Re: [PATCH network v3 1/5] sdn: evpn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets

["Lukas Sichert" <l.sichert@proxmox.com>]

On 2026-06-25 11:47, Stefan Hanreich <s.hanreich@proxmox.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 6/19/26 5:41 PM, Lukas Sichert wrote:

>> @@ -333,6 +347,15 @@ sub generate_sdn_config {
>>              push @iface_config, "bridge_fd 0";
>>              push @iface_config, "mtu $mtu" if $mtu;
>>              push @iface_config, "vrf $vrf_iface";
>> +
>> +            if ($enable_forward_v6) {
>> +                push @iface_config, 'ip6-forward on';
>
> Is there a reason why there's now an ip6-forward statement on the vrfbr
> as well? Is this to get router-behavior on the vrfbr as well (which was
> previously the case because of the global setting?). Would be good to
> have a clearer explanation for why this is needed in the commit message.

You are right, it is unnecessary. I will remove it in a v4.

>> +
>> +                push @iface_config,
>> +                    "post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$brvrf/force_forwarding";
>> +                push @iface_config,
>> +                    "post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$brvrf/force_forwarding";
>> +            }
>>              push(@{ $config->{$brvrf} }, @iface_config) if !$config->{$brvrf};
>>          }
>>