From: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Cc: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH perl-rs 3/4] fabrics: openfabric: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 transit traffic
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 17:15:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601151550.118977-4-l.sichert@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260601151550.118977-1-l.sichert@proxmox.com>
In a non-full-mesh OpenFabric setup, nodes may need to relay traffic
between peers that are not directly connected. This requires forwarding
ipv6 packets between fabric bridges. With the addition of
'force_forwarding' to the Linux kernel, this can be done without
enabling 'all.forwarding', which disables Router Advertisements.
Configure fabric bridges with the required 'post-up'/'post-down'
commands to enable 'force_forwarding'.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
---
pve-rs/src/bindings/sdn/fabrics.rs | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/pve-rs/src/bindings/sdn/fabrics.rs b/pve-rs/src/bindings/sdn/fabrics.rs
index f96b6b1..785b537 100644
--- a/pve-rs/src/bindings/sdn/fabrics.rs
+++ b/pve-rs/src/bindings/sdn/fabrics.rs
@@ -596,6 +596,16 @@ pub mod pve_rs_sdn_fabrics {
writeln!(interface, "\tlink-type {link_type}")?;
}
writeln!(interface, "\tip-forward 1")?;
+ if cidr.is_ipv6() {
+ writeln!(
+ interface,
+ "\tpost-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/{name}/force_forwarding"
+ )?;
+ writeln!(
+ interface,
+ "\tpost-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/{name}/force_forwarding"
+ )?;
+ }
Ok(interface)
}
--
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 ` [PATCH network 2/4] sdn: simple: " Lukas Sichert
2026-06-01 15:15 ` Lukas Sichert [this message]
2026-06-02 9:03 ` [PATCH perl-rs 3/4] fabrics: openfabric: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 transit traffic 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2026-06-03 15:25 ` superseded: [PATCH docs/network/perl-rs 0/4] sdn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding Lukas Sichert
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