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* [PATCH docs/network/perl-rs v2 0/5] sdn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding
@ 2026-06-03 14:29 Lukas Sichert
  2026-06-03 14:29 ` [PATCH network v2 1/5] sdn: evpn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets Lukas Sichert
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From: Lukas Sichert @ 2026-06-03 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pve-devel; +Cc: Lukas Sichert

Gabriel's upstream kernel patch [1] added
net.ipv6.conf.<iface>.force_forwarding. This allows enabling IPv6
forwarding on selected interfaces without requiring
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding.

This is useful for SDN setups because all.forwarding has host-wide side
effects. In particular, it disables Router Advertisement processing by
default, which can break SLAAC on unrelated interfaces. SDN only needs
forwarding on the VNet, exit-node, or fabric interfaces that participate
in routed IPv6 traffic.

This series generates ifupdown post-up/post-down commands for those
interfaces so force_forwarding is enabled when the interface is brought
up and reset when it is brought down.
The tests are adjusted for the generated /etc/network/interfaces.d/sdn
output.
Also the series rewrites the documenation to reflect the updated
behaviour.


[1] lkml.org/lkml/2025/7/7/577

changes from v1 to v2 (thanks @Gabriel, @Hannes):
-add force_fowarding also to bgp fabrics
-explictly mention the force_forwarding flag in the documenation
-add a reference link to the sysctl documentation
-mention bgp as a fabric with ipv6 support


network:

Lukas Sichert (2):
  sdn: evpn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets
  sdn: simple: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets

 src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/EvpnPlugin.pm       | 20 +++++++++++++++----
 src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm     | 20 +++++++++++++++----
 .../expected_sdn_interfaces                   |  4 ++++
 .../exitnode_snat/expected_sdn_interfaces     |  4 ++++
 .../exitnodenullroute/expected_sdn_interfaces |  4 ++++
 .../evpn/ipv4ipv6/expected_sdn_interfaces     |  4 ++++
 .../zones/evpn/ipv6/expected_sdn_interfaces   |  4 ++++
 .../evpn/ipv6underlay/expected_sdn_interfaces |  4 ++++
 .../simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces     |  4 ++++
 .../simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces   |  4 ++++
 10 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)


perl-rs:

Lukas Sichert (2):
  fabrics: openfabric: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 transit traffic
  fabrics: bgp: enable force_forwardgin for ipv6 transit traffic

 pve-rs/src/bindings/sdn/fabrics.rs | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)


docs:

Lukas Sichert (1):
  sdn: drop global iv6 forwarding workaround from OpenFabric docs

 pvesdn.adoc | 21 +++++----------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)


Summary over all repositories:
  12 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

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