On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 01:25:52PM +0300, Vitaliy Makkoveev wrote:
> ip6_input_if() and ip6_output() belongs to different paths. Nothing
> wrong to reload `ip6_mforwarding' while the interface was changed in
> ip6_output().

"&& (flags & IPV6_FORWARDING) == 0" prevents us from re-evaluating
ip6_mforwarding in ip6_output().

OK bluhm@

> Index: sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c,v
> diff -u -p -r1.144 in6_proto.c
> --- sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c	24 Jul 2025 22:57:24 -0000	1.144
> +++ sys/netinet6/in6_proto.c	25 Jul 2025 09:09:23 -0000
> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ const struct domain inet6domain = {
>   * Internet configuration info
>   */
>  int	ip6_forwarding = 0;	/* [a] no forwarding unless sysctl to enable */
> -int	ip6_mforwarding = 0;	/* no multicast forwarding unless ... */
> +int	ip6_mforwarding = 0;	/* [a] no multicast forwarding unless ... */
>  int	ip6_multipath = 0;	/* [a] no using multipath routes unless ... */
>  int	ip6_sendredirects = 1;	/* [a] */
>  int	ip6_defhlim = IPV6_DEFHLIM;			/* [a] */
> Index: sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c,v
> diff -u -p -r1.289 ip6_input.c
> --- sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c	24 Jul 2025 22:57:24 -0000	1.289
> +++ sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c	25 Jul 2025 09:09:23 -0000
> @@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ ip6_input_if(struct mbuf **mp, int *offp
>  			ours = 1;
>  
>  #ifdef MROUTING
> -		if (ip6_mforwarding && ip6_mrouter[ifp->if_rdomain]) {
> +		if (atomic_load_int(&ip6_mforwarding) &&
> +		    ip6_mrouter[ifp->if_rdomain]) {
>  			int error;
>  
>  			nxt = ip6_hbhchcheck(&m, offp, &ours, flags);
> @@ -1455,10 +1456,10 @@ const struct sysctl_bounded_args ipv6ctl
>  	{ IPV6CTL_DEFMCASTHLIM, &ip6_defmcasthlim, 0, 255 },
>  	{ IPV6CTL_USE_DEPRECATED, &ip6_use_deprecated, 0, 1 },
>  	{ IPV6CTL_MAXFRAGS, &ip6_maxfrags, 0, 1000 },
> +	{ IPV6CTL_MFORWARDING, &ip6_mforwarding, 0, 1 },
>  };
>  
>  const struct sysctl_bounded_args ipv6ctl_vars[] = {
> -	{ IPV6CTL_MFORWARDING, &ip6_mforwarding, 0, 1 },
>  	{ IPV6CTL_MCAST_PMTU, &ip6_mcast_pmtu, 0, 1 },
>  	{ IPV6CTL_NEIGHBORGCTHRESH, &ip6_neighborgcthresh, -1, 5 * 2048 },
>  	{ IPV6CTL_MAXDYNROUTES, &ip6_maxdynroutes, -1, 5 * 4096 },
> @@ -1575,6 +1576,7 @@ ip6_sysctl(int *name, u_int namelen, voi
>  	case IPV6CTL_DEFMCASTHLIM:
>  	case IPV6CTL_USE_DEPRECATED:
>  	case IPV6CTL_MAXFRAGS:
> +	case IPV6CTL_MFORWARDING:
>  		return (sysctl_bounded_arr(
>  		    ipv6ctl_vars_unlocked, nitems(ipv6ctl_vars_unlocked),
>  		    name, namelen, oldp, oldlenp, newp, newlen));
> Index: sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c,v
> diff -u -p -r1.302 ip6_output.c
> --- sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c	24 Jul 2025 19:49:08 -0000	1.302
> +++ sys/netinet6/ip6_output.c	25 Jul 2025 09:09:23 -0000
> @@ -529,7 +529,8 @@ reroute:
>  			 * above, will be forwarded by the ip6_input() routine,
>  			 * if necessary.
>  			 */
> -			if (ip6_mforwarding && ip6_mrouter[ifp->if_rdomain] &&
> +			if (atomic_load_int(&ip6_mforwarding) &&
> +			    ip6_mrouter[ifp->if_rdomain] &&
>  			    (flags & IPV6_FORWARDING) == 0) {
>  				if (ip6_mforward(ip6, ifp, m, flags) != 0) {
>  					m_freem(m);