On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM Ilya Maximets <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 3/28/24 09:53, Ales Musil wrote:
> > The br-int connection is hardcoded to use unix socket, which requires
> > for the socket to be visible for ovn-controller. This is achievable in
> > container by mounting the socket, but in turn the container requires
> > additional privileges.
> >
> > Add option to ovn-controller that allows to specify remote target for
> > br-int. This gives the user possibility to connect to br-int in different
> > manner than unix socket, defaulting to the unix socket when not
> specified.
> > In addition, there is an option to specify inactivity probe for this
> > connection, disabled by default.
> >
> > Reported-at: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/FDP-243
> > Signed-off-by: Ales Musil <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  NEWS                            |  6 +++
> >  controller/ofctrl.c             | 10 +----
> >  controller/ofctrl.h             |  5 ++-
> >  controller/ovn-controller.8.xml | 12 ++++++
> >  controller/ovn-controller.c     | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >  controller/pinctrl.c            | 56 ++++++---------------------
> >  controller/pinctrl.h            |  6 ++-
> >  controller/statctrl.c           | 66 ++++++--------------------------
> >  controller/statctrl.h           |  3 +-
> >  include/ovn/features.h          |  2 +-
> >  lib/features.c                  | 35 +++++------------
> >  lib/ovn-util.c                  | 26 +++++++++++++
> >  lib/ovn-util.h                  |  4 ++
> >  lib/test-ovn-features.c         |  6 +--
> >  tests/ovn-controller.at         | 31 +++++++++++++++
> >  utilities/ovn-ctl               | 10 +++++
> >  16 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 154 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> > index 4d6ebea89..4979bb806 100644
> > --- a/NEWS
> > +++ b/NEWS
> > @@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ Post v24.03.0
> >      flow table id.
> >      "lflow-stage-to-oftable STAGE_NAME" that converts stage name into
> OpenFlow
> >      table id.
> > +  - Add option to ovn-controller called "--br-int-remote=REMOTE" that
> allows
> > +    to specify connection method to integration bridge for
> ovn-controller,
> > +    defaulting to the unix socket.
> > +  - Add option to ovn-controller called
> "--br-int-probe-interval=INTERVAL"
> > +    that sets probe interval for integration bridge connection,
> > +    disabled by default.
>
> I didn't review the code, but I don't think the names should be changed.
> There is nothing user-facing called "br-int" and any bridge name can be
> chosen for a deployment.  It should be called "ovn-bridge-mgmt-remote" or
> something like that.
>

I'm fine either way, I just went with br-int because the code around that
is actually called br-int even if we have different management bridge name.


>
> Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
>
>
Thanks,
Ales
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Ales Musil

Senior Software Engineer - OVN Core

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

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