Re: [PATCH v3] ipv6: add `force_forwarding` sysctl to enable per-interface forwarding

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Le 02/07/2025 à 18:10, Jakub Kicinski a écrit :
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 17:14:42 +0200 Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>>> Should we invert the polarity? It appears that the condition below only
>>> let's this setting _disable_ forwarding. IMO calling it "force" suggests
>>> to the user that it will force it to be enabled.  
>> Not sure to follow you. When force_forwarding is set to 1 the forwarding is
>> always enabled.
>>
>> sysctl | all.forwarding | iface.force_forwarding | packet processing from iface
>>        |      0         |           0            |        no forward
>>        |      0         |           1            |         forward
>>        |      1         |           0            |         forward
>>        |      1         |           1            |         forward
> 
> Ugh, I can't read comparisons to zero.
> Let's switch to more sane logic:
> 
> 	if (idev && !READ_ONCE(idev->cnf.force_forwarding) &&
> 	    !READ_ONCE(net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding))
+1




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