On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 4:25 PM Ilya Maximets <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 4/2/24 16:17, Ales Musil wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 4:03 PM Ilya Maximets <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 4/2/24 15:36, Ales Musil wrote:
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 3:02 PM Ilya Maximets <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:
> [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 <
> https://issues.redhat.com/browse/FDP-243> <
> https://issues.redhat.com/browse/FDP-243 <
> https://issues.redhat.com/browse/FDP-243>>
> >     >     > Signed-off-by: Ales Musil <[email protected] <mailto:
> [email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[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 <http://ovn-controller.at> <
> http://ovn-controller.at <http://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.
> >
> >     The point is - users do not know how the code looks like
> >     and they may have nothing called 'br-int' in their setup.
> >
> >
> > Sure that is fine I can change the user facing part.
> >
> >
> >
> >     Also, maybe these should be a database configuration instead
> >     of command line arguments?  Alongside the 'ovn-bridge'.
> >
> >
> > So having in DB means we have to react to any change, the question is,
> do we expect
> > uset to change this configuration often?
>
> Do we react to 'ovn-bridge' changes?  I guess, ovn-controller can react to
> connection changes the same way.  This configuration should not change
> frequently, IMO.
>

I'll let others chime in, again I don't have a strong preference for this
one, it can be either of those.


>
> > Also "ovs-database" is also just an argument to the ovn-controller.
>
> Database connection and OF connection are different things, and we have
> to know how to connect to the database.  The model until now was to have
> a single command line argument - database connection method - and store
> all the other configuration in the database.
>
> >
> >
> >
> >     Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ales
> > --
> >
> > Ales Musil
> >
> > Senior Software Engineer - OVN Core
> >
> > Red Hat EMEA <https://www.redhat.com>
> >
> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> >
> > <https://red.ht/sig>
> >
>
>
Thanks,
Ales

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Ales Musil

Senior Software Engineer - OVN Core

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

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