Add Linux SLL2 (cooked capture v2) support

[meirdev]

Hi!

I've been using the library to parse PCAP files captured on the any interface (-i any) and extract UDP packets, but the library doesn't support Linux SLL2.

For a long time, I've been using the following workaround:

use std::net::IpAddr;

use etherparse::{InternetSlice, SlicedPacket, TransportSlice};

pub fn parse_udp_packet(packet: &[u8]) -> Option<(IpAddr, Vec<u8>)> {
    let sliced = SlicedPacket::from_ethernet(packet)
        .ok()
        .filter(|s| s.net.is_some())
        .or_else(|| {
            SlicedPacket::from_linux_sll(packet)
                .ok()
                .filter(|s| s.net.is_some())
        })
        // Linux cooked capture v2 (SLL2)
        .or_else(|| packet.get(20..).and_then(|p| SlicedPacket::from_ip(p).ok()))
        .or_else(|| SlicedPacket::from_ip(packet).ok())?;

    let source_ip = match sliced.net {
        Some(InternetSlice::Ipv4(ipv4)) => IpAddr::V4(ipv4.header().source_addr()),
        Some(InternetSlice::Ipv6(ipv6)) => IpAddr::V6(ipv6.header().source_addr()),
        _ => return None,
    };

    let payload = match sliced.transport {
        Some(TransportSlice::Udp(udp)) => udp.payload().to_vec(),
        _ => return None,
    };

    Some((source_ip, payload))
}

I thought it would be nice to add support directly to the library so that others can benefit from it as well.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added Linux Cooked Capture v2 (SLL2) support for parsing, slicing, serialization, and packet construction.
  • Added SLL2 header, metadata, and payload inspection APIs.
  • Added SLL2 support across packet parsing, lax parsing, link-layer handling, and packet builders.
  • Added tcpdump link-type documentation and example support.

• Documentation

  • Updated API documentation and changelog entries for SLL2 support.
  • Clarified Linux Cooked Capture error messages to cover SLL generally.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change adds Linux Cooked Capture v2 (SLL2) headers, zero-copy slices, parsing and serialization APIs, packet-builder support, link-layer integration, error handling, tests, and documentation.

Changes

Linux Cooked Capture v2 support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
SLL2 wire model and validation etherparse/src/link/linux_sll2_*.rs, etherparse/src/err/*, etherparse/src/link/mod.rs, etherparse/src/test_gens/mod.rs	Adds 20-byte SLL2 headers, validated header slices, payload slices, serialization, deserialization, accessors, validation errors, and property-test generators.
Link representation and packet slicing etherparse/src/link/link_header.rs, etherparse/src/link/link_slice.rs, etherparse/src/sliced_packet*.rs, etherparse/src/compositions_tests.rs, etherparse/examples/read_by_slicing.rs	Adds SLL2 link variants, accessors, payload handling, SlicedPacket::from_linux_sll2, cursor parsing, tests, and example output.
Lax parsing and packet construction etherparse/src/lax_packet_headers.rs, etherparse/src/lax_sliced_packet.rs, etherparse/src/packet_builder.rs	Adds LaxPacketHeaders::from_linux_sll2 and PacketBuilder::linux_sll2 with IPv4, IPv6, and ARP construction paths.
Public documentation and references README.md, changelog.md, etherparse/src/lib.rs	Documents the SLL2 APIs and adds the LINKTYPE_LINUX_SLL2 reference.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SlicedPacket
  participant SlicedPacketCursor
  participant LinuxSll2Slice
  participant LinkSlice
  SlicedPacket->>SlicedPacketCursor: slice_linux_sll2(data)
  SlicedPacketCursor->>LinuxSll2Slice: from_slice(data)
  LinuxSll2Slice-->>SlicedPacketCursor: header and payload slice
  SlicedPacketCursor->>LinkSlice: store LinuxSll2
  SlicedPacketCursor-->>SlicedPacket: parsed packet result

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• README.md
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• etherparse/examples/read_by_slicing.rs
• etherparse/src/compositions_tests.rs
• etherparse/src/err/layer.rs
• etherparse/src/err/linux_sll/header_error.rs
• etherparse/src/err/linux_sll/header_read_error.rs
• etherparse/src/err/linux_sll/header_slice_error.rs
• etherparse/src/lax_packet_headers.rs
• etherparse/src/lax_sliced_packet.rs
• etherparse/src/lib.rs
• etherparse/src/link/link_header.rs
• etherparse/src/link/link_slice.rs
• etherparse/src/link/linux_sll2_header.rs
• etherparse/src/link/linux_sll2_header_slice.rs
• etherparse/src/link/linux_sll2_slice.rs
• etherparse/src/link/mod.rs
• etherparse/src/packet_builder.rs
• etherparse/src/sliced_packet.rs
• etherparse/src/sliced_packet_cursor.rs
• etherparse/src/test_gens/mod.rs
• etherparse/src/test_packet.rs

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