hmmmmmm it works i guess maybe

overlay/device.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package overlay
 import (
 	"io"
 	"net/netip"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/slackhq/nebula/routing"
 )
@@ -15,3 +16,84 @@ type Device interface {
 	RoutesFor(netip.Addr) routing.Gateways
 	NewMultiQueueReader() (io.ReadWriteCloser, error)
 }
+
+// Packet represents a single packet buffer with optional headroom to carry
+// metadata (for example virtio-net headers).
+type Packet struct {
+	Buf     []byte
+	Offset  int
+	Len     int
+	release func()
+}
+
+func (p *Packet) Payload() []byte {
+	return p.Buf[p.Offset : p.Offset+p.Len]
+}
+
+func (p *Packet) Reset() {
+	p.Len = 0
+	p.Offset = 0
+	p.release = nil
+}
+
+func (p *Packet) Release() {
+	if p.release != nil {
+		p.release()
+		p.release = nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Packet) Capacity() int {
+	return len(p.Buf) - p.Offset
+}
+
+// PacketPool manages reusable buffers with headroom.
+type PacketPool struct {
+	headroom int
+	blksz    int
+	pool     sync.Pool
+}
+
+func NewPacketPool(headroom, payload int) *PacketPool {
+	p := &PacketPool{headroom: headroom, blksz: headroom + payload}
+	p.pool.New = func() any {
+		buf := make([]byte, p.blksz)
+		return &Packet{Buf: buf, Offset: headroom}
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+func (p *PacketPool) Get() *Packet {
+	pkt := p.pool.Get().(*Packet)
+	pkt.Offset = p.headroom
+	pkt.Len = 0
+	pkt.release = func() { p.put(pkt) }
+	return pkt
+}
+
+func (p *PacketPool) put(pkt *Packet) {
+	pkt.Reset()
+	p.pool.Put(pkt)
+}
+
+// BatchReader allows reading multiple packets into a shared pool with
+// preallocated headroom (e.g. virtio-net headers).
+type BatchReader interface {
+	ReadIntoBatch(pool *PacketPool) ([]*Packet, error)
+}
+
+// BatchWriter writes a slice of packets that carry their own metadata.
+type BatchWriter interface {
+	WriteBatch(packets []*Packet) (int, error)
+}
+
+// BatchCapableDevice describes a device that can efficiently read and write
+// batches of packets with virtio headroom.
+type BatchCapableDevice interface {
+	Device
+	BatchReader
+	BatchWriter
+	BatchHeadroom() int
+	BatchPayloadCap() int
+	BatchSize() int
+}