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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * ring.c - packet ring buffer functions
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
+#include <linux/if_packet.h>
+
+#include "logging.h"
+#include "ring.h"
+#include "translate.h"
+#include "tun.h"
+
+int ring_create(struct tun_data *tunnel) {
+  int packetsock = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_DGRAM, htons(ETH_P_IPV6));
+  if (packetsock < 0) {
+    logmsg(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "packet socket failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  int ver = TPACKET_V2;
+  if (setsockopt(packetsock, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_VERSION, (void *) &ver, sizeof(ver))) {
+    logmsg(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "setsockopt(PACKET_VERSION, %d) failed: %s", ver, strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  int on = 1;
+  if (setsockopt(packetsock, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_LOSS, (void *) &on, sizeof(on))) {
+    logmsg(ANDROID_LOG_WARN, "PACKET_LOSS failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+  }
+
+  struct packet_ring *ring = &tunnel->ring;
+  ring->numblocks = TP_NUM_BLOCKS;
+
+  int total_frames = TP_FRAMES * ring->numblocks;
+
+  struct tpacket_req req = {
+      .tp_frame_size = TP_FRAME_SIZE,  // Frame size.
+      .tp_block_size = TP_BLOCK_SIZE,  // Frames per block.
+      .tp_block_nr = ring->numblocks,  // Number of blocks.
+      .tp_frame_nr = total_frames,     // Total frames.
+  };
+
+  if (setsockopt(packetsock, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_RX_RING, &req, sizeof(req)) < 0) {
+    logmsg(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "PACKET_RX_RING failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  size_t buflen = TP_BLOCK_SIZE * ring->numblocks;
+  ring->base = mmap(NULL, buflen, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED|MAP_LOCKED|MAP_POPULATE,
+                    packetsock, 0);
+  if (ring->base == MAP_FAILED) {
+    logmsg(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL, "mmap %lu failed: %s", buflen, strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  ring->block = 0;
+  ring->slot = 0;
+  ring->numslots = TP_BLOCK_SIZE / TP_FRAME_SIZE;
+  ring->next = (struct tpacket2_hdr *) ring->base;
+
+  logmsg(ANDROID_LOG_INFO, "Using ring buffer with %d frames (%d bytes) at %p",
+         total_frames, buflen, ring->base);
+
+  return packetsock;
+}
+
+/* function: ring_advance
+ * advances to the next position in the packet ring
+ * ring - packet ring buffer
+ */
+static struct tpacket2_hdr* ring_advance(struct packet_ring *ring) {
+  uint8_t *next = (uint8_t *) ring->next;
+
+  ring->slot++;
+  next += TP_FRAME_SIZE;
+
+  if (ring->slot == ring->numslots) {
+    ring->slot = 0;
+    ring->block++;
+
+    if (ring->block < ring->numblocks) {
+      next += TP_FRAME_GAP;
+    } else {
+      ring->block = 0;
+      next = (uint8_t *) ring->base;
+    }
+  }
+
+  ring->next = (struct tpacket2_hdr *) next;
+  return ring->next;
+}
+
+/* function: ring_read
+ * reads a packet from the ring buffer and translates it
+ * read_fd  - file descriptor to read original packet from
+ * write_fd - file descriptor to write translated packet to
+ * to_ipv6  - whether the packet is to be translated to ipv6 or ipv4
+ */
+void ring_read(struct packet_ring *ring, int write_fd, int to_ipv6) {
+  struct tpacket2_hdr *tp = ring->next;
+  if (tp->tp_status & TP_STATUS_USER) {
+    uint8_t *packet = ((uint8_t *) tp) + tp->tp_net;
+    translate_packet(write_fd, to_ipv6, packet, tp->tp_len);
+    tp->tp_status = TP_STATUS_KERNEL;
+    tp = ring_advance(ring);
+  }
+}