util/slicesx: add EqualSameNil, like slices.Equal but same nilness

Then use it in tailcfg which had it duplicated a couple times.

I think we have it a few other places too.

And use slices.Equal in wgengine/router too. (found while looking for callers)

Updates #cleanup

Change-Id: If5350eee9b3ef071882a3db29a305081e4cd9d23
Signed-off-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@tailscale.com>

tailcfg/tailcfg.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"tailscale.com/types/tkatype"
 	"tailscale.com/util/cmpx"
 	"tailscale.com/util/dnsname"
+	"tailscale.com/util/slicesx"
 )
 
 // CapabilityVersion represents the client's capability level. That
@@ -1939,10 +1940,10 @@ func (n *Node) Equal(n2 *Node) bool {
 		n.Machine == n2.Machine &&
 		n.DiscoKey == n2.DiscoKey &&
 		eqPtr(n.Online, n2.Online) &&
-		eqCIDRs(n.Addresses, n2.Addresses) &&
-		eqCIDRs(n.AllowedIPs, n2.AllowedIPs) &&
-		eqCIDRs(n.PrimaryRoutes, n2.PrimaryRoutes) &&
-		eqStrings(n.Endpoints, n2.Endpoints) &&
+		slicesx.EqualSameNil(n.Addresses, n2.Addresses) &&
+		slicesx.EqualSameNil(n.AllowedIPs, n2.AllowedIPs) &&
+		slicesx.EqualSameNil(n.PrimaryRoutes, n2.PrimaryRoutes) &&
+		slicesx.EqualSameNil(n.Endpoints, n2.Endpoints) &&
 		n.DERP == n2.DERP &&
 		n.Cap == n2.Cap &&
 		n.Hostinfo.Equal(n2.Hostinfo) &&
@@ -1954,7 +1955,7 @@ func (n *Node) Equal(n2 *Node) bool {
 		n.ComputedName == n2.ComputedName &&
 		n.computedHostIfDifferent == n2.computedHostIfDifferent &&
 		n.ComputedNameWithHost == n2.ComputedNameWithHost &&
-		eqStrings(n.Tags, n2.Tags) &&
+		slicesx.EqualSameNil(n.Tags, n2.Tags) &&
 		n.Expired == n2.Expired &&
 		eqPtr(n.SelfNodeV4MasqAddrForThisPeer, n2.SelfNodeV4MasqAddrForThisPeer) &&
 		eqPtr(n.SelfNodeV6MasqAddrForThisPeer, n2.SelfNodeV6MasqAddrForThisPeer) &&
@@ -1971,30 +1972,6 @@ func eqPtr[T comparable](a, b *T) bool {
 	return *a == *b
 }
 
-func eqStrings(a, b []string) bool {
-	if len(a) != len(b) || ((a == nil) != (b == nil)) {
-		return false
-	}
-	for i, v := range a {
-		if v != b[i] {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-func eqCIDRs(a, b []netip.Prefix) bool {
-	if len(a) != len(b) || ((a == nil) != (b == nil)) {
-		return false
-	}
-	for i, v := range a {
-		if v != b[i] {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
 func eqTimePtr(a, b *time.Time) bool {
 	return ((a == nil) == (b == nil)) && (a == nil || a.Equal(*b))
 }

util/slicesx/slicesx.go

@@ -57,3 +57,23 @@ func Partition[S ~[]T, T any](s S, cb func(T) bool) (trues, falses S) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+// EqualSameNil reports whether two slices are equal: the same length, same
+// nilness (notably when length zero), and all elements equal. If the lengths
+// are different or their nilness differs, Equal returns false. Otherwise, the
+// elements are compared in increasing index order, and the comparison stops at
+// the first unequal pair. Floating point NaNs are not considered equal.
+//
+// It is identical to the standard library's slices.Equal but adds the matching
+// nilness check.
+func EqualSameNil[S ~[]E, E comparable](s1, s2 S) bool {
+	if len(s1) != len(s2) || (s1 == nil) != (s2 == nil) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range s1 {
+		if s1[i] != s2[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}

util/slicesx/slicesx_test.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"slices"
 	"testing"
+
+	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
 )
 
 func TestInterleave(t *testing.T) {
@@ -84,3 +86,14 @@ func TestPartition(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("odds: got %v, want %v", odds, wantOdds)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestEqualSameNil(t *testing.T) {
+	c := qt.New(t)
+	c.Check(EqualSameNil([]string{"a"}, []string{"a"}), qt.Equals, true)
+	c.Check(EqualSameNil([]string{"a"}, []string{"b"}), qt.Equals, false)
+	c.Check(EqualSameNil([]string{"a"}, []string{}), qt.Equals, false)
+	c.Check(EqualSameNil([]string{}, []string{}), qt.Equals, true)
+	c.Check(EqualSameNil(nil, []string{}), qt.Equals, false)
+	c.Check(EqualSameNil([]string{}, nil), qt.Equals, false)
+	c.Check(EqualSameNil[[]string](nil, nil), qt.Equals, true)
+}

wgengine/router/router_windows.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"net/netip"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ func (ft *firewallTweaker) doAsyncSet() {
 	ft.mu.Lock()
 	for { // invariant: ft.mu must be locked when beginning this block
 		val := ft.wantLocal
-		if ft.known && strsEqual(ft.lastLocal, val) && ft.wantKillswitch == ft.lastKillswitch && routesEqual(ft.localRoutes, ft.lastLocalRoutes) {
+		if ft.known && slices.Equal(ft.lastLocal, val) && ft.wantKillswitch == ft.lastKillswitch && slices.Equal(ft.localRoutes, ft.lastLocalRoutes) {
 			ft.running = false
 			ft.logf("ending netsh goroutine")
 			ft.mu.Unlock()
@@ -341,28 +342,3 @@ func (ft *firewallTweaker) doSet(local []string, killswitch bool, clear bool, pr
 	// in via stdin encoded in json.
 	return ft.fwProcEncoder.Encode(allowedRoutes)
 }
-
-func routesEqual(a, b []netip.Prefix) bool {
-	if len(a) != len(b) {
-		return false
-	}
-	// Routes are pre-sorted.
-	for i := range a {
-		if a[i] != b[i] {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-func strsEqual(a, b []string) bool {
-	if len(a) != len(b) {
-		return false
-	}
-	for i := range a {
-		if a[i] != b[i] {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}