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From: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Cc: Lukas Sichert <l.sichert@proxmox.com>
Subject: [PATCH network v2 2/5] sdn: simple: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets
Date: Wed,  3 Jun 2026 16:29:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260603142921.91174-3-l.sichert@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260603142921.91174-1-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





  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-03 14:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-03 14:29 [PATCH docs/network/perl-rs v2 0/5] sdn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding Lukas Sichert
2026-06-03 14:29 ` [PATCH network v2 1/5] sdn: evpn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets Lukas Sichert
2026-06-03 14:29 ` Lukas Sichert [this message]
2026-06-03 14:29 ` [PATCH perl-rs v2 3/5] fabrics: openfabric: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 transit traffic Lukas Sichert
2026-06-03 14:29 ` [PATCH perl-rs v2 4/5] fabrics: bgp: enable force_forwardgin " Lukas Sichert
2026-06-03 14:29 ` [PATCH docs v2 5/5] sdn: drop global iv6 forwarding workaround from OpenFabric docs Lukas Sichert

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