Subject: [PATCH v3] selftests/net: add test for IP-in-IPv6 tunneling

From: Linus Heckemann <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 09:05:54 +0100

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=[email-masked]/

Signed-off-by: Linus Heckemann <[email-masked]>
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Compared to previous version:
* Added DCO as requested by Jakub
* Suppressed output of ping and the expected-to-fail `ip link delete` cleanup invocation as suggested by Jakub
* Added `set -e` as suggested by Hangbin

Not sure about the etiquette regarding the Tested-by line: Ricardo
tested v1 of the patch, I guess I shouldn't add it to a respin?
---
 tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile      |  1 +
 tools/testing/selftests/net/ip6_tunnel.sh | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 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 100644
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
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2.52.0