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Bug 1850511

Summary: [ovn] Considerable amount of SB transactions with 'registering chassis' observed
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath Reporter: Daniel Alvarez Sanchez <dalvarez>
Component: ovn2.13Assignee: Dumitru Ceara <dceara>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Jianlin Shi <jishi>
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Version: FDP 20.BCC: ctrautma, dceara, jishi, ralongi
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Description Daniel Alvarez Sanchez 2020-06-24 12:33:08 UTC
By inspecting the SB network traffic and the transactions in the DB file, I can see multiple messages like the ones below:


{"Chassis":{"9e17ebb5-f66c-4155-832d-91ddd173dd64":{"nb_cfg":10269}},"_date":1593001391547,"_comment":"ovn-controller: registering chassis '0afeb2d9-1043-41c1-b20b-2b69bf47f8be'"}
OVSDB JSON 180 6c5ab5014f606aab3dd0789c281d5b2101d018ab
{"Chassis":{"65885aa1-ed24-40e4-882c-0531f1fa69d6":{"nb_cfg":10269}},"_date":1593001391548,"_comment":"ovn-controller: registering chassis '475c403a-3b29-45df-9324-0b7d4998162b'"}
OVSDB JSON 180 99f8e33b3fabaafa5463d4479ee8e20a8759ebd3
{"Chassis":{"a1138f17-4440-4720-94ae-2eef7e8c1e4c":{"nb_cfg":10269}},"_date":1593001391548,"_comment":"ovn-controller: registering chassis '5ff91d0c-b40f-449f-8224-7e29a39f14cf'"}



I wonder if we could avoid these to reduce the load on ovsdb server and at the same time reduce the network traffic as it might be considerable amount of transactions/load/traffic in environments with a high number of nodes.

Comment 6 Jianlin Shi 2020-07-14 05:35:32 UTC
setup env with following script:
systemctl start openvswitch                                                                                                                                                                                 
systemctl start ovn-northd     
ovn-nbctl set-connection ptcp:6641                                         
ovn-sbctl set-connection ptcp:6642                 
ovs-vsctl set open . external_ids:system-id=hv1 external_ids:ovn-remote=tcp:20.0.31.25:6642 external_ids:ovn-encap-type=geneve external_ids:ovn-encap-ip=20.0.31.25
systemctl restart ovn-controller 
ovn-nbctl ls-add ls1
ovn-nbctl lsp-add ls1 ls1p1
ovs-vsctl add-port br-int p1 -- set interface p1 type=internal
ovs-vsctl set interface p1 external_ids:iface-id=ls1p1
ovn-nbctl acl-add ls1 from-lport 1000 "inport==ls1p1 && tcp" drop

reproduced on ovn2.13.0-39:

[root@dell-per740-12 bz1850511]# grep comment /var/lib/ovn/ovnsb_db.db                                
{"_date":1594704515162,"SB_Global":{"f9f2efb7-7545-4f33-8c49-4ccbc39b65a1":{}},"_comment":"ovs-sbctl: ovn-sbctl init"}
{"_date":1594704515214,"SB_Global":{"f9f2efb7-7545-4f33-8c49-4ccbc39b65a1":{"connections":["uuid","13f57d8e-cf3f-4d7b-8954-26e18a251e9d"]}},"_comment":"ovs-sbctl: ovn-sbctl set-connection ptcp:6642","Conn
ection":{"13f57d8e-cf3f-4d7b-8954-26e18a251e9d":{"target":"ptcp:6642"}}}                              
{"Chassis":{"4a166802-a997-4131-bde1-7b4375253592":{"name":"hv1","hostname":"dell-per740-12.rhts.eng.pek2.redhat.com","encaps":["uuid","90c057a9-698d-4d6d-a411-c6d679fc6897"],"external_ids":["map",[["data
path-type",""],["iface-types","erspan,geneve,gre,internal,ip6erspan,ip6gre,lisp,patch,stt,system,tap,vxlan"],["is-interconn","false"],["ovn-bridge-mappings",""],["ovn-chassis-mac-mappings",""],["ovn-cms-o
ptions",""]]]}},"Encap":{"90c057a9-698d-4d6d-a411-c6d679fc6897":{"ip":"20.0.31.25","options":["map",[["csum","true"]]],"chassis_name":"hv1","type":"geneve"}},"_date":1594704515351,"_comment":"ovn-controll
er: registering chassis 'hv1'"}            
{"_date":1594704547737,"Port_Binding":{"c35d6178-0234-43b2-8a8d-7aa6fb8a93d8":{"chassis":["uuid","4a166802-a997-4131-bde1-7b4375253592"]}},"_comment":"ovn-controller: registering chassis 'hv1'"}

<==== comment is added when bind port

verified on ovn2.13-host-20.06.1-2.el7fdp.x86_64:

