})
 	t.Run("Multiple", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -154,7 +186,7 @@ func Test_getSrcFromControl(t *testing.T) {
 		zeroHdr := (*unix.Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&zeroControl[0]))
 		zeroHdr.SetLen(unix.CmsgLen(0))
 
-		control := make([]byte, srcControlSize)
+		control := make([]byte, unix.CmsgSpace(unix.SizeofInet4Pktinfo))
 		hdr := (*unix.Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&control[0]))
 		hdr.Level = unix.IPPROTO_IP
 		hdr.Type = unix.IP_PKTINFO
@@ -170,11 +202,11 @@ func Test_getSrcFromControl(t *testing.T) {
 		ep := &StdNetEndpoint{}
 		getSrcFromControl(combined, ep)
 
-		if ep.src.Addr != netip.MustParseAddr("127.0.0.1") {
+		if ep.SrcIP() != netip.MustParseAddr("127.0.0.1") {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected address: %v", ep.src.Addr)
+			t.Errorf("unexpected address: %v", ep.SrcIP())
 		}
-		if ep.src.ifidx != 5 {
+		if ep.SrcIfidx() != 5 {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected ifindex: %d", ep.src.ifidx)
+			t.Errorf("unexpected ifindex: %d", ep.SrcIfidx())
 		}
 	})
 }