Change:
// case 3 { devAddresses: map[string][]string{"encap0": {"10.20.30.40"}, "lo": {"127.0.0.1"}, "docker0": {"172.17.0.1"}}, <del> expectIPs:    []string{"10.20.30.40", "127.0.0.1", "172.17.0.1"}, </del> <ins> expectIPs:    []string{"10.20.30.40", "172.17.0.1"}, </ins> }, // case 4 { devAddresses: map[string][]string{"encaps9": {"10.20.30.40"}, "lo": {"127.0.0.1"}, "encap7": {"10.20.30.31"}}, <del> expectIPs:    []string{"10.20.30.40", "127.0.0.1", "10.20.30.31"}, </del> <ins> expectIPs:    []string{"10.20.30.40", "10.20.30.31"}, </ins> }, // case 5 { devAddresses: map[string][]string{"kube-ipvs0": {"1.2.3.4"}, "lo": {"127.0.0.1"}, "encap7": {"10.20.30.31"}}, <del> expectIPs:    []string{"127.0.0.1", "10.20.30.31"}, </del> <ins> expectIPs:    []string{"10.20.30.31"}, </ins> }, // case 6 { devAddresses: map[string][]string{"kube-ipvs0": {"1.2.3.4", "2.3.4.5"}, "lo": {"127.0.0.1"}}, <del> expectIPs:    []string{"127.0.0.1"}, </del> <ins> expectIPs:    []string{}, </ins> }, // case 7 {

Discussion:
What happened: For services with type NodePort (and LoadBalancer) ipvs entries for localhost (ipv4 and ipv6) are created. Here is an example for a service with so the same nodeport is used for ipv4 and ipv6; The localhost entries can't be used and most likely they never will. What you expected to happen: Since "::1" most likely will never work and 127.0.0.1 will not work without an unlikely Linux kernel update these entries must not be created. Further, since the use of localhost addresses for nodeports is the only know reason to require (), this requirement shall be removed for proxy-mode=ipvs. How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible): Start a cluster with proxy-mode=ipvs and some services Do; Anything else we need to know?: That ipv6 access to [::1]:nodeport does not work (and most likely never will) is discussed in For 127.0.0.1 is is a bit more complicated as discussed in , with the excellent deep-dive into the kernel by in This may seem like a minor issue but clean-up of useless things is always good. I also have (vague) plans to propose improvements for the address handling for proxy-mode=ipvs and the localhost entries becomes an unwanted problem. If this issue is accepted as a bug I'll be happy to do a PR. Environment: Kubernetes version (use ): all supporting proxy-mode=ipvs Cloud provider or hardware configuration: any OS (e.g: ): any Kernel (e.g. ): any Install tools: none Network plugin and version (if this is a network-related bug): any Others: /kind cleanup /sig network /area ipvs
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test in ipv6 + iptables , ::1 is not work for NodePort. /assign
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Since it is highly unlikely that the kernel will be updated to allow this for ipv4 and it will never work for ipv6 I would really want to remove this from the ipvs proxier.
Do you think I can go ahead and disable the setup for localhost node-ports in the ipvs proxier? Since it have never worked it would not be a user facing change. Or should we discuss it on the sig/network meeting?
I personally think that this was implicitly discussed and confirmed here , it is an implementation detail of IPVS and a known issue that never worked in IPVS, so it will be safe to disable directly without further discussion. However, I defer to for a final decision /assign
I made a PR. ~It's just 3 lines~ Now 8 lines. I forgot the config setting.