Though this change might seem more complicated, it has the benefit, that
after #9484 we don't have to assume that a received packet within IPv6's
receive function can be handed to the function pre-parsed, making that
function far less complicated (will be provided in a future PR).
Also this might give the forwarding via routing header a little
performance boost, as we now don't *receive* the packet first only to
forward it later-on.
Without this the first packet to a new link-local address will not be
delivered in non-6Lo environments, since the interface is not provided.
With this change, if an internet was provided to the address resolver it
will be stored within an allocated `gnrc_netif_hdr_t`.
At this point [IPv6 already striped](netif strip) the packet of its
netif header, so there is no risk that there will be to, in case it was
provided and the `netif` came from its existence.
`_decapsulate()` is called by callees of `_receive()` so the call to
the latter function within the first creates a recursion we don't want.
Using `gnrc_netapi` instead removes that and provides the added benefit
that other subscribers to IPv6 are also informed.
gnrc_sock_recv used to duplicate functionality of gnrc_ipv6_get_header,
but additionally checked whether the IPv6 snip is large enough.
All checks are now included in gnrc_ipv6_get_header, but as most of them
stem from programming / user errors, they were moved into asserts; this
constitutes an API change.
Our `gnrc_minimal` example configures the link-local address from the
IEEE 802.15.4 short address since it does not include 6Lo-ND.
This causes the application to be incompatible with our other GNRC
application that do include 6Lo-ND, since it [assumes][1] the link-local
address to be based on the EUI-64 for address resolution.
This enforces long addresses (aka EUI-64) for all IEEE 802.15.4 devices
when IPv6 is compiled in so `gnrc_minimal` is compatible again to the
rest.
Fixes#9910
[1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6775#section-5.2
Linux doesn't have ARO support at the moment so this is a workaround to
try to speak 6Lo-ND while still being able to do DAD with a border
router that doesn't.
While `tmp` in the loop for write-protection for the check-sum
calculation is used to check the return value of
`gnrc_pktbuf_start_write()`, it was never overwriting `payload` causing
the original snip to be used in the following iteration `prev` when
duplicated, and destroying the sanity of `ipv6`.
This change is a gnrc_ipv6_nib/gnrc_netif(2)-based rework of #7210.
Packet duplication
==================
Its main optimization is that it restructures `gnrc_ipv6` handling of
sent packets so that duplication for write-protection happens at the
latest possible step:
* potential `gnrc_netif` headers added by upper layers are
write-protected before their removal
* This unifies the duplication of the IPv6 header directly after
that
* Extension headers in-between the IPv6 header and the payload header
are duplicated just before the check sum is duplicated
Especially the last point allows for only handing a single packet snip
to all lower functions instead of an already searched IPv6 header
(which now is always the first until it is handed to the interface) +
payload header.
Further clean-ups
=================
* Next-hop link-layer address determination was moved to the
`_send_unicast` function, greatly simplifying the unicast case in the
`_send` function
* Code for loopback case was added to a new function `_send_to_self`
* Removed some code duplication
Parts of [RFC4862] were already implemented when NDP via the NIB was
first implemented. This change just includes the DAD portion of
[RFC4862]. This should be enough to make RIOT fully RFC4862 compliant.
[RFC4862]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862
If the payload length is zero and the next header field is not set to
NONXT, GNRC will interpret the current header as the payload because the
first snip is always interpreted as the payload. This can lead to loops
and or crashes.
When the payload length of an encapsulated IPv6 packet is 0, the
`_receive` function of IPv6 can be given a NULL pointer, causing the
IPv6 header checker to crash because of a NULL pointer dereference.
With the previous fix, we only have to register addresses that are not
VALID yet on reception of router advertisements. This removes the need
for the hacky `GNRC_NETIF_FLAGS_6LO_ADDRS_REG` flag that was only
introduced to prevent unnecessary re-registration.
The whole address registration looses its point if all addresses are
marked valid from the get-go. With this fix non-link-local addresses
are first marked TENTATIVE and only after successful registration
marked as VALID. Link-local addresses are assumed to always be VALID.
