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Bug 2139352

Summary: Parameter duplication for configuring openvswitch
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Reporter: Miguel Angel Nieto <mnietoji>
Component: openstack-tripleoAssignee: Vijayalakshmi Candappa <vcandapp>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Joe H. Rahme <jhakimra>
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Version: 17.1 (Wallaby)CC: bshephar, cfontain, ekuris, gregraka, hakhande, jamsmith, mburns, ramishra, sbaker, supadhya, vcandapp
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Description Miguel Angel Nieto 2022-11-02 09:29:06 UTC
Description of problem:
In 16.2 we used to configure ovs in the following way:
arameter_defaults:
  ComputeOvsDpdkSriovR730Parameters:
    KernelArgs: "default_hugepagesz=1GB hugepagesz=1G hugepages=64 iommu=pt intel_iommu=on tsx=off isolcpus=2-19,22-39"
    NeutronBridgeMappings: "dpdk-mgmt:br-link0,dpdk-data0:br-dpdk0,dpdk-data1:br-dpdk1"
    IsolCpusList: "2-19,22-39"
    NovaComputeCpuDedicatedSet: ["8-19,28-39"]
    NovaReservedHostMemory: 4096
    OvsDpdkSocketMemory: "4096,4096"
    OvsDpdkMemoryChannels: "4"
    OvsPmdCoreList: "2,3,4,5,6,7,22,23,24,25,26,27"
    NovaComputeCpuSharedSet: [0, 20, 1, 21]
    OvsPmdAutoLb: true
    OvsPmdLoadThreshold: 70
    OvsPmdImprovementThreshold: 25
    OvsPmdRebalInterval: 2

In 17.0 this configuration can be done through provisioning in the following way:
  ansible_playbooks:
    - playbook: /home/stack/ospd-17.1-geneve-ovn-dpdk-sriov-ctlplane-dataplane-bonding-hybrid-mq/playbooks/bls_workaround.yaml
    - playbook: /usr/share/ansible/tripleo-playbooks/cli-overcloud-node-kernelargs.yaml
      extra_vars:
        kernel_args: "default_hugepagesz=1GB hugepagesz=1G hugepages=64 iommu=pt intel_iommu=on tsx=off isolcpus=2-19,22-39"
        reboot_wait_timeout: 900
        tuned_profile: "cpu-partitioning"
        tuned_isolated_cores: "2-19,22-39"
    - playbook: /usr/share/ansible/tripleo-playbooks/cli-overcloud-openvswitch-dpdk.yaml
      extra_vars:
        memory_channels: "4"
        lcore: "0,20,1,21"
        pmd: "2,3,4,5,6,7,22,23,24,25,26,27"
        socket_mem: "4096,4096"
        pmd_auto_lb: true
        pmd_load_threshold: "70"
        pmd_improvement_threshold: "25"
        pmd_rebal_interval: "2"

I tried to configure only in the provisioning stage and remove those parameters from de deployment stage, but it is not possible, I get an error:
2022-11-02 08:39:59,728 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.727949 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000000d44 |       TASK | Skipping reboot for deployed node
2022-11-02 08:39:59,743 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.742855 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000001409 |       TASK | Check valid input for tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_core_list
2022-11-02 08:39:59,753 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.750884 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000000962 |    SKIPPED | ddp package selection | compute-r740
2022-11-02 08:39:59,755 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.754699 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000000d44 |    SKIPPED | Skipping reboot for deployed node | controller-2
2022-11-02 08:39:59,782 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.782050 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000000964 |       TASK | Run ovs-dpdk role
2022-11-02 08:39:59,789 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.788226 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000001409 |      FATAL | Check valid input for tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_core_list | compute-r730 | error={"changed": false, "msg": "List of PMD cores cannot be empty - tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_core_list"}
2022-11-02 08:39:59,861 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.859855 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000000040 |    SKIPPED | include_tasks | controller-2
2022-11-02 08:39:59,919 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.918613 | 4044822b-ed66-4404-ba09-1dec7a6b84ab |   INCLUDED | /usr/share/ansible/roles/tripleo_ovs_dpdk/tasks/config.yml | compute-r740
2022-11-02 08:39:59,945 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.945553 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000001475 |       TASK | Check valid input for tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_core_list
2022-11-02 08:39:59,952 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.950882 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000000041 |    SKIPPED | include_tasks | controller-2
2022-11-02 08:39:59,978 p=129214 u=stack n=ansible | 2022-11-02 08:39:59.977621 | 525400c8-ce75-8572-41f5-000000001475 |      FATAL | Check valid input for tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_core_list | compute-r740 | error={"changed": false, "msg": "List of PMD cores cannot be empty - tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_core_list"}


I think that this issue creates confusion about how to configure parameters

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHOS-17.1-RHEL-9-20221004.n.1

I tested in 17.1, but I think this also happen in 17.0

How reproducible:
Configure ovs parameter only in the provisioning stage



Actual results:
Ovs parameters needs to be duplicated in order to have a sucessfull deployment


Expected results:
Ovs should be defined only in one place


Additional info:

Comment 5 Steve Baker 2022-12-05 21:01:53 UTC
Kicking back to DF, the playbooks in question are not maintained by HardProv, and it looks like the change needed is in the deploy stage (or its documentation)

Comment 13 Greg Rakauskas 2024-04-09 14:47:32 UTC
Hi,

The RHOSP 16.2 "Network Functions Virtualization Planning and Configuration
Guide" has been updated. Customers can see these changes here:

   https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/16.2/html-single/network_functions_virtualization_planning_and_configuration_guide/index#config-ovs-pmd-auto-lb_cfgdpdk-nfv

--Greg

Comment 14 Red Hat Bugzilla 2024-08-09 04:25:04 UTC
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 120 days