On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM Dmitrii Shcherbakov <
[email protected]> wrote:

> A persistent IDL index adds work to every Service_Monitor update,
> including on chassis that have no health-gated advertised routes. OVS
> removes and reinserts a modified row in each index even when the indexed
> columns did not change.
>
> Build a temporary hash of the selectors only while evaluating active
> route gates, then scan the already monitored Service_Monitor table once.
> This keeps route evaluation linear in the number of selectors and
> monitors without steady-state index maintenance. Skip tracked-row
> processing when the chassis has no relevant monitor or health-check port.
>
> The preceding commit 6f955a91d fixed cleanup of temporary index query
> rows. This change removes that query path, so the cleanup is no longer
> needed.
>
> The scan records every monitor matching an active selector. The indexed
> loop stopped at later selectors after a gate found an online monitor.
> This only widens relevant_service_monitors for deleted-row tracking.
> Changes to live load-balancer monitors on a gated port are already
> covered by health_check_ports. Gate decisions keep the same OR
> semantics.
>
> The handler can return unchanged when both tracking sets are empty
> because each unhandled path requires an entry in one of them.
>
> Each recompute now costs O(|Service_Monitor| + |selectors|).
> ovn-heater comparisons covered both a fully distributed workload and an
> asymmetric workload with 4000 monitors and only 10 advertised load
> balancers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitrii Shcherbakov <[email protected]>
> ---
>  controller/ovn-controller.c |  25 +++----
>  controller/route.c          | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  controller/route.h          |   3 +-
>  3 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/controller/ovn-controller.c b/controller/ovn-controller.c
> index 6551a4e30..38c1acfe8 100644
> --- a/controller/ovn-controller.c
> +++ b/controller/ovn-controller.c
> @@ -5331,9 +5331,8 @@ en_route_run(struct engine_node *node, void *data)
>
>      const struct sbrec_advertised_route_table *advertised_route_table =
>          EN_OVSDB_GET(engine_get_input("SB_advertised_route", node));
> -    struct ovsdb_idl_index *service_monitor_by_selector =
> -        engine_ovsdb_node_get_index(
> -            engine_get_input("SB_service_monitor", node), "selector");
> +    const struct sbrec_service_monitor_table *service_monitor_table =
> +        EN_OVSDB_GET(engine_get_input("SB_service_monitor", node));
>      const struct ovsrec_open_vswitch *cfg
>          = ovsrec_open_vswitch_table_first(ovs_table);
>      const char *dynamic_routing_port_mapping =
> @@ -5341,7 +5340,7 @@ en_route_run(struct engine_node *node, void *data)
>
>      struct route_ctx_in r_ctx_in = {
>          .advertised_route_table = advertised_route_table,
> -        .service_monitor_by_selector = service_monitor_by_selector,
> +        .service_monitor_table = service_monitor_table,
>          .sbrec_port_binding_by_name = sbrec_port_binding_by_name,
>          .chassis = chassis,
>          .dynamic_routing_port_mapping = dynamic_routing_port_mapping,
> @@ -5687,6 +5686,11 @@ route_sb_service_monitor_handler(struct engine_node
> *node,
>                                   void *data)
>  {
>      struct ed_type_route *re_data = data;
> +    if (uuidset_is_empty(&re_data->relevant_service_monitors) &&
> +        sset_is_empty(&re_data->health_check_ports)) {
> +        return EN_HANDLED_UNCHANGED;
> +    }
> +
>      const struct sbrec_service_monitor_table *sm_table =
>          EN_OVSDB_GET(engine_get_input("SB_service_monitor", node));
>
> @@ -7670,19 +7674,6 @@ inc_proc_ovn_controller_init(
>      engine_ovsdb_node_add_index(&en_sb_datapath_binding, "key",
>                                  sbrec_datapath_binding_by_key);
>
> -    const struct ovsdb_idl_index_column
> service_monitor_selector_columns[] = {
> -        { .column = &sbrec_service_monitor_col_logical_port },
> -        { .column = &sbrec_service_monitor_col_type },
> -        { .column = &sbrec_service_monitor_col_protocol },
> -        { .column = &sbrec_service_monitor_col_port },
> -    };
> -    struct ovsdb_idl_index *service_monitor_by_selector =
> -        ovsdb_idl_index_create(
> -            sb_idl_loop->idl, service_monitor_selector_columns,
> -            ARRAY_SIZE(service_monitor_selector_columns));
> -    engine_ovsdb_node_add_index(&en_sb_service_monitor, "selector",
> -                                service_monitor_by_selector);
> -
>      struct ovsdb_idl_index *sbrec_fdb_by_dp_key
>          = ovsdb_idl_index_create1(sb_idl_loop->idl,
>                                    &sbrec_fdb_col_dp_key);
> diff --git a/controller/route.c b/controller/route.c
> index cb424bec8..00fd9a105 100644
> --- a/controller/route.c
> +++ b/controller/route.c
> @@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ struct lb_route_gate {
>      bool any_online;
>  };
>
> +/* A parsed health-check selector and the route gate that uses it. */
> +struct lb_route_selector {
> +    struct hmap_node node;
> +    struct lb_route_gate *gate;
> +    struct in6_addr backend_ip;
> +    char *protocol;
> +    uint16_t port;
> +};
> +
>  static bool
>  route_has_health_checks(const struct sbrec_advertised_route *route)
>  {
> @@ -186,13 +195,25 @@ destroy_lb_route_gates(struct hmap *gates)
>      hmap_destroy(gates);
>  }
>
> -/* Resolve northd-provided protocol,backend-IP,backend-port selectors
