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

[Ido Schimmel]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at 01:15:01PM +0200, Gabriel Goller wrote:
> 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

Are you using a modified iproute2? I don't see "force_forwarding" there.