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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 v4 2/6] sdn: simple: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:55:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260727135509.14588-3-l.sichert@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727135509.14588-1-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.
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     | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces     |  4 +++
 .../simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces   |  4 +++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm b/src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm
index 347eee9..854a761 100644
--- a/src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm
+++ b/src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm
@@ -149,7 +149,30 @@ sub generate_sdn_config {
     push @iface_config, "mtu $mtu" if $mtu;
     push @iface_config, "alias $alias" if $alias;
     push @iface_config, "ip-forward on" if $enable_forward_v4;
-    push @iface_config, "ip6-forward on" if $enable_forward_v6;
+
+    if ($enable_forward_v6) {
+        push @iface_config, "ip6-forward on";
+
+        push @iface_config, "post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$vnetid/force_forwarding";
+        push @iface_config, "post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$vnetid/force_forwarding";
+
+        #find outgoing ipv6 interface
+        my ($outip, $outiface);
+        eval {
+            ($outip, $outiface) =
+                PVE::Network::SDN::Zones::Plugin::get_local_route_ip('2001:4860:4860::8888');
+        };
+        if ($@) {
+            my $msg = "interface for IPv6 forwarding could not be resolved: $@";
+            log_warn($msg);
+        } elsif ($outiface) {
+            push @iface_config,
+                "post-up echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$outiface/force_forwarding";
+            push @iface_config,
+                "post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$outiface/force_forwarding";
+        }
+
+    }
 
     push @{ $config->{$vnetid} }, @iface_config;
 
diff --git a/src/test/zones/simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces b/src/test/zones/simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces
index 34ed5db..61b7258 100644
--- a/src/test/zones/simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces
+++ b/src/test/zones/simple/ipv4v6/expected_sdn_interfaces
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ iface myvnet
 	bridge_fd 0
 	ip-forward on
 	ip6-forward on
+	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 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/force_forwarding
+	post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/force_forwarding
diff --git a/src/test/zones/simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces b/src/test/zones/simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces
index 5f6d40b..4df3371 100644
--- a/src/test/zones/simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces
+++ b/src/test/zones/simple/ipv6snat/expected_sdn_interfaces
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ iface myvnet
 	bridge_stp off
 	bridge_fd 0
 	ip6-forward on
+	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 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/force_forwarding
+	post-down echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/vmbr0/force_forwarding
-- 
2.47.3





  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-27 13:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-27 13:55 [PATCH docs/manager/network/perl-rs v4 0/6] sdn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding Lukas Sichert
2026-07-27 13:55 ` [PATCH network v4 1/6] sdn: evpn: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 forwarding to subnets Lukas Sichert
2026-07-27 13:55 ` Lukas Sichert [this message]
2026-07-27 13:55 ` [PATCH perl-rs v4 3/6] fabrics: openfabric: enable force_forwarding for ipv6 transit traffic Lukas Sichert
2026-07-27 13:55 ` [PATCH perl-rs v4 4/6] fabrics: bgp: " Lukas Sichert
2026-07-27 13:55 ` [PATCH manager v4 5/6] ui: sdn: remove IPv6 forwarding hint from fabric edit window Lukas Sichert
2026-07-27 13:55 ` [PATCH docs v4 6/6] sdn: drop global ipv6 forwarding workaround from OpenFabric docs Lukas Sichert

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