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Summary

Adds netprotocols.PIM, a PIM-SM (RFC 7761) decoder. IP protocol 103 dispatches to it from IPv4 and from IPv6. The PR also adds PIM checksums to compute/verify/Packet.with_checksums(), and a real FRR capture joins the corpus. Part of the Tier 2 roadmap (#172).

Closes #184

What's included

• src/netprotocols/layer3/pim.py: one PIM class serves both IP families.

  • It decodes the 4-byte common header and keeps the rest as a raw body.
  • PIM.message parses a typed message on demand: PIMHello (option TLVs plus typed option accessors), PIMRegister, PIMRegisterStop, PIMJoinPrune (also used for Graft and Graft-Ack) and PIMAssert. Every other type keeps its body raw.
  • Encoded-Unicast, Encoded-Group and Encoded-Source addresses are sized by their own address family.
  • PIM has no length field, so decode bounds a message by its own structure:
    • counts and addresses for the bounded types;
    • for a Hello, a zero tail where the next option would start;
    • for a Register, the end of the buffer.
  • Past the header, decode never raises.

• Checksums.

  • The internet checksum covers the whole message, except a Register, where it covers the first 8 bytes (§4.9.3).
  • Over IPv6 an IPv6 pseudo-header is included.
  • verify() also accepts a whole-message Register checksum, as §4.9.3 asks receivers to.

• _tlv.walk_kind_length_value(width=...) walks PIM Hello options, which have a 2-byte type and a 2-byte length. Its byte-wide callers are pinned to their previous behaviour.

• Fixture and capture script.

  • scripts/capture_fixtures_pim.sh runs two FRR 8.4 routers on four netns. tests/fixtures/pim.pcap holds 13 frames, one of each kind.
  • scripts/check_fixtures.py independently verifies every PIM checksum, including a Register's encapsulated packet and an IPv6 Null-Register's dummy header.
  • The corpus is now 246 frames across 26 scenarios.

• Tests. PIM is added to:

  • the fuzz suite (ALL_PROTOCOLS, a round-trip strategy, accessor-safety and trailer properties);
  • the contract and truncation tests;
  • the corpus checksum cases and coverage set.

  The capture host has no IPv6, so constructed frames cover PIM over IPv6. Constructed messages also cover Assert, Graft and the raw types.

• Merge of master (VRRP, RIP, OSPF), 6b34a49.

  • Every shared registration point keeps both sides.
  • The PIM and OSPF arms of check_fixtures._check_upper_v4 move into a new _check_routing_v4 helper, so the dispatcher stays at radon B.
  • CLAIMS §5.1–5.3 and the pyproject coverage comment are re-derived:
    • 29 protocols in ALL_PROTOCOLS;
    • 25 in TestGeneralizedRoundTrips;
    • 3,887 statements, 1 miss.

Verification

• uv run ruff check and uv run ruff format --check are clean
• uv run mypy is clean (strict)
• uv run pytest passes locally: 4488 passed
• CHANGELOG.md has an entry under ## [Unreleased]
• python3 scripts/check_fixtures.py tests/fixtures reports "246 frames across 26 files … All files internally consistent."
• uvx bandit -q -r -t B324 src scripts tests is clean, and nothing new sits at radon C or worse.

New protocol or dispatch change — also:

• Followed the add-a-protocol cookbook in ARCHITECTURE.md and the decode contract in src/netprotocols/_base.py
• New IPProtocol number (PIM = 0x67) carries its display name in lockstep
• Registered the class in the fuzz suite (tests/test_fuzz.py::ALL_PROTOCOLS)
• Added a real-capture fixture and updated tests/fixtures/MANIFEST.md
• Updated the README coverage table and the ARCHITECTURE.md chain diagram

Notes

• This branch changes checksum.py and _tlv.py, which are in mutmut scope, so mutation.yml gets dispatched on it. Local scoped runs left no survivor beyond the one already allowlisted.
• Independent review found and fixed four problems:
  • a quadratic Hello zero-tail scan;
  • missing IPv6 Null-Register checks;
  • IANA names for option 18 and message types 10–12;
  • a memoryview regression.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added PIM-SM protocol support for IPv4 and IPv6, including decoding and encoding common message types and handling checksums.
  • Added PIM traffic to the packet capture corpus.
• Documentation
  • Expanded protocol coverage and architecture guidance to include PIM, message framing, and checksum behavior.
• Bug Fixes
  • PIM decoding now preserves unparseable message bodies and limits parsed messages to their defined structure.

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Walkthrough

The change adds PIMv2 message decoding and typed representations, dispatches protocol 103 from IPv4 and IPv6, and implements PIM checksum handling. It also adds capture tooling, fixture validation, and regression tests.

