GSO again

overlay/device.go

@@ -7,12 +7,63 @@ import (
 	"github.com/slackhq/nebula/routing"
 )
 
+// defaultBatchBufSize is the per-Queue scratch size for Read on backends
+// that don't do TSO segmentation. 65535 covers any single IP packet.
+const defaultBatchBufSize = 65535
+
+// Queue is a readable/writable tun queue. One Queue is driven by a single
+// read goroutine plus concurrent writers (see Write / WriteReject below).
+type Queue interface {
+	io.Closer
+
+	// Read returns one or more packets. The returned slices are borrowed
+	// from the Queue's internal buffer and are only valid until the next
+	// Read or Close on this Queue — callers must encrypt or copy each
+	// slice before the next call. Not safe for concurrent Reads; exactly
+	// one goroutine per Queue reads.
+	Read() ([][]byte, error)
+
+	// Write emits a single packet on the plaintext (outside→inside)
+	// delivery path. May run concurrently with WriteReject on the same
+	// Queue, but not with itself.
+	Write(p []byte) (int, error)
+
+	// WriteReject writes a single packet that originated from the inside
+	// path (reject replies or self-forward) using scratch state distinct
+	// from Write, so it can run concurrently with Write on the same Queue
+	// without a data race. On backends without a shared-scratch Write, a
+	// trivial delegation to Write is acceptable.
+	WriteReject(p []byte) (int, error)
+}
+
 type Device interface {
-	io.ReadWriteCloser
+	Queue
 	Activate() error
 	Networks() []netip.Prefix
 	Name() string
 	RoutesFor(netip.Addr) routing.Gateways
 	SupportsMultiqueue() bool
-	NewMultiQueueReader() (io.ReadWriteCloser, error)
+	NewMultiQueueReader() (Queue, error)
+}
+
+// GSOWriter is implemented by Queues that can emit a TCP TSO superpacket
+// assembled from a header prefix plus one or more borrowed payload
+// fragments, in a single vectored write (writev with a leading
+// virtio_net_hdr). This lets the coalescer avoid copying payload bytes
+// between the caller's decrypt buffer and the TUN. Backends without GSO
+// support return false from GSOSupported and coalescing is skipped.
+//
+// hdr contains the IPv4/IPv6 + TCP header prefix (mutable — callers will
+// have filled in total length and pseudo-header partial). pays are
+// non-overlapping payload fragments whose concatenation is the full
+// superpacket payload; they are read-only from the writer's perspective
+// and must remain valid until the call returns. gsoSize is the MSS:
+// every segment except possibly the last is exactly that many bytes.
+// csumStart is the byte offset where the TCP header begins within hdr.
+//
+// hdr's TCP checksum field must already hold the pseudo-header partial
+// sum (single-fold, not inverted), per virtio NEEDS_CSUM semantics.
+type GSOWriter interface {
+	WriteGSO(hdr []byte, pays [][]byte, gsoSize uint16, isV6 bool, csumStart uint16) error
+	GSOSupported() bool
 }