// Copyright 2016 The Netstack Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // Package tun contains methods to open TAP and TUN devices. package tun import ( "syscall" "unsafe" ) // Open opens the specified TUN device, sets it to non-blocking mode, and // returns its file descriptor. func Open(name string) (int, error) { return open(name, syscall.IFF_TUN|syscall.IFF_NO_PI) } // OpenTAP opens the specified TAP device, sets it to non-blocking mode, and // returns its file descriptor. func OpenTAP(name string) (int, error) { return open(name, syscall.IFF_TAP|syscall.IFF_NO_PI) } func open(name string, flags uint16) (int, error) { fd, err := syscall.Open("/dev/net/tun", syscall.O_RDWR, 0) if err != nil { return -1, err } var ifr struct { name [16]byte flags uint16 _ [22]byte } copy(ifr.name[:], name) ifr.flags = flags _, _, errno := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_IOCTL, uintptr(fd), syscall.TUNSETIFF, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ifr))) if errno != 0 { syscall.Close(fd) return -1, errno } if err = syscall.SetNonblock(fd, true); err != nil { syscall.Close(fd) return -1, err } return fd, nil }