> against
> - * Service_Monitor rows with the same logical port, port and protocol.
> IP is
> - * compared separately in binary form so equivalent IPv6 spellings match.
> */
> +/* Hash the four fields that identify the Service_Monitor row a selector
> + * refers to.  The address is hashed in binary form so equivalent IPv6
> + * spellings produce the same value. */
> +static uint32_t
> +lb_route_selector_hash(const char *logical_port, const char *protocol,
> +                       uint16_t port, const struct in6_addr *backend_ip)
> +{
> +    uint32_t hash = hash_string(logical_port, 0);
> +    hash = hash_string(protocol, hash);
> +    hash = hash_add_in6_addr(hash, backend_ip);
> +    return hash_int(port, hash);
> +}
> +
> +/* Parse the "protocol,backend-IP,backend-port" health-check selectors of
> + * active route gates into 'selectors'.  The hash map lives only for the
> + * duration of route evaluation, so ordinary Service_Monitor updates do
> not
> + * maintain a persistent index. */
>  static void
> -evaluate_lb_route_gates(struct hmap *gates,
> -                        struct ovsdb_idl_index
> *service_monitor_by_selector,
> -                        struct uuidset *relevant_service_monitors)
> +build_lb_route_selectors(struct hmap *selectors, struct hmap *gates)
>  {
>      struct lb_route_gate *g;
>      HMAP_FOR_EACH (g, node, gates) {
> @@ -231,39 +252,77 @@ evaluate_lb_route_gates(struct hmap *gates,
>                  continue;
>              }
>
> -            const char *tracked_lp = g->route->tracked_port->logical_port;
> -            struct sbrec_service_monitor *filter =
> -                sbrec_service_monitor_index_init_row(
> -                    service_monitor_by_selector);
> -            sbrec_service_monitor_index_set_logical_port(filter,
> tracked_lp);
> -            sbrec_service_monitor_index_set_type(filter, "load-balancer");
> -            sbrec_service_monitor_index_set_protocol(filter, protocol);
> -            sbrec_service_monitor_index_set_port(filter, backend_port);
> -
> -            const struct sbrec_service_monitor *monitor;
> -            SBREC_SERVICE_MONITOR_FOR_EACH_EQUAL (
> -                monitor, filter, service_monitor_by_selector) {
> -                struct in6_addr sm_ip;
> -                if (!ip46_parse(monitor->ip, &sm_ip) ||
> -                    !ipv6_addr_equals(&sm_ip, &backend_ip_addr)) {
> -                    continue;
> -                }
> +            struct lb_route_selector *s = xmalloc(sizeof *s);
> +            *s = (struct lb_route_selector) {
> +                .gate = g,
> +                .backend_ip = backend_ip_addr,
> +                .protocol = xstrdup(protocol),
> +                .port = backend_port,
> +            };
> +            const char *logical_port =
> +                g->route->tracked_port->logical_port;
> +            hmap_insert(selectors, &s->node,
> +                        lb_route_selector_hash(logical_port, protocol,
> +                                               backend_port,
> +                                               &backend_ip_addr));
> +        }
> +        free(buf);
> +    }
> +}
>
> -                uuidset_insert(relevant_service_monitors,
> -                               &monitor->header_.uuid);
> -                g->seen_monitor = true;
> -                g->any_online |= monitor->status &&
> -                                 !strcmp(monitor->status, "online");
> -            }
> +/* Match the parsed selectors to Service_Monitor rows with a single scan
> of
> + * the monitored table.  Record every match in 'relevant_service_monitors'
> + * so that changes to those rows trigger recompute. */
> +static void
> +evaluate_lb_route_gates(
> +    struct hmap *gates,
> +    const struct sbrec_service_monitor_table *service_monitor_table,
> +    struct uuidset *relevant_service_monitors)
> +{
> +    struct hmap selectors = HMAP_INITIALIZER(&selectors);
> +    build_lb_route_selectors(&selectors, gates);
> +
> +    const struct sbrec_service_monitor *monitor;
> +    SBREC_SERVICE_MONITOR_TABLE_FOR_EACH (monitor, service_monitor_table)
> {
> +        if (!monitor->type || strcmp(monitor->type, "load-balancer") ||
> +            !monitor->protocol || monitor->port < 0 ||
> +            monitor->port > UINT16_MAX) {
> +            continue;
> +        }
>
> -            sbrec_service_monitor_index_destroy_row(filter);
> +        struct in6_addr monitor_ip;
> +        if (!ip46_parse(monitor->ip, &monitor_ip)) {
> +            continue;
> +        }
>
> -            if (g->any_online) {
> -                break;
> +        uint32_t hash = lb_route_selector_hash(
> +            monitor->logical_port, monitor->protocol, monitor->port,
> +            &monitor_ip);
> +        struct lb_route_selector *s;
> +        HMAP_FOR_EACH_WITH_HASH (s, node, hash, &selectors) {
> +            const char *logical_port =
> +                s->gate->route->tracked_port->logical_port;
> +            if (s->port != monitor->port ||
> +                strcmp(s->protocol, monitor->protocol) ||
> +                strcmp(logical_port, monitor->logical_port) ||
> +                !ipv6_addr_equals(&s->backend_ip, &monitor_ip)) {
> +                continue;
>              }
> +
> +            uuidset_insert(relevant_service_monitors,
> +                           &monitor->header_.uuid);
> +            s->gate->seen_monitor = true;
> +            s->gate->any_online |= monitor->status &&
> +                                  !strcmp(monitor->status, "online");