[root@dell-per740-12 bz1850511]# rpm -qa | grep -E "openvswitch|ovn"                                                                                                                                       
kernel-kernel-networking-openvswitch-ovn-common-1.0-7.noarch
ovn2.13-host-20.06.1-2.el7fdp.x86_64
openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-10.el7fdp.x86_64                                                               
ovn2.13-central-20.06.1-2.el7fdp.x86_64
openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-1.0-15.el7fdp.noarch
ovn2.13-20.06.1-2.el7fdp.x86_64
[root@dell-per740-12 bz1850511]# grep comment /var/lib/ovn/ovnsb_db.db                                                                                                                                     
{"_date":1594704647629,"SB_Global":{"ffc7088a-c7b6-446f-99d2-83ecf1aa64c0":{}},"_comment":"ovs-sbctl: ovn-sbctl --no-leader-only init"}
{"_date":1594704647686,"SB_Global":{"ffc7088a-c7b6-446f-99d2-83ecf1aa64c0":{"connections":["uuid","3e3e8787-73d9-4d98-b320-fb9edd95fd81"]}},"_comment":"ovs-sbctl: ovn-sbctl set-connection ptcp:6642","Connection":{"3e3e8787-73d9-4d98-b320-fb9edd95fd81":{"target":"ptcp:6642"}}}
{"Chassis":{"ae69181f-fb26-4a57-88c0-99587ea211cc":{"name":"hv1","hostname":"dell-per740-12.rhts.eng.pek2.redhat.com","other_config":["map",[["datapath-type",""],["iface-types","erspan,geneve,gre,internal,ip6erspan,ip6gre,lisp,patch,stt,system,tap,vxlan"],["is-interconn","false"],["ovn-bridge-mappings",""],["ovn-chassis-mac-mappings",""],["ovn-cms-options",""]]],"external_ids":["map",[["datapath-type",""],["iface-types","erspan,geneve,gre,internal,ip6erspan,ip6gre,lisp,patch,stt,system,tap,vxlan"],["is-interconn","false"],["ovn-bridge-mappings",""],["ovn-chassis-mac-mappings",""],["ovn-cms-options",""]]],"encaps":["uuid","7c2228a7-f8a4-4eab-a9bc-efd838c723ea"]}},"Encap":{"7c2228a7-f8a4-4eab-a9bc-efd838c723ea":{"ip":"20.0.31.25","options":["map",[["csum","true"]]],"chassis_name":"hv1","type":"geneve"}},"_date":1594704647834,"_comment":"ovn-controller: registering chassis 'hv1'"}    

<==== no comment is added when bind port
                        
[root@dell-per740-12 bz1850511]# ovn-sbctl show
Chassis hv1
    hostname: dell-per740-12.rhts.eng.pek2.redhat.com
    Encap geneve
        ip: "20.0.31.25"
        options: {csum="true"}
    Port_Binding ls1p1

Comment 7 Jianlin Shi 2020-07-14 05:52:53 UTC
also verified on rhel8 version:

[root@hp-dl380pg8-12 bz1850511]# grep comment /var/lib/ovn/ovnsb_db.db
{"_date":1594705913301,"SB_Global":{"95893a95-db90-4b7e-9ca4-8800063ac444":{}},"_comment":"ovs-sbctl: ovn-sbctl --no-leader-only init"}
{"_date":1594705913347,"SB_Global":{"95893a95-db90-4b7e-9ca4-8800063ac444":{"connections":["uuid","d0e97a53-0934-4393-8286-5343274c6c4c"]}},"_comment":"ovs-sbctl: ovn-sbctl set-connection ptcp:6642","Connection":{"d0e97a53-0934-4393-8286-5343274c6c4c":{"target":"ptcp:6642"}}}
{"Chassis":{"fe2fa57b-02ee-48e2-9793-0c0332840794":{"name":"hv1","hostname":"hp-dl380pg8-12.rhts.eng.pek2.redhat.com","other_config":["map",[["datapath-type",""],["iface-types","erspan,geneve,gre,internal,ip6erspan,ip6gre,lisp,patch,stt,system,tap,vxlan"],["is-interconn","false"],["ovn-bridge-mappings",""],["ovn-chassis-mac-mappings",""],["ovn-cms-options",""]]],"external_ids":["map",[["datapath-type",""],["iface-types","erspan,geneve,gre,internal,ip6erspan,ip6gre,lisp,patch,stt,system,tap,vxlan"],["is-interconn","false"],["ovn-bridge-mappings",""],["ovn-chassis-mac-mappings",""],["ovn-cms-options",""]]],"encaps":["uuid","caeb33c5-882f-474f-a23a-864ec4e2dacb"]}},"Encap":{"caeb33c5-882f-474f-a23a-864ec4e2dacb":{"ip":"20.0.111.25","options":["map",[["csum","true"]]],"chassis_name":"hv1","type":"geneve"}},"_date":1594705913469,"_comment":"ovn-controller: registering chassis 'hv1'"}     

<=== no comment added for port_binding
                      
[root@hp-dl380pg8-12 bz1850511]# rpm -qa | grep -E "openvswitch|ovn"                                  
ovn2.13-host-20.06.1-2.el8fdp.x86_64                                                                  
openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-1.0-23.el8fdp.noarch                                                 
ovn2.13-20.06.1-2.el8fdp.x86_64                                                                       
openvswitch2.13-2.13.0-41.el8fdb.x86_64                                                               
ovn2.13-central-20.06.1-2.el8fdp.x86_64                                                               
o[root@hp-dl380pg8-12 bz1850511]# ovn-sbctl show                                                      
Chassis hv1                                                                                           
    hostname: hp-dl380pg8-12.rhts.eng.pek2.redhat.com                                                 
    Encap geneve                                                                                      
        ip: "20.0.111.25"                                                                             
        options: {csum="true"}                                                                        
    Port_Binding ls1p1

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2020-08-18 11:23:51 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (ovn2.13 bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:3488