Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: Add NETCONFA_FORCE_FORWARDING to netconf messages

[Gabriel Goller]

On 23.10.2026 11:06, netdev-bot+sinfo@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> This is an automated message. This series looks like a fix, but its
> commit messages seem to be missing some information:
> 
>  - How the issue was discovered, e.g. hit in production, hit during
>    development, syzbot report, manual code inspection, LLM or static
>    analysis tool scan.

Hit during development of ifupdown2.

>  - Whether the issue was actually triggered, or is only theoretical
>    (e.g. found by code inspection). If it was triggered please include
>    the symptoms, like the stack trace or error messages.

Can actually be triggered.
Check with `ip montor netconf` running and execute e.g.
`sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.<dev>.force_forwarding=1`. The state of the
force_forwarding property is not returned

> Please do not repost the series just to address the above. Instead,
> reply to this email with the missing information, so that reviewers
> can take it into account. If the series needs another revision for
> other reasons, please include the information in the commit messages
> then.
> 
> The evaluation is done by an LLM so it may be wrong, if you think
> that is the case please reply and explain.