On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 12:33 AM Ales Musil <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM Han Zhou <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 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. I applied this to main.
It is a bug fix but it is only related to a use case with a special upgrade
order. Please let me know if this needs to be backported.

Regards,
Han

> Thanks,
> Ales
> --
>
> Ales Musil
>
> Senior Software Engineer - OVN Core
>
> Red Hat EMEA
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> [email protected]    IM: amusil
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