[PATCH net-next v3 4/5] selftests: net: test IPV6_FL_F_REFLECT
From: Marcelo Mendes Spessoto Junior
Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 18:19:58 EST
According to the source code, flowlabel_consistency must be
deactivated for the IPV6_FL_F_REFLECT flag to work. Since
ipv6_flowlabel_mgr now runs in its own network namespace, do this
directly from the test binary. Attempt to disable
net.ipv6.flowlabel_consistency and skip the reflect test if that
fails. A disabled flowlabel_consistency does not affect the remaining
features being tested on the file, and failing to disable is not fatal
and skips the reflect test only.
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>
---
.../selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel_mgr.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 66 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel_mgr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipv6_flowlabel_mgr.c
index f8d8b09b9d86..d32150abd8ff 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 <net/if.h>
@@ -168,6 +169,23 @@ static void tcp_connect(int listener, uint32_t flowlabel,
*accepted = afd;
}
+static bool disable_flowlabel_consistency(void)
+{
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = open("/proc/sys/net/ipv6/flowlabel_consistency", O_WRONLY);
+ if (fd == -1)
+ return false;
+
+ if (write(fd, "0", 1) != 1) {
+ close(fd);
+ return false;
+ }
+ close(fd);
+
+ return true;
+}
+
static void run_tests(int fd)
{
int wstatus;
@@ -307,6 +325,54 @@ static void run_tests(int fd)
close(remote_cfd);
close(remote_listener);
}
+
+ if (!disable_flowlabel_consistency()) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "[INFO] skip REFLECT: cannot disable net.ipv6.flowlabel_consistency\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 listener before 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("accepted socket's 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 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 setup(void)
--
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