nit: Wrong alignment.


>          }
> -        free(buf);
>      }
> +
> +    struct lb_route_selector *s;
> +    HMAP_FOR_EACH_POP (s, node, &selectors) {
> +        free(s->protocol);
> +        free(s);
> +    }
> +    hmap_destroy(&selectors);
>  }
>
>  /* Look up the gate decision for a specific route. Returns:
> @@ -726,7 +785,7 @@ route_run(struct route_ctx_in *r_ctx_in,
>
>      if (!hmap_is_empty(&lb_route_gates)) {
>          evaluate_lb_route_gates(&lb_route_gates,
> -                                r_ctx_in->service_monitor_by_selector,
> +                                r_ctx_in->service_monitor_table,
>                                  r_ctx_out->relevant_service_monitors);
>      }
>
> diff --git a/controller/route.h b/controller/route.h
> index cf575f0a9..cd078eb96 100644
> --- a/controller/route.h
> +++ b/controller/route.h
> @@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ struct sbrec_chassis;
>  struct sbrec_port_binding;
>  struct sbrec_datapath_binding;
>  struct sbrec_advertised_route;
> +struct sbrec_service_monitor_table;
>
>  struct route_ctx_in {
>      const struct sbrec_advertised_route_table *advertised_route_table;
> -    struct ovsdb_idl_index *service_monitor_by_selector;
> +    const struct sbrec_service_monitor_table *service_monitor_table;
>      struct ovsdb_idl_index *sbrec_port_binding_by_name;
>      const struct sbrec_chassis *chassis;
>      const char *dynamic_routing_port_mapping;
> --
> 2.53.0
>
>
>
Thank you Dmitrii,

applied to main with the nit taken care of.

Regards,
Ales
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