Re: [PATCH] ipv6: check per-interface proxy_ndp in forwarding and NA paths

From: Ido Schimmel

Date: Sun Sep 20 2026 - 12:03:16 EST


On Sun, Sep 20, 2026 at 10:46:24AM -0300, Adriano Córdova wrote:
> It does not hit any of the current selftests, but it would be possible to write
> one that would currently not proxy NDPs, I think the following config in the
> current code:
>
> net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
> net.ipv6.conf.eth0.proxy_ndp=1 # all.proxy_ndp == 0
> ip -6 neigh add proxy 2001:db8::100 dev eth0
>
> makes the initial multicast NS work but the subsequent unicast NS do not.

>From the above I understand that you don't have a use case for this
patch and that you didn't even test it ("I think"). As such, I'm not
going to spend any more time on this submission. Also, please don't top
post.

Thanks