From: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Cc: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH network 2/4] sdn: simple: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 17:15:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601151550.118977-3-l.sichert@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260601151550.118977-1-l.sichert@proxmox.com>
Simple zones can route ipv6 subnet traffic through a VNet bridge. Until
now, this depended on global ipv6 forwarding state, which also changes
Router Advertisement handling for the whole host.
Use the per-interface 'force_forwarding' setting instead. For ipv6
subnets that need forwarding, generate post-up/post-down commands for
both the VNet interface and the outgoing interface. Track interfaces
that already received 'force_forwarding' commands to avoid duplicates
when multiple subnets share the same outgoing path.
Update the expected SDN interface output in the zone tests accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
---
src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm | 20 +++++++++++++++----
.../simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces | 4 ++++
.../simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm b/src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm
index f5cd18e..acc482c 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm
@@ -80,11 +80,13 @@ sub generate_sdn_config {
my $ipv6 = undef;
my $enable_forward_v4 = undef;
my $enable_forward_v6 = undef;
+ my $force_forward_enabled = {};
foreach my $subnetid (sort keys %{$subnets}) {
my $subnet = $subnets->{$subnetid};
my $cidr = $subnet->{cidr};
my $mask = $subnet->{mask};
+ my $vnet = $subnet->{vnet};
my $gateway = $subnet->{gateway};
if ($gateway) {
@@ -108,12 +110,23 @@ sub generate_sdn_config {
$enable_forward_v4 = 1 if $gateway;
}
+ #find outgoing interface
+ my ($outip, $outiface) =
+ PVE::Network::SDN::Zones::Plugin::get_local_route_ip($checkrouteip);
+
+ if ($outiface && $enable_forward_v6 && !($force_forward_enabled->{$outiface})) {
+ push @iface_config,
+ "post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$outiface/force_forwarding";
+ push @iface_config,
+ "post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$outiface/force_forwarding";
+ push @iface_config, "post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$vnet/force_forwarding";
+ push @iface_config, "post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$vnet/force_forwarding";
+ $force_forward_enabled->{$outiface} = 1;
+ }
+
#add route for /32 pointtopoint
push @iface_config, "up ip route add $cidr dev $vnetid" if $mask == 32 && $ipversion == 4;
if ($subnet->{snat}) {
- #find outgoing interface
- my ($outip, $outiface) =
- PVE::Network::SDN::Zones::Plugin::get_local_route_ip($checkrouteip);
if ($outip && $outiface) {
#use snat, faster than masquerade
push @iface_config,
@@ -141,7 +154,6 @@ sub generate_sdn_config {
push @iface_config, "alias $alias" if $alias;
push @iface_config, "ip-forward on" if $enable_forward_v4;
push @iface_config, "ip6-forward on" if $enable_forward_v6;
-
push @{ $config->{$vnetid} }, @iface_config;
return $config;
diff --git a/src/test/zones/simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces b/src/test/zones/simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces
index 34ed5db..cd19fda 100644
--- a/src/test/zones/simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces
+++ b/src/test/zones/simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ auto myvnet
iface myvnet
address 192.168.0.1/24
address 2a08:2142:302:3::1/64
+ post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/force_forwarding
+ post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/force_forwarding
+ post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/myvnet/force_forwarding
+ post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/myvnet/force_forwarding
bridge_ports none
bridge_stp off
bridge_fd 0
diff --git a/src/test/zones/simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces b/src/test/zones/simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces
index 5f6d40b..f426774 100644
--- a/src/test/zones/simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces
+++ b/src/test/zones/simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
auto myvnet
iface myvnet
address 2a08:2142:302:3::1/64
+ post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/force_forwarding
+ post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/force_forwarding
+ post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/myvnet/force_forwarding
+ post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/myvnet/force_forwarding
post-up ip6tables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s '2a08:2142:302:3::/64' -o vmbr0 -j SNAT --to-source 2001:db8::2
post-down ip6tables -t nat -D POSTROUTING -s '2a08:2142:302:3::/64' -o vmbr0 -j SNAT --to-source 2001:db8::2
post-up ip6tables -t raw -I PREROUTING -i fwbr+ -j CT --zone 1
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-01 15:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-01 15:15 [PATCH docs/network/perl-rs 0/4] sdn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding Lukas Sichert
2026-06-01 15:15 ` [PATCH network 1/4] sdn: evpn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets Lukas Sichert
2026-06-01 15:15 ` Lukas Sichert [this message]
2026-06-01 15:15 ` [PATCH perl-rs 3/4] fabrics: openfabric: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 transit traffic Lukas Sichert
2026-06-02 9:03 ` Gabriel Goller
2026-06-02 9:11 ` Hannes Laimer
2026-06-01 15:15 ` [PATCH docs 4/4] sdn: drop global IPv6 forwarding workaround from OpenFabric docs Lukas Sichert
2026-06-02 9:01 ` Gabriel Goller
2026-06-03 15:25 ` superseded: [PATCH docs/network/perl-rs 0/4] sdn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding Lukas Sichert
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