Changes: PIM-SM support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
PIM message model and decoding src/netprotocols/layer3/pim.py, src/netprotocols/_tlv.py, src/netprotocols/_enums.py, src/netprotocols/layer3/__init__.py, src/netprotocols/__init__.py, src/netprotocols/_base.py, ARCHITECTURE.md, CONTRIBUTING.md	Adds PIMv2 header and message models, encoded IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, Hello option parsing, and structural message boundaries. The TLV walker accepts configurable field widths.
Dispatch and checksums src/netprotocols/_defaults.py, src/netprotocols/checksum.py, src/netprotocols/packet.py, README.md, ARCHITECTURE.md	Registers PIM protocol number 103 for IPv4 and IPv6. Adds PIM checksum calculation and verification, including IPv6 pseudo-headers and Register checksum variants.
Capture and fixture validation scripts/capture_fixtures_pim.sh, scripts/check_fixtures.py, tests/fixtures/MANIFEST.md	Adds FRR-based PIM capture and selection for 13 frames. Extends fixture validation to check PIM messages and checksums over IPv4 and IPv6.
Regression tests and project records tests/test_pim.py, tests/test_checksum.py, tests/test_contract.py, tests/test_corpus.py, tests/test_fuzz.py, tests/test_tlv.py, tests/strategies.py, tests/conftest.py, CHANGELOG.md, docs/CLAIMS.md, pyproject.toml, README.md	Adds PIM parsing, checksum, framing, fuzz, and round-trip coverage. Updates the documented fixture corpus and coverage totals.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant IPv4IPv6 as IPv4/IPv6
  participant Registry as IP protocol registry
  participant Decode as PIM.decode
  participant Message as PIM.message
  IPv4IPv6->>Registry: dispatch protocol 103
  Registry->>Decode: pass PIM payload
  Decode->>Message: parse typed message body

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Possibly related issues

• Refresh README, ARCHITECTURE, and CLAIMS docs once the protocol roadmap closes #197: The PR updates protocol coverage documentation and claims as requested for shipped roadmap protocols.
• Roadmap: post-2.2.1 — closing the protocol gap #170: The PR adds the PIM support described in the issue.
• Roadmap 2.5.0 — routing protocols #172: The PR implements the PIM routing-protocol work item listed in the issue.
• VRRPv3 over IPv4: support the checksum without the IPv4 pseudo-header (RFC 9568) alongside keepalived's default #242: The PR adds PIM Register checksum handling, which the issue identifies as part of the same interoperability topic.

Possibly related PRs

• EONRaider/NETProtocols#234: Both PRs address structural framing and retention of unreadable data for protocols without a length field.

Suggested reviewers: claude

Merge Risk: Low · up to 54702

The PIM decoder and its dispatch show no concrete runtime defect in this review. One new test copies the whole 64 KB buffer on every slice, which needlessly slows the test suite. Fixing it is a one-line change, so the change is mergeable with that follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 2

Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check		The PR includes merge commit 6b34a49e9abdd4724372f520979944eabc456b7b, named Merge origin/master (VRRP, RIP, OSPF) into claude/pim. The PR description also reports merge changes for VRRP, RIP, and…	Rebase the PR onto the required base, or remove the unrelated VRRP, RIP, and OSPF changes from the PR diff. Keep only PIM implementation, required shared registration changes, and their tests and documentation.
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 78.70% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 230 functions across 19 files. (7 skipped…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description check		The description follows the repository template. It explains the PIM-SM decoder, lists implementation and test changes, records verification results, covers the required new-protocol checklist, and in…
Title check		The title is concise, specific, and accurately summarizes the primary change: PIM-SM decoding dispatched through IP protocol 103.
Linked Issues check		Issue #184 requires PIM support with IPv4 and IPv6 protocol 103 dispatch. The PR adds PIM, the common header, Hello TLVs, Join/Prune parsing, round-trip tests, truncation tests, fixtures, a changelo…

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Explanation

The description follows the repository template. It explains the PIM-SM decoder, lists implementation and test changes, records verification results, covers the required new-protocol checklist, and includes relevant notes.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #184 requires PIM support with IPv4 and IPv6 protocol 103 dispatch. The PR adds PIM, the common header, Hello TLVs, Join/Prune parsing, round-trip tests, truncation tests, fixtures, a changelog entry, and checksum tests. The PR also adds supported message types beyond the minimum scope. The reviewed head history and supplied change summary support these requirements.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The PR includes merge commit 6b34a49e9abdd4724372f520979944eabc456b7b, named Merge origin/master (VRRP, RIP, OSPF) into claude/pim. The PR description also reports merge changes for VRRP, RIP, and OSPF. These unrelated protocol changes are outside issue #184. PIM-specific shared registration changes are in scope, but unrelated protocol implementation changes are not.

