tailscale/net/netmon/defaultroute_darwin.go
Will Norris 3ec5be3f51 all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it
This file was never truly necessary and has never actually been used in
the history of Tailscale's open source releases.

A Brief History of AUTHORS files
---

The AUTHORS file was a pattern developed at Google, originally for
Chromium, then adopted by Go and a bunch of other projects. The problem
was that Chromium originally had a copyright line only recognizing
Google as the copyright holder. Because Google (and most open source
projects) do not require copyright assignemnt for contributions, each
contributor maintains their copyright. Some large corporate contributors
then tried to add their own name to the copyright line in the LICENSE
file or in file headers. This quickly becomes unwieldy, and puts a
tremendous burden on anyone building on top of Chromium, since the
license requires that they keep all copyright lines intact.

The compromise was to create an AUTHORS file that would list all of the
copyright holders. The LICENSE file and source file headers would then
include that list by reference, listing the copyright holder as "The
Chromium Authors".

This also become cumbersome to simply keep the file up to date with a
high rate of new contributors. Plus it's not always obvious who the
copyright holder is. Sometimes it is the individual making the
contribution, but many times it may be their employer. There is no way
for the proejct maintainer to know.

Eventually, Google changed their policy to no longer recommend trying to
keep the AUTHORS file up to date proactively, and instead to only add to
it when requested: https://opensource.google/docs/releasing/authors.
They are also clear that:

> Adding contributors to the AUTHORS file is entirely within the
> project's discretion and has no implications for copyright ownership.

It was primarily added to appease a small number of large contributors
that insisted that they be recognized as copyright holders (which was
entirely their right to do). But it's not truly necessary, and not even
the most accurate way of identifying contributors and/or copyright
holders.

In practice, we've never added anyone to our AUTHORS file. It only lists
Tailscale, so it's not really serving any purpose. It also causes
confusion because Tailscalars put the "Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS" header
in other open source repos which don't actually have an AUTHORS file, so
it's ambiguous what that means.

Instead, we just acknowledge that the contributors to Tailscale (whoever
they are) are copyright holders for their individual contributions. We
also have the benefit of using the DCO (developercertificate.org) which
provides some additional certification of their right to make the
contribution.

The source file changes were purely mechanical with:

    git ls-files | xargs sed -i -e 's/\(Tailscale Inc &\) AUTHORS/\1 contributors/g'

Updates #cleanup

Change-Id: Ia101a4a3005adb9118051b3416f5a64a4a45987d
Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>
2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00

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// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
//go:build darwin || ios
package netmon
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"log"
"net"
"tailscale.com/syncs"
)
var (
lastKnownDefaultRouteIfName syncs.AtomicValue[string]
)
// UpdateLastKnownDefaultRouteInterface is called by ipn-go-bridge from apple network extensions when
// our NWPathMonitor instance detects a network path transition.
func UpdateLastKnownDefaultRouteInterface(ifName string) {
if ifName == "" {
return
}
if old := lastKnownDefaultRouteIfName.Swap(ifName); old != ifName {
interfaces, err := netInterfaces()
if err != nil {
log.Printf("defaultroute_darwin: UpdateLastKnownDefaultRouteInterface could not get interfaces: %v", err)
return
}
netif, err := getInterfaceByName(ifName, interfaces)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("defaultroute_darwin: UpdateLastKnownDefaultRouteInterface could not find interface index for %s: %v", ifName, err)
return
}
log.Printf("defaultroute_darwin: updated last known default if from OS, ifName = %s index: %d (was %s)", ifName, netif.Index, old)
}
}
func defaultRoute() (d DefaultRouteDetails, err error) {
// We cannot rely on the delegated interface data on darwin. The NetworkExtension framework
// seems to set the delegate interface only once, upon the *creation* of the VPN tunnel.
// If a network transition (e.g. from Wi-Fi to Cellular) happens while the tunnel is
// connected, it will be ignored and we will still try to set Wi-Fi as the default route
// because the delegated interface is not updated by the NetworkExtension framework.
//
// We work around this on the Swift side with a NWPathMonitor instance that observes
// the interface name of the first currently satisfied network path. Our Swift code will
// call into `UpdateLastKnownDefaultRouteInterface`, so we can rely on that when it is set.
//
// If for any reason the Swift machinery didn't work and we don't get any updates, we will
// fallback to the BSD logic.
osRoute, osRouteErr := OSDefaultRoute()
if osRouteErr == nil {
// If we got a valid interface from the OS, use it.
d.InterfaceName = osRoute.InterfaceName
d.InterfaceIndex = osRoute.InterfaceIndex
return d, nil
}
// Fallback to the BSD logic
idx, err := DefaultRouteInterfaceIndex()
if err != nil {
return d, err
}
iface, err := net.InterfaceByIndex(idx)
if err != nil {
return d, err
}
d.InterfaceName = iface.Name
d.InterfaceIndex = idx
return d, nil
}
// OSDefaultRoute returns the DefaultRouteDetails for the default interface as provided by the OS
// via UpdateLastKnownDefaultRouteInterface. If UpdateLastKnownDefaultRouteInterface has not been called,
// the interface name is not valid, or we cannot find its index, an error is returned.
func OSDefaultRoute() (d DefaultRouteDetails, err error) {
// Did Swift set lastKnownDefaultRouteInterface? If so, we should use it and don't bother
// with anything else. However, for sanity, do check whether Swift gave us with an interface
// that exists, is up, and has an address and is not the tunnel itself.
if swiftIfName := lastKnownDefaultRouteIfName.Load(); swiftIfName != "" {
// Start by getting all available interfaces.
interfaces, err := netInterfaces()
if err != nil {
log.Printf("defaultroute_darwin: could not get interfaces: %v", err)
return d, err
}
if ifc, err := getInterfaceByName(swiftIfName, interfaces); err == nil {
d.InterfaceName = ifc.Name
d.InterfaceIndex = ifc.Index
return d, nil
}
}
err = errors.New("no os provided default route interface found")
return d, err
}
func getInterfaceByName(name string, interfaces []Interface) (*Interface, error) {
for _, ifc := range interfaces {
if ifc.Name != name {
continue
}
if !ifc.IsUp() {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("defaultroute_darwin: %s is down", name)
}
addrs, _ := ifc.Addrs()
if len(addrs) == 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("defaultroute_darwin: %s has no addresses", name)
}
return &ifc, nil
}
return nil, errors.New("no interfaces found")
}