On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM Numan Siddique <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > +Numan (fixed up his email address) > > > > On 10/7/25 5:28 PM, Dumitru Ceara wrote: > > > On 10/7/25 5:17 PM, Martin Kennelly wrote: > > >> Hi OVN team, > > >> > > > > > > Hi Martin, > > > > > >> I would like to request a backport of the following patch titled > > >> "northd: Introduce disable_garp_rarp option for logical_router > > >> table" [1] to the 25.09.z branch. > > >> > > > > > > Just in case there were small tweaks between what was on patchwork and > > > what actually ended up on the main branch: > > > > > > https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn/commit/4ed3b96 > > > > > >> We are maintaining a network plugin - ovn-kubernetes. We utilize the > > >> full OVN stack per host. > > >> When our network plugin, which programs OVN is down/not reconciling, we > > >> want to be able to suppress ovn-controller generated GARPs on its > > >> startup, resulting from SNATs. > > >> When our network plugin is down, we cannot be sure if the external IP > > >> defined in the SNAT has moved to another node. > > >> > > >> WIthout the aforementioned feature, we may GARP for an IP that isn't > > >> "owned" by the current host. > > >> > > > > > > Given that the feature is opt-in (disabled by default) and relatively > > > straightforward to backport and also knowing that the workaround > > > required for this issue in ovn-kubernetes is complex, I'm OK with > > > backporting this feature. However, let's give other maintainers a few > > > days to object if they have concerns. > > No objections from me. > > Numan > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Dumitru > > > > > >> > > >> Thank you, > > >> > > >> Martin Kennelly (Red Hat) > > >> > > >> > > >> *[1] *https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ovn/ > > >> patch/ 67a5c2813f77c67f6069a3766edaf28982e2f81a.1757022110.git.lorenzo.bianc...@redhat.com/ < https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ovn/patch/67a5c2813f77c67f6069a3766edaf28982e2f81a.1757022110.git.lorenzo.bianc...@redhat.com/ > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >
No objections from me. Han _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
