On 3/14/25 11:06 AM, Ales Musil wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM Xavier Simonart <xsimo...@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> Avoid using two similar load-balancers such as:
>> ovn-nbctl lb-add lb4-no-aff [[fd11::a]]:8081 [[fd11::2]]:80
>> ovn-nbctl lb-add lb40-no-aff [[fd11::a]]:8081 [[fd11::2]]:80
>>
>> Using such load balancers on the same switch would result in similar
>> openflows
>> in table OFTABLE_CHK_LB_HAIRPIN, containing learn actions, and differing
>> only
>> by the cookie. One of the two flows will be installed in OVS by OVN (e.g.
>> the flow
>> with the cookie from lb4-no-aff).
>> Any flows learned by that learn action will be deleted by OVS when the
>> corresponding flow in table OFTABLE_CHK_LB_HAIRPIN is deleted.
>>
>> In case of recompute, there is no guarantee that the same openflow is
>> installed:
>> the flow with the cookie from lb40-no-aff might now be installed. This
>> would result
>> in the deletion of the learned flow in OVS.
>>
>> If one of the two similar load balancers is deleted, the same behaviour
>> might happen:
>> the learned flow in table OFTABLE_CHK_LB_HAIRPIN_REPLY might be deleted,
>> depending
>> of which load balancer was preferred.
>>
>> Describing the behaviour so that, if one considers that this is a bug and
>> that mutiple
>> similar load balancers can be added and result in no flow deletion during
>> recompute,
>> a JIRA should be entered.
>>
>> THis wa identified by comparing flows from IP and recompute and frequent
>> failures of test
>> "load balancing affinity sessions - IPv6".
>>
> 
> nit: s/THis/This/
> 

nit2: s/wa /was / :D

>>
>> Signed-off-by: Xavier Simonart <xsimo...@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  tests/system-ovn-kmod.at | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tests/system-ovn-kmod.at b/tests/system-ovn-kmod.at
>> index 17607fbf2..5b010a1a2 100644
>> --- a/tests/system-ovn-kmod.at
>> +++ b/tests/system-ovn-kmod.at
>> @@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ NS_CHECK_EXEC([foo1], [nc -z fd12::b 8081])
>>
>>  NS_CHECK_EXEC([foo1], [ip -6 neigh add fd11::b lladdr 00:00:01:01:02:03
>> dev foo1], [0])
>>  check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lb-add lb4 [[fd11::a]]:8080 [[fd11::2]]:80
>> -check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lb-add lb40 [[fd11::a]]:8080 [[fd11::2]]:80
>> +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lb-add lb40 [[fd11::c]]:8080 [[fd11::2]]:80
>>  check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lb-add lb4-no-aff [[fd11::a]]:8081
>> [[fd11::2]]:80
>> -check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lb-add lb40-no-aff [[fd11::a]]:8081
>> [[fd11::2]]:80
>> +check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb lb-add lb40-no-aff [[fd11::c]]:8081
>> [[fd11::2]]:80
>>  check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb set load_balancer lb4
>> options:affinity_timeout=60 options:hairpin_snat_ip="fd11::b"
>>  check ovn-nbctl --wait=sb set load_balancer lb40
>> options:affinity_timeout=60 options:hairpin_snat_ip="fd11::b"
>>  check ovn-nbctl ls-lb-add foo lb4
>> --
>> 2.47.1
>>
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> Otherwise looks good to me, thanks.
> 
> Acked-by: Ales Musil <amu...@redhat.com>

Thanks, Xavier and Ales!

I fixed up the typos in the commit message and applied this to main,
25.03, 24.09, 24.03.

Regards,
Dumitru


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