On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM Han Zhou <[email protected]> wrote:

> skip_snat and force_snat were added in ct_lb/ct_lb_mark action by commit
> c1d6b8ac to set skip_snat and force_snat bits in ct-lable/mark. It is
> not related to the ct_lb_related feature. This patch removes the check.
>
> Without this fix, the skip_snat/force_snat features are broken when
> northd is running in "backward compatible" mode, when there is any
> ovn-controller running an older version that doesn't support
> "ct_lb_related". northd would not add the skip_snat/force_snat in the
> ct_lb action in such case, and the relevant bits won't be set in CT
> (even on nodes running ovn-controller that supports the
> skip_snat/force_snat in ct_lb action), but those CT bits are required to
> be matched in another logical flows so that the relevant register flags
> can be set (the behavior introduced by the commit ce46a1bacf69):
>
> match=(ct.est && !ct.rel && !ct.new && ct_mark.natted &&
> ct_mark.force_snat == 1), action=(flags.force_snat_for_lb = 1; next;)
> match=(ct.est && !ct.rel && !ct.new && ct_mark.natted && ct_mark.skip_snat
> == 1), action=(flags.skip_snat_for_lb = 1; next;)
>
> Because of this, the skip_snat/force_snat doesn't work in "backward
> compatible" mode. With this fix, the feature continues to work between
> "backward compatible" mode northd and all nodes that has the ct_lb
> skip_snat/force_snat support, while nodes running older version of
> ovn-controller would report syntax error on such logical flows. While
> this may not sound perfect, but if users follow the suggested upgrade
> order so that ovn-controllers are upgraded before ovn-northd, there is
> no problem. The biggest benefit of this fix is that when there is a bad
> node that fails upgrading ovn-controller, the skip_snat/force_snat
> features are not broken.
>
> Alternatively, we could fix the problem by reverting commit ce46a1bacf69.
> However, there were already several fixes and refactors for the related
> code on top of that, it is not straightforward. The code would become
> more complex and the value of the backward compatibility for a
> northd-first upgrade order is not obvious for this feature which was
> introduced 2 release ago. In addition, there are other places when the
> ct_lb skip_snat/force_snat are used without checking any chassis feature
> support, such as in build_lb_affinity_lr_flows(). So, based on all the
> above considerations, simply removing the feature compatiblity check
> seems to be a more reasonable fix.
>
> Fixes: c1d6b8ac34eb ("northd: Store skip_snat and force_snat in
> ct_label/mark")
> Fixes: ce46a1bacf69 ("northd: Use generic ct.est flows for LR LBs")
> Signed-off-by: Han Zhou <[email protected]>
> ---
>  northd/northd.c     | 5 ++---
>  tests/ovn-northd.at | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/northd/northd.c b/northd/northd.c
> index 3eaa43f07a1f..cede7f98d61d 100644
> --- a/northd/northd.c
> +++ b/northd/northd.c
> @@ -4098,13 +4098,12 @@ build_lb_vip_actions(struct ovn_lb_vip *lb_vip,
>      const char *enclose = is_lb_action ? ");" : "";
>
>      if (!ls_dp) {
> -        bool flag_supported = is_lb_action && features->ct_lb_related;
>          ds_put_format(skip_snat_action, "flags.skip_snat_for_lb = 1;
> %s%s",
>                        ds_cstr(action),
> -                      flag_supported ? "; skip_snat);" : enclose);
> +                      is_lb_action ? "; skip_snat);" : enclose);
>          ds_put_format(force_snat_action, "flags.force_snat_for_lb = 1;
> %s%s",
>                        ds_cstr(action),
> -                      flag_supported ? "; force_snat);" : enclose);
> +                      is_lb_action ? "; force_snat);" : enclose);
>      }
>
>      ds_put_cstr(action, enclose);
> diff --git a/tests/ovn-northd.at b/tests/ovn-northd.at
> index 23dbe111fb7b..939a31956615 100644
> --- a/tests/ovn-northd.at
> +++ b/tests/ovn-northd.at
> @@ -8461,7 +8461,7 @@ AT_CHECK([ovn-sbctl lflow-list | grep -e natted -e
> ct_lb], [0], [dnl
>
>  check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb set logical_router lr
> options:lb_force_snat_ip="42.42.42.1"
>  AT_CHECK([ovn-sbctl lflow-list | grep lr_in_dnat], [0], [dnl
> -  table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=110  , match=(ct.new && !ct.rel
> && ip4 && ip4.dst == 66.66.66.66), action=(flags.force_snat_for_lb = 1;
> ct_lb(backends=42.42.42.2);)
> +  table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=110  , match=(ct.new && !ct.rel
> && ip4 && ip4.dst == 66.66.66.66), action=(flags.force_snat_for_lb = 1;
> ct_lb(backends=42.42.42.2; force_snat);)
>    table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=70   , match=(ct.est && !ct.rel
> && !ct.new && ct_label.natted && ct_label.force_snat == 1),
> action=(flags.force_snat_for_lb = 1; next;)
>    table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=70   , match=(ct.est && !ct.rel
> && !ct.new && ct_label.natted && ct_label.skip_snat == 1),
> action=(flags.skip_snat_for_lb = 1; next;)
>    table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=50   , match=(ct.est && !ct.rel
> && !ct.new && ct_label.natted), action=(next;)
> @@ -8471,7 +8471,7 @@ check ovn-nbctl remove logical_router lr options
> lb_force_snat_ip
>
>  check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb set load_balancer lb-test
> options:skip_snat="true"
>  AT_CHECK([ovn-sbctl lflow-list | grep lr_in_dnat], [0], [dnl
> -  table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=110  , match=(ct.new && !ct.rel
> && ip4 && ip4.dst == 66.66.66.66), action=(flags.skip_snat_for_lb = 1;
> ct_lb(backends=42.42.42.2);)
> +  table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=110  , match=(ct.new && !ct.rel
> && ip4 && ip4.dst == 66.66.66.66), action=(flags.skip_snat_for_lb = 1;
> ct_lb(backends=42.42.42.2; skip_snat);)
>    table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=70   , match=(ct.est && !ct.rel
> && !ct.new && ct_label.natted && ct_label.force_snat == 1),
> action=(flags.force_snat_for_lb = 1; next;)
>    table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=70   , match=(ct.est && !ct.rel
> && !ct.new && ct_label.natted && ct_label.skip_snat == 1),
> action=(flags.skip_snat_for_lb = 1; next;)
>    table=7 (lr_in_dnat         ), priority=50   , match=(ct.est && !ct.rel
> && !ct.new && ct_label.natted), action=(next;)
> --
> 2.38.1
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Hi Han,

thank you for fixing this, it's a bit unfortunate there is so much involved
in the backward compatibility for northd upgrade first. On the other hand I
wonder if we should pursue those feature flags in the future if it's
clearly stated that the upgrade order is controller first.

Acked-by: Ales Musil <[email protected]>

Thanks,
Ales
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Ales Musil

Senior Software Engineer - OVN Core

Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com>

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