google/gvisor

/proc/sys/net/ipv6 not supported

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#5,745 opened on Mar 29, 2021

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area: compatibilityarea: networkinggood first issuestatus: help wantedtype: bug

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Description

ls -l /proc/sys/net/

total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Mar 25 09:22 core
dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Mar 25 09:22 ipv4
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There are many parts of ipv6 that need this to control configuration.

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Research direction
Examine the existing implementation of /proc/sys/net/ipv4 in gVisor's procfs code and add similar support for IPv6 by implementing the necessary sysctl nodes.
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go
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networking
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