Resolution

Rebase the PR onto the required base, or remove the unrelated VRRP, RIP, and OSPF changes from the PR diff. Keep only PIM implementation, required shared registration changes, and their tests and documentation.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 78.70% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 230 functions across 19 files. (7 skipped: 7 unsupported.)

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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• ARCHITECTURE.md
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• CONTRIBUTING.md
• README.md
• docs/CLAIMS.md
• pyproject.toml
• scripts/capture_fixtures_pim.sh
• scripts/check_fixtures.py
• src/netprotocols/__init__.py
• src/netprotocols/_base.py
• src/netprotocols/_defaults.py
• src/netprotocols/_enums.py
• src/netprotocols/_tlv.py
• src/netprotocols/checksum.py
• src/netprotocols/layer3/__init__.py
• src/netprotocols/layer3/pim.py
• src/netprotocols/packet.py
• tests/conftest.py
• tests/fixtures/MANIFEST.md
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• tests/strategies.py
• tests/test_checksum.py
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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- bound PIM and walker references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' -e 'walk_kind_length_value' -e 'class PIM' -e 'def decode' -e 'body=' src tests | head -120
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant definitions and callers ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' 'walk_kind_length_value' src tests
rg -n -F --glob '*.py' 'class PIM' src tests
printf '%s\n' '--- PIM source context ---'
for f in $(rg -l -F --glob '*.py' 'class PIM' src); do
  echo "FILE $f"
  sed -n '1,260p' "$f"
done
printf '%s\n' '--- walker source context ---'
for f in $(rg -l -F --glob '*.py' 'def walk_kind_length_value' src); do
  echo "FILE $f"
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done

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python3 - <<'PY'
import timeit

class _SliceCountingBytes(bytes):
    read = 0
    def __getitem__(self, key):
        result = bytes(self)[key]
        type(self).read += len(result) if isinstance(key, slice) else 1
        return result

class _DirectSliceCountingBytes(bytes):
    read = 0
    def __getitem__(self, key):
        result = bytes.__getitem__(self, key)
        type(self).read += len(result) if isinstance(key, slice) else 1
        return result

body = _SliceCountingBytes(bytes(4) * 16000 + b"\x00\x01\x00\x00")
print("bytes_is_self", bytes(body) is body)
print("bytes_type", type(bytes(body)).__name__)
print("slice_equal", bytes(body)[100:200] == bytes.__getitem__(body, slice(100, 200)))
print("index_equal", bytes(body)[100] == bytes.__getitem__(body, 100))
for cls in (_SliceCountingBytes, _DirectSliceCountingBytes):
    obj = cls(bytes(4) * 16000 + b"\x00\x01\x00\x00")
    def one():
        obj[100:64100]
    elapsed = timeit.timeit(one, number=1000)
    print(cls.__name__, "seconds_per_1000", elapsed, "bytes_per_slice", len(obj))
PY

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Do not copy the full buffer for each option slice.

PIM.message passes the test body directly to walk_kind_length_value. The walker makes three __getitem__ calls per two-byte option. Therefore bytes(self) can copy about 3.07 GB for each parameterized case, or about 6.15 GB across both cases.

bytes.__getitem__(self, key) returns identical slice and index results without copying the full buffer.

♻️ Suggested fix

--- "a/tests/test_pim.py"
+++ "b/tests/test_pim.py"
@@ -915,11 +915,11 @@
 
     read = 0
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
-        """Return ``bytes(self)[key]``, adding its length to the count."""
-        result = bytes(self)[key]
+        """Return ``bytes.__getitem__(self, key)``, adding its length to the count."""
+        result = bytes.__getitem__(self, key)
         type(self).read += len(result) if isinstance(key, slice) else 1
         return result
 
 
 class TestHelloCost:

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	def __getitem__(self, key):
	"""Return ``bytes(self)[key]``, adding its length to the count."""
	result = bytes(self)[key]
	type(self).read += len(result) if isinstance(key, slice) else 1
	return result
	def __getitem__(self, key):
	"""Return ``bytes.__getitem__(self, key)``, adding its length to the count."""
	result = bytes.__getitem__(self, key)
	type(self).read += len(result) if isinstance(key, slice) else 1
	return result

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Review comment at @tests/test_pim.py around lines 918 - 922:
Update __getitem__ to delegate indexing and slicing to bytes.__getitem__ on self
instead of converting the entire buffer with bytes(self), while preserving the
existing read-count update and return behavior.

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