- const struct ip *iph = (const struct ip *)ip_data;
-
- /* If the client addr is not known, there is no point in
- sending the packet to it. Normally the sender should have
- done an ARP request to get its MAC address. Here we do it
- in place of sending the packet and we hope that the sender
- will retry sending its packet. */
- memset(reh->h_dest, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
- memcpy(reh->h_source, special_ethaddr, ETH_ALEN - 4);
- memcpy(&reh->h_source[2], &slirp->vhost_addr, 4);
- reh->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
- rah->ar_hrd = htons(1);
- rah->ar_pro = htons(ETH_P_IP);
- rah->ar_hln = ETH_ALEN;
- rah->ar_pln = 4;
- rah->ar_op = htons(ARPOP_REQUEST);
- /* source hw addr */
- memcpy(rah->ar_sha, special_ethaddr, ETH_ALEN - 4);
- memcpy(&rah->ar_sha[2], &slirp->vhost_addr, 4);
- /* source IP */
- rah->ar_sip = slirp->vhost_addr.s_addr;
- /* target hw addr (none) */
- memset(rah->ar_tha, 0, ETH_ALEN);
- /* target IP */
- rah->ar_tip = iph->ip_dst.s_addr;
- slirp->client_ipaddr = iph->ip_dst;
- slirp_output(arp_req, sizeof(arp_req));
+
+ if (!ifm->arp_requested) {
+ /* If the client addr is not known, send an ARP request */
+ memset(reh->h_dest, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
+ memcpy(reh->h_source, special_ethaddr, ETH_ALEN - 4);
+ memcpy(&reh->h_source[2], &slirp->vhost_addr, 4);
+ reh->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
+ rah->ar_hrd = htons(1);
+ rah->ar_pro = htons(ETH_P_IP);
+ rah->ar_hln = ETH_ALEN;
+ rah->ar_pln = 4;
+ rah->ar_op = htons(ARPOP_REQUEST);
+
+ /* source hw addr */
+ memcpy(rah->ar_sha, special_ethaddr, ETH_ALEN - 4);
+ memcpy(&rah->ar_sha[2], &slirp->vhost_addr, 4);
+
+ /* source IP */
+ rah->ar_sip = slirp->vhost_addr.s_addr;
+
+ /* target hw addr (none) */
+ memset(rah->ar_tha, 0, ETH_ALEN);
+
+ /* target IP */
+ rah->ar_tip = iph->ip_dst.s_addr;
+ slirp->client_ipaddr = iph->ip_dst;
+ slirp_output(slirp->opaque, arp_req, sizeof(arp_req));
+ ifm->arp_requested = true;
+
+ /* Expire request and drop outgoing packet after 1 second */
+ ifm->expiration_date = qemu_get_clock_ns(rt_clock) + 1000000000ULL;
+ }
+ return 0;