[PATCH net-next v2 3/4] selftests: net: test IPV6_FL_F_REFLECT

From: Marcelo Mendes Spessoto Junior

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 23:03:18 EST


According to source code, flowlabel_consistency must be deactivated
for the IPV6_FL_F_REFLECT flag to work. Therefore, take the following
measures: deactivate it on the wrapper .sh script, and skip this test
if it is run on an environment that does not correspond.

The previously defined tcp_listen and tcp_connect helpers were reused,
since the connection flow required for REFLECT validation is very
similar to REMOTE.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Mendes Spessoto Junior <marcelomspessoto@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel.sh | 3 +-
.../selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel_mgr.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel.sh
index cee95e252bee..4c3de3a27807 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
set -e

echo "TEST management"
-./in_netns.sh ./ipv6_flowlabel_mgr
+./in_netns.sh \
+ sh -c 'sysctl -q -w net.ipv6.flowlabel_consistency=0 && ./ipv6_flowlabel_mgr'

echo "TEST datapath"
./in_netns.sh \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel_mgr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel_mgr.c
index d482be2e9f9f..af87eec799c8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel_mgr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel_mgr.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <error.h>
#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <linux/in6.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
@@ -158,6 +159,22 @@ static void tcp_connect(int listener, uint32_t flowlabel, int *client, int *acce
*accepted = afd;
}

+static bool flowlabel_consistency_enabled(void)
+{
+ char buf[2] = {};
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/sys/net/ipv6/flowlabel_consistency", O_RDONLY);
+ if (fd == -1)
+ return true;
+
+ if (read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1) < 0)
+ buf[0] = '1';
+ close(fd);
+
+ return buf[0] != '0';
+}
+
static void run_tests(int fd)
{
int wstatus;
@@ -288,6 +305,50 @@ static void run_tests(int fd)
close(remote_cfd);
close(remote_listener);
}
+
+ if (flowlabel_consistency_enabled()) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "[INFO] skip REFLECT flag validation (net.ipv6.flowlabel_consistency must be 0)\n");
+ } else {
+ struct in6_flowlabel_req reflect_query = {
+ .flr_action = IPV6_FL_A_GET,
+ };
+ struct in6_flowlabel_req reflect_off = {
+ .flr_action = IPV6_FL_A_PUT,
+ .flr_flags = IPV6_FL_F_REFLECT,
+ };
+ struct in6_flowlabel_req reflect_on = {
+ .flr_action = IPV6_FL_A_GET,
+ .flr_flags = IPV6_FL_F_REFLECT,
+ };
+ socklen_t reflect_query_len = sizeof(reflect_query);
+ int reflect_listener = tcp_listen();
+ int reflect_cfd, reflect_afd;
+
+ explain("Enable REFLECT on the listener before the client connects");
+ expect_pass(setsockopt(reflect_listener, SOL_IPV6, IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MGR,
+ &reflect_on, sizeof(reflect_on)));
+
+ tcp_connect(reflect_listener, 8, &reflect_cfd, &reflect_afd);
+
+ explain("Query the accepted socket's outgoing label, should be reflected");
+ expect_pass(getsockopt(reflect_afd, SOL_IPV6, IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MGR,
+ &reflect_query, &reflect_query_len));
+ if (ntohl(reflect_query.flr_label) != 8)
+ error(1, 0, "unexpected reflected flowlabel %u",
+ ntohl(reflect_query.flr_label));
+
+ explain("PUT+REFLECT disables reflection on the accepted socket");
+ expect_pass(setsockopt(reflect_afd, SOL_IPV6, IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MGR,
+ &reflect_off, sizeof(reflect_off)));
+ explain("cannot disable reflection twice");
+ expect_fail(setsockopt(reflect_afd, SOL_IPV6, IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MGR,
+ &reflect_off, sizeof(reflect_off)));
+
+ close(reflect_afd);
+ close(reflect_cfd);
+ close(reflect_listener);
+ }
}

static void parse_opts(int argc, char **argv)
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