[PATCH v4] selftests/net: add test for IP-in-IPv6 tunneling

[PATCH v4] selftests/net: add test for IP-in-IPv6 tunneling

[Linus Heckemann]

commit 81c734dae203 ("ip6_tunnel: use skb_vlan_inet_prepare() in
__ip6_tnl_rcv()") was fine in and of itself, but its backport to 6.12
(and 6.6) broke IPv4-in-IPv6 tunneling, see [1]. This adds a self-test
for basic IPv4-in-IPv6 and IPv6-in-IPv6 functionality.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAA2RiuSnH_2xc+-W6EnFEG00XjS-dszMq61JEvRjcGS31CBw=g@mail.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Linus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org>
Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ricardo B. Marlière <rbm@suse.com>
Tested-by: Ricardo B. Marlière <rbm@suse.com>
---
Compared to v3:
* Added missing +x bit to the test script
---
 tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile      |  1 +
 tools/testing/selftests/net/ip6_tunnel.sh | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/ip6_tunnel.sh

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
index 45c4ea381bc36..5037a344ad826 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ TEST_PROGS := \
 	io_uring_zerocopy_tx.sh \
 	ioam6.sh \
 	ip6_gre_headroom.sh \
+	ip6_tunnel.sh \
 	ip_defrag.sh \
 	ip_local_port_range.sh \
 	ipv6_flowlabel.sh \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ip6_tunnel.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ip6_tunnel.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..fe081a5218199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ip6_tunnel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Test that IPv4-over-IPv6 tunneling works.
+
+source lib.sh
+set -e
+
+setup_prepare() {
+  ip link add transport1 type veth peer name transport2
+
+  setup_ns ns1
+  ip link set transport1 netns $ns1
+  ip -n $ns1 address add 2001:db8::1/64 dev transport1 nodad
+  ip -n $ns1 address add 2001:db8::3/64 dev transport1 nodad
+  ip -n $ns1 link set transport1 up
+  ip -n $ns1 link add link transport1 name tunnel4 type ip6tnl mode ipip6 local 2001:db8::1 remote 2001:db8::2
+  ip -n $ns1 address add 172.0.0.1/32 peer 172.0.0.2/32 dev tunnel4
+  ip -n $ns1 link set tunnel4 up
+  ip -n $ns1 link add link transport1 name tunnel6 type ip6tnl mode ip6ip6 local 2001:db8::3 remote 2001:db8::4
+  ip -n $ns1 address add 2001:db8:6::1/64 dev tunnel6
+  ip -n $ns1 link set tunnel6 up
+
+  setup_ns ns2
+  ip link set transport2 netns $ns2
+  ip -n $ns2 address add 2001:db8::2/64 dev transport2 nodad
+  ip -n $ns2 address add 2001:db8::4/64 dev transport2 nodad
+  ip -n $ns2 link set transport2 up
+  ip -n $ns2 link add link transport2 name tunnel4 type ip6tnl mode ipip6 local 2001:db8::2 remote 2001:db8::1
+  ip -n $ns2 address add 172.0.0.2/32 peer 172.0.0.1/32 dev tunnel4
+  ip -n $ns2 link set tunnel4 up
+  ip -n $ns2 link add link transport2 name tunnel6 type ip6tnl mode ip6ip6 local 2001:db8::4 remote 2001:db8::3
+  ip -n $ns2 address add 2001:db8:6::2/64 dev tunnel6
+  ip -n $ns2 link set tunnel6 up
+}
+
+cleanup() {
+  cleanup_all_ns
+  # in case the namespaces haven't been set up yet
+  ip link delete transport1 &>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+setup_prepare
+ip netns exec $ns1 ping -q -W1 -c1 172.0.0.2 >/dev/null
+ip netns exec $ns1 ping -q -W1 -c1 2001:db8:6::2 >/dev/null
-- 
2.52.0

Re: [PATCH v4] selftests/net: add test for IP-in-IPv6 tunneling

[Eric Dumazet]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 12:48 PM Linus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org> wrote:
>
> commit 81c734dae203 ("ip6_tunnel: use skb_vlan_inet_prepare() in
> __ip6_tnl_rcv()") was fine in and of itself, but its backport to 6.12
> (and 6.6) broke IPv4-in-IPv6 tunneling, see [1]. This adds a self-test
> for basic IPv4-in-IPv6 and IPv6-in-IPv6 functionality.
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAA2RiuSnH_2xc+-W6EnFEG00XjS-dszMq61JEvRjcGS31CBw=g@mail.gmail.com/
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Heckemann <git@sphalerite.org>
> Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ricardo B. Marlière <rbm@suse.com>
> Tested-by: Ricardo B. Marlière <rbm@suse.com>

Thanks for adding a new test, even if it won't be backported to earlier trees...

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Re: [PATCH v4] selftests/net: add test for IP-in-IPv6 tunneling

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:48:06 +0100 you wrote:
> commit 81c734dae203 ("ip6_tunnel: use skb_vlan_inet_prepare() in
> __ip6_tnl_rcv()") was fine in and of itself, but its backport to 6.12
> (and 6.6) broke IPv4-in-IPv6 tunneling, see [1]. This adds a self-test
> for basic IPv4-in-IPv6 and IPv6-in-IPv6 functionality.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAA2RiuSnH_2xc+-W6EnFEG00XjS-dszMq61JEvRjcGS31CBw=g@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v4] selftests/net: add test for IP-in-IPv6 tunneling
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f77c7b